epilogue wrote:Mulan (fine, better than expected, I liked it)
Giant (weird, I loved it, man it's weird)
I saw in the 50/50 challenge thread you watched Giant.
It’s a great movie but what’s weird about it?
The character motivations. The way some things are over explained and others are just thrown out there and under developed. Some of the performance choices. Action beats. Etc.
I haven't watched Giant in ages though growing up I definitely made it a point to watch Dean's three films relatively often.
No idea when I'll get the time but I may have to sit down with Giant now knowing these two tidbits:
wikipedia wrote:Stevens gave Hudson a choice between Elizabeth Taylor and Grace Kelly to play the leading lady Leslie. Hudson chose Taylor.
Stevens had a reputation as a meticulous film editor, and the film spent an entire year in the editing room.
VinylGuy wrote:billie eilish: the world's a little blurry.
I liked it enough, i had to see it in two times because it was loong but i liked the creative process and Billie´s persona. Really cool.
I'm really excited first this.
It made me more appreciate of their creative approach and the way they recorded the album. Also, you kinda forget how young she really is and how good and grounded she is at making the music, doing press, directing the videos.
Only a quarter of the way through (started it with lunch) but enjoying it a lot so far.
VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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After finishing off the Jack Irish series on Netflix - I discovered that there were three movies as well. Watched these and thought they were all pretty great. Loved Guy Pierce and am wondering how Aaron Pedersen isn't a bigger star
"I really enjoy sandwiches but the other guys are so good at making sandwiches that I don't make them. Now I make sandwiches."
Only a quarter of the way through (started it with lunch) but enjoying it a lot so far.
Finished this. Fucking loved it, Mendonça Filho is so brilliant.
VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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