What movies are you watching?

[tree_]

Dollhouse, Happiness and Storytelling are all brilliant as far as I'm concerned. At that point I was ready to call him one of my all time favorite filmmakers. But then things got... let's say uneven. I still haven't seen Palindromes or Weiner-dog.

Tree, if you're interested "Life During Wartime" is a sequel (of sorts) to "Happiness". A lot of the same characters are in it but played by different actors. It's nowhere near as dark and unsettling, so it may not be what you're looking for. But it's there for you if you want.

Thanks, but if dark and unsettling were removed from Happiness I don't think I'd like it. Maybe one day, though.

You should give Storytelling a go, though. It's maybe not as "funny" has Happiness but it's super dark and unsettling. You might really dig it. It's maybe a little slower and more cerebral than Happiness.

OK, maybe I will!

[tree_]

Happiness feels like it strangely has a lot in common with both American Beauty and Magnolia, both of which were released the next year, 1999. One of those weird Hollywood coincidences.

[tragabigzanda]

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.

[tree_]

cool, yeah

[tree_]

OK, well I liked the first half much more than the second. It's still good, just not as good as I thought it was going to be.

1. Magnolia
2. American Beauty
3. Happiness

[Ello Sailor]

I started watching The Card Counter because Oscar Isaac is usually solid and Marty was an executive producer on it. What a nothingburger of a film. Won't be finishing that.

[tree_]

I started watching The Card Counter because Oscar Isaac is usually solid and Marty was an executive producer on it. What a nothingburger of a film. Won't be finishing that.

it's good if you hang in there and kind of let it quietly wash over you.. i'll never forget that last scene with oscar isaac and willem dafoe

[Ello Sailor]

Okay I will dig deep, just for you.

[tree_]

Okay I will dig deep, just for you.

mmm yes keep going please

[Ello Sailor]

[tree_]

just ignore tiffany haddish's performance.. terribly miscast.. i dunno how she ever got into dramatic acting

[Vitalogist]

Going to see Wonka this weekend. Not excited.

[BurtReynolds]

Going to see Wonka this weekend. Not excited.

Hollywood 2023

[tommy]

Watching Indecent Proposal. Not bad at all.

[The Argonaut]

I started watching The Card Counter because Oscar Isaac is usually solid and Marty was an executive producer on it. What a nothingburger of a film. Won't be finishing that.

it's good if you hang in there and kind of let it quietly wash over you.. i'll never forget that last scene with oscar isaac and willem dafoe

Yes, one must see the end

[BurtReynolds]

Watch The Gambler instead.

[tommy]

The Hustler is up on Hulu. I think I'm going to watch it tomorrow.

[Strat]

I started watching The Card Counter because Oscar Isaac is usually solid and Marty was an executive producer on it. What a nothingburger of a film. Won't be finishing that.

it's good if you hang in there and kind of let it quietly wash over you.. i'll never forget that last scene with oscar isaac and willem dafoe

Yes, one must see the end

also scored by dude from Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

[tree_]

I like the score quite a bit

[epilogue]

Seeing American Fiction tomorrow morning. Pretty pumped for it. I love Jeffrey Wright.