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following up on Russian Dolls, if you like the Good Place, you should watch this show.
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I hated Velvet Buzzsaw. I went in all ready to like it, and I'm easy to please. Not a single likable character in the film, the critic was so pretentious and the scene where he was all catty at the funeral, making fun of the casket, etc. was eye-rolling because at that point in the film I got it - he's a terrible person and I'm already praying for a terrible death for him. It's satire on ~the art world~ but it didn't try anything new, everyone already assumes it's full of pretentious jerks trying to prove their heads can fit furthest up their own rear end, so it was just a Final Destination for people somehow less charismatic than dumb teenagers... and with less-ironic deaths. I wanted a movie based on the Sphere though, that was a cool exhibit. I'm actually interested in how movies like this get art exhibits and paintings - especially the dark, haunting paintings that were the subject of the movie - into the production. Someone has to make them, right? Are they real art exhibits just rented out for the movie?
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Feb 2, 2019 05:09
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Russian Dolls was good.
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Feb 2, 2019 05:11
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Hubbardologist posted:following up on Russian Dolls, if you like the Good Place, you should watch this show. Watching now. Episode 2. Really enjoy it.
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Feb 2, 2019 05:34
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Russian Doll takes a very familiar presence and makes it feel new again. I don't want to say much more except that it's beautifully done and I can't wait to rewatch it. Definitely one of the strongest shows I've seen in a while.
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Feb 2, 2019 05:40
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Watched Velvet Buzzsaw. Netflix sure knows how to get good directors to rise to mediocrity, jfc.
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Feb 2, 2019 05:45
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I want to watch that show so bad but goddamn I find Natasha Lyonne annoying as gently caress.
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Feb 2, 2019 05:53
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I didn't expect Buzzsaw to deliver on the horror aspects and I was still disappointed. It definitely got Final Destination-y too.
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Feb 2, 2019 07:23
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Man, Polar is really bizarre. I hated the first hour with the Totally Wacky Assassins straight out of a Smokin' Aces knockoff. Once they were gone, I liked the stuff with Mads looking for revenge and I was hoping the last half could be salvaged, but that ending was just awful.
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Feb 2, 2019 08:05
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Russian Doll owns HARD
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Feb 2, 2019 08:37
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Polar reminds me of Suicide Squad with the fun surgically removed
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Feb 2, 2019 10:36
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Nightflyers isn't exactly good.
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James Woods Fan posted:I didn't expect Buzzsaw to deliver on the horror aspects and I was still disappointed. It definitely got Final Destination-y too. Really just feels like Final Destination with paintings. I feel like that's 2 hrs of my life I'm not getting back.
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Feb 2, 2019 20:12
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air- posted:Really just feels like Final Destination with paintings. I feel like that's 2 hrs of my life I'm not getting back. I kinda wish they would have done a straight up Brett Eastman Ellis style black comedy about the world of high art and left out the possessed paintings. Just an hour and a half of Gyllehal being an awesome dickhead. The evil art was somehow- impossibly- the weakest point and felt like an unintentional message about outsider voices gaining legitimacy through established institutions being a cultural disease vector.
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Feb 2, 2019 20:32
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mysterious frankie posted:I kinda wish they would have done a straight up Brett Eastman Ellis style black comedy about the world of high art and left out the possessed paintings. Just an hour and a half of Gyllehal being an awesome dickhead. The evil art was somehow- impossibly- the weakest point and felt like an unintentional message about outsider voices gaining legitimacy through established institutions being a cultural disease vector. Check out The Square, that movie does a way better job on absurdist black comedy. Lots of clever bits and the whole premise is satire on contemporary art. I enjoyed the movie yet also left feeling disconnected, perhaps it's better to look at The Square as if it were a bunch of short films put together.
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Feb 2, 2019 20:41
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Unoriginal Name posted:Polar reminds me of Suicide Squad with the fun surgically removed Isn’t Suicide Squad Suicide Squad with the fun surgically removed? That movie was joyless.
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Feb 2, 2019 22:26
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It's hard for me to think of Velvet Buzzsaw as anything else but a comedy. The funniest joke is that there is nothing special about Dease's art at all, apart from his tragic past lending them some sort of resonance, which the art community readily exploits to give it significance so they can profit of them. And it's not his art that kills people, but it instead gives "new life" to the other art surrounding it, recontextualizes them, and kills of any pretentious bastard who wanted to profit of it. And what does it end on? His artwork selling for five dollars at the corner. Hell, the final shot is of his kitchiest painting too.
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Feb 2, 2019 22:28
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I was seriously smitten by the first episode of Russian Doll. The rest of the show didn't quite live up to the hype it created in me, but it was still a pretty good show. I love Natasha Lyonne now. Her performance reminded me of Giulietta Masina in Nights of Cabiria, which I adore.
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Feb 2, 2019 23:16
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Combat Pretzel posted:Nightflyers isn't exactly good. It couldn't decide whether it wanted to be Event Horizon or Doctor Who. There was some genuinely good stuff in there but it was a mess.
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Feb 2, 2019 23:34
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mysterious frankie posted:I kinda wish they would have done a straight up Brett Eastman Ellis style black comedy about the world of high art and left out the possessed paintings. Just an hour and a half of Gyllehal being an awesome dickhead. The evil art was somehow- impossibly- the weakest point and felt like an unintentional message about outsider voices gaining legitimacy through established institutions being a cultural disease vector. If there were no supernatural elements at all and instead was about people murdering the competition - or even murdering their own artists to get a boost in the fame of their work - it would have been better. As is, it's a half-baked Stephen King idea that he rejected in his cocaine-fueled days.
