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K. Waste posted:Werner Herzog's Salt and Fire is great and on Netflix. The trailers don't really do its sense of humor justice, plus it's incredibly shot. I was thinking of watching this since I'm a big Herzog fan but the reviews were almost all really atrocious. I should know better than to let Netflix reviews dissuade me though since some of my favorite movies have really lovely ones. I'll probably check it out when I get the chance.
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precision posted:No, what have Dreyfuss, Oldman and Roth done? All I can find is that Dreyfuss and Roth were both molested as kids, nothing about them doing anything bad? Well, there was that time Oldman defended Mel Gibson on the basis of "Hasn't everyone thought those things at some point?". I don't know about any sexual offenses, but he certainly sounds like kind of a lovely person.
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I finally decided to start watching Patriot, and it does indeed rule. I'm on episode 6 now. I like Dennis a lot, and Leslie is also great. I like the main guy too, but something about the way he talks kind of irritates me. I'm only doing the free trial of Prime because I'm kind of broke right now, but I'll see what else I can fit in before it ends. It looks like I can also do a week-long trial of Showtime, so hopefully I'll be able to get through all of the new Twin Peaks too.
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Dec 5, 2017 05:37
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So I finished watching Patriot, which was pretty great, the other day, but I'm kind of confused about part of the ending. Was Agathe just running off with the money, or what exactly was she planning on doing? I didn't quite get her motivation. Anyway, cool show, I think the prolonged rock-paper-scissors scene was my favorite. Hopefully season 2 will come out relatively soon.
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precision posted:It'll probably be expanded on in season 2, the short answer is "apparently yes" but you're not crazy to be confused about that because it definitely wasn't clear what her full plan was (like, was she just gonna abandon her daughter?! ) Ok, I figured that was what happened, but it still seemed kind of weird to me given how the character was portrayed throughout the season. Like, I got the impression she was pretty dedicated to her job, so it strikes me as strange that she would then just skip town with a bunch of money. Although, she obviously had trouble letting go of John as the culprit when the evidence started pointing to the other guy. But it still felt like I kind of missed something. I guess it's mostly just a hook for next season, along with the fate of Cool Rick.
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Finally watched Paris Is Burning after having it in my list for years. It was perfect and amazing. It’s probably entered my list of favorite docs alongside Hoop Dreams, American Movie, and various Herzog things. Plus now I finally understand HUNDU’s avatar.
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So I also started watching The End of the loving World and I’m liking it a lot. I’ve seen the first four episodes. I knew that guy’s mom was going to get rid of the pictures! I’m worried about those two now, I wasn’t actually expecting James to kill anyone despite what he said. “Dark Wes Anderson” is definitely a good way to describe it. It’s only 8 episodes and they’re all about 20 minutes, so it’s not a huge time investment either.
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So I watched all of GLOW. I didn’t love it, but it was pretty good. I’ve never seen Orange Is the New Black or anything else by the creators, so I don’t know how this compares. I did like how the relationship between Alison Brie and Betty Gilpin’s characters progressed, but overall I wasn’t super hot on it. I think I liked Marc Maron the best, which is almost kind of disappointing considering nearly all the cast are women and it looks like a good deal of the people making it are as well. Usually I like when shows keep it short, but I think this one could have used a little more time to flesh some things out. I’ll definitely watch the next season though. But watching it reminded me of that guy a while back who kept complaining about how gross it was that you heard a woman peeing in the first episode, which is pretty hilarious now that I actually know the scene he was talking about. Edit: Also The End of the loving World should definitely not have a second season. I loved it, but the ending was perfect and I think making more would probably just end up diluting it. wizardofloneliness fucked around with this message at 00:18 on Jan 14, 2018 |
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I wasn't too hot on Barton Fink at first either, but John Goodman just loving dominates in that.
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I watched A Serious Man yesterday and thought it was fantastic. I like a bunch of the other films the Coens have done but I never got around to seeing this. I recall it having a more mixed/tepid response when it came out though. Although looking at reviews for it they seem mostly positive, so I guess maybe it's just in comparison to No Country For Old Men. Anyway, people trying and failing to make sense of a cruel and nonsensical world is basically my favorite theme in just about everything, so I loved it. Which reminds me, Stroszek and a bunch of other Herzog things (including Little Dieter Needs To Fly, which rules) are available for free on Shout Factory's website.
