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Can’t believe The Power of the Dog was nominated for so many Oscars. Especially from a story perspective was complete student film material, in my opinion.
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Nihonniboku posted:I just finished The French Dispatch on HBO Max. I'm a longtime fan of Wes Anderson films, and consider Rushmore and The Life Aquatic amongst some of my favorite movies. It's interesting to see how divided folks are on The French Dispatch. Maybe because it's just a series of vignettes? Personally, I liked it more than Darjeeling, Isle of Dogs or Grand Budapest.
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Mar 3, 2022 05:57
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Can't put my finger on why exactly, but 'Our Flag Means Death' is not doing it for me so far. Maybe the writing is kind of bland, and it looks weirdly cheap?
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Mar 12, 2022 07:47
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Medullah posted:Watched all of The Bear this weekend. Man, it's great, but Hulu needs to not have it classified as comedy. It's definitely drama. Yeah, just started watching it and it’s good. I’m getting serious Terriers/Lodge 49 vibes though, I don’t think they know how to market it and it’s probably going to get 2 seasons max.
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Jul 6, 2022 06:46
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frogbs posted:Yeah, just started watching it and it’s good. I’m getting serious Terriers/Lodge 49 vibes though, I don’t think they know how to market it and it’s probably going to get 2 seasons max. Ok, finished The Bear today. The last two episodes are great. Go watch it! Really hope it gets renewed.
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Jul 7, 2022 07:03
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precision posted:just watched the premiere. absolutely stunning. nathan fielder is actually a sociopath and it owns Please, PLEASE, let these people be actors.
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Jul 16, 2022 06:42
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Spacebump posted:Prey is great. Anyone on the fence should watch. For anyone who has watched Prey, do any dogs or animals get hurt? I’d heard there was a dog in it and am not in the mood to watch any animal suffering right now. frogbs fucked around with this message at 17:29 on Aug 6, 2022 |
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Aug 6, 2022 16:58
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A MIRACLE posted:You can always check does the dog die dot com Spacebump posted:On dogs Thank you both!
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Aug 6, 2022 17:30
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Spacebump posted:I forgot about that scene. Crap. frogbs you should read that spoiler. I apologize if you started the movie and that part bothered you. No worries! And thanks Spacebump! I'm gonna avoid it for the time being. Thanks all!
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Aug 6, 2022 19:02
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Field Mousepad posted:Breaking Bad/Predator show let's fuckin do this Bryan Cranston could absolutely pull off being the lead in a Predator-ish action movie.
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Aug 8, 2022 06:19
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Papercut posted:The lastest episode of rings of power was pretty good. I really like all the hobbit side story stuff, it's by far the most interesting part with the best costumes. The Durin plot is second best. The Numenor stuff is pretty boring but I still like Galadriel. I have exactly the opposite reaction, I can't stand the Hobbit stuff for some reason.
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Oct 1, 2022 17:34
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I wish there was an easy way to aggregate all my streaming subscriptions together and just say 'show me every available movie where Roger Deakins (or whoever) was the cinematographer, starting with the earliest'. Even having to go to JustWatch is too much. Where's my future mind tv movie instant gratification service. Edit: And yes, the Blade Runner stuff made me think of this. Also, it's a good movie. SCheeseman posted:2 failed Andor pilots were made and abandoned That's the first i've heard of those, were they made with the same cast? Different producers/crew?
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Nov 9, 2022 06:54
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Grandpa Palpatine posted:how is Tales from the Loop? I thought most of the episodes were pretty great. Great soundtrack too. Devs also came out the same year, and if you're into melancholy sci-fi I recommend you check it out too. I think it's on Hulu. precision posted:Aside from a couple jokes he seemed more to be a Steve Jobs type than Elon This makes me wonder if Steve Jobs ever threw a party. I read him as way more Elon though.
