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#9521 |
God knows I'm Trying ..
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Isle of Dogs
Liked it "Love" wes anderosn |
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The Tits
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Thanks fellas, I'll keep reviewing movies as long as they keep making 'em. I have to write up a review for Blade Runner: Final Cut and The Descendants which I watched recently. Alexander Payne is a glorious man. |
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#9523 |
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Yes SOB's reviews are easily top 5 in this thread. May have said it before, even if you don't agree with the take you see where he's coming from.
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#9524 |
The Tits
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Lost Soul: The Doomed Journey of Richard Stanley's Island of Dr. Moreau: 4/4
There's a guilt free schadenfreude to delight in when bad decisions collide. For anybody who feels more sated by immaculate failure than the hyperbole of success, here is the greatest exposure of Hollywood lunacy that documentary can offer. The decadence of Overnight is eclipsed here in the flapping dislocated maw of Hollywood's equivalent of that big cat on tv who gets its jawbone kicked in half by the gazelle and can't eat so it just lays there in agony for days until finally, predictably it expires into repugnant, pathetic death. I can remember 1996's The Island Of Dr Moreau and it's amazing to me that somehow they pulled anything enjoyable from it at all. This documentary is like the asterisk that eclipses the book and it's absolutely the best film about a failed film production I have ever seen. |
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#9525 |
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Catch Me If You can starring Leonard Dicaprio and Tom Hanks - 10/10
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#9526 |
The Tits
Posts: 2,803
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That review caused a spontaneous and joyous laugh to rise from my core.
I'm not trying to take the piss either. That was great. |
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#9527 |
Trickster Demon
Posts: 29,780
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Isle of Dogs - 9/10
I really liked it, probably my favorite Wes Anderson movie. |
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#9528 |
The Tits
Posts: 2,803
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I still have to get a review up for a few films but yesterday I picked up three films I have been very excited to see:
Sicario Magnolia Close Encounters Of The Third Kind That's about seven or eight hours of cinema there and I have been looking in every DVD store for a copy of Magnolia for years. Imagine that in a world where Amazon exists. |
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#9529 |
The Tits
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I actually bought nine movies yesterday but the other six were just opportunistic purchases.
The Belko Experiment was fucking great though. This is how Office Space could have gone. |
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#9530 |
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Blood Diamond by Leonardo DiCaprio - 10/10
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#9531 |
The Tits
Posts: 2,803
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Magnolia - 3/4
What happens when a writer gets too bogged down in clever connections, individually brilliant pieces of dialogue and a plot that needs to be threaded tighter than an Egyptian's bedspread? You get a handful of joy bred from the train of thought that the story takes you down but not much more. Somehow all of the positives cluster up in odd frequencies and leave long patches of inert, expectation-filled fidget space. Simply put this film could be taglined "Magnolia - Laid On A Bit Thick" or "Other People's Problems". A lot of it seems brilliant but comes off as hugely pretentious and in all honesty it feels more like a film by the maker of Phantom Thread, The Master and Inherent Vice than a film by the maker of Hard Eight, Boogie Nights and There Will Be Blood. I prefer his earlier work but Magnolia has an epic performance each by Julianne Moore and Philip Baker Hall and a lot of wonderful ideas that are supposed to pull together and form a far better shape than we end up with. I think it would have benefited from the removal of the William H Macy storyline and the entire Melora Walters character. You get a streamlined version of the same film that way and all you lose is padding and a thoroughly poor performance from Walters which drags John C Reilly down with it which is a shame because he's excellent. Tom Cruise was really quite spectacular in his part for what that's worth. I think I'd have made the film mostly about him and Julianne Moore's story, they had a particularly strong background in the film and the way they played their roles was surprisingly vicious. I loved their vitriol. |
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#9532 |
ISO 15489
Posts: 11,108
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#9533 |
LUV CABBAGE/H8 JEWS
Posts: 36,743
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#9534 |
Posts: 3,399
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Blockers-8/10
Very funny. Cena is a bit of a show stealer here. He basically plays the dad version of his hustle loyally respect gimmick and it works with hilarious results. The teenage girls are great too. Was pleasantly surprised. |
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#9535 |
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Moviepass #55 Rampage 7/10 not bad for what it is. There's a Rampage arcade machine in the movie if you look quick enough.
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#9536 |
LUV CABBAGE/H8 JEWS
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Wait, wasn't there already a Rampage film? Directed by Uwe Boll?
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#9537 |
Large Marge sent me
Posts: 23,572
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Yeah. That was a dude being a mass shooter. This one has monsters and the Rock.
