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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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Nocturne.

One of the Welcome To Blumhouse series at Amazon Prime. Liked it. Very stylish, some nice framing. Cool acting. It was more like a good episode from Into The Dark than a feature film, but it was alright.

Blackhat.

Finally, i saw this one. I dont know what took me so long to watch it again and this time finish it. Its great. Looks amazing, Mann is so fucking good. Great action sequences. I cant wait for Tokyo Vice.
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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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You didnt liked it? I thought it was super cool. Super well done. Its had elements from Miami Vice too.
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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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I agree that Mann´s worst is Public Enemy. Thats why i liked this one a lot more, the digital approach is gorgeous again. Hemsworth wasnt the ideal choice for this character but its not that far away from other..and his relationship with the chinese girl seemed true and honest.

Also, the sequence with the car exploding and the street shooting was super cool.

Yeah, Miami Vice is a classic. A true classic.
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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:
VinylGuy wrote:I agree that Mann´s worst is Public Enemy. Thats why i liked this one a lot more, the digital approach is gorgeous again. Hemsworth wasnt the ideal choice for this character but its not that far away from other..and his relationship with the chinese girl seemed true and honest.

Also, the sequence with the car exploding and the street shooting was super cool.

Yeah, Miami Vice is a classic. A true classic.
I do remember really liking the digital vibe. But he's been doing that since Collateral I think? The story in this one just didn't stick with me at all.
yeah, but i looked awful in Public Enemies. I was super worried about it.
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It Comes At Night got to me far more than I expected. I'm sure some of that is the current pandemic (didn't know a sickness, masks & gloves were a big part of the premise) and even more had to do with watching it in a small house in the mountains. Still, it got under my skin. Big time.

Joel Edgerton continues to be the best actor that people don't talk about enough.
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epilogue wrote:It Comes At Night got to me far more than I expected. I'm sure some of that is the current pandemic (didn't know a sickness, masks & gloves were a big part of the premise) and even more had to do with watching it in a small house in the mountains. Still, it got under my skin. Big time.

Joel Edgerton continues to be the best actor that people don't talk about enough.
yeah, that was good. I really like Shult´s previous movie called Krisha and i have to see Waves.
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"us"

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Strat wrote:"us"

Jordan Peele.

Meh
I loved it, but not for the same reasons as "Get Out"
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I can't pinpoint why I didn't enjoy this one as much as Get Out.
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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:
Strat wrote:I can't pinpoint why I didn't enjoy this one as much as Get Out.
because it sucked?
Yea, probably.
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Strat wrote:I can't pinpoint why I didn't enjoy this one as much as Get Out.
I don't think it's as good as Get Out but I still enjoyed the movie. Sorry you didn't enjoy it more.
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I loved Us. Not as good as Get Out but not a lot of movies are
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