What movies are you watching?
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I dont really get the ¨this is american¨ thing, but i also dont get the praise. I thought it was the worst film i saw this year by far.
Im glad you guys enjoyed it so much.
Im glad you guys enjoyed it so much.
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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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Re: What movies are you watching?
Just re-watched it for I think the first time (maybe the second), and Place Beyond the Pines (Cianfrance 2012) is a special movie.
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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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Re: What movies are you watching?
I'm saying it's dealing with themes that tap into the American cultural and historical experience. It's an American zeitgeist film. If you're not American, you may not feel and/or interpret the film and what it's communicating in the same way. Without fulling understanding where this country is at right now and what historical events lead us to this point, I can understand how the movie might not register or fall flat at times.VinylGuy wrote:I dont really get the ¨this is american¨ thing, but i also dont get the praise. I thought it was the worst film i saw this year by far.
Im glad you guys enjoyed it so much.
And, yeah, trag, it is brilliant. In every sense of the word. The themes, the concepts, the music, the tone, the humor, the horror, the plot and the full breadth of what Peele is communicating is pitch perfect. The movie hangs together completely. I can't stop thinking about it, even months later. It's equally intelligent, artful, humorous, and creepy. It achieves every thing it sets out to achieve and it does so with confidence and panache. It's a fucking brilliant movie.
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I really enjoy this movie.tragabigzanda wrote:We're the Millers is entertaining enough. Probably my favorite Ed Helms character to date.
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I dont agree, pretty much with everything you wrote in this post. Im still glad you liked it, but i feel its more a hyped product than a good movie...social thriller? Craven did it better with The People Under the Stairs.durdencommatyler wrote:I'm saying it's dealing with themes that tap into the American cultural and historical experience. It's an American zeitgeist film. If you're not American, you may not feel and/or interpret the film and what it's communicating in the same way. Without fulling understanding where this country is at right now and what historical events lead us to this point, I can understand how the movie might not register or fall flat at times.VinylGuy wrote:I dont really get the ¨this is american¨ thing, but i also dont get the praise. I thought it was the worst film i saw this year by far.
Im glad you guys enjoyed it so much.
And, yeah, trag, it is brilliant. In every sense of the word. The themes, the concepts, the music, the tone, the humor, the horror, the plot and the full breadth of what Peele is communicating is pitch perfect. The movie hangs together completely. I can't stop thinking about it, even months later. It's equally intelligent, artful, humorous, and creepy. It achieves every thing it sets out to achieve and it does so with confidence and panache. It's a fucking brilliant movie.
But Joey, im happy for you.
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To each their own, friend.VinylGuy wrote:I dont agree, pretty much with everything you wrote in this post. Im still glad you liked it, but i feel its more a hyped product than a good movie...social thriller? Craven did it better with The People Under the Stairs.durdencommatyler wrote:I'm saying it's dealing with themes that tap into the American cultural and historical experience. It's an American zeitgeist film. If you're not American, you may not feel and/or interpret the film and what it's communicating in the same way. Without fulling understanding where this country is at right now and what historical events lead us to this point, I can understand how the movie might not register or fall flat at times.VinylGuy wrote:I dont really get the ¨this is american¨ thing, but i also dont get the praise. I thought it was the worst film i saw this year by far.
Im glad you guys enjoyed it so much.
And, yeah, trag, it is brilliant. In every sense of the word. The themes, the concepts, the music, the tone, the humor, the horror, the plot and the full breadth of what Peele is communicating is pitch perfect. The movie hangs together completely. I can't stop thinking about it, even months later. It's equally intelligent, artful, humorous, and creepy. It achieves every thing it sets out to achieve and it does so with confidence and panache. It's a fucking brilliant movie.
But Joey, im happy for you.
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Re: What movies are you watching?
The Martian.
I really really enjoy this movie.
I really really enjoy this movie.
Calibrate your enthusiasm
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Hey Ben verm, I did another repertory viewing tonight: Clue. On the big screen.
Still as good as ever.
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Better than the Nard-dog?tragabigzanda wrote:We're the Millers is entertaining enough. Probably my favorite Ed Helms character to date.
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Re: What movies are you watching?
So far, Moonlight is exactly what I expected. Ugh. Why am I doing this to myself?
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"I cry so much sometimes I feel like I might just turn into drops."

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Re: What movies are you watching?
Jesus Christ this movie. 
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my favorite part was when the young boys compared weinersLoathedVermin72 wrote:So far, Moonlight is exactly what I expected. Ugh. Why am I doing this to myself?
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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i'm bored and thinking about going to see get out later
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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Moonlight is fucking brilliant.
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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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It's one of the safest, blandest movies I've ever seen. It takes zero risks and does nothing interesting. I feel like I've seen this same movie a hundred times before.