Red Mosquito

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ello Sailor wrote:From how far in did you guys see the twist coming in The Sixth Sense?

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:From how far in did you guys see the twist coming in The Sixth Sense?

The second time I saw it.

dad wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:From how far in did you guys see the twist coming in The Sixth Sense?

The second time I saw it.

same.

please see this for reference.

oasisfan35 wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Children of Men is amazing because of how lived-in the world feels; how well it’s shot; how prescient it feels. But the story is kind of dumb.

I need to rewatch this soon.

What other movies fall under the category of “masterful execution of a half-baked idea?”

everything by Christopher Nolan

The Batman trilogy notwithstanding.

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

dad wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:From how far in did you guys see the twist coming in The Sixth Sense?

The second time I saw it.

same.

please see this for reference.

lol...I was joking, but I definitely didn't see it until it happened on my first viewing.

Ello Sailor wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

dad wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:From how far in did you guys see the twist coming in The Sixth Sense?

The second time I saw it.

same.

please see this for reference.

lol...I was joking, but I definitely didn't see it until it happened on my first viewing.

I didn't see it coming. I feel like most people claim to have seen it coming.

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.

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.

tragabigzanda wrote:Because of Donnie Wahlburg?

tragabigzanda wrote:Thinking about this after listening to a podcast: what was the first movie that really reframed what movies could do? Not “what was the first masterpiece you saw,” but one that challenged your ideas about the medium?