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I think Jake Johnson and I would be best friends.
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I almost never goes to those TCM Fathom Events screenings because it's hard for me to get excited about old movies projected digitally, but lately I've been thinking about how overwhelming seeing Suspiria in a theater (twice!) was, and I'm craving more of that. Granted, those were 35mm showings, but still. I see there are showings of Gone with the Wind, Lawrence of Arabia, and Alien coming up this year, and I can't decide if it's worth spending $25 for my wife and me to go. Hmm. Come to think of it, I was pretty underwhelmed when I saw 2001 in IMAX recently; 2K digital projection just wasn't sufficient for that spectacle.

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Just looked up some technical details about how those events are screened. Nope. Nope nope nope. No way am I watching films as visually magnificent as those with the kind of tech they're using. Pass.
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durdencommatyler wrote:I think Jake Johnson and I would be best friends.
He was perfect casting in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:I think Jake Johnson and I would be best friends.
He was perfect casting in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.
No kidding. But that whole cast was great.
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yeah, it was a great cast.
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Pulp Fiction is QT's worst movie, and Jackie Brown is probably his best.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:Pulp Fiction is QT's worst movie, and Jackie Brown is probably his best.
Why do you say it’s his worst?
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wease wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Pulp Fiction is QT's worst movie, and Jackie Brown is probably his best.
Why do you say it’s his worst?
Yeah, I definitely think it's a vastly overrated film. But it's not his worst.

I still need to see Jackie Brown.
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durdencommatyler wrote:
wease wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Pulp Fiction is QT's worst movie, and Jackie Brown is probably his best.
Why do you say it’s his worst?
Yeah, I definitely think it's a vastly overrated film. But it's not his worst.

I still need to see Jackie Brown.
Jackie Brown is awesome.
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wease wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Pulp Fiction is QT's worst movie, and Jackie Brown is probably his best.
Why do you say it’s his worst?
I just find the precious dialog really unbearable these days. Granted he does that in all of his movies, but I found it extreme when I revisited this one recently. The movie feels in love with itself in an insufferable way.

Also, the whole white-guy-who-loves-to-say-the-N-word thing was very noticeable in a gross way this time around. Like, that word is the go-to for any black person in a way that feels totally removed from the situation happening in the movie.
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wease wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
wease wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:Pulp Fiction is QT's worst movie, and Jackie Brown is probably his best.
Why do you say it’s his worst?
Yeah, I definitely think it's a vastly overrated film. But it's not his worst.

I still need to see Jackie Brown.
Jackie Brown is awesome.
Yes. I've said this before, but I think a huge part of what makes it so good is that it's the only time QT was adapting source material. His "QTness" is dialed back considerably, and he's allowed to simply direct a movie (that happens to have great characters played by a great cast). It feels compassionate and human in ways he usually doesn't. He's a good director; I wish he didn't have to write everything he directs.
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pulp fiction is my favorite movie
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Nacho Libre is a masterpiece of comedy
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:Nacho Libre is a masterpiece of comedy
I get horny when our tastes align.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:Nacho Libre is a masterpiece of comedy
I wish more people felt this way
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never seen it mostly because of jack black
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:never seen it mostly because of jack black
yeah, he's too smart of a comedic actor for you. Stick to Napolean Dynamite.
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:never seen it mostly because of jack black
yeah, he's too smart of a comedic actor for you. Stick to Napolean Dynamite.
ugh i’d watch jack black before that...you’re the pauly shore of rm
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:never seen it mostly because of jack black
yeah, he's too smart of a comedic actor for you. Stick to Napolean Dynamite.
ugh i’d watch jack black before that...you’re the pauly shore of rm
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