Red Mosquito

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:i don't think ruffalo has ever disappointed me

VinylGuy wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:i don't think ruffalo has ever disappointed me

I was kinda tired of him. I hated him on Spotlight...but after yesterday, im watching again ¨You Can Count On Me¨ today!

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:i don't think ruffalo has ever disappointed me

I was kinda tired of him. I hated him on Spotlight...but after yesterday, im watching again ¨You Can Count On Me¨ today!

i thought he was great in spotlight

I think he's doing his best work now. The kids are all right, foxcatcher, spotlight, the Hulk… He's turning in a pretty broad range of characters these days, and it seems like he's starting to develop accents and physical mannerisms that weren't really part of his repertoire before.

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:i don't think ruffalo has ever disappointed me

I was kinda tired of him. I hated him on Spotlight...but after yesterday, im watching again ¨You Can Count On Me¨ today!

i thought he was great in spotlight

I think he's doing his best work now. The kids are all right, foxcatcher, spotlight, the Hulk… He's turning in a pretty broad range of characters these days, and it seems like he's starting to develop accents and physical mannerisms that weren't really part of his repertoire before.

how did you feel about his work in the last big thing?

Had never even heard of this film until just now. Premise is interesting.

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:Catch Me If You Can.

Eff me, what a fantastic movie. I had seen it before, but not for several years. I'm still reading the Syd Field screenplay book, and I've got to admit that just about any movie I can think of adheres to his ideas about structure very closely, excluding arty films. But this one is a powerhouse of writing and editing...

What's plot point 1, exactly? Is it when Frank starts forging checks? When he's passes for a pilot? Or more likely, when Hanratty is introduced?

And the same holds for plot point 2: Is it when he's captured (and if so, it's amazing that they introduce that in the very beginning of the film)? Is it when he abandons his bride at the airport? Is it when he goes to work for the FBI?

And I've also been on a pretty long streak of hating music in film; I just find it to be unnecessarily prodding in so many movies -- like, if I can't get that a character is sad from his words and actions, and the lighting and set, etc, then the music typically feels like a hamfisted directional sign. But in this movie, the music is brilliant -- it keeps the energy moving at a steady clip throughout, and never feels schlocky.

DiCaprio is great. Hanks is great. Spielberg is amazing. One of the best movies of the 21st century, I think.

bune wrote:The Brothers Bloom is a film I grabbed because hey why not and it surprised me on so many levels.

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.

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

bune wrote:The Brothers Bloom is a film I grabbed because hey why not and it surprised me on so many levels.

Yeah I love that movie. Very underrated.

Hmm...I will try to watch this.

durdencommatyler wrote:I know it's just barely November. But I couldn't wait. Watched Love Actually for the first of many times this holiday season last night. I fucking love that stupid goddamn movie.