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BurtReynolds wrote:One man's struggles against the naysayers and a corporate behemoth (Microsoft) to bring a communications platform to life and change our work life forever: The Zoom Movie, starring Adam Driver.
dramatic close-up of someone's face "you mean we can have meetings without leaving our homes?... ... this is going to change everything..."
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From Rats to Riches: The Incredible True Story of Chuck E Cheese Restaurants, starring Vin Diesel.
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The inspiring true story of the man who, against all odds, came up with the idea to make movies about people who come up with ideas for movies: Movie Ideas: The Movie
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This. Just make a movie about this thing.

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Starring Jennifer Lawrence.
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already feeling the nostalgia for that one
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BurtReynolds wrote:One man's struggles against the naysayers to create a mediocre mid-size sedan: Intrepid, The Incredible True Story of the Dodge Intrepid, starring Ryan Gosling.

I'd probably watch this one
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*looks around*

Hmm...let's make a movie about the guy who made the remote control for my foot massager.

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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.
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Have some self respect!
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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.
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tragabigzanda wrote:Your cynicism about the formulaic approach to movies these days is well-earned, but I'm 1000% into a movie about the creation and commercial adoption of Tetris. Can't wait.
Watch a documentary. Or a YouTube video essay. Why do you need it to be dramatized
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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.
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There are lots of excellent video essays about video games on YouTube
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this guy is really good

and here's tetris.. now you don't need to watch egerton flaunt his face around a screen for 2 hours
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tree_ wrote:
BurtReynolds wrote:One man's struggles against the naysayers and a corporate behemoth (Microsoft) to bring a communications platform to life and change our work life forever: The Zoom Movie, starring Adam Driver.
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Christolph Waltz, playing Bill Gates: "he's threatening Skype. I want his entire family killed."
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Kate Mckinnon is the quirky co worker who is also a lesbian and says things like : " damn i want a piece of that ass too" when they both look at Driver's wife played by Jennifer Lawrence.
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I'm hearing The Rock is signed on to play one of the red pieces in the new Connect 4 movie.
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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.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Farmer John wrote:I'm hearing The Rock is signed on to play one of the red pieces in the new Connect 4 movie.
He’ll need an acting coach
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