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ymgve posted:The Menu is now out on HBO Max (not in my region though...), it's supposed to be good It was my movie of the year. Just be careful, you'll be super hungry after
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ymgve posted:The Menu is now out on HBO Max (not in my region though...), it's supposed to be good It's just okay. Would have liked to see a version where Ralph Fiennes is the focal character rather than Anya Taylor-Joy—nothing against her or her performance—given he's the actual force driving the plot. It seems to think we need some neutral party to go on the voyage of learning to be disgusted by the rich patrons with us when we really don't.
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Medullah posted:It was my movie of the year. Just be careful, you'll be super hungry after For one specific thing in particular.
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Jan 3, 2023 23:36
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ymgve posted:The Menu is now out on HBO Max (not in my region though...), it's supposed to be good Doin' a double feature tonight of The Menu and Bones and All 
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Jan 4, 2023 03:33
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I saw The Menu in a theater and it was good
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Jan 4, 2023 03:46
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I got apocalyptically high last night and streamed a triple feature: White Noise, followed by The Good Nurse, followed by 2014's Noah. I am... not quite right today. And I don't know if I'll ever be right again. White Noise is a lot.
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Jan 4, 2023 03:48
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Holy poo poo The Menu was amazing. Right up there with Banshees as one of my favorite movies of the year. The Menu is getting overlooked though, right?
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Jan 4, 2023 05:43
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I've never heard of it, so I'll be watching it tomorrow night.
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The Glory on Netflix is awesome if you're in the mood for some good ol' bully revenge (korean) drama. It's 8 episodes with Part 2 coming in March. There are some rough bullying scenes mainly at the beginning but worth it for the weight it adds to the revenge plot.
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Jan 4, 2023 06:23
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Nihonniboku posted:Holy poo poo The Menu was amazing. Right up there with Banshees as one of my favorite movies of the year. The Menu is getting overlooked though, right? I thought it hit its targets so much better than Glass Onion.
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Jan 4, 2023 06:48
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Rental Sting posted:I thought it hit its targets so much better than Glass Onion. I really liked the Glass Onion, but it didn't even occur to me when it came to The Menu and Banshees
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Jan 4, 2023 06:51
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Nihonniboku posted:I really liked the Glass Onion, but it didn't even occur to me when it came to The Menu and Banshees The Menu + Banshees, mixed up in a cocktail shaker, then heavily diluted with gallons and gallons of the purest mountain spring water = Glass Onion
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Jan 4, 2023 06:57
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I wonder about the whisper part in The Menu - do you think the writers have what he said in the script or do they just say «he whispers something truly profound beyond even our imagination»? My wild theory for what was said: «I put my piss, poo poo and spit in every single thing you ate tonight, and you loving loved it. It was the best tasting meal you’ve ever had in your life.»
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Jan 4, 2023 07:21
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ymgve posted:I wonder about the whisper part in The Menu - do you think the writers have what he said in the script or do they just say «he whispers something truly profound beyond even our imagination»? I don't think he would actually dislike that. Probably something more along the lines of You don't get to experience the final course because you are worthless
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Jan 4, 2023 07:27
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Yeah, I loved The Menu. Finished it just now. I only saw a trailer for it a little while ago, so I was going in blind. It was so good. I was loving dying at the end, lmao. Gonna watch Bones and All now (I know what it's about  )Rental Sting posted:I thought it hit its targets so much better than Glass Onion. Yeah, I agree. Didn't care much for Glass Onion. It was fine, but thought it felt too aware? I dunno how else to articulate my thoughts on that. The Menu is beautifully absurd and its satire is much more elegant.
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Simplex posted:I don't think he would actually dislike that. Probably something more along the lines of You don't get to experience the final course because you are worthless I don't even think it's that complicated. Just saying the second part is all he'd need to say.
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Sir Kodiak posted:It's just okay. Would have liked to see a version where Ralph Fiennes is the focal character rather than Anya Taylor-Joy—nothing against her or her performance—given he's the actual force driving the plot. It seems to think we need some neutral party to go on the voyage of learning to be disgusted by the rich patrons with us when we really don't. Don't agree with this at all. Ralph Fiennes might be the main character but he is also the antagonist in a movie that is surrounded in mystery and I have no idea how it would have worked if it was focused around him. Having a neutral party be the viewer stand in was the right choice and Anya Taylor-Joy did a bang up job of it.
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Watched the Menu last night, loved it. A lot more of a dark comedy than I thought. Also really random, Anya Taylor-Joy's character is from the random rear end town that I work in. Just weirded me out hearing it in a movie.
