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I used to love that movie as a kid and rewatched it a few months ago. It's got some good moments but it doesn't hold up that well.
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i just really like norm

i'm not saying it's great, but it was more amusing than i anticipated
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Is Ryan Gosling the greatest male star of his generation?
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durdencommatyler wrote:Is Ryan Gosling the greatest male star of his generation?
he's no Priest Holmes..
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doug rr wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Is Ryan Gosling the greatest male star of his generation?
he's no Priest Holmes..
Ain't that the truth.

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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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tragabigzanda wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Is Ryan Gosling the greatest male star of his generation?
He's up there. I might be variously convinced it's Jake Gyllenhaal, Paul Dano, or Jesse Plemons. Given a few more projects, Adam Driver might give them all a run for their money...

I'd say Dano's performance in There Will Be a Blood is my favorite. Gyllenhaal's got Donnie Darko, Nightcrawler, and Brokeback Mountain.
Yeah, Gyllenhaal is absolutely up there. So is Driver (like you said, depending on what comes next). I have to eliminate Plemmons for sure. And Dano... I want him to be the best of his generation, but I think he's hit his ceiling. That's what worries me about him.
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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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And... (I'm gonna go ahead and be an asshole namedropper here) he's so fucking cool. He's a great guy and really sweet and so dedicated to his craft that fills me with awe.
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Still... RG has Blue Valentine. Which might be the single greatest performance of the the last two decades. MAYBE.
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Also, he has the moustache fucking a robot movie. :heartbeat:
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I really want to live the rest of my days on the property at the end of Skyfall
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You guys ever see a movie and think, "Man, I shoulda made that movie! That's my movie! Everything about this movie is completely my aesthetic and taste and represents the movie I wish I could make." ?
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durdencommatyler wrote:You guys ever see a movie and think, "Man, I shoulda made that movie! That's my movie! Everything about this movie is completely my aesthetic and taste and represents the movie I wish I could make." ?
When Valhalla Rising came out, I was pretty sure I DID make it.
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durdencommatyler wrote:You guys ever see a movie and think, "Man, I shoulda made that movie! That's my movie! Everything about this movie is completely my aesthetic and taste and represents the movie I wish I could make." ?
Yeah, Jupiter Ascending
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I haven't seen either of those. I'll add them to the list!
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:You guys ever see a movie and think, "Man, I shoulda made that movie! That's my movie! Everything about this movie is completely my aesthetic and taste and represents the movie I wish I could make." ?
Yeah, Jupiter Ascending
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durdencommatyler wrote:You guys ever see a movie and think, "Man, I shoulda made that movie! That's my movie! Everything about this movie is completely my aesthetic and taste and represents the movie I wish I could make." ?
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I.... I had no idea Fukunaga directed Beasts of No Nation. :shock:
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