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Jan 17, 2018 21:31
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I watched The Polka King too, and while I thought it was an interesting story I didn't think it was all that good of a movie. Definitely not as good as Bernie. It wasn't bad and I don't regret watching it or anything, but I just didn't find it particularly funny or well made. It is pretty funny that he actually got the Pope to meet a bunch of elderly Pennsylvanians by giving some people a suitcase full of money. I'm not that big of a Jack Black fan though, outside of Bernie and a few other things, so maybe that had something to do with it. The Man Who Would Be Polka King, which is a documentary about Jan Lewan, is also on Netflix, but I haven't seen it yet. I feel like I'd probably be more tolerant of watching an actual crazy Polish guy dance around and scam people instead of Jack Black doing the same.
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Jan 18, 2018 04:46
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I can’t think of a more boring thing than a LOTR tv show. And I like LOTR. But I’ve spent enough hours of my life watching stuff about hobbits and orcs and poo poo. I don’t need to see a detailed history of the Shire or the reign of Meneldil or whatever. The Hobbit movies were bad enough. edit: Also, Patriot was renewed for a second season, which is all I really care about for current Amazon shows. I wouldn’t really count on getting a 3rd season though, with the way Amazon’s been going. wizardofloneliness fucked around with this message at 10:31 on Jan 19, 2018 |
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I saw The Polka King too, and I thought it was just alright. I’m not a huge Jack Black fan though, outside of a few things. I do agree that Jenny Slate was great though, she was my favorite part.
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Jan 21, 2018 03:03
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Well, I ended up watching the entirety of American Vandal in one sitting. It was pretty good! I'm not really a fan of true crime stuff, outside of the occasional Forensic Files, but I still enjoyed it a lot. It was pretty funny the whole way through, but the last episode was legitimately kind of depressing. The characters were good too, they weren't just stereotypical high school teens and there were a lot of nice details about them. Dylan's a dumbass and all, but I didn't think he was that bad of a kid. And Mr. Kraz... there was definitely a Mr. Kraz in my high school. I guess they're making a second season, but with all new characters except the student filmmakers? I think that's a better idea than continuing with this story.
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Feb 10, 2018 18:27
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Erebus posted:I only just now found out that you can use an extension to play Netflix (and any other HTML5 video) at double speed. God I wish I'd known this sooner for any number of interesting-but-slow documentaries and mediocre TV shows. True CineD'ers play it at 1.5x.
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Apr 1, 2018 22:04
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Everyone should watch American Movie at least once. It was on Netflix for a long time, not sure if it still is though.
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Apr 13, 2018 14:11
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Aggretsuko is really good. It didn’t really look like my thing initially, but I already loved it about five minutes in to the first episode. If you are or have been an aimless 20-something with a job you hate and annoying coworkers, you’ll probably find something to like. I watched the English dub, which I thought was pretty great, but I don’t know how it compares to just using subs. Are private karaoke rooms a thing in the US? I would totally go to one, but I don’t think I’ve ever seen one anywhere I’ve lived.
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May 19, 2018 22:57
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Yeah, I was kind of bored by the first couple episodes of Patriot too. I was pretty into it after episode three though and I really liked it by the end so I’m glad I stuck with it. Kurtwood Smith rules.
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I watched The Lobster on Amazon the other day. It was delightful. My favorite scene was probably the aftermath of that woman jumping out the window and just moaning in agony for way too long. The single person/couple reenactments were pretty great too. I think it probably could have been a bit shorter, the second half went on a bit long. But overall I loved it. It’s great when a movie feels like it’s specifically made for me. How is Alps? I’ve seen Dogtooth and The Killing of a Sacred Deer, but I haven’t heard anything about this one.
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Affi posted:Trying to find a good documentary, anyone have a recommendation for Netflix? Paris Is Burning, Little Dieter Needs to Fly (or any of Herzog's docs, although I didn't really care for Lo and Behold), Man On Wire, Pumping Iron, The Thin Blue Line (or anything else by Errol Morris). I have no idea what you like, but these are some of my favorites. I recently added Finding Vivian Maier and Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr to my list too, so I'll probably get around to actually seeing them sometime next year.
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mary had a little clam posted:For my recommendation, I finally caught up on season 1 of American Vandal and holy poo poo did that live up to the hype for me. I thought it was hysterical, well-acted, and even packed an emotional punch at the end. What a great little series! If I have any criticisms about it, I think they have maybe 6.5 episodes worth of material stretched into 8 episodes, so YMMV on whether the joke feels too played over the course of the series, but I thought there was enough good acting and enough interesting emotional beats that I didn't mind. S2 is also very good. I think it does some things better than the first season and that it's better paced, but overall I liked the first one a bit better. But the second season is still great and very funny.
