Yeah it’s a rom-comMs Harmless wrote:was it supposed to be funny? but yeah I found it overrated; started off great but I got boredlennytheweedwhacker wrote:Last Night in Soho. Started out interestingly enough, but the last 30 minutes or so were pretty bad. Not funny at all also.
What movies are you watching?
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And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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Re: What movies are you watching?
This is because he's a bad actor.Mickey wrote:Tom Hanks is fundamentally incapable of playing a role that even borders on character actor territory.Farmer John wrote:Elvis was bad, but I found it very watchable. "Annoyingly Watchable"
Tom Hanks is ridiculous in this.
VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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assess the ladykillers performance? if you could recast it, who do you get?Mickey wrote:This is because he's a bad actor.Mickey wrote:Tom Hanks is fundamentally incapable of playing a role that even borders on character actor territory.Farmer John wrote:Elvis was bad, but I found it very watchable. "Annoyingly Watchable"
Tom Hanks is ridiculous in this.
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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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Ladykillers is one of his all-time worst performances, absolute dogshit--which of course you would happily eat out of your trough.tragabigzanda wrote:Yeah ladykillers is the obvious counter to Mickey’s dumb comment
VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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Hated it. I'd have to think about replacements but Hanks and Wayans would be the first cuts. Really you could recast everyone other than Simmons and da god Stephen RootMalloy wrote:assess the ladykillers performance? if you could recast it, who do you get?Mickey wrote:This is because he's a bad actor.Mickey wrote:Tom Hanks is fundamentally incapable of playing a role that even borders on character actor territory.Farmer John wrote:Elvis was bad, but I found it very watchable. "Annoyingly Watchable"
Tom Hanks is ridiculous in this.
VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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He’s alright.
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I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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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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Burbs is fucking all-timer.tragabigzanda wrote:I like him best when he’s goofy: Big, Burbs, Dragnet, Ladykillers. Not his best projects, but my favorite characters he’s donelennytheweedwhacker wrote:He’s alright.
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Actually I changed my mind--cast Root as Goldthwaite and recast his part. Instantly a better movie.Mickey wrote:Hated it. I'd have to think about replacements but Hanks and Wayans would be the first cuts. Really you could recast everyone other than Simmons and da god Stephen RootMalloy wrote:assess the ladykillers performance? if you could recast it, who do you get?Mickey wrote:This is because he's a bad actor.Mickey wrote:Tom Hanks is fundamentally incapable of playing a role that even borders on character actor territory.Farmer John wrote:Elvis was bad, but I found it very watchable. "Annoyingly Watchable"
Tom Hanks is ridiculous in this.
VinylGuy wrote:its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
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i love this thoughtMickey wrote:Actually I changed my mind--cast Root as Goldthwaite and recast his part. Instantly a better movie.Mickey wrote:Hated it. I'd have to think about replacements but Hanks and Wayans would be the first cuts. Really you could recast everyone other than Simmons and da god Stephen RootMalloy wrote:assess the ladykillers performance? if you could recast it, who do you get?Mickey wrote:This is because he's a bad actor.Mickey wrote:Tom Hanks is fundamentally incapable of playing a role that even borders on character actor territory.Farmer John wrote:Elvis was bad, but I found it very watchable. "Annoyingly Watchable"
Tom Hanks is ridiculous in this.
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Hmmm...I think Mickey might actually be right here.
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More Stephen Root is always a good thing. He was great on Barry.
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Re: What movies are you watching?
perhaps an all root casting for lady killers, like eddie murphy in doolittle
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Been a long week, finally the weekend is here.
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Jorge wrote:I remember I was in Miami when it happened. I was posting from the balcony of my apartment overlooking the beach. And I was having an argument with Adamdude.
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Fall is a deeply, deeply stupid movie. I had an amazing time
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