Red Mosquito

Posted: **Mon May 10, 2021 12:51 pm**

Farmer John wrote:I enjoyed Tenet more than I thought I would. Didn't concern myself with trying to understand what was going on and just went along for the ride.

With that said, I agree that Nolan went way too far up his own ass with this one.

i feel similarly...i watched it last night with a few others who were trying a little too hard to understand it - pausing and going back a few seconds here and there...at one point i said "hey brothers, i think we all grasp the idea but let's try not to figure out the mechanics"

would have preferred someone better in the lead role though, no doubt

Posted: **Mon May 10, 2021 1:20 pm**

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
Farmer John wrote:I enjoyed Tenet more than I thought I would. Didn't concern myself with trying to understand what was going on and just went along for the ride.

With that said, I agree that Nolan went way too far up his own ass with this one.
i feel similarly...i watched it last night with a few others who were trying a little too hard to understand it - pausing and going back a few seconds here and there...at one point i said "hey brothers, i think we all grasp the idea but let's try not to figure out the mechanics"

would have preferred someone better in the lead role though, no doubt

How did you feel about my boy R Patz in the supporting role?

Posted: **Mon May 10, 2021 1:39 pm**

Robbie Pitter Patter is one hell of an actor. I still can't believe the performance he pulled off in The King.

Posted: **Mon May 10, 2021 1:43 pm**

Ello Sailor wrote:Robbie Pitter Patter is one hell of an actor. I still can't believe the performance he pulled off in The King.

That performance was straight up bonkers.

Loved him in Lost City of Z as well.

Posted: **Mon May 10, 2021 2:27 pm**

E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Malloy wrote:come what may, today i will finish the new mortal kombat
Too bad we don’t have a 20’s category in the tournament amirite

Mortal Kombat (2021) would rip the spinal column from the The Kid (1921)

Posted: **Mon May 10, 2021 2:30 pm**

yeah he’s great…though I am behind on a decent amount of his work from the last 5 years

Posted: **Mon May 10, 2021 3:29 pm**

The King of Staten Island

It was ok.

Posted: **Mon May 10, 2021 3:31 pm**

i'm on hold with the illinois tollway and the music playing while i'm on hold has a superficial resemblance to some of the score from In the Mood For Love. and now i may rewatch that and bunch of other things from wong kar-wai

Posted: **Mon May 10, 2021 5:04 pm**

My wife has been giving me a guided tour of 90s romcoms this year. So far we've seen:

You've Got Mail - Pretty bad. Tom Hanks is a monster in this. Completely destroys Meg Ryan's life and then uses AOL to gaslight her into falling for him? And that's a happy ending? I'd watch a psychological thriller that begins where this movie ends, with Ryan and Kinnear reconnecting to take down the Fox Books empire from inside. 2/5

My Best Friend's Wedding - This was fun. I'm not a Julia Roberts fan, but she's pretty likeable in this. Dermot Mulroney is the weak spot, as always. Just a complete dud of an actor. 3.5/5

I think While You Were Sleeping is next.

Posted: **Mon May 10, 2021 5:47 pm**

I’m still on my run through the years. Not started on 1982 yet, and have some movies left from the years before it.

Decided to go a bit further back and add Rosemary’s Baby and Midnight Cowboy as well.

Starting Rosemary’s Baby now. Seen it twice, and only a couple of years since last time.

Only seen Midnight Cowboy once, and can’t remember much of it.

Posted: **Mon May 10, 2021 8:13 pm**

Very good movie. Glad I’m rewatching it.

Posted: **Tue May 11, 2021 12:25 am**

I hope you've all seen Akira and Oldboy (2003).

Posted: **Tue May 11, 2021 12:37 am**

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.

Posted: **Tue May 11, 2021 12:40 am**

The Lady Eve

Posted: **Tue May 11, 2021 1:09 am**

i really need to re-watch Oldboy...and anything else by the guy who directed it whose name i am blanking on

Posted: **Tue May 11, 2021 1:10 am**

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:i really need to re-watch Oldboy...and anything else by the guy who directed it whose name i am blanking on

i know it has Park in it

Mitch Park?

Posted: **Tue May 11, 2021 1:24 am**

It's Park Chan-Wook. Or Chan-Wook Park if we're speaking 'murican. They lead with the surname which is silly.

Posted: **Tue May 11, 2021 2:27 am**

Malloy wrote:The Lady Eve

fuck this is so good

Posted: **Tue May 11, 2021 2:33 am**

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.

Posted: **Tue May 11, 2021 4:54 am**

Malloy wrote:
Malloy wrote:The Lady Eve
fuck this is so good

Agreed. That and Sullivan’s Travels.

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