What movies are you watching?

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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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tragabigzanda wrote:
epilogue wrote:I really liked the novel (Human Stain). But I could never bring myself to watch the movie.
Never read it, but I'm sure the core story is great -- I love the concept.

But Anthony Hopkins?
With a British accent?
For a character born in the southern US?

It's a...bit of a stretch.
Yeah, it's terrible casting. That's part of why I never bothered to watch it. Honestly, even without the British accent it's terrible casting.

I kinda feel the same way about Gladiator, actually. I know that's not a popular opinion. But a New Zealander/Australian playing an Hispano-Roman with an American accent? I couldn't handle it.
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The video game tournament has me thinking, would anyone be interested in a similar draft tournament but with actors and/or movies?
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tree_ wrote:The video game tournament has me thinking, would anyone be interested in a similar draft tournament but with actors and/or movies?
I could totally get into that.
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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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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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epilogue wrote:
tree_ wrote:The video game tournament has me thinking, would anyone be interested in a similar draft tournament but with actors and/or movies?
I could totally get into that.
Same
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cool.. someone with modding powers should run it
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tree_ wrote:The video game tournament has me thinking, would anyone be interested in a similar draft tournament but with actors and/or movies?
Yes but can epilogue run it?
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Ello Sailor wrote:
tree_ wrote:The video game tournament has me thinking, would anyone be interested in a similar draft tournament but with actors and/or movies?
Yes but can epilogue run it?
I'd prefer that.
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Bracket tournaments are a lot more fun. More about the art, than the competition between posters.
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epilogue wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
epilogue wrote:I really liked the novel (Human Stain). But I could never bring myself to watch the movie.
Never read it, but I'm sure the core story is great -- I love the concept.

But Anthony Hopkins?
With a British accent?
For a character born in the southern US?

It's a...bit of a stretch.
Yeah, it's terrible casting. That's part of why I never bothered to watch it. Honestly, even without the British accent it's terrible casting.

I kinda feel the same way about Gladiator, actually. I know that's not a popular opinion. But a New Zealander/Australian playing an Hispano-Roman with an American accent? I couldn't handle it.
I still haven't seen Gladiator though I have been watching a YouTube series that GQ has up of actors just riffing on their past roles and Crowe's was pretty entertaining while obviously including that film; added it to the list.
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The people behind the HBO-series Rome, had a running joke on their set about Gladiator, calling it Hollyrome. Basically they meant it was just a soap opera, with no basis in fact.

However, it’s still a cool movie.
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All The President’s Men
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Very strong year, with Taxi Driver, Network and All The President’s Men. Rocky won the Oscar.
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Deliverance

First time in well over a decade I think.
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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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It’s my favorite movie from both Jon Voight and Burt Reynolds.
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somehow still haven’t seen that
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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It’s nice having good movies to look forward to.
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