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I avoided Scott Pilgrim for at least a year, because it looked like wacky can I has cheezburger bullshit to me. It's actually fantastic though. Such a fun movie. Yesterday I rented What We do in the Shadows and it's hilarious. Relevant because I think it's on UK Netflix right now. Hopefully the US gets it soon.
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I have seen Hot Fuzz at least 8 times by itself and watch it with each of the 4 commentaries twice. It was only slightly less funny on my most recent watch.
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Oct 18, 2015 20:20
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Did they just unearth Hot Fuzz from a time capsule? It's good, not a masterpiece, pacing issues for one. It's no Trading Places.
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Oct 18, 2015 20:31
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Edgar Wright movies are like Tool in that the fans never loving shut up about how clever and complex they are regardless of the fact that it's okay and completely understandable for people to not like them.
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Oct 18, 2015 20:34
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Don't you get it? On the internet, something is either the best thing ever or a steaming pile of poo poo. There's no room for, "Yeah I thought it was a decently funny movie."
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Oct 18, 2015 20:37
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Yeah I wouldn't call Hot Fuzz a masterpiece despite how many times I watched it. Now the commentaries on the other hand...
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Oct 18, 2015 20:38
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a worthy uhh posted:Edgar Wright movies are like Tool in that the fans never loving shut up about how clever and complex they are regardless of the fact that it's okay and completely understandable for people to not like them. This is one of those "IMO" problems. Nobody is going to tack "IMO" at the end of every single one of their posts.
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Oct 18, 2015 22:34
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You're wrong IMO
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Oct 18, 2015 22:37
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You hosed up by typing IMO, so I can safely ignore whatever you wrote there.
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Oct 18, 2015 22:42
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Just caught Top of the Lake on Netflix. Huge fan of Elizabeth Moss and was intrigued by the comparisons others drew between it and Twin Peaks as I was a huge fan of the first season of that show... but I don't quite know what to make of this one? It is an objectively well-shot series, beautiful cinematogrophy, and it flies by with a merely 6-hour runtime, but I just don't know if I liked it or not. I don't think I need time to process it or anything as all the mysteries get tied up [a little too neatly] by the end, and it wears all of its themes and influences on its sleeve. Did anyone else feel similarly about the show? One complaint I did have was that for some of the more serious events it seemed like the characters just did not give a gently caress, but all of the instances of rape and misogyny were handled with the care they warranted
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Oct 18, 2015 23:33
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speshl guy posted:Just caught Top of the Lake on Netflix. Huge fan of Elizabeth Moss and was intrigued by the comparisons others drew between it and Twin Peaks as I was a huge fan of the first season of that show... but I don't quite know what to make of this one?
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Oct 18, 2015 23:59
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david_a posted:I thought it had one twist too many. I was kind of frustrated the main character didn't see that nonsense coming earlier. It also felt like it was shoved in there and got wrapped up very quickly. It's been a while since I watched it so I barely remember any specifics. I'm inclined to agree with you there. That whole twist was introduced and wrapped up literally within the last 10 minutes of the last episode and then THE END.
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Oct 19, 2015 00:54
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Speaking of commentary is there anywhere I can get digital editions of army of darkness or evil dead movies with the batshit commentary? I have my old boomstick edition DVDs but would like it portable an HD. Stars isn't gonna surprise us and have these on their service are they?
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Oct 19, 2015 01:08
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:You hosed up by typing IMO, so I can safely ignore whatever you wrote there. I see no other way to separate fact from fiction.
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Oct 19, 2015 01:53
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HUNDU THE BEAST GOD posted:This is one of those "IMO" problems. Nobody is going to tack "IMO" at the end of every single one of their posts. To be quite honest, I've found myself typing a lot of redundant poo poo that, in my view, doesn't need to be said, but might save me from having to respond to someone who doesn't understand how subjective opinions work.
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Oct 19, 2015 02:26
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DangerDummy! posted:e: I watched Spaced again recently, and I guess I don't think it's aged very well. Still a good time, though, and head and shoulders over any slacker comedy of that era. IT crowd? Or was that much later?
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Oct 19, 2015 16:05
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Hot Fuzz is really good and definitely the best Wright film. IMO
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Oct 19, 2015 17:18
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The Every Frame a Painting guy made a pretty good video about what makes Edgar Wright such an effective comedy director https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FOzD4Sfgag 
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Oct 19, 2015 18:35
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-Well THEY murdered Bill Shakespeare! -WHAT, WHO?!...oh.
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Oct 19, 2015 18:54
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mr.capps posted:Yeah I wouldn't call Hot Fuzz a masterpiece despite how many times I watched it. I never listen to commentaries. How were they great? Arnold and Verhoeven Total Recall great?
