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Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sun February 28, 2021 4:21 pm
by Jorge
Last night I watched A Perfectly Normal Family on MUBI, a very austere, very sober Danish drama. The kind of thing I'd usually only watch at a film festival. I enjoyed it, but you really have to be in the mood for it. I really wished that I was at a movie theater, with my attention fully focused on it, no chance of any kind of distraction.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sun February 28, 2021 4:23 pm
by wease
Jorge wrote:Last night I watched A Perfectly Normal Family on MUBI, a very austere, very sober Danish drama. The kind of thing I'd usually only watch at a film festival. I enjoyed it, but you really have to be in the mood for it. I really wished that I was at a movie theater, with my attention fully focused on it, no chance of any kind of distraction.
Was your ladyfriend distracting you by rubbing your balls while watching the film?
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sun February 28, 2021 4:41 pm
by The Argonaut
wtf wease
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sun February 28, 2021 5:12 pm
by Bammer
We took the kids to see Tom & Jerry yesterday.
Why, Collin Jost, why?
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sun February 28, 2021 5:40 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sun February 28, 2021 5:56 pm
by Ms Harmless
Jorge wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:the "women empowerment angle" wasn't supposed to be sincere; she was using it because it helped to create her persona
I agree with this
I liked the movie, it felt like a product of the early 2000s in a good way (its score and aesthetic choices, the super-saturated colors). But I agree that it felt muddled. The very end felt like a weird cop-out; I was getting stoked about it ending on such a downer, ruthlessly cynical note. The comeuppance felt like a "have my cake and eat it too" move by the filmmakers.
absolutely
I'm biased because I love horror and I love the new trend of oppressive monsters receiving their violent comeuppance in a revenge fantasy bloodbath, but that's the way I wish it had gone
there were no trans women in this movie but if there had been, Marla would have 100% revealed herself to be a TERF
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sun February 28, 2021 6:00 pm
by Ms Harmless
there should be a sequel where Dinklage's character turns on his "business partner" and puts together a motley crew of pissed off careworker service users to bleed her dry, but there won't be because the movie writers aren't sure enough about their message and "satire" is too easy a shield for writers who don't have much to say
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sun February 28, 2021 6:02 pm
by Ms Harmless
the movie was enjoyable and interesting but I wish it had been more than that
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sun February 28, 2021 6:10 pm
by Jorge
Yeah I wanna clarify that I actually really liked it. Thematic inconsistency is not a dealbreaker for me
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sun February 28, 2021 6:20 pm
by wease
Bammer wrote:We took the kids to see Tom & Jerry yesterday.
Why, Collin Jost, why?
The better question is why you didn’t just stay home and watch it on HBO?
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sun February 28, 2021 6:45 pm
by Bammer
wease wrote:Bammer wrote:We took the kids to see Tom & Jerry yesterday.
Why, Collin Jost, why?
The better question is why you didn’t just stay home and watch it on HBO?
Seriously?
To get out of the house. Kids love the huge screen, too.
There were 10 people at this movie, tops. They still assigned seats which I found hilarious. They also sell popcorn and everything else which I also find hilarious because masks.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sun February 28, 2021 7:24 pm
by Ms Harmless
Jorge wrote:Yeah I wanna clarify that I actually really liked it. Thematic inconsistency is not a dealbreaker for me
same, I just got carried away
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sun February 28, 2021 9:07 pm
by Rangi Guy
The Quake (Sequel to The Wave) - really good. The Norwegians sure know how to do a disaster film
Martha Marcy May Marlene - had its moments, but overall pretty meh
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sun February 28, 2021 9:11 pm
by epilogue
Rangi Guy wrote:The Quake (Sequel to The Wave) - really good. The Norwegians sure know how to do a disaster film
Martha Marcy May Marlene - had its moments, but overall pretty meh
MMMM is one I've had on my list forever. I need to check and see if it's streaming for free anywhere here. Without giving anything away, what underwhelmed you about it?
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sun February 28, 2021 9:22 pm
by Rangi Guy
epilogue wrote:Rangi Guy wrote:The Quake (Sequel to The Wave) - really good. The Norwegians sure know how to do a disaster film
Martha Marcy May Marlene - had its moments, but overall pretty meh
MMMM is one I've had on my list forever. I need to check and see if it's streaming for free anywhere here. Without giving anything away, what underwhelmed you about it?
It just didn't really seem to go anywhere. Probably wasn't helped by my wife mostly tuning out and then complaining about it periodically
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sun February 28, 2021 9:30 pm
by epilogue
Rangi Guy wrote:epilogue wrote:Rangi Guy wrote:The Quake (Sequel to The Wave) - really good. The Norwegians sure know how to do a disaster film
Martha Marcy May Marlene - had its moments, but overall pretty meh
MMMM is one I've had on my list forever. I need to check and see if it's streaming for free anywhere here. Without giving anything away, what underwhelmed you about it?
It just didn't really seem to go anywhere. Probably wasn't helped by my wife mostly tuning out and then complaining about it periodically
Gotcha. It's never fun when the spouse isn't into the movie.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Sun February 28, 2021 11:33 pm
by Mickey
The Wave and The Quake were both fun as hell
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Mon March 01, 2021 4:44 am
by blueviper
epilogue wrote:Mulan (fine, better than expected, I liked it)
Giant (weird, I loved it, man it's weird)
I saw in the 50/50 challenge thread you watched Giant.
It’s a great movie but what’s weird about it?
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Mon March 01, 2021 6:12 am
by Got Some
Little Things with Denzel Rami and Jared Leto was pretty good,
I didn’t pick the twist at the end
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Mon March 01, 2021 6:22 am
by epilogue
blueviper wrote:epilogue wrote:Mulan (fine, better than expected, I liked it)
Giant (weird, I loved it, man it's weird)
I saw in the 50/50 challenge thread you watched Giant.
It’s a great movie but what’s weird about it?
The character motivations. The way some things are over explained and others are just thrown out there and under developed. Some of the performance choices. Action beats. Etc.