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Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri February 28, 2025 5:07 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri February 28, 2025 5:08 pm
by tree_
you sound like a crazy person right now trag
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri February 28, 2025 5:16 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri February 28, 2025 5:21 pm
by tree_
the celebrity effect has nothing to do with their on-screen performances, it's a you problem
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri February 28, 2025 5:25 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri February 28, 2025 5:28 pm
by Jorge
What's stuffed down the goose's throat is corn mash. Foie gras is the result of that process
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri February 28, 2025 5:29 pm
by BurtReynolds
Seems like I don't see much of actors these days outside of the movies. The problem with Chalamet is that he's in every movie, and he hasn't impressed me much.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri February 28, 2025 5:30 pm
by tree_
tragabigzanda wrote:It's an us problem. I can't escape them unless I'm completely lights out on the internet. They are omnipresent; I'm the goose stuffed full of the algorithm's foie gras. Makes it really hard to get excited for movies when I already know too much about the actors' personal lives, political opinions, etc.
For me, it actually enhances a great performance if an actor is able to transform into a character, because I know so much about who they are IRL. And if they're always basically playing themselves in a role, or put in poor performances, it makes no difference who they are IRL because I'm not interested enough in them to begin with. Just stop reading People magazine and try to enjoy good art for what it is.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri February 28, 2025 5:46 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri February 28, 2025 10:03 pm
by Ello Sailor
Great recovery, Trag.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri February 28, 2025 10:06 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri February 28, 2025 10:14 pm
by tommy
Let's see a little more Hackman in this thread!
A fucking legend just died, guys!
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri February 28, 2025 10:19 pm
by oasisfan35
tommy wrote:Let's see a little more Hackman in this thread!
A fucking legend just died, guys!
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri February 28, 2025 10:21 pm
by Ello Sailor
Unforgiven is brilliant. I haven't seen much else from Hackerman. Sorry, Tommy.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri February 28, 2025 10:25 pm
by VinylGuy
tommy wrote:Let's see a little more Hackman in this thread!
A fucking legend just died, guys!
i recently saw Crimson Tide and The French Connection.
Brilliant films.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri February 28, 2025 10:28 pm
by tommy
Ello Sailor wrote:Unforgiven is brilliant. I haven't seen much else from Hackerman. Sorry, Tommy.
This is great news for you.
Have you not seen The Royal Tenenbaums?
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri February 28, 2025 10:28 pm
by tommy
According to Letteboxd I've seen 28 Gene Hackman movies
You guys need to get your numbers up
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri February 28, 2025 10:29 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri February 28, 2025 10:33 pm
by tragabigzanda
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.
Re: What movies are you watching?
Posted: Fri February 28, 2025 10:34 pm
by Ello Sailor
I think I'll watch Crimson Tide and Enemy of the State first.