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JuanHamm wrote:For some reason I'm avoiding watching The Last Duel. I think that might be next. We'll see.
I was thinking last night how I’ve been doing that with Nomadland and Sound of Metal for like a year now.
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
JuanHamm wrote:For some reason I'm avoiding watching The Last Duel. I think that might be next. We'll see.
I was thinking last night how I’ve been doing that with Nomadland and Sound of Metal for like a year now.
man, I need to watch Sound of Metal. I've also held off.
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dad wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
JuanHamm wrote:For some reason I'm avoiding watching The Last Duel. I think that might be next. We'll see.
I was thinking last night how I’ve been doing that with Nomadland and Sound of Metal for like a year now.
man, I need to watch Sound of Metal. I've also held off.
Sound of metal is fantastic.

Shockingly - so was the last duel
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I did not like Sound of Metal. Seemed like it needed to go somewhere more compelling. Just kinda flatlined for me somewhere around the middle.
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Why were we all so surprised at how good The Last Duel was? (myself included)

Was it mostly because Affleck and Damon had funny looking haircuts?
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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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I didn’t care for it. The haircuts were fine though
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Farmer John wrote:Why were we all so surprised at how good The Last Duel was? (myself included)

Was it mostly because Affleck and Damon had funny looking haircuts?
This is what’s kept me from pressing play
Embrace the haircuts.
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You're right to hold off on Nomadland.
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Maybe I'll watch Fat Robin Hood tonight
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Did you see Parasite, Juan?
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Farmer John wrote:Why were we all so surprised at how good The Last Duel was? (myself included)

Was it mostly because Affleck and Damon had funny looking haircuts?
This is what’s kept me from pressing play
yeez just go for it and watch an amazing movie
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VinylGuy wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
Farmer John wrote:Why were we all so surprised at how good The Last Duel was? (myself included)

Was it mostly because Affleck and Damon had funny looking haircuts?
This is what’s kept me from pressing play
yeez just go for it and watch an amazing movie
He might.
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Farmer John wrote:Why were we all so surprised at how good The Last Duel was? (myself included)

Was it mostly because Affleck and Damon had funny looking haircuts?
Absolutely.
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What other gems are we missing out on because of our bias against funny haircuts?
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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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