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Dec 28, 2022 07:38
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Medullah posted:Netflix cancelled 1899. Man that show had potential only to throw it all away for the worst ending in forever It was also one of the first shows to use 'the volume', which makes me think it was still pretty expensive to produce. 'The ocean behind you' can be handled pretty well by a green screen, surprised they went to all that effort when most of the series was inside the cabins of the ship anyway.
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Jan 3, 2023 05:06
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I actually liked the ending of 1899, bummed that we're not going to get any more of it.
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A MIRACLE posted:i put on shrinking. they do the trope where the dad is trying to connect with his kids by making a big breakfast and they just leave with a pop tart I like Shrinking well enough, but it feels to me like the moment Harrison Ford signed up they completely rewrote all the scripts at the last minute to give him more screen time. All the meetings he has with the girl in the park, the many scenes where he's talking to someone on the phone. It all feels like it was added later or something. It makes everything feel disjointed.
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Feb 10, 2023 03:33
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A MIRACLE posted:frances ha is cool. its like a jarmusch movie. maybe i'm only saying that because its in black and white but it also reminds me of permanent vacation a bit Never put this together until now, but Noah Baumbauch is just mainstream Jim Jarmusch.
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Feb 17, 2023 23:08
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FishBowlRobot posted:Speaking of Party Down, that new season trailer don’t look so hot. Am I going crazy, didn’t Party Down already come back once? Wasn’t there a movie or something? Edit: it’s possible I’m confusing it with Veronica Mars…
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Feb 20, 2023 07:17
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veni veni veni posted:The Chris Rock thing was allright, but the dude is clearly way past his prime. He hosed up his finale joke and had to backpedal and repeat half of it. Lots of repeating stuff throughout the whole thing tbh. Also content wise, it's just what you'd expect out of a grumpy dude in his late 50's. I noticed they hosed up his intro, the announcer had to say 'Ladies and gentlemen!' twice, and you could see Chris just start to go onstage and then backtrack. I wonder how much getting off on the wrong foot like that can mess you up for the whole set. He did do the repeating the same line thing a lot, which I think has always been a part of his act. Not sure if he uses that as a way to stall so he can remember the next bit, or if he just uses it to milk a few more laughs through repetition.
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Mar 5, 2023 21:56
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Enos Cabell posted:Yes, Madam! was a lot of fun. Michelle Yeoh and Cynthia Rothrock just totally kicking rear end. Wait, where is this treaming? Is it the 4k transfer from a few years ago? B-Movie Bingo at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland seems to show a Rothrock movie at least a few times a year. If anyone in the area hasn't checked it out, it's always a great time IMO.
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Mar 20, 2023 06:01
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precision posted:I think any thoughtful piece of media made by someone who grows up black in America will, as a matter of course, have something to say about racism, even accidentally I cant remember where I read this take, but it was something like: Nope is about a big white thing in the sky that kills a black man in the film industry by (literally) showering him with money.It definitely reads as an allegory for the entertainment industry as a whole.
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Mar 22, 2023 05:20
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The first episode of White House plumbers sucks so hard. Not sure why they went the Veep route with it I know it’s from one of the Veep people, but still. A more straightforward drama with this cast could have been great.
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May 9, 2023 05:37
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Shageletic posted:I'd watch Gaslit (one of my top shows of last year!). It’s on my list! Loos like it’s got a stacked cast too. Need to get Starz I guess. The crazy thing is that White House Plumbers started production BEFORE Gaslit, was filmed in fall 2021, and then they sat on it for a year and a half. I don’t think they really knew what to do with it.
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May 9, 2023 06:42
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Deadite posted:I think you just described exactly why I like Reservation Dogs, guess now I have to watch The Bear They’re both up there with the best shows on tv, for sure. The Bear S2 has a few absolutely killer episodes, the Christmas dinner one is amazing, but I think ‘Forks’ with Richie was the standout for me. Just all around perfect.
