What movies are you watching?

[Anders]

Mississippi Grind

«Down on his luck and facing financial hardship, Gerry teams up with younger charismatic poker player, Curtis, in an attempt to change his luck. The two set off on a road trip through the South with visions of winning back what's been lost.»

Starting this now.

[JuanHamm]

Just saw that Cockfighter is up on Amazon Prime, so I might give that another watch tonight.

[Anders]

Thought Mississippi Grind was just ok. A bit boring at times, and mostly very straightforward.

[The Argonaut]

Thought Mississippi Grind was just ok. A bit boring at times, and mostly very straightforward.

Have you seen California Split? That's what it's riffing on. I like them both very much

[Anders]

Thought Mississippi Grind was just ok. A bit boring at times, and mostly very straightforward.

Have you seen California Split? That's what it's riffing on. I like them both very much

No, I’ve never seen that one. Will add it to my shortlist.

[tragabigzanda]

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.

[Anders]

shortlist.

[Anders]

The Fits

«While training at the gym 11-year-old tomboy Toni becomes entranced with a dance troupe. As she struggles to fit in she finds herself caught up in danger as the group begins to suffer from fainting spells and other violent fits.»

Just over an hour long.

[tragabigzanda]

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.

[The Argonaut]

Yeah, The Fits was great. She co-directed an Irish movie starring Paul Mescal and Emily Watson that was quite good, came out last year

[Anders]

The Fits

«While training at the gym 11-year-old tomboy Toni becomes entranced with a dance troupe. As she struggles to fit in she finds herself caught up in danger as the group begins to suffer from fainting spells and other violent fits.»

Just over an hour long.

We LOVED this movie. Looking forward to the director's followup.

Absolutely. Very cool movie.

[Jorge]

shortlist.

Just under 50 movies left for my 2015 rewatch. Then 912 movies from 2016, 734 of which I've already seen. Then 816 movies from 2017, out of which just over 400 are first time watches. Then I have 2018 movies from 2018, 1200 of which are semi rewatches (movies I've seen but can barely remember). Then in 2019 I'm only watching 3 movies -- The Report, Marriage Story, and Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, all starring Adam Driver. Two of those I've seen. Then 49 movies from 2020, only one of which I've seen. Then for 2021, I plan to watch every movie ever made that has a character named "Steve" in it, regardless of genre or language. I estimate this will take me about 15 years, but it's worth it for the dedication to the Steves of cinema. Then

[VinylGuy]

By the way where the fuck were you when these rubes were shitting all over Alien: Covenant

i praised that one for a long time, i think there was a thread? yeah RM sensibilities regarding horror are laughable at best. I dont think any recent franchise has treated its protagonist as bad as Shaw. Everything with her is a twisted tragedy and i love it.

I love both Prometheus and Covenant so much, i can only expect Scott to finish the trilogy in some form. The movie might happen if the new Alien is a hit, so who knows.

If it doesnt happen then make a comic book or something.

[bart]

yeah RM sensibilities regarding horror are laughable at best.

hoo boy

[bart]

Alien Covenant is a fundamentally stupid movie. On every level. It is a perfect example of the Star Wars/Marvel-ization of everything everywhere. Whereas the first two movies throw together groups of people who look and act like teams of professionals dealing with a challenge in a very Howard hawks way, Prometheus and covenant have their characters say things like “alas, the captaincy of this ship was taken from me, for I am a man of faith!” This is a movie that shows someone mountain repelling without a safety line and then has a character say “listen, we’re climbing a mountain without a safety line here!” Then for the finale, she has to…repel down the ship. Truly a character arc from the Ritalin addled mind of a sophomore film student.

Yes this film is truly misunderstood, it takes a keen knowledge of culture to understand they were going for gothic horror. Otherwise one could miss when they have the villain explain his evil scheme while in a dungeon laboratory filled with his creations. We could also miss when they literally make a point to name check Mary Shelley’s husband. Just too subtle for your average non-film expert, I guess.

I laughed out loud, and not in a good way, at several points. Apparently the entire crew all went the exact opposite way they should have gone to explore the planet when the ship landed - had they gone seemingly a short amount of time in any other direction they may have noticed the gargantuan imitation-Mecca the aliens built, rather than poke around some fucking woods and caves. We see a character (was she supppsed to be a pilot? A medical person? I can’t recall) IMMEDIATELY panic when she hears someone is sick and coming back to the shop. She then proceeds to fuck up in every way imaginable, crying and squealing the whole time. They cut right to Danny McBride, who says “she sounded scared. I’ve never heard her sound scared before.” Really??? Did she never stub a toe or lose her car keys in his presence??

Just a dumb, dumb movie.

[Jorge]

For everyone's benefit, this is the point where you know you can safely stop reading this 2001 Ain't It Cool News level post

It is a perfect example of the Star Wars/Marvel-ization of everything everywhere.

[bart]

For everyone's benefit, this is the point where you know you can safely stop reading this 2001 Ain't It Cool News level post

It is a perfect example of the Star Wars/Marvel-ization of everything everywhere.

I’m not familiar with 2001 era ain’t it cool news, what do you mean?

[The Argonaut]

I think he was trying to insult you

[bart]

I think he was trying to insult you

That can’t be right

[bart]

That would be a very 2009 Red Mosquito level thing to do