What movies are you watching?
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I'm going to see the Holdovers this week. Anatomy of a Fall and The Marvels, too
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Nice trilogyThe Argonaut wrote:I'm going to see the Holdovers this week. Anatomy of a Fall and The Marvels, too
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Is Primal Fear worth watching? I don't really like Richard Gere (does anyone?) but I'm willing to set that aside if it's the goods.
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I'd say, yes, it's absolutely worth watching. Love that flickEllo Sailor wrote:Is Primal Fear worth watching? I don't really like Richard Gere (does anyone?) but I'm willing to set that aside if it's the goods.
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I'm actually struggling to get through it. Jake G is really bad in this.BurtReynolds wrote:The Covenant is good, further reinforcing my Guy Ritchie fandom.
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Jake G bad doesn't sound real
I started to watch this the other day.
I started to watch this the other day.
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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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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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 opening scene where Jake and his squad are at the checkpoint becomes comical with all the nicknames being tossed around. I’m sure this is exactly how it goes in any unit, but comes off like a SNL skit onscreen.
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Was it a double post?tragabigzanda wrote:Edit: redundant
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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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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 blame Ritchie’s direction. I get that they’re trying to establish Jake’s character as unflappable, but it goes too far. Everything he says is wooden.lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Jake G bad doesn't sound real
I started to watch this the other day.
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blasphemyspike wrote:I'm actually struggling to get through it. Jake G is really bad in this.BurtReynolds wrote:The Covenant is good, further reinforcing my Guy Ritchie fandom.
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I liked the dialogue and felt like some of it was a little clunky on purpose. Kind of a regular soldier guy grasping at something eloquent without being able to. Not quite McCarthy level writing or anything, but good enough.
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I thought the same.BurtReynolds wrote:I liked the dialogue and felt like some of it was a little clunky on purpose. Kind of a regular soldier guy grasping at something eloquent without being able to.
Also, none of you fart sniffers have so much as mentioned Dar Salim's performance as Ahmed. Guy nails it, bigly.
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Ello Sailor wrote:I thought the same.BurtReynolds wrote:I liked the dialogue and felt like some of it was a little clunky on purpose. Kind of a regular soldier guy grasping at something eloquent without being able to.
Also, none of you fart sniffers have so much as mentioned Dar Salim's performance as Ahmed. Guy nails it, bigly.
I agree with the angry boys
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Agreeing with Burt has me insane with anger.
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I like how, even when a good guy, Homelander has to be a jerk.
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I love Anthony Starr. Been a big fan since Banshee.