Red Mosquito

The Argonaut wrote:the same thing over and over and over and over again

durdencommatyler wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:I think LV is right on the money, and I’ll add:

Joe is not a cynical person, so Murray’s arc may not resonate as much. But I can relate to every single instinct that he has throughout the movie: To eat a bunch of junk food, to fuck every woman in town, to rob the armored car, to punch Ned Ryerson in the face. And when he finally starts doing things to add beauty to the world — to save the old bum’s life, to learn to ice sculpt and play the piano, and finally, to see Andy MacDowell as a real person rather than a receptacle for his sexual desires — only then does he find fulfillment.

I actually got a little teared up typing that out.

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:Widows

Say this was pretty good! Nice to see a heist movie with some brains and a little visual flair; a few of those shots were great. Notably good sound too. Had to make some logic leaps for a few parts to work, but whatever. Also there were like 25 recognizable actors.

In terms of “heist movie maturity,” I’d say it’s not as good as Thief, but way smarter than Oceans 8 and 12. Sort of on the same level as Inside Man.

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.

Strat wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:I think LV is right on the money, and I’ll add:

Joe is not a cynical person, so Murray’s arc may not resonate as much. But I can relate to every single instinct that he has throughout the movie: To eat a bunch of junk food, to fuck every woman in town, to rob the armored car, to punch Ned Ryerson in the face. And when he finally starts doing things to add beauty to the world — to save the old bum’s life, to learn to ice sculpt and play the piano, and finally, to see Andy MacDowell as a real person rather than a receptacle for his sexual desires — only then does he find fulfillment.

I actually got a little teared up typing that out.

I live with some cynicism but i generally am not at all. I fucking love groundhog day.

bada wrote:I asked my kids if they wanted to see Aquaman and they said they'd rather go see Mary Poppins.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:They both look awful

tragabigzanda wrote:Widows

Say this was pretty good! Nice to see a heist movie with some brains and a little visual flair; a few of those shots were great. Notably good sound too. Had to make some logic leaps for a few parts to work, but whatever. Also there were like 25 recognizable actors.

In terms of “heist movie maturity,” I’d say it’s not as good as Thief, but way smarter than Oceans 8 and 12. Sort of on the same level as Inside Man.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I will never watch it so we’ll never know

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I doubt my takeaway from DisneyMarvel’s 2018 Mary Poppins reboot would be joy and imagination though lol