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I just watched First Reformed on Prime after missing it when it was in theaters. That was pretty heavy, but good as hell. I'm glad Schrader didn't go with the original ending he had in the script, even though I generally like super bleak stuff. This definitely makes me want to rewatch The Sacrifice. I watched that on a whim when I was a teenager and didn't really understand what was going on but it certainly left an impression. I also want to check out Ordet, but that doesn't seem to be streaming anywhere. Also, Cedric the Entertainer was really good in this!
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Lycus posted:The Lobster is super weird. I wanted to rewatch this the other day, but I noticed they took it down from Prime, and was very sad. But then I noticed it had been added to Netflix and felt very happy. I really liked it the first time I watched it, but I think it might be one of my favorite movies now. It is super weird, but it's the exact kind of weirdness I love. I'm so glad Yorgos Lanthimos exists. I recommended this to my coworker the other day because she said she likes romcoms. I was sort of joking, but also not really.
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Franchescanado posted:I think it works especially well with The Lobster. Since a lot of the world itself is open to interpretation and the audience filling in the negative space, the ending tonally fits in well. What I think makes it one of the best endings in the past few years is how it works as a Rorschach test for the audience members with their views of love and relationships. From discussions I've had with friends that have seen it, those that have happier/successful/healthy relationships tend to view it more optimistic and assume he gouges his eyes out for his love, whereas the friends who have had unhealthy relationships in the past (or currently) tend to have a more pessimistic view and assume that he doesn't love her enough to gouge away his vision and he leaves her. I found it powerful and clever. I love the ending and that nothing is ever explained in the movie. I am definitely not one of those people who think it has an "optimistic" ending. To me that seems entirely at odds with basically the entire movie. I thought the most loving relationship shown was between Colin Farrell and his dog/brother. In the world they've presented, genuine love between two humans seems to be deliberately impossible due to all the regulations and it'll be severely punished if it somehow happens anyway. But then there's just as much rules regarding being single too. The two "successful" relationships we see are based on a lie where the guy has to continually bash his face in and where the husband is totally willing to kill his wife.
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Franchescanado posted:I dunno about that. The couple (David and Shortsighted Woman?) and the act is shown to engage in physical and emotional affection towards each other beyond what is socially acceptable or seen anywhere else in the story. They could easily be in trouble for making out during the guitar performance, for example, and yet they do so with very little regard for their surroundings. I guess I should amend my statement and say their feelings towards each other seemed real in the beginning, but their relationship could never survive in the real world because they're breaking the rules. But their relationship only started because they both have bad eyesight and once that's gone they agree it's pointless to pretend otherwise. Whereas David doesn't seem to require any specific commonalities with his dog/brother in order to continue caring for him. He even ruins his chances of "making it" in the hotel because he can't hide his emotions about his death. Also, I support a Lobster and Sacred Deer double feature. But it depends how much you like completely emotionless monotones.
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Bandersnatch was kind of neat. I thought the branching storylines were integrated fairly well, although there were a lot of "Well, what's your choice? It's up to you" while the guy stares nervously for ten seconds. When you get to one of the endings it gives you the option to go back to the previous choice so you don't have to sit through everything. Although I got to an ending eventually that didn't give me any options to go back so I guess that's it. There's probably other ones too, but I didn't feel like starting over just then. "What does Pacman stand for? Program and control. He's Program and Control Man. It's all a metaphor." "What the gently caress is Netflix?"
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You can just not choose and it'll pick an option for you. But you might end up with a pretty boring story that way. There's no version where it removes the choices though, that's kind of the point of it.
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The MSJ posted:That sounds totally amazing. I saw that movie when it came out and Luis Guzman is the only thing I remember from it, so I'm just going to go ahead and say he's good. Also, I just really like Luis Guzman.
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I started watching Sex Education and agree with everyone else that it’s quite enjoyable. I’m only two episodes in so far. Gillian Anderson is so fantastic and is absolutely a sexy witch. Adam is one of my favorite “dumb teenage boy” characters so far. Kind of reminds me of Dylan from American Vandal. My favorite decoration is the corn picture. Also, Otis is such an unpleasant name, but it seems weirdly appropriate for the main character at the same time.
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Wiggles Von Huggins posted:lol. i see what you did there. i finally got around to watching roma and it is super good. alfonso cuaron is my guy though, and children of men is one of my favorite films. Fahrenheit 11/9 is a different movie from Fahrenheit 9/11. I think 9/11 is the last Michael Moore I saw, which was probably like 15 years ago. I liked it at the time but I was also 13. I don’t have much of an opinion on him but I’ll probably check it out since it’s available.
