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I just watched No Tears for the Dead last night. It's a Korean action-drama. The beginning 15 minutes were lean, economical, melodramatic storytelling in the vein of some of John Woo's best stuff. Then it just started getting flabbier and flabbier as the narrative progressed. Middling, but if you would like a pastiche of John Woo filtered through Korea it's probably worth a look.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:I just watched No Tears for the Dead last night. It's a Korean action-drama. The beginning 15 minutes were lean, economical, melodramatic storytelling in the vein of some of John Woo's best stuff. Then it just started getting flabbier and flabbier as the narrative progressed. Middling, but if you would like a pastiche of John Woo filtered through Korea it's probably worth a look. That reminds me: Kundo: Age of Rampant is a Korean thriller in the style of Quentin Tarantino. The first hour is pretty fun and extravagant in all the best ways, but the story itself is pretty rote and the movie loses steam halfway through. I'd still recommend it for the curious, but a month later my most vivid memories of the film are how cool all the old Korean hats were.
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May 1, 2015 19:26
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hemale in pain posted:The Canal was a very good horror movie but it really let it self down with the dumb ending. One day a horror movie might figure out that TWIST! endings where all the characters die aren't scary. It also killed the idea that the dude was just going crazy, and instead I'm left wondering if evil spirits convinced the kid to kill himself with like 10 seconds of whispering or if they possessed him like the father was Yeah a few tweaks would have made it a much better movie. The worst thing about it is that for me I never knew what was supposed to be real, and by the end it just kind of turned out that the writing was bad and that was a side effect. I don't know if most of it was even intentional.
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May 1, 2015 19:34
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TychoCelchuuu posted:Here are some to watch. I got tired of deleting the length after each movie so you get to put up with that after a lot of the movies: Been wanting to see La Grande Bellezza for awhile. I guess I will finally do a Hulu trial membership.
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May 1, 2015 20:41
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Jose Oquendo posted:I took a look at Hulu and they do have a lot more complete series than I realized. Time to get Hulu I guess.
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May 1, 2015 21:32
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Magnus Gallant posted:Would an ad blocker work on hulus ads? From what I understand, Hulu knows all the ad-avoiding tricks; adblockers and related software don't work on Hulu. I really wish they'd have a no-ads option.
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May 1, 2015 21:59
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Jose Oquendo posted:I took a look at Hulu and they do have a lot more complete series than I realized. Time to get Hulu I guess. You can easily get Hulu Plus for free if you use Bing as your default search engine. They give points, and you can get about 25 points a day if you do 50 searches, one month of hulu is 425 points, that's about 17 days of using it for search. Maybe it's not worth it, but it's an option.
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May 1, 2015 22:11
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SIR FAT JONY IVES posted:You can easily get Hulu Plus for free if you use Bing as your default search engine. They give points, and you can get about 25 points a day if you do 50 searches, one month of hulu is 425 points, that's about 17 days of using it for search. Maybe it's not worth it, but it's an option. On the one hand, doing 50 searches a day sounds like work, and not fun work. An hour of actual work more than pays for Hulu, and it would take me a lot more than an hour to do 50 searches times 17 days.
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May 1, 2015 22:38
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I had no idea that MS was getting so desperate for people to use Bing.
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May 1, 2015 22:40
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Sucks that the best thing bing is for should be done incognito.
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May 1, 2015 22:42
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precision posted:On the one hand, doing 50 searches a day sounds like work, and not fun work. An hour of actual work more than pays for Hulu, and it would take me a lot more than an hour to do 50 searches times 17 days. Protip: Unlike Google, Bing has no restrictions on rapidfire automated searches. 
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May 1, 2015 22:46
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The ads on Hulu really aren't that bad, it's still less total time then watching it when it airs on TV. And I've said this before, the Criterion Collection stuff on Hulu Plus is easily worth the $8 alone (and it's ad-free as are most of their movies).
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May 1, 2015 22:52
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Wilhelm Scream posted:The ads on Hulu really aren't that bad, Except for the Doctor Who guy.
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May 1, 2015 23:29
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neonnoodle posted:Protip: Unlike Google, Bing has no restrictions on rapidfire automated searches. You can just make a bookmark folder of fifty bing searches and load it up and get your daily points in one click.
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May 1, 2015 23:54
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Evil Mastermind posted:From what I understand, Hulu knows all the ad-avoiding tricks; adblockers and related software don't work on Hulu. ABP blocks the majority of the ads for me. Some still sneak through but it works pretty well. You still have to sit awkwardly in silence while you wait for the ad break to end though
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May 2, 2015 02:10
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dreadnought posted:ABP blocks the majority of the ads for me. Some still sneak through but it works pretty well. You still have to sit awkwardly in silence while you wait for the ad break to end though Yeah I don't really think that qualifies as working. I'd rather sit through a lovely ad than silence and a black screen.
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May 2, 2015 02:54
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Lycus posted:Except for the Doctor Who guy. He's a Doctor Who maniac though! He's seen every episode at least once. Geek chic as HELL.
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May 2, 2015 03:08
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They should do one of those Hulu fan ads of a guy who was browsing the criteron collection for smut.
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May 2, 2015 03:17
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Donnie Brasco is a pretty good movie.
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May 2, 2015 03:41
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Asnorban posted:He's a Doctor Who maniac though! He's seen every episode at least once. Geek chic as HELL. To be fair, if he really means every episode, that would actually be an accomplishment.
