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Post by bentenn on May 27, 2019 7:19:55 GMT -5
my one gripe with Booksmart, although not a srs gripe, that's too harsh a word... ...but regarding the bathroom sex scene, I thought it was kinda botched. I thought Amy should've had that moment, especially after what she just wen't through with Ryan at the pool - even after the butthole thing - that was sufficient as her first-time embarrassment, then the scene should have wen't on, I thought, without the silly puking gag. good highlights: ALL the actors, especially Feldstein. She's got it. The arc with the chain wearing white dude was great. The magical realism of a certain character had me rollin. The gay dudes party, and the karaoke scene.
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Post by Aaron on May 27, 2019 8:25:13 GMT -5
Skyler Gisondo is hilarious. Loved him in Santa Clarita Diet. Looking forward to seeing him in more stuff.
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Post by jaredfromsubway on May 27, 2019 17:55:51 GMT -5
The Souvenir is what happens if Chantal Akerman decided to direct Phantom Thread. Very restrained, ambitious, but also very frustrating at times.
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Post by Radiation on May 27, 2019 21:03:59 GMT -5
Haven't been watching stuff for a bit but trying to get back on the wagon. Some stuff I've caught the past week off the top of my head:
God's Own Country - tremendous!!!! Emotional breakdown of the uselessness / trauma of toxic masculinity. Horny and gay and stark.
A Serious Man - been meaning to watch this for forever, watched it on the plane today coming back from Denver. Extremely bleak, existential comedy with plenty of absurdity. I'm sure most have seen this lol but it was fire.
For a Few More Dollars - classic Eastwood western I never caught until recently, super sick. If you like this era then you know what the fuck it is. Definitely recommended.
Dirty Harry - also been meaning to watch this for forever, absolutely lives up to the hype. Pulpy and stylized but plenty of meathead fun as well. Easy to see why this movie is so influential. Wasn't expecting it to have so many cool shots tbh, thought it was gonna be more focused on action. Great soundtrack, too, wow.
Frozen - I love Disney movies and this had some good songs but it kind of has a horrible plot honestly??? Sadly surprised. Kristen Bell is an amazing singer though damn. Recommended even though it's stupid.
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Post by pisswizard on May 27, 2019 21:12:01 GMT -5
A Man Called Blade is my fav spaghetti western.
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Post by I Gave You Power on May 28, 2019 7:57:16 GMT -5
Kicking and Screaming was pretty solid. Definitely took inspiration from Clerks, but within the scope of what they did I think it worked very well.
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Post by jaredfromsubway on May 28, 2019 20:28:58 GMT -5
Uwe Boll got banned from Letterboxd LOL. His reviews were so funny.
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Post by ryanakafvckyou on May 29, 2019 6:46:47 GMT -5
Uwe Boll was on Letterboxd?!?! Fuck. I missed the boat on that one.
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Post by foggy on May 29, 2019 8:51:38 GMT -5
Can we all agree that 99% of comedies shouldn't be over 2 hours long?
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Post by briane on May 29, 2019 8:54:10 GMT -5
Can we all agree that 99% of comedies shouldn't be over 2 hours long? absolutely; there's a reason why some of the best comedy movies are like 100 minutes maximum; Holy Grail is 92; Airplane! is 87...etc. etc. etc.
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Post by ryanakafvckyou on May 29, 2019 9:23:00 GMT -5
Remember when This Is 40 and Funny People were like 4 hours long? Stupid. I am really not sure what Judd Apatow is thinking when he does that.
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Post by andrewwhatever69 on May 29, 2019 9:24:14 GMT -5
Rewatched Mandy and i fucking love that movie.
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Post by briane on May 29, 2019 9:27:39 GMT -5
Yes; I'm not the world's biggest Judd Apatow fan to begin with (40 Year Old Virgin had its moments), but those two were especially a slog to get through
Funny People in general would've been a much better movie if he just made a dramatic piece about a famous stand up comedian that's facing a life threatening illness, but no, they had to add whatever the heck was going on with Seth Rogen's character
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Post by bentenn on May 29, 2019 9:37:26 GMT -5
This is 40 (minutes too long) I love Apatow. I think on a dvd commentary once I heard him passively say he just doesn't like cutting his friends and/or family out of his movies, and no one makes him haha. All his movies have a huge cast of famous people and I think he just likes being the yes man to all of them, to the detriment of his movies. But they still make money and get laughs and stay above the line critically so what the heck.