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Jan 4, 2023 13:18
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I used to be a chef, I've run three restaurants The Menu was transcendental
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i spent a decade in service work so i get some themes from the menu but overall I did not feel it landed any of its targets. the finale was ludicrously delightful but didnt make up for the hour forty-five that felt like two and a half.
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Jan 4, 2023 16:47
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Speaking of Ralph Fiennes, Strange Days is also on HBO. I swear this movie hasn’t been available to stream ANYWHERE, free or to pay, in a very long time.
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Jan 4, 2023 17:37
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I loved The Menu and I don't think I'll ever get tired of Nicholas Hoult as a wealthy narcissistic rear end in a top hat. And yeah I don't think you need to have worked in restaurants to get the mood at all but it certainly adds to it. SunshineDanceParty fucked around with this message at 17:55 on Jan 4, 2023 |
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Jan 4, 2023 17:52
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yoohoo posted:Speaking of Ralph Fiennes, Strange Days is also on HBO. I swear this movie hasn’t been available to stream ANYWHERE, free or to pay, in a very long time.
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yoohoo posted:Speaking of Ralph Fiennes, Strange Days is also on HBO. I swear this movie hasn’t been available to stream ANYWHERE, free or to pay, in a very long time. I just found out they added it and came here to post this. I haven't seen it in years I wonder if it holds up.
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SunshineDanceParty posted:I loved The Menu and I don't think I'll ever get tired of Watching it, I was thinking about how both he and Anya Taylor Joy have pretty convincing American accents, when so many British actors often struggle with the American rhotic R. I wonder if that has something to do with the fact that they weren't trained in Shakespearean drama?
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Nihonniboku posted:Watching it, I was thinking about how both he and Anya Taylor Joy have pretty convincing American accents, when so many British actors often struggle with the American rhotic R. I wonder if that has something to do with the fact that they weren't trained in Shakespearean drama? There's definitely a standard British actor take at an American accent, that you hear in endless UK TV and radio dramas. I figure it must be taught somewhere it's so ubiquitous. Perhaps Joy and Fiennes missed it because they didn't do that low-end drama schooling? On other matters, so enjoying Money Heist Korea. It's such an oddity, taking 80% of the script for Casa de Papel and making something that feels so different and in some ways better.
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precision posted:I used to be a chef, I've run three restaurants What did you think about The Bear?
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Nihonniboku posted:Watching it, I was thinking about how both he and Anya Taylor Joy have pretty convincing American accents, when so many British actors often struggle with the American rhotic R. I wonder if that has something to do with the fact that they weren't trained in Shakespearean drama? ATJ's from Miami. edit I guess by the same metric Mel Gibson's from New York and his American accent wasn't great for a long time so fair enough
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Baron von Eevl posted:ATJ's from Miami. She was only born in Miami but was raised in Argentina and England.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:What did you think about The Bear? Loved it!
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precision posted:Loved it! Pretty accurate then, or just had a sort of thematic truth about it?
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I do have questions about The Menu because normally you would expect the movie to have some hints about what Nicholas Hoult's original date did to deserve to be there that evening. But I don't remember anything like that in the movie
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veni veni veni posted:Don't agree with this at all. Ralph Fiennes might be the main character but he is also the antagonist in a movie that is surrounded in mystery and I have no idea how it would have worked if it was focused around him. Having a neutral party be the viewer stand in was the right choice and Anya Taylor-Joy did a bang up job of it. What mystery? Do you mean that they were planning to kill everyone? That seemed obvious from the start. Ralph Fiennes played the character who was actually trying to accomplish something. That's generally the more interesting character to follow.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Pretty accurate then, or just had a sort of thematic truth about it? not enough cocaine
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Simplex posted:I do have questions about The Menu because normally you would expect the movie to have some hints about what Nicholas Hoult's original date did to deserve to be there that evening. But I don't remember anything like that in the movie She was probably just completely fabricated and he was too much of a self absorbed idiot to line the story up straight with his "date" before he arrived.
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precision posted:not enough cocaine Or heavy drinking. Also weed smoking. And pills.
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TheMopeSquad posted:She was probably just completely fabricated and he was too much of a self absorbed idiot to line the story up straight with his "date" before he arrived. The restaurant folks tracked down evidence of the three dudes stealing money just to make some ominous tortillas. I don't think Nicholas Hoult is going to get an entirely fictitious guest past them. Considering one woman was killed for having her parents be able to pay for Brown, anyone that dude was actually dating would have been likely to make the cut for execution.
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Field Mousepad posted:Or heavy drinking. Also weed smoking. And pills. you don't have to have a drug habit to work in food service. we'll give you one.
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precision posted:you don't have to have a drug habit to work in food service. we'll give you one. I hope you went on Cutthroat Kitchen, got in some good trash talk, and earned some bucks.
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