What movies are you watching?

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tragabigzanda wrote:I started The Wolf Of Wall Street again. Second viewing, about halfway through. Liking it way more this time. Pretty amazing actually.
one of my favorite movies from all times.

I think i saw it 5 times
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Jorge wrote:Because
Jorge wrote:many people whose taste I respect seemed to enjoy it
i don’t know your mates, and so this doesn’t necessarily apply to them, but i am weary of the rehabilitation by hip young contrarians of directors like baz.
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Jorge wrote:I can't believe how bad Elvis was, and how many people whose taste I respect seemed to enjoy it
I watched this over the weekend, and despite it being really generic I quite enjoyed it
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Generic is not a word I would use to describe it
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The scene at the end with Fat Elvis made me sad
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Jorge wrote:Generic is not a word I would use to describe it
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Jorge wrote:Generic is not a word I would use to describe it
Elvis was unspeakably bad (and this is where Trag is once again wrong, spouting off about something he knows nothing about). It is not just generic Baz Luhrmann fare. It is a uniquely terrible movie.
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I watched one heck of a movie last night. The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On. Japan, 1987. pre-sages Joshua Oppenheimer, but somehow goes to another level. It takes place in the eighties and follows a Japanese veteran of WWII who saw atrocities during his service in New Guinea. He has since served time for murder, for firing a slingshot at the Emperor, and for distributing pornographic images of the Emperor. He is now going around, interviewing and physically attacking witnesses and suspected perpetrators of murder and cannibalism among Japanese officers and soldier in New Guinea near the end of the war, trying to discover the truth. The man is less the subject of the film than another of the filmmakers. It's fascinating and troubling.

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VinylGuy wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:I started The Wolf Of Wall Street again. Second viewing, about halfway through. Liking it way more this time. Pretty amazing actually.
one of my favorite movies from all times.

I think i saw it 5 times
It also gave us the glorious Meshuggah Face of Wall Street:

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Watched The Homesman (terrible movie name) 2014.

Wow, this was bleak. Didn't know what to expect, but this one was dark. Kinda ok. 6.5/10
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Forgetting Sarah Marshall

First time, just starting.
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Southland Tales
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.
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Anders wrote:Forgetting Sarah Marshall

First time, just starting.
I really enjoyed it.
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Anders wrote:Forgetting Sarah Marshall

First time, just starting.
I really enjoyed it.
Look forward to finishing it, I only saw about half, before going to bed. My wife finished it, and she also seemed to really enjoy it.
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Last Night in Soho. Started out interestingly enough, but the last 30 minutes or so were pretty bad. Not funny at all also.
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Elvis was bad, but I found it very watchable. "Annoyingly Watchable"

Tom Hanks is ridiculous in this.
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Last Night in Soho. Started out interestingly enough, but the last 30 minutes or so were pretty bad. Not funny at all also.
was it supposed to be funny? but yeah I found it overrated; started off great but I got bored
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Farmer John wrote:Elvis was bad, but I found it very watchable. "Annoyingly Watchable"

Tom Hanks is ridiculous in this.
Tom Hanks is fundamentally incapable of playing a role that even borders on character actor territory.
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.
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