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Oct 19, 2015 20:42
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Rough Lobster posted:Hot Fuzz is really good and definitely the best Wright film. It would be if Shawn of the Dead wasn't a perfect movie. Which it is. There's nothing half as brilliant in Hot Fuzz as the mirrored long takes of Shawn walking from his house to the convenience store and back.
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Oct 19, 2015 21:00
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The Flash miniseries is still pretty good now that I'm further along. Having the Prison Break bros in it is pretty funny. The younger brother makes for a pretty fun villain honestly. Just snide and over the top enough to fit in a comic book plot without being too much of a ham with it.
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Oct 19, 2015 22:43
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The CW has seriously done a fantastic job reinventing itself. Variety wrote an article about their unfortunately-named network executive Mark Pedowitz and how he managed to grow the channel without abandoning their existing audience of women and younger viewers that's a pretty good read if you're into that.
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Oct 20, 2015 00:54
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That Works posted:The Flash miniseries is still pretty good now that I'm further along. What is this? Do you mean the Flash TV series, which I agree is surprisingly good.
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Terrible Horse posted:What is this? Do you mean the Flash TV series, which I agree is surprisingly good. The one on Netflix right now. It's fun.
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Phantoms is my go to horror crap for the night. Outside of its Dean Koontz attempt at getting the Steven King treatment anyone else notice this has the wonkiest foley work?Everything sounds like it was slowed down digitally.
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Oct 20, 2015 05:37
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That Works posted:The one on Netflix right now. It's fun. It's not a miniseries, it's a full-blown TV series. It's on CW and it's a spinoff of Arrow (which is... okayish, generally at its best whenever Manu Bennett is onscreen).
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Oct 20, 2015 06:10
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Has anyone seen Journey To the West? Steven Chow movie, a search shows me that critics love it and the 2-3 goons that have seen it hated it with a passion.
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Oct 20, 2015 06:14
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LORD OF BUTT posted:It's not a miniseries, it's a full-blown TV series. It's on CW and it's a spinoff of Arrow (which is... okayish, generally at its best whenever Manu Bennett is onscreen). But if you're down with eating the "oh yeah this is some old-rear end comic book storylining" it's pretty fun to see it live acted with decent CGI. I never cared for the flash but the main cahracter actor has this insanely likable face - I kinda just want to give him a one-arm man-hug and a Fun show.
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coyo7e posted:I really enjoyed it, but they use a lot of the canonical material which is.... well, I don't want to spoil it because I'm embarassed to type out how the first season plays out, suffice to say it's kind of a groanworthy enemy which was telegraphed from the first episode. Who, Gorilla Grodd? Gorilla Grodd is awesome.
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Oct 20, 2015 06:32
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The first time I saw Hot Fuzz I was high as balls and I spent the last half hour wondering if I was hallucinating another movie.
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coyo7e posted:I really enjoyed it, but they use a lot of the canonical material which is.... well, I don't want to spoil it because I'm embarassed to type out how the first season plays out, suffice to say it's kind of a groanworthy enemy which was telegraphed from the first episode. Yeah they do a nice job of skirting the fine line between campy / sappy / over the top bad guy villainous behavior in it that keeps it pretty fun.
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LORD OF BUTT posted:Who, Gorilla Grodd? Gorilla Grodd is awesome. I think he's probably referring to Reverse Flash, and how that's kind of a lame villain if you aren't already used to that kinda poo poo from the comics.
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Basebf555 posted:I think he's probably referring to Reverse Flash, and how that's kind of a lame villain if you aren't already used to that kinda poo poo from the comics. 
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LORD OF BUTT posted:Who, Gorilla Grodd? Gorilla Grodd is awesome. There are some questionable fx on the Flash, but I'll give them credit, I was expecting the CGI gorilla to look waaaay worse.
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Oct 20, 2015 16:42
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Abugadu posted:Has anyone seen Journey To the West? Steven Chow movie, a search shows me that critics love it and the 2-3 goons that have seen it hated it with a passion. It's maybe my least favorite movie of his but it's certainly not bad.
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Oct 20, 2015 16:56
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precision posted:It's maybe my least favorite movie of his but it's certainly not bad.
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red19fire posted:The Man From Nowhere is the gold standard for action thrillers, for me at least. Going to have to echo this, "The Man From Nowhere" is a solid watch pretty much the whole way through.
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Oct 20, 2015 18:02
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Mo_Steel posted:Going to have to echo this, "The Man From Nowhere" is a solid watch pretty much the whole way through. The Man From Nowhere is pretty fantastic.
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Yea The Man From Nowhere is great, I love how restrained it is(until its not). You only get little glimpses of what this guy can do until the very end. This is my favorite little bit from the movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1aiA62DQr8 Its really not spoilery, just a little moment where you go "drat who is this guy?"
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