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air- posted:Check out The Square, that movie does a way better job on absurdist black comedy. Lots of clever bits and the whole premise is satire on contemporary art. I enjoyed the movie yet also left feeling disconnected, perhaps it's better to look at The Square as if it were a bunch of short films put together. What struck me about Velvet Buzzsaw was just how shallow its critiques were compared to The Square. The characters in Buzzsaw talk constantly about how art is commercialized and profit-driven but Gilroy doesn't seem to understand how museums actually run and operate. There's no (The Square spoiler) migrant child getting blown up on YouTube in an attempt to attract more ticket sales or expensive soirees for entitled donors. Instead, Velvet Buzzsaw relegates the mechanics of the industry to a bunch of half-heard phone calls. Still, I love trashy horror movies and this was a halfway decent bit of trashy horror. The only thing that annoyed me was the gallery owner getting killed by her tattoo.
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Feb 3, 2019 00:42
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Mac and Me is a fever dream
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Feb 3, 2019 01:08
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Oh hey Incredibles 2 is up on Netflix.
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Feb 3, 2019 01:16
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I really liked Velvet Buzzsaw, mostly because of Jake Gyllenhaal being fantastic as usual. It was such a goofy, silly rear end film.
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Feb 3, 2019 02:18
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Raskolnikov2089 posted:Boardwalk Empire is worth it for the comedy stylings of Nelson van Alden and Eli Thompson. They became my favorite duo. It was a loooong time ago when I watched it but I remember Dabney Coleman doing a fantastic job depicting a total poo poo of a human being
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Feb 3, 2019 03:33
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Deadwood got worse as it went along, and Boardwalk Empire got better.
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:Deadwood got worse as it went along, and Boardwalk Empire got better. Man I definitely disagree with the latter. 3 was the best season but the final two just stunk to high heaven imo. How many shots did we need of Chalky looking at that dancer? Harrow's story line should've ended with the season 3 finale.
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Feb 3, 2019 05:23
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LifeLynx posted:I wanted a movie based on the Sphere though, that was a cool exhibit. It’s not exactly it, but it reminded me of Phantasm. I did not like Velvet Buzzsaw. It had some real loveliness in the direction, and there were some beautiful images throughout. I didn’t mind the shallow characters or the predictable jabs of its satire, but the complete lack of urgency in the plot really bored me. It felt mostly like you could switch around the order of the deaths without any real effect on the narrative; nobody in the story really has much else to do except to be kind of lovely and die.
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Feb 3, 2019 05:52
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Sorry if this is considered a spoiler but season 2 of Patriot has way more micropenises than I thought it would!
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Feb 3, 2019 06:23
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James Woods Fan posted:Man I definitely disagree with the latter. 3 was the best season but the final two just stunk to high heaven imo. How many shots did we need of Chalky looking at that dancer? Harrow's story line should've ended with the season 3 finale. You're wrong. Boardwalk Empire followed the same arc as Mad Men, where in the beginning it was all about "Aren't the 1920/60's so wacky???" And then at the end it was "People just suck and are hosed up in their own way." They're both amazing character studies.
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Feb 3, 2019 06:33
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Also, finally got around to seeing Ant-Man and the Wasp now that it’s on Netflix. Very similar to the first one which is to say enjoyable enough.
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Feb 3, 2019 06:36
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I really enjoyed Velvet Buzzsaw. Definitely wasn’t Night Crawler tier but it was an enjoyable, goofy little horror film.
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Feb 3, 2019 07:29
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I didn't think I'd like Velvet Buzzsaw based on the trailer but in the end I enjoyed it. I'm a sucker for art world satire, so if you're tired of that genre I'd stay away. The casting is great throughout, and I don't remember Rene Russo ever being so good. The best part was when the gallery opened with Toni Collette's exsanguinated corpse at the base of the sphere and everyone thought it was part of the exhibit. I'd totally get a print of the baboon mechanics piece if I could find one.
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Feb 3, 2019 14:43
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James Woods Fan posted:Man I definitely disagree with the latter. 3 was the best season but the final two just stunk to high heaven imo. How many shots did we need of Chalky looking at that dancer? Harrow's story line should've ended with the season 3 finale. This is the right take.
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Feb 3, 2019 15:06
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Velvet Buzzsaw is a movie they released after the first rough cut. What a waste.
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Feb 3, 2019 15:15
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TheManWithNoName posted:Also, finally got around to seeing Ant-Man and the Wasp now that it’s on Netflix. Very similar to the first one which is to say enjoyable enough. The premise seems pretty unique for a superhero movie and I almost watched this the other day, but does it kinda transcend the genre at all? I kinda hate the recent spate of big movies like the avengers and stuff, but I like weird science fictiony stuff
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Feb 3, 2019 15:41
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It's kinda like the Marvel movies, but not quite. I liked it. Helps that the antagonist, despite being sorta more towards supernatural, is rather grounded with his motivations. Unlike the other recent movies, where it's always about ending the world.
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Feb 3, 2019 15:47
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^^ beaten by an edit! ^^ The plot doesn't involve saving the universe, galaxy, planet or even city really so in that way it transcends most of the others. If you enjoyed the first you'll enjoy this, but it's still a Marvel movie at heart. Enos Cabell fucked around with this message at 15:53 on Feb 3, 2019 |
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Feb 3, 2019 15:51
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Ant-Man is nice because it's one of the few movies that makes the ex-wife's new fiance just a nice guy and not secretly an evil monster that the main character has to expose to get his wife back. Also Ant-Mans daughter knows that you should never help the cops.
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precision posted:Russian Doll owns HARD I watched it all this morning and I have to agree. The end was fantastic, too. Enos Cabell posted:^^ beaten by an edit! ^^ Yeah, I liked the more personal plot and the size-changing stuff is always fun and really well used in the car chase.
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