Books, movies, television...
Strat
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by Strat » Mon May 04, 2015 8:04 pm
LoathedVermin72 wrote: You know, I've always heard people say in interviews and on podcasts that "so and so movie changed my life" or "so and so album changed my life" or whatever, and I never understood it. I never got how people had this one thing that they could pinpoint as something that actually changed their life . I've never had that kind of instantaneous experience with any one work of art.
Well, a week or two ago, I saw The Color of Pomegranates , and that movie fucking changed my life . Seriously. My outlook on life has not been the same since I saw it. I didn't even know art could be that , do what that that movie does. What an awesome fucking planet we live on. Being a human being is amazing.
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LoathedVermin72
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by LoathedVermin72 » Mon May 04, 2015 8:43 pm
Oh, also while I was gone, I watched The Yearling , which was the fifth-best movie I've ever seen in my life.
I've been having a pretty good run lately.
LoathedVermin72
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by LoathedVermin72 » Mon May 04, 2015 9:01 pm
Last 10:
-The Island (1980)
-Get on Up (2014)
-A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
-Atari: Game Over (2014)
-Storm Boy (1976)
-Nas: Time is Illmatic (2014)
-The Zero Theorem (2013)
-The Town That Dreaded Sundown (2014)
-Sundays and Cybele (1962)
-The Black Stallion (1979)
Jorge
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by Jorge » Mon May 04, 2015 9:13 pm
Just when I thought I couldn't take your opinions any less seriously.
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LoathedVermin72
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by LoathedVermin72 » Mon May 04, 2015 9:15 pm
theplatypus wrote: Just when I thought I couldn't take your opinions any less seriously.
What are you referring to?
Jorge
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by Jorge » Mon May 04, 2015 9:19 pm
Sorry, I meant... more seriously. The seriousliest.
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Jorge
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by Jorge » Mon May 04, 2015 9:27 pm
I am here for your studied iconoclasm... feed it to me
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Dev
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by Dev » Mon May 04, 2015 9:48 pm
The Zero Theorem was great ya big dummy.
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BurtReynolds
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by BurtReynolds » Mon May 04, 2015 9:53 pm
Babadook was decent but I spent the first 40 minutes or so hoping the kid and mom would die horrible deaths. I can't tolerate bad parenting/annoying kids. On of the rare horror movies that actually improves when the baddie shows up.
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LoathedVermin72
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by LoathedVermin72 » Mon May 04, 2015 11:02 pm
Dev wrote: The Zero Theorem was great ya big dummy.
I thought it was a pathetic male fantasy full of facile social commentary. Gilliam has become very smug. It doesn't suit him.
Orpheus
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by Orpheus » Wed May 06, 2015 12:14 am
LoathedVermin72 wrote: Well, a week or two ago, I saw The Color of Pomegranates , and that movie fucking changed my life . Seriously. My outlook on life has not been the same since I saw it. I didn't even know art could be that , do what that that movie does. What an awesome fucking planet we live on. Being a human being is amazing.
Looked this up, I'm so there.
BurtReynolds
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by BurtReynolds » Wed May 06, 2015 12:58 am
The Man With The Iron Fists 2. My outlook on life has not been the same since I watched it. It's terrible.
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Kaius
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by Kaius » Wed May 06, 2015 1:00 am
You watched the whole thing?
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by BurtReynolds » Wed May 06, 2015 1:02 am
Oh heavens no. I skipped through it on netflix looking for scenes where RZA tries to do kung fu. I expected laughs, but mostly it just made me sad.
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Kaius
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by Kaius » Wed May 06, 2015 1:03 am
Yah. I made it about 2 and half minutes and shut it off. Awful.
BurtReynolds
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by BurtReynolds » Wed May 06, 2015 1:05 am
I've never seen the first one. Is Russell Crowe really in it? That can't be right.
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lennytheweedwhacker
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by lennytheweedwhacker » Wed May 06, 2015 1:10 am
i don't know why, but in my late teens i thought russell crowe was a great actor
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
Kaius
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by Kaius » Wed May 06, 2015 1:18 am
Because Gladiator.
lennytheweedwhacker
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by lennytheweedwhacker » Wed May 06, 2015 1:21 am
Kaius wrote: Because Gladiator.
that plus a beautiful mind plus whatever else he was in back then
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait