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What movies are you watching?
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one of my favorite movies from all times.tragabigzanda wrote:I started The Wolf Of Wall Street again. Second viewing, about halfway through. Liking it way more this time. Pretty amazing actually.
I think i saw it 5 times
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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.Jorge wrote:BecauseJorge wrote:many people whose taste I respect seemed to enjoy it
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I watched this over the weekend, and despite it being really generic I quite enjoyed itJorge wrote:I can't believe how bad Elvis was, and how many people whose taste I respect seemed to enjoy 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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GeriatricJorge wrote:Generic is not a word I would use to describe it
And they say that a hero could save us
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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.Jorge wrote:Generic is not a word I would use to describe it
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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Re: What movies are you watching?
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.
I think Burt would like it.
It's streaming on the Criterion Channel right now
I think Burt would like it.
It's streaming on the Criterion Channel right now
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Re: What movies are you watching?
It also gave us the glorious Meshuggah Face of Wall Street:VinylGuy wrote:one of my favorite movies from all times.tragabigzanda wrote:I started The Wolf Of Wall Street again. Second viewing, about halfway through. Liking it way more this time. Pretty amazing actually.
I think i saw it 5 times
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Re: What movies are you watching?
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
Wow, this was bleak. Didn't know what to expect, but this one was dark. Kinda ok. 6.5/10
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Re: What movies are you watching?
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
First time, just starting.
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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I really enjoyed it.Anders wrote:Forgetting Sarah Marshall
First time, just starting.
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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.lennytheweedwhacker wrote:I really enjoyed it.Anders wrote:Forgetting Sarah Marshall
First time, just starting.
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Re: What movies are you watching?
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.
Tom Hanks is ridiculous in this.
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was it supposed to be funny? but yeah I found it overrated; started off great but I got boredlennytheweedwhacker wrote: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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Tom Hanks is fundamentally incapable of playing a role that even borders on character actor territory.Farmer John wrote:Elvis was bad, but I found it very watchable. "Annoyingly Watchable"
Tom Hanks is ridiculous in this.
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.