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#9538 |
LUV CABBAGE/H8 JEWS
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Oh yeah. I have never seen that Boll's movie but heard it was actually pretty decent, especially for an Uwe Boll movie.
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#9539 |
Large Marge sent me
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They made a sequel too.
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#9540 |
LUV CABBAGE/H8 JEWS
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2 sequels according to wiki!
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#9541 |
Trickster Demon
Posts: 29,780
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A Quiet Place - 8.5/10
A Quiet Place was so good -- only thing I didn't enjoy were the two cellphones that went off during the movie. |
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#9542 |
Large Marge sent me
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That you and poit's problem.
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#9543 |
TPWW Fire Pro Champ
Posts: 27,245
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Ready Player One - 5/5
Hell of a trip down Nostalgiamemorygamerpopculture Lane. |
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#9544 |
Posts: 3,399
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Rampage-5/10
Very mediocre, and honestly boring slog. Everything is really hammy and kinda lame. It was ok for background noise but I couldn't even say it was fun |
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#9545 |
Trickster Demon
Posts: 29,780
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Rampage -- 6.5/10
It's really dumb but it's also harmless. Reminded me of Alligator (1980) but nowhere near as fun as Alligator. Not quite as good as the King Kong reboot (sorry George the Ape) but alas, it's harmless. |
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#9546 |
Large Marge sent me
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The Big Sick - 3.5 out of 4
Strikes the right balance of funny and serious. Thought the main guy would try to treat himself like Aziz Ansari and make himself out to be the best bf ever but he was a much more real portrayal of a normal dude who doesn't have it all figured out. |
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#9547 |
I am the cheese
Posts: 40,142
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The Princess and the Frog: 7/10
Really liked it. Needed that one song that sticks with you for a life time to be on the level of the classic Disney musicals but it was good. Background matting drove me nuts though. Like the foreground and the background never felt like they were the same art style. |
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#9548 |
I :heart: pooping
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Despicable Me 3: 4/10. Feel like it just had "no purpose" or "story to tell".
The Emoji Movie: 7/10. Was pretty much a carbon copy of a bunch of other animated movies. It wasn't terrible or anything. |
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#9549 |
The Tits
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I have about ten to write up. I may do them shorter.
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#9550 |
I am the cheese
Posts: 40,142
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Save your half assed write ups for another board
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#9551 |
I am the cheese
Posts: 40,142
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All or nothing
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#9552 |
I am the cheese
Posts: 40,142
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#9553 |
Large Marge sent me
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Isle of Dogs: 3.5/4
Dogs rule. Cats drool. |
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#9554 |
Large Marge sent me
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Ready Player One: 2/4
Just got more and more silly. So much space magic. Def tried to cram a lot of nerd/pop culture references into it. I'm sure some will think that's great, but I'm over it. I'd rather just do an "I love the 90's" thread here. |
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#9555 |
Trickster Demon
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Voice from the Stone - 4/10
Kind of boring at times and the last 20 minutes doesn't really make any sense |
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#9556 |
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Moviepass #56 Truth Or Dare 4/10 only thing good was I saw it at the Regal Fenway in Boston with big comfy recliner seats. Movie was trash and a hilariously stupid ending
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#9557 |
The Tits
Posts: 2,803
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The Descendants - 3.5/4
Judy Greer, Shailene Woodley, Robert Forster and a resurgent Matthew Lillard provide greater support than is necessary for the strength of Clooney's performance. George Clooney has the inner acting elastic that allows him to find his range without stretching himself into an unnatural shape or becoming detached from what makes him an attractive screen presence. George Clooney is a lot like Jack Nicholson that way. Complete and absolute charisma wrapped up in a haunted, desperate powerhouse and yet a lovably cheeky and hilarious rascal. Gabriel Byrne tries to be himself in everything he does, Sam L does it too but if you want to see real chops behind the veneer then you go see George. The film itself sways between abject hilarity around a morbid topic and heart lifting empathy for a pure portrayal of the family dynamic. Payne does it again. I'm a bit scared to see Downsizing now. Apparently it sucks after about halfway. |
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#9558 |
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A Quiet Place-8/10
Really tense, well paced movie. Some jump scares but mostly just building in high tension. There's a scene in particular driven by Emily Blunt that's especially great. Music was great as well. |
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#9559 |
The Tits
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Watching Tideland. Think I hate it.
Prepared to start enjoying it if the kid gets her act together ASAP. I doubt it. Gilliam's intro tells you outright that you may hate the movie. |
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#9560 |
The Tits
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Nope. Not for me. I won't bother rating that shit.
Time to watch Warwick Davis in The Leprechaun to cheer me up. |
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