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Posted: **Mon February 05, 2024 3:17 am**

Jojo Rabbit was frustrating. When it was good it was really good, when it wasn’t it was very annoying. The Hitler character was probably the worst part, but at least he wasn’t in the last half very much

Posted: **Mon February 05, 2024 4:03 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: **Mon February 05, 2024 4:12 am**

How To Have Sex.

Visceral and effecting. Really loved it.

Posted: **Mon February 05, 2024 4:30 am**

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Jojo Rabbit was frustrating. When it was good it was really good, when it wasn’t it was very annoying. The Hitler character was probably the worst part, but at least he wasn’t in the last half very much

yeah, it had its moments but overall it really sucked hard, specially with when Waikiki is around

Posted: **Mon February 05, 2024 4:30 am**

Farmer John wrote:The Royal Hotel

It’s from the director of The Assistant, which I really loved, but this one didn't quite do it for me. There is a lot to like about it. I love a good slow burn that quietly builds up the tension. But this didn't quite add up to a satisfying whole. Left me wanting.

I saw the first half and liked it, i need to finish it. The Assistant was wonderful.

Posted: **Mon February 05, 2024 1:18 pm**

VinylGuy wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:Jojo Rabbit was frustrating. When it was good it was really good, when it wasn’t it was very annoying. The Hitler character was probably the worst part, but at least he wasn’t in the last half very much
yeah, it had its moments but overall it really sucked hard, specially with when Waikiki is around

The good outweighed the bad for me.

Posted: **Mon February 05, 2024 3:52 pm**

I'm watching The Great Gatsby (2013). I watched The Great Gatsby (74) last week so it will be interesting to compare them.

Posted: **Mon February 05, 2024 4:00 pm**

10 minutes in and I think I'm going to give up on this. I like the cast, but the camera work and editing are making me feel ill.

Posted: **Mon February 05, 2024 4:05 pm**

tommy wrote:10 minutes in and I think I'm going to give up on this. I like the cast, but the camera work and editing are making me feel ill.

You once said you never stop a movie once you begin.

Posted: **Mon February 05, 2024 4:07 pm**

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tommy wrote:10 minutes in and I think I'm going to give up on this. I like the cast, but the camera work and editing are making me feel ill.
You once said you never stop a movie once you begin.

It's rare. The last two I quit before this were Daybreakers and Red Dragon. Neither were offensively bad, just painfully mediocre.

Posted: **Mon February 05, 2024 4:09 pm**

tommy wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tommy wrote:10 minutes in and I think I'm going to give up on this. I like the cast, but the camera work and editing are making me feel ill.
You once said you never stop a movie once you begin.
It's rare. The last two I quit before this were Daybreakers and Red Dragon. Neither were offensively bad, just painfully mediocre.

Three strikes and you’re out

Posted: **Mon February 05, 2024 4:11 pm**

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tommy wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tommy wrote:10 minutes in and I think I'm going to give up on this. I like the cast, but the camera work and editing are making me feel ill.
You once said you never stop a movie once you begin.
It's rare. The last two I quit before this were Daybreakers and Red Dragon. Neither were offensively bad, just painfully mediocre.
Three strikes and you’re out

I'll strike you if you don't shut up

Posted: **Mon February 05, 2024 4:11 pm**

yeah that gatsby has its moments but you're right not to finish it

Posted: **Mon February 05, 2024 4:24 pm**

tommy wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tommy wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
tommy wrote:10 minutes in and I think I'm going to give up on this. I like the cast, but the camera work and editing are making me feel ill.
You once said you never stop a movie once you begin.
It's rare. The last two I quit before this were Daybreakers and Red Dragon. Neither were offensively bad, just painfully mediocre.
Three strikes and you’re out
I'll strike you if you don't shut up

The only thing you can do is brush me

Posted: **Mon February 05, 2024 5:48 pm**

Watched The Deer Hunter again last night… amazing as always.

Posted: **Mon February 05, 2024 6:31 pm**

Vitalogist wrote:Watched The Deer Hunter again last night… amazing as always.

dude, what a movie.

I need a rewatch of that one

Posted: **Mon February 05, 2024 7:10 pm**

I’m down

Posted: **Tue February 06, 2024 1:09 am**

I like the Deer Hunter but it really tests my suspension of disbelief, between guys who look like they’re 45 going to Nam and the mountains around Pittsburgh looking like the Himalayas

Posted: **Tue February 06, 2024 1:42 am**

Haha bart, concur chef

Posted: **Wed February 07, 2024 1:34 am**

This movie is (of course) terrible, but kinda interestingly bad. Ok, it's not that interesting either, but this movie is definitely weird. I already hate the phrase "was this written by AI?", but this genuinely felt like it was written by AI.

- The weirdest thing about this movie is that

Spoiler: show: it has a portrayal of a South American dictator that has to be seen to be believed. It's not just positive. It's downright idealized. Saintly even. It's such a bizarre choice, I can't think of something similar. I'd say it was ballsy, but it's more likely just incompetent screenwriters. One of the evil mercenary defense contractors turns out to be good guys too. Genuinely crazy plot.

- The plot is so muddled and bloated, filled with half assed little subplots and diversions. It's also way too long.
- I like John Cena, but he is not a leading man. First of all, he looks 60. And he carries himself so weird.
- Some of the most cringe comedy I've seen in awhile, and there is a lot of competition lately. It's painful watching Cena try to make this stuff work.
- Alison Brie hams it up as usual, but wow, is her character woefully detestable from start to finish, which is impressive considering her personality seems to vary from scene to scene, if not line by line. Her character acts in whatever way is needed for the plot to move forward, but always makes her look bad.
- Ugly and cheap. Amateurish action, horrible effects. I can't believe they put this in theaters.

This only sucked about 80-90% as much as I was expecting. It was mostly just boring.

- Why does Henry Cavill have that haircut? It just looks stupid and is never explained.
- The weird stylized flourishes don't work at all with the story. And it just gets more and more ridiculous as it goes. It would have worked a lot better if the real world spy stuff was treated more realistically. As it is, it's just a mess.
- none of the big twists had any meaning or emotional impact. They're just there.

After watching those two abortions, I had the urge to watch the movie that clearly inspired the first, and maybe the second. I got really depressed watching it. Modern movies are so ugly and cheap looking compared to this. This is no masterpiece or anything, but this middling 80s movie is objectively superior in almost every way except maybe sound and score. What the fuck happened to us? This movie looks great. The jungle looks muddy and dangerous. The "jungle" in Freelance looks like it was filmed in a park.

- Danny Davito looks so young.
- Michael Douglas never looked young.
- Florence Pugh kinda looks like a young Kathleen Turner. Damn she's sexy in this.

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