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.

tragabigzanda wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:jungle fever...i've only seen maybe 5 spike lee joints, but this is probably my least favorite

Crazy talk. The side story with Sam Jackson is incredible.

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:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:jungle fever...i've only seen maybe 5 spike lee joints, but this is probably my least favorite

Crazy talk. The side story with Sam Jackson is incredible.

that was the most interesting part...i definitely didn't dislike it, just didn't grab me like the others i've seen

Did you say you saw Clockers? I think it's my favorite after Do the Right Thing.

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: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.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:My brother is editing all six Middle-earth movies into one chronological, unbroken movie and I'm pretty excited to see it.

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:

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).

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).

Dev wrote:

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).

how big is Norm Macdonald's part?

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Dev wrote:

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).

how big is Norm Macdonald's part?

He has like a 10-second cameo. It's a funny 10-second cameo, though.

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:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

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).

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.

You just won a special place in my RM heart.

I'm both honored and terrified.