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May 2, 2015 04:32
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drunken officeparty posted:Donnie Brasco is a pretty good movie.
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May 2, 2015 04:41
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drunken officeparty posted:Donnie Brasco is a pretty good movie. There's an episode of Inside the American Mob with Joey Pistone about that whole thing and how it basically killed the ability of the mob to keep its members from pleading and talking to cops/prosecutors.
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May 2, 2015 05:03
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Tried to watch Revanche on Hulu but...there are no loving subtitles.
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May 2, 2015 05:28
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Could somebody explain the whole "Criterion Collection" thing to me? There's the movie, and then there's the Criterion Collection version of the movie? Have they gone back and improved the quality of the print? Are they picking only the most amazing films? edit: google does what? I am an idiot. http://www.criterion.com/about_us
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May 2, 2015 05:50
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coyo7e posted:Does hulu have any way to keep track of what I've watched? I was watching The Shield on Crackle and after a couple days I couldn't even remember where my place was and the navigation was poor enough that I gave up.
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May 2, 2015 06:22
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magnificent7 posted:Could somebody explain the whole "Criterion Collection" thing to me? There's the movie, and then there's the Criterion Collection version of the movie? Have they gone back and improved the quality of the print? Are they picking only the most amazing films? They pick only the most amazing movies like The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
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May 2, 2015 06:48
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Smiley Face is on Hulu Plus. Probably my favorite stoner comedy.
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May 2, 2015 06:55
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magnificent7 posted:Could somebody explain the whole "Criterion Collection" thing to me? There's the movie, and then there's the Criterion Collection version of the movie? Have they gone back and improved the quality of the print? Are they picking only the most amazing films? If it's on the Hulu Criterion Channel it's probably a more recent digital transfer (cleaner/sharper) than whatever non-Criterion-listed version you're talking about. They're an actual distribution company linked with Janus Films and Rialto, and they do a lot of in-house restorations/scanning/transferring, usually with the assistance of people who worked on the films. Magic Hate Ball fucked around with this message at 07:45 on May 2, 2015 |
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May 2, 2015 07:42
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Also, Hulu doesn't have the whole Criterion Collection. They don't have Naked Lunch, for one thing. Criterion releases are usually worth picking up for the extras they have though. edit: If you can't get enough Juggalo documentaries, and who can, Whoop Dreams is on Hulu now. FAM-UH-LEE! Ninja. precision fucked around with this message at 20:16 on May 2, 2015 |
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May 2, 2015 16:08
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Wes Craven's New Nightmare is on Netflix streaming now!  I also noticed The Exorcist, Leon: The Professional, and Big Trouble in Little China. Good selection of flicks.
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May 3, 2015 03:02
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Stripped also just got added, which is something I've wanted to see for a while. It's a documentary on comic strips and where the medium has been going as newspapers die. Among other things, it's remarkable for having an interview with the infamously media-shy Bill Watterson, who also drew the cover art.
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May 3, 2015 03:17
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X-Ray Pecs posted:Wes Craven's New Nightmare is on Netflix streaming now! Is Leon: The Professional the one with the uncut cringe parts?
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May 3, 2015 03:47
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If you're a big fan of music, or a musician, and especially if you like jazz, I highly recommend the documentary Keep On Keepin' On.
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May 3, 2015 04:27
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precision posted:Also, Hulu doesn't have the whole Criterion Collection. They don't have Naked Lunch, for one thing. Yeah, not all the Criterion films are there, but on the flipside, there are a bunch of films that you can't get on disc. Like, deep cuts from some random avant-garde filmmaker or second-tier Eastern European guy that like only five film scholars have actually watched. It's pretty cool.
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May 3, 2015 05:50
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Whoop Dreams is an amazing name.
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May 3, 2015 14:38
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Doctor Butts posted:Is Leon: The Professional the one with the uncut cringe parts?
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May 3, 2015 15:13
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coyo7e posted:Happy birthday, Mister President! I just looked that up and  Maybe it's best I don't rewatch that movie anytime soon.
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May 3, 2015 15:19
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axleblaze posted:I just looked that up and Honestly the "Like a Virgin" part was more unnerving, but also hilarious.
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May 3, 2015 15:37
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Finally got around to watching LA Confidential, which was pretty great, which comes as no surprise I gather. Something that I started thinking about unrelated to the movie itself though is I find myself experiencing stuff that inspired other stuff in the wrong order, because I played LA Noire before seeing this and LA Confidential is all over that fucken thing. I also played Tomb Raider before seeing The Descent and I saw The Descent before I saw Apocalypse Now. I guess that's normal though considering I'm only 27. I was like 9 years old when LA Confidential came out and it's just one of those things I never got around to watching.
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cat doter posted:Finally got around to watching LA Confidential, which was pretty great, which comes as no surprise I gather. Something that I started thinking about unrelated to the movie itself though is I find myself experiencing stuff that inspired other stuff in the wrong order, because I played LA Noire before seeing this and LA Confidential is all over that fucken thing. I also played Tomb Raider before seeing The Descent and I saw The Descent before I saw Apocalypse Now. I guess that's normal though considering I'm only 27. I was like 9 years old when LA Confidential came out and it's just one of those things I never got around to watching. That movie has some of the best casting I've ever seen. Every actor is phenomenal.
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