What movies are you watching?

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Simple Torture wrote:
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Simple Torture wrote:Watching Wild At Heart now. After watching Mulholland Drive and The Elephant Man over the course of 2 days, this is such a huge step down. Although I do love it every time Sailor describes his snakeskin jacket.
You think?

A step, yes, but I'm not sure I'd call it a huge step. It's Lynch's Wizard of Oz and I find it equally endearing, bonkers, and terrifying.
There are some cool building blocks here, but halfway through it hasn't grabbed me. I can tell because I keep checking to see how much time is left.
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epilogue wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:
epilogue wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:Watching Wild At Heart now. After watching Mulholland Drive and The Elephant Man over the course of 2 days, this is such a huge step down. Although I do love it every time Sailor describes his snakeskin jacket.
You think?

A step, yes, but I'm not sure I'd call it a huge step. It's Lynch's Wizard of Oz and I find it equally endearing, bonkers, and terrifying.
There are some cool building blocks here, but halfway through it hasn't grabbed me. I can tell because I keep checking to see how much time is left.
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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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Simple Torture wrote:
epilogue wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:
epilogue wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:Watching Wild At Heart now. After watching Mulholland Drive and The Elephant Man over the course of 2 days, this is such a huge step down. Although I do love it every time Sailor describes his snakeskin jacket.
You think?

A step, yes, but I'm not sure I'd call it a huge step. It's Lynch's Wizard of Oz and I find it equally endearing, bonkers, and terrifying.
There are some cool building blocks here, but halfway through it hasn't grabbed me. I can tell because I keep checking to see how much time is left.
Well, that's never good
"Buffalo hunting? What the fuck does that mean?" is a great line.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
epilogue wrote:
Simple Torture wrote:Watching Wild At Heart now. After watching Mulholland Drive and The Elephant Man over the course of 2 days, this is such a huge step down. Although I do love it every time Sailor describes his snakeskin jacket.
You think?

A step, yes, but I'm not sure I'd call it a huge step. It's Lynch's Wizard of Oz and I find it equally endearing, bonkers, and terrifying.
Early Lynch > later Lynch, IMO.
I can't agree. Mullholland Drive and Twin Peaks: The Return are the two best things the man has done.
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Christine (2016).. a little over half way through.. this is a really good movie
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yeah, really really good
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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:just googled it, i didn't realize they made a movie about that girl. Is it super dark and depressing?
Actually no. It has some humor in it and it just feels very real. Very well-made movie it’s just shitty that that happened
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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 highly recommend it it’s on Netflix
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The Limey clarified a lot of what soderbergh is up to in many of his movies wrt editing & narrative. that might be a skeleton key for you, tree
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Kingsman: The Golden Circle

I'm into mindless entertainment right now, it seems.
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Kingsman: The Golden Circle

I'm into mindless entertainment right now, it seems.
No shame in that
Please consider voting for me
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I have so little interest in seeing anything made in the last 15 years, outside of like 3 movies a year.
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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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The Argonaut wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Kingsman: The Golden Circle

I'm into mindless entertainment right now, it seems.
No shame in that
Thank you.
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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Watched Christine (1983) tonight. Really cool movie.
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JuanHamm wrote:Watched Christine (1983) tonight. Really cool movie.
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Doubleheader tomorrow. First Wakanda Forever and then The Menu.

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