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Movie opinions thread (what have you seen, what did you think?)
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Whose career hit an iceberg and tore holes in his lower half, before sinking without a trace.
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I do have to admit Billy Zane is impressive in Titanic for mustache twirling without a mustache. Another flat character in a movie full of them.
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I mean she has a pretty fucking terrible disease/condition. I wouldnt wish that shit on anyone.
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Send it to her ex Nick Cannon.
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He has my favorite line in the whole movie. It's when he and David Warner (who always relished playing heavies) catch Rose and Jack together on the ship and he says to Jack 'Look at MEEEE, you FILTH!'
Gets a laugh out of me every time.
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Holy shit, that looks perfect. I love the old movie, but this one looks much closer to the source comic.
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Daylight - 1996 action disaster pic with Sly Stallone as a former EMS Chief who goes into a transport tunnel between Manhattan and New Jersey to rescue survivors following a huge chemical explosion.
Features some great practical effects, and all your usual disaster flick tropes. Cheesy but entertaining.
Features some great practical effects, and all your usual disaster flick tropes. Cheesy but entertaining.
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Blue light!
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Highlander - 1986 fantasy film starring Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery as members of a group of immortals who steadily kill each other off over thousands of years until only one their kind is left.
First major film from director Russell Mulcahy, and arguably the best film he ever directed by some distance. That's not to say Highlander is stellar, while the acting is good, Clancy Brown is having a really good time as the villain, there are a number of plot holes and editing issues. The film also creates a world that no matter where you are, or what device you're using, you can only listen to Queen.
Like Joe8, there can be only one!!!
First major film from director Russell Mulcahy, and arguably the best film he ever directed by some distance. That's not to say Highlander is stellar, while the acting is good, Clancy Brown is having a really good time as the villain, there are a number of plot holes and editing issues. The film also creates a world that no matter where you are, or what device you're using, you can only listen to Queen.
Like Joe8, there can be only one!!!
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Oh is it? What kind of heathens do you take us for that you think you need to explain this?
Oh, you're the heathen. Never mind.
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Joe8 type of heathens.
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Anora- I think I kind of hated this. It certainly didn’t deserve to win best picture but I can see why they picked it. It checks a lot of critical boxes in the way that these types of movies do. It’s overly performative, self indulgent and voyeuristic in a sort of disingenuous way. Critics love the sort of glimpse into the life of stupid, poor, trashy, broken people type projects.
The lead’s performance is fairly strong but I never felt like it was real, again overly performative and try hard. Honestly half of her performance was either stripping/fucking or being flat out hysterical. She’s barely even a character beyond just being an awful garbage person who simply exists to take advantage of everyone around her. Her character arc/realization towards the end is equally as shallow.
I also just couldn’t get over how unrealistic it is, they would have simply killed her and dumped her body the moment she was uncooperative. Hell they probably would have done it regardless just to make sure she’s out of the picture permanently. Instead it paints the Russian mob as fairly likable bumbling doofuses so that they can go on a cartoonish wild goose chase across NYC.
She’s also just not that hot and they really try to show her off with a lot of sex and stripping scenes. I know that sounds shallow but I don’t buy that this guy is willing to drop ridiculous money on a run of the mill stripper.
It’s not a bad movie I’m just not really sure who it’s for. I suppose if you’ve never actually known a person like Anora you could find her compelling In a gross sad way but that’s not enough for me.
The lead’s performance is fairly strong but I never felt like it was real, again overly performative and try hard. Honestly half of her performance was either stripping/fucking or being flat out hysterical. She’s barely even a character beyond just being an awful garbage person who simply exists to take advantage of everyone around her. Her character arc/realization towards the end is equally as shallow.
I also just couldn’t get over how unrealistic it is, they would have simply killed her and dumped her body the moment she was uncooperative. Hell they probably would have done it regardless just to make sure she’s out of the picture permanently. Instead it paints the Russian mob as fairly likable bumbling doofuses so that they can go on a cartoonish wild goose chase across NYC.
She’s also just not that hot and they really try to show her off with a lot of sex and stripping scenes. I know that sounds shallow but I don’t buy that this guy is willing to drop ridiculous money on a run of the mill stripper.
It’s not a bad movie I’m just not really sure who it’s for. I suppose if you’ve never actually known a person like Anora you could find her compelling In a gross sad way but that’s not enough for me.
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I didn't realize she was ill, but this is still funny.
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You clearly haven't spent enough time at strip clubs, man. There's always dudes thirsting after even the third-tier chicks who would sell their souls for their attention. A lot of sad guys out there.
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The Creator
There's a human Vs AI war going on and the AI have something new up their sleeves.
I somehow hadn't heard of this, and went in liking the premise, I like the idea of any sci fi action really.
I felt letdown. I didn't like the characters, the story fell a bit flat, nothing caught me at all. Schmaltzy, preachy in a predictable way, I was frustrated after about half an hour all the way to the end.
It looked great but it wasn't enough to carry it and I was checking how long there was left after an hour. I got the same feeling from District 9, which I didn't like either.
Disappointed.
There's a human Vs AI war going on and the AI have something new up their sleeves.
I somehow hadn't heard of this, and went in liking the premise, I like the idea of any sci fi action really.
I felt letdown. I didn't like the characters, the story fell a bit flat, nothing caught me at all. Schmaltzy, preachy in a predictable way, I was frustrated after about half an hour all the way to the end.
It looked great but it wasn't enough to carry it and I was checking how long there was left after an hour. I got the same feeling from District 9, which I didn't like either.
Disappointed.
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Oh I’ve known those guys lol. What I’m saying is the kid in the movie could have basically had his choice of any girl in there and had seemingly unlimited money but he picked her. He wasn’t some desperate sad sack. It just doesn’t sit right, too convenient within the context of the movie.
I actually worked with a guy whose mom died and he got really depressed so his buddy took him out to a club to cheer him up. He must have told one of the girls what happened and she found out that he inherited mom’s house and a little bit of money. A week later she moved in and blew through his entire inheritance in less than a year then bounced. Fleeced every dime off the guy and never even gave him a pity fuck. Poor guy almost killed himself.
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Holy shit, that's diabolical.
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Hard disagree.
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Wet Hot American Summer- Even though this is a pretty well known cult hit now I don’t think it gets the credit it deserves. Not only did it launch a bunch of careers it introduced a wider audience to a particular style of comedy that had been mostly confined to niche things like The State and the alternative comedy scene.
It’s crazy to see the cast before just about all of them went on to become pretty major stars. At the time of filming the biggest names in it were probably Janine Garaffolo and David Hyde Pierce. This is actually Bradley Cooper’s first role and he gets butt fucked by Michael Ian Black.
Anyways I watch this just about every year and it never disappoints. I wish Christopher Meloni did more comedy, he’s easily my favorite part of the movie.
Now if you’ll excuse me I’m going to go fondle my sweaters.
It’s crazy to see the cast before just about all of them went on to become pretty major stars. At the time of filming the biggest names in it were probably Janine Garaffolo and David Hyde Pierce. This is actually Bradley Cooper’s first role and he gets butt fucked by Michael Ian Black.
Anyways I watch this just about every year and it never disappoints. I wish Christopher Meloni did more comedy, he’s easily my favorite part of the movie.
Now if you’ll excuse me I’m going to go fondle my sweaters.