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I never really see this movie come up or hear people talking about it irl besides my friends I showed it to. By far the best movie I saw that was released in 2016, and I went to the theaters a lot this year. It's just all perfectly done, the performances (and not just Jeff Bridges, who you know is always going to be amazing), the pacing, the cinematography (gorgeous) and shows how a modern western really ought to be done; not even getting into the abundant subtext for movie geeks to analyze. 10/10 movie go watch it, seen it 4 times at this point.
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My friend and I almost watched it two weekends ago but went with Boyz N The Hood instead. Therefore I give Hell or High Water 1/10 stars and 7 thumbs down.
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Dec 14, 2016 20:45
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Hector Beerlioz posted:My friend and I almost watched it two weekends ago but went with Boyz N The Hood instead. Therefore I give Hell or High Water 1/10 stars and 7 thumbs down. I gotta say you made the wrong choice my man (altho that is also a very good movie)
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Dec 14, 2016 21:28
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I've said this ad nauseum at this point, but I honestly think the script for this movie should be shown in every single character writing class forever. Every single character, main or otherwise, is fleshed out exactly as much as they need to be and they all feel so incredibly real. Diner lady for president.
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Dec 14, 2016 23:36
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there were a lot of great scenes, sequences, performances, everything. the parts where they stopped to talk about the land and banks and whatnot were really awkward, though
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Dec 15, 2016 19:17
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One thing I really love about the final exchange is that Jeff Bridges isn't actually right about the brothers. They both have more humanity than he imagined.
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Dec 16, 2016 00:27
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try the new taco place posted:there were a lot of great scenes, sequences, performances, everything. the parts where they stopped to talk about the land and banks and whatnot were really awkward, though gotta disagree strongly here, thought those scenes were essential to the themes of the whole thing while being very effective character building
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Dec 16, 2016 10:40
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I was pretty interested in this when it came out but my wife doesn't like Chris Pine so I'm waiting to Redbox it. Good to hear it's good.
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just watched it. can't stop thinking about it, one of the few perfect movies out there rn
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GonSmithe posted:I've said this ad nauseum at this point, but I honestly think the script for this movie should be shown in every single character writing class forever. Every single character, main or otherwise, is fleshed out exactly as much as they need to be and they all feel so incredibly real. i just watched the new starwars and it was absolutely night and day what a great screenplay can do for a movie that a ginormous budget and top of the line cgi cant.
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Dec 21, 2016 19:39
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Saw this a week ago and I still can't stop thinking about it. Raw and haunting as gently caress.
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Dec 23, 2016 17:49
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try the new taco place posted:the parts where they stopped to talk about the land and banks and whatnot were really awkward, though IMO that's because we spend the whole movie dealing with these kinds of blue-collar, plain-spoken folks who have really never had occasion to put together the kind of language to talk about these institutions non-awkwardly until the moment that the institutions ruined their lines. Honestly it rules that they go "gently caress the banks, the banks are the devil" and that's the full extent of the complexity they want to give to that issue
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Dec 27, 2016 06:48
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Dinosaurs! posted:I was pretty interested in this when it came out but my wife doesn't like Chris Pine so I'm waiting to Redbox it. Good to hear it's good. Ya this was p good
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Dec 27, 2016 21:41
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Was Ben Foster good in this?
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Dec 27, 2016 22:08
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I liked that basically every other scene on the road had the characters drive past a sign about banks/loans/foreclosures/whatever. I actually like it when movies lay it on really thick with all the subtlety of a Soviet Montage sledgehammer.
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Dec 27, 2016 23:30
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Basebf555 posted:Was Ben Foster good in this? yeah
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Haha, that scene where the waitress goes over the menu is the best.
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Watched this last night, it rules. Chris Pine is good, I like him as Kirk but he's definitely a solid actor. Too pretty though, he needs some time to weather.
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Dec 28, 2016 15:25
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Basebf555 posted:Watched this last night, it rules. yeah honestly this is my one real complaint about the movie chris pine was lookin like a younger colin farrell pretty boy rather than a rough and tumble down south deadbeat dad bankrobber
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Tolkien minority posted:yeah honestly this is my one real complaint about the movie chris pine was lookin like a younger colin farrell pretty boy rather than a rough and tumble down south deadbeat dad bankrobber A big part of it was his hair, which is so dumb because they can put him in any wig they want. Why does he have to have A-list movie star hair when he supposed to be a dude on the run who probably doesn't get many showers?
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FreudianSlippers posted:Robbing banks is cool and good. This may be gauche in this day and age but good av/post combo there Slippers.
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Jan 4, 2017 14:59
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Wow this movie got nominated for Best Picture, that's awesome. Didn't expect that.
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Watched this after seeing it got nominated. It was quite good and very well-made but I wasn't totally invested and I thought the screenplay laid it on too thick with the whole "look, everyone is poor and miserable, isn't being poor miserable" jazz
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I've been wanting to see this since it came out and haven't gotten a chance - really looking forward to it. Jeff Bridges is great and I'm excited for a modern western.
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