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Post by BloodFarts2 on May 29, 2019 9:41:39 GMT -5
I like that I googled uwe boll to check out the letterboxd and google has him listed as a restaurateur
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Post by ☭ Bob Loblaw ☭ on May 29, 2019 9:54:07 GMT -5
Delightfully trashy should be the tag line for this flick. I eye rolled through the whole movie but maybe that was the point. If this had’ve actually been a Park Chan Wook we’d be having a different conversation here The fact that Lizzie would still team up with Charlotte even though she made her cut her own arm off is beyond stupid. As soon as that part happened, I was willing to embrace the dumb trash I was watching. Totally dumb. Why’d she taze Charlotte just to follow it up with “But, you’re right though, let’s get these guys” (rofl)
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Post by ryanakafvckyou on May 29, 2019 9:55:04 GMT -5
Oh, I should clarify that I actually like Apatow for the most part. But yeah, that dude needs to EDIT.
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Post by briane on May 29, 2019 10:00:26 GMT -5
yeah; i don't think the guy has put out a movie that couldn't stand to be at least 30-40 minutes shorter
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Post by jaredfromsubway on May 29, 2019 10:08:47 GMT -5
Judd Apatow wants to be Hal Ashby so bad.
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Post by I Gave You Power on May 29, 2019 11:34:02 GMT -5
Watched Hackers for the first time and whooooo fuckin’ buddy was that a time warp. In the best way, though. Definitely stays entertaining throughout and both Matthew Lillard and Fisher Stevens are absolute delights. Though, for very different reasons.
Also watched The Stranger and if that movie isn’t an argument for how direction can elevate a movie I don’t know what is.
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Post by stephanie on May 29, 2019 11:35:22 GMT -5
My general apathy towards Apatow films aside: This Is 40 was one of the most boring, meandering pieces of shit I have ever seen (for a big studio comedy that is.) Where the fuck were the jokes? Ya Paul Rudd is hot but that's all it has going for it.
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Post by MMST3K on May 29, 2019 11:35:34 GMT -5
This is 40 (minutes too long) I love Apatow. I think on a dvd commentary once I heard him passively say he just doesn't like cutting his friends and/or family out of his movies, and no one makes him haha. All his movies have a huge cast of famous people and I think he just likes being the yes man to all of them, to the detriment of his movies. But they still make money and get laughs and stay above the line critically so what the heck. Oh god that movie was so boring and way to long for a meandering and frankly confused comedic plot, that doesn't really have an ending.I did absolutely love knocked up but I hated the this is 40 main characters in that as well.
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Post by foggy on May 29, 2019 13:53:52 GMT -5
My general apathy towards Apatow films aside: This Is 40 was one of the most boring, meandering pieces of shit I have ever seen (for a big studio comedy that is.) Where the fuck were the jokes? Ya Paul Rudd is hot but that's all it has going for it. Not only is this movie stupidly long, and not good at all, but time hasn't been kind to it either with Ryan Adams in it in the end.
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Post by east2midwest on May 29, 2019 14:11:20 GMT -5
I remember Apatow defended that film by arguing that rich people have problems too. That's true, but those problems are not automatically compelling.
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Post by I Gave You Power on May 29, 2019 15:10:56 GMT -5
Wait I just looked and This Is 40 is fucking 132 minutes?!?! I love Paul Rudd but jesus christ nobody is asking for a two-and-a-quarter-hour comedy. Nobody.
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Post by mazzario on May 29, 2019 15:20:00 GMT -5
this is 40 feels like it's 4 hours long. not even graham parker could make that movie tolerable.
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Post by briane on May 29, 2019 15:22:36 GMT -5
the only good long comedy is it's a mad, mad, mad, mad world
and the only reason that one was so long was because they were making fun of epic movies at the time
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Post by stephanie on May 29, 2019 15:25:36 GMT -5
I remembered History Of The World Part 1 being longer than necessary and sure enough it's 137 minutes long.
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Post by foggy on May 29, 2019 15:52:12 GMT -5
Even PTA's one comedy, Punch-Drunk Love, is 95 minutes. He gets what I'm talking about.
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Post by mazzario on May 29, 2019 19:38:34 GMT -5
wen't and saw John Wick 3 yesterday and hooooooo boy that was a hell of a ride. anyone else catch the references to Akira during that motorcycle chase scene?
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