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Wiggles Von Huggins posted:haha oh. i didnt know he made the other film. i thought this was a reference to that stupid month/day day/month derail that happens sometimes. Nah, 11/9 refers to November 9, which is when it was announced Trump won the election. So Moore’s still firmly in the month/day camp, which is obviously the only correct way of writing it of course.
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Lycus posted:I'm a little iffy about them dipping into the old cliche of the guy who bullies the gay kid is in the closet. I thought a lot of their interaction had weird sexual undertones, so I wasn't very surprised about it. If I'd read about it beforehand I probably would have rolled my eyes, but I was ok with how it played out on the show. I actually ended up liking Adam as a character quite a lot by the end of the season. I categorized him as another dumb teenage boy originally, but there was a lot more anger as the show went on. Despite the plot going in a more stereotypical direction, I think the characters themselves were pretty well-rounded which is what saves it for me. Now that I've finished the season my favorite character is definitely Lilly, the tentacle alien porn girl. She rules.
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TOOT BOOT posted:Ted Bundy is still still casting a spell on women from beyond the grave. My wife was talking about watching the series at work and 2 of the reactions were 'oooh, he's hot' and 'maybe he didn't do it...I'm not sure...' Bundy wasn't even actually hot though, he was just serial killer/politician hot. Which is a pretty low bar generally speaking.
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I'm all hyped for Velvet Buzzsaw and figured now would be a good time to finally watch Nightcrawler, only to discover it's no longer streaming on Netflix or Prime. Or anywhere else I can see. I guess I could shell out an extra $4 to rent it on prime or whatever. I should probably watch all the movies I have in my various queues instead of just thinking about watching them. Especially when it comes to Netflix. Maybe I'll watch Enemy instead. I'm pretty sure that's been on my Netflix list for like 3 years at this point. I just need some Jake G right now.
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Ok so I watched Enemy and that was good as hell. And only 90 minutes! I already knew the story and the ending and all that, but I'm still unsure of what to make of it now that I've actually seen it. Those are pretty much the best kinds of movies, as far as I'm concerned.
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I watched Velvet Buzzsaw and while I didn't like it as much as I'd hoped I would still say it's pretty decent overall. I felt it didn't really go far enough in terms of the art world satire or the supernatural aspects. The art world stuff is funny and all, but nothing I haven't seen in basically every other movie about the art world. And the supernatural/horror stuff didn't really make much of an impression on me. A lot of it was quite a bit goofier than I anticipated, although the premise is pretty silly to begin with so I wouldn't really say this is a negative. I just thought it was sort of tame in general and definitely not as weird as I was hoping for. I did very much enjoy watching Jake Gyllenhaal cry and freak out, especially when his eyes get all buggy. I liked that Morf uses a flip phone even though this takes place in the modern day. The names are all pretty great too, Jon Dondon was my favorite.
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Teenage Fansub posted:Apart from the arm bit it was oddly tame and cut away from nastiness that I thought it should have been indulging in. Yeah, I liked that part but was sort of disappointed considering a lot of it was in the trailer. In regards to Josephina, I was reminded of Twin Peaks, when Josie gets turned into a doorknob. I always liked that scene and its hokey effects because it was just weird and unexpected, but here it was just kind of hum-drum. I sort of complained about it being goofier than I thought, but in retrospect I think it should have leaned into that a lot more. Jake Gyllenhaal is great in this though, his performance is 90% of what I like about the movie. Morf is such a stupid and funny character, although I thought his crying to Josephina about actually liking her ex-boyfriend's exhibit was oddly touching.
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I'm a couple episodes into The Umbrella Academy and it's... ok so far. The only character who's made an impression is Number 5. He's also the best actor of the bunch. I like Robert Sheehan, but I feel I'd be better off just watching Misfits again at this point. It seems like where they're going with Ellen Page's character is already extremely obvious from the start. I'm assuming she's actually the most powerful of all of them and the pills are so Daddy Hargreeves could keep her powers in check. I wish it was Wes Anderson meets the X-Men, but it seems to have only surface level comparisons to either of those so far. It's entertaining enough to keep watching for the moment though.
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Gallatin posted:This is one of my litmus tests for someone's opinion on movies if they liked it I can safely ignore the rest of what they have to say The Lobster is one of my favorite movies of the last decade. Maybe ever. I love it so much. Just thinking about it makes me smile. 
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Gallatin posted:Well what would a couple more of your favorites be? I'm not saying you have bad opinions, it's definitely me. Uhh, Stroszek, Pink Flamingos, Stalker, Wild at Heart, Zoolander. I have never succeeded in getting anyone else to watch The Lobster. I tried to trick my coworker into watching it by saying it was a romcom (which is true according to Netflix), but she got bored after 15 minutes and turned it off.
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