What movies are you watching?
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jungle fever...i've only seen maybe 5 spike lee joints, but this is probably my least favorite
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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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that was the most interesting part...i definitely didn't dislike it, just didn't grab me like the others i've seentragabigzanda wrote:Crazy talk. The side story with Sam Jackson is incredible.lennytheweedwhacker wrote:jungle fever...i've only seen maybe 5 spike lee joints, but this is probably my least favorite
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I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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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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Re: What movies are you watching?
yeah i think i'm with you...i've only really seen the known lee works thoughtragabigzanda wrote:Did you say you saw Clockers? I think it's my favorite after Do the Right Thing.lennytheweedwhacker wrote:that was the most interesting part...i definitely didn't dislike it, just didn't grab me like the others i've seentragabigzanda wrote:Crazy talk. The side story with Sam Jackson is incredible.lennytheweedwhacker wrote:jungle fever...i've only seen maybe 5 spike lee joints, but this is probably my least favorite
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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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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yeah. I liked it too.tragabigzanda wrote:I watched Top Five tonight, Chris Rock's last movie. It was terrific; felt fresh. It's somewhere between Woody Allen and Lost In Translation, but rooted in Rock's personal experience. Rock's script and direction have a real intent, and he is able to create a vibe that his decidedly his.
It's not amazing, but it's really well done. I hope he continues down this road.
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I got to see the first half hour of this today and it's really awesome. So many cool, seamless touches (for instance, the Gollum origin sequence from the beginning of ROTK has now been intercut into the prologue from Fellowship, and the Fellowship prologue then immediately segues into the Unexpected Journey prologue, which is followed by "Concerning Hobbits" and finally Thorin meeting Gandalf in Bree from the beginning of Desolation of Smaug), many I didn't even notice until he told me he did them. Pumped to see the finished product.LoathedVermin72 wrote:My brother is editing all six Middle-earth movies into one chronological, unbroken movie and I'm pretty excited to see it.
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Is he going to cut bad parts out? Leave it a tight four and a half hours?
Please consider voting for me
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Hell no. It's going to be 20 hours long.
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Fuckin' loved The Ridiculous 6. Easily one of Sandler's best. Funny, warm, and humane, which is why I love him. A western that is truly contemporary by filtering old-fashioned Americanism through a lens of modern multiculturalism - without cynicism. Plus, I appreciate it in a very personal way when movies challenge the necessity of biological family as this does (in, again, a warm and positive way).
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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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You just won a special place in my RM heart.tragabigzanda wrote:I'm looking forward to this. I don't understand the rash of Sandler hate late. I think of his movies sort of like The Three Stooges. There's a basic, elemental quality to his scripts that allow him and his friends to goof off and tell a heartwarming story. I even enjoyed The Cobbler.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Fuckin' loved The Ridiculous 6. Easily one of Sandler's best. Funny, warm, and humane, which is why I love him. A western that is truly contemporary by filtering old-fashioned Americanism through a lens of modern multiculturalism - without cynicism. Plus, I appreciate it in a very personal way when movies challenge the necessity of biological family as this does (in, again, a warm and positive way).
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how big is Norm Macdonald's part?LoathedVermin72 wrote:Fuckin' loved The Ridiculous 6. Easily one of Sandler's best. Funny, warm, and humane, which is why I love him. A western that is truly contemporary by filtering old-fashioned Americanism through a lens of modern multiculturalism - without cynicism. Plus, I appreciate it in a very personal way when movies challenge the necessity of biological family as this does (in, again, a warm and positive way).
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He has like a 10-second cameo. It's a funny 10-second cameo, though.Dev wrote:how big is Norm Macdonald's part?LoathedVermin72 wrote:Fuckin' loved The Ridiculous 6. Easily one of Sandler's best. Funny, warm, and humane, which is why I love him. A western that is truly contemporary by filtering old-fashioned Americanism through a lens of modern multiculturalism - without cynicism. Plus, I appreciate it in a very personal way when movies challenge the necessity of biological family as this does (in, again, a warm and positive way).
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dayumLoathedVermin72 wrote:He has like a 10-second cameo. It's a funny 10-second cameo, though.Dev wrote:how big is Norm Macdonald's part?LoathedVermin72 wrote:Fuckin' loved The Ridiculous 6. Easily one of Sandler's best. Funny, warm, and humane, which is why I love him. A western that is truly contemporary by filtering old-fashioned Americanism through a lens of modern multiculturalism - without cynicism. Plus, I appreciate it in a very personal way when movies challenge the necessity of biological family as this does (in, again, a warm and positive way).
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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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Re: What movies are you watching?
you dont understand the Sandler hate? for realz? I can't even...
the western movie looked funny though.
the western movie looked funny though.
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tragabigzanda wrote:I'm both honored and terrified.LoathedVermin72 wrote:You just won a special place in my RM heart.tragabigzanda wrote:I'm looking forward to this. I don't understand the rash of Sandler hate late. I think of his movies sort of like The Three Stooges. There's a basic, elemental quality to his scripts that allow him and his friends to goof off and tell a heartwarming story. I even enjoyed The Cobbler.LoathedVermin72 wrote:Fuckin' loved The Ridiculous 6. Easily one of Sandler's best. Funny, warm, and humane, which is why I love him. A western that is truly contemporary by filtering old-fashioned Americanism through a lens of modern multiculturalism - without cynicism. Plus, I appreciate it in a very personal way when movies challenge the necessity of biological family as this does (in, again, a warm and positive way).
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Re: What movies are you watching?
There are a few Sandler movies that I genuinely adore.