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mbt: Aug 13, 2012

Alan Partridge is great. i didnt know anyone else knew about it. very very bad title, their marketing people should be sacked

# ¿ Apr 7, 2024 19:43

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 19:03

mbt: Aug 13, 2012

Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem
★★★

This was 4 stars when i was in high school and was willing to overlook a lot of the obvious flaws. Discovery is such a loving insane album you could probably show me Dirty Duck and it would get 2 stars at minimum.

They should remake this and raise the budget slightly with that Tron 2 money and you would have one of the best extended music videos (is it technically a musical?)

# ¿ Apr 20, 2024 00:44

mbt: Aug 13, 2012

Sub-Actuality posted:

Dirty Duck

When I was about 15 years old, I accidentally slammed my fingers in a car door in my parents' garage. My mom had already walked into the house before I even left the car, so nobody saw it happen. My entire hand was trapped in the car door, which was fully closed and locked, and three of my fingers were crushed under the frame. The pain was excruciating. I yelled of course, but because of the soundproofing in the walls, nobody heard me at first. Trying to pull my hand out was pointless and only hurt more, and I had no keys so I couldn't open the door. I started to realize that nobody was going to help me, at least not right away, and that I was probably going to be stuck there for a while. I stood there for what felt like forever, in overwhelming pain the entire time, shouting for help at intervals and probably sounding more and more desperate.

I remember wondering to myself at some point if maybe my nervous system would adapt to the pain after a few minutes, or if my hand might go numb or start to hurt less. But no, the entire time I was stuck, I was in constant agony, and at no point did it let up even a little. In fact as time went on and I got more and more frustrated, the pain intensified. By the time my mom finally heard my shouting and came to help, I felt like I was going to be trapped there forever. When I think back on this I realize that I don't really remember the initial injury or how much it hurt, I just remember how endless the experience felt. The pain was intense, but the exasperation of being confined somewhere with absolutely no way out was the thing that got to me, and that made the brief time I was stuck feel like hours. Dirty Duck (1974) has a runtime of 75 minutes.
0/5 vhs tapes

lmfao

# ¿ Apr 24, 2024 05:25

mbt: Aug 13, 2012

this sucked, fritz the cat sucked, everything ralph bakshi has ever made sucks including that lovely hobbit cartoon and wizards.

there was a lovely old mtv cartoon called The Brothers Grunt that i thought was the ugliest cartoon ever made but dirty duck might beat it.

# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 18:10

mbt: Aug 13, 2012

also add me to the list thanks

# ¿ Apr 25, 2024 18:10

mbt: Aug 13, 2012

rodbeard posted:

Even if this isn't one of your favorite movies it's going to be your favorite director's favorite movie.

My favorite director is Tom Green

# ¿ May 12, 2024 05:16

mbt: Aug 13, 2012

The 40s were such an insane period of cinema. Modern (sound) movies existed for like 10 years at that point and you already had people making timeless films. People like Carol Reed were among the first people who could even be considered professionals.

I think it sucks that Carol Reed won an Oscar for Oliver (which is horrible) and not this.

# ¿ May 13, 2024 04:04

mbt: Aug 13, 2012

Fungah! posted:

stanley was probably my least favorite part of the movie lol.

i say you get to drink from the FIREHOSE all the time when im gardening

# ¿ May 16, 2024 20:15

mbt: Aug 13, 2012

herculon posted:

You need to ask people what is their favorite independent animated movie before you add them to the list

N/A

# ¿ May 17, 2024 23:09

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# ¿ May 21, 2024 19:03

mbt: Aug 13, 2012

I don't watch a lot of wuxia and I don't know why. I loved this. The sound and visual effects are insane. Really anything involving the ninjas - the weird gun noises when they're throwing smoke and how they magically appear out of nowhere constantly. The shot of the little action figures on kites made me lol. This is a movie that takes itself very seriously but knows how ridiculous of a concept that is and goes way over the top.

3.5 stars

# ¿ May 20, 2024 03:53

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