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Hot Wheels staring Dwayne Rock comin 2025 Edit: lmao actually read the article and seems like this is a very real possibly. Hot wheels staring Dwayne Rock from Jayson Abrams 2025. frogbs fucked around with this message at 02:14 on Jul 3, 2023 |
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Inspector Hound posted:I liked The Creator, on Hulu, overall, albeit mostly for the art and ideas. Some of the things it put on the screen looked like cover and concept art I always wished had a place in movies when I was a kid; the mega-architecture, the combination of human-like and obvious robots, the giant floating missile platform Nomad, it was all very satisfying to see and they knew exactly how to shoot it. They loved the profile shots with the androids, if you like seeing the weird, whirring mechanics in the back of their heads don't worry, you're in for a lot of it. I do wonder why, if they're just trying to live in peace among the humans, they don't cover it up or at least better protect the literal standby and off switches that they don't seem to know are easily accessible on the back of their head. I loved that people who weren't used to AI were shocked at how human they were, and even I was startled by the post-mortem interrogation scene (I think that's actually been in a few things before now that I'm thinking about it, but I don't remember it being like that). Plot-wise it was about as predictable as any sci-fi movie written for normal people, but the big laser cross hair sweeping across the landscape, giving you a different perspective on how high space is and how big the ship is, carries it for you. I've only just started watching this, and it has one of the weirdest needle drops i've ever seen. 'Everything In It's Right Place' during an action scene just did not do it for me. Hoping they set a car chase to 'True Love Waits', or maybe 'Hey Ya'.
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Dec 31, 2023 20:41
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Papercut posted:The tone of the movie is very much all over the place. Like at one point the protagonist recruits a van full of children to smuggle him across the border, then almost gets them all killed with seemingly zero remorse about that or concern for their safety, and then it's played for laughs with the protagonist asking if any of the kids had fun. It's just a major ????? Yeah, the movie alternates between caring for the lives of people and robots, or not giving a poo poo at all. It's all over the place.
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Just watched Asteroid City on Prime. I'm usually a fan of Wes Anderson, but I gotta say, every single character in this movie speaks exactly the same way and it gets super tiring. It's like every character is Bill Murray in The Royal Tenenbaums. I know it's part of his whole thing, but I think it went a little too far this time.
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Jan 6, 2024 08:04
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Wolfsheim posted:Fun fact: the Coens hate this show and do not want people to mention it around them! Do you have a source for this? I thought they said they didn’t mind that it existed, but wouldn’t watch it, or something like that. Megaman's Jockstrap posted:I watched the first episode of VOIR, which is a collection of essays on movies that mattered to the essayist. I watched this too and couldn’t finish the first episode. WAY different than I was expecting, since this was from the Every Frame a Painting people. What a weird episode of tv.
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I unintentionally watched BEEF and Mr. & Mrs. Smith back to back, and they’re actually extremely similar shows. Personally loved BEEF, I thought it had a lot more to say while also being more nuanced and thoughtful.
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Feb 15, 2024 07:46
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Poor Things is on Hulu and I hate basically everything about it. The cinematography is interesting, but everything else about the movie is so dissonant and gross.
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Mar 17, 2024 06:41
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I decided to watch Looper again, and man, I forgot how distractingly weird Joseph Gordon Levitt’s Bruce Willis impression is. I guess it didn’t bother me the first time I watched it. I don’t know why they felt the need to use makeup to make him look more like Willis. Or they should have cast someone else, I feel like Casey Affleck sort of looks the part, and probably wouldn’t do a weird pseudo Elvis eyebrow thing the whole time like JGL.
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Papercut posted:Outlast on Netflix tried to bill all of its contestants as hardcore survivalists and then on day 1 they're exploring the area and this person drank water straight from the pond while all their teammates were like wtf you need to filter it first wtfffff and then they dropped out the next day hahaha lol this happened on Alone too. A guy thought that moss would filter some water from an EXTREMELY lazy ‘stream’.
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