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Post by foggy on Jun 15, 2020 8:51:32 GMT -5
THE LOOSER THE WAISTBAND THE DEEPER THE QUICKSAND OR SO I HAVE READ...
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Post by mazzario on Jun 15, 2020 9:54:28 GMT -5
i thought da 5 bloods was lesser spike lee. Lindo and peters were both great in it. but definitely not one of my favorite spike joints. i've seen people throwing around the word "masterpiece" and i just don't get it.
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Post by feelthedorkness on Jun 15, 2020 11:11:43 GMT -5
I finally watched the 2018 Japanese flick Shoplifters last night, and it absolutely floored me. I've been watching a movie a day for the last 6 weeks, and it's absolutely in the top 5. Any other movies I need to check out by the director?
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Post by jaredfromsubway on Jun 15, 2020 12:07:33 GMT -5
I finally watched the 2018 Japanese flick Shoplifters last night, and it absolutely floored me. I've been watching a movie a day for the last 6 weeks, and it's absolutely in the top 5. Any other movies I need to check out by the director? Honestly I haven't seen a film