What movies are you watching?

[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.

[washing machine]

I watched Blow yesterday for the first time in maybe ten years. I remember it being meh on the cinematic front but enjoyable from a purely movie fan perspective. Something you wouldn't turn off if it came on TV...

This time around, I kind of hated it. None of George's moves from A to B to C seemed realistic, the soundtrack wasn't as good as I remember, and there were a lot less of the coke-addled freak outs or Mexican standoffs that actors and actresses in these sorts of movies often do well. No Scarface or Goodfellas moments to speak of.

Could have been a very disappointing afternoon all around if not for the quick remedy of walking over to the ice house down the street for tacos and beer after the credits started rolling.

Ice house? What is this ice house concept you speak of?

In general
In particular

[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.

[washing machine]

Anytime, my friend.

[i got bugs]

I got dragged to see beauty and the beast

What bothered me is the dudes curse was to be turned into a beast and wiped out of everyone's minds.. someone finally discovers him.. instead of devising a plan to use him to leading ladies there/break the spell, he decides to permanently lock him up

[Rangi Guy]

Split - loved this!
Gorillas in the Mist
Green Room

[LoathedVermin72]

I just saw two movies with a live introduction by James Ellroy, and if anyone is wondering, James Ellroy is a lunatic.

[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.

[LoathedVermin72]

I just saw two movies with a live introduction by James Ellroy, and if anyone is wondering, James Ellroy is a lunatic.

I'd love to hear more. I'm assuming you watched LA Confidential and Black Dahlia? I never saw the latter, but loved the former. Should I bother?

No, it was two Film Noir movies from the '50s (Nightfall, which I've seen before and love, and The Lineup, which is mostly dull but has a great central performance and a great final act). But, FWIW, I like The Black Dahlia. Any Brian De Palma movie is worth watching as a general rule of thumb.

As for Ellroy, he grunted and howled a lot. Referred to the audience as "pederasts, pantie-sniffers, punks, and pimps." He mentioned his "donkey dick" multiple times, said all of his books are masterpieces, and said if everyone in the theater buys 100 copies of one his books, they will get to have sex with anyone they want forever.

[Jorge]

Nice

[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.

[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.

[Kaius]

Noghtcrawler - holy shit, Woody Harrelson would love this movie

[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.

[Coach]

Rogue One on digital download.

[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.

[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.

[LoathedVermin72]

Man I am gonna hate this movie

[Rangi Guy]

Solace - was pretty good despite the crappy ending

[VinylGuy]

Moonlight. Fantastic. I loved literally everything about this film. The characters felt entirely real. The hand-held camera work felt visceral and immediate in a way that so many others strive for. The structure of the story was executed perfectly -- concise and honest, without needless exploration, over-dramatization, or other pointless padding. Every single performance was stellar, and the three actors playing Chiron somehow all managed to string together their individuals performances to create a cohesive portrait. Really superb, and just so ridiculous that a movie like Hell of High Water could even be considered to compete for a best picture nom with something like this.

Also, this makes me feel good:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/moo ... 0edc2ec6fa

I liked the photography and the edition, and a few stylish ideas in the direction....but i didnt liked anything else really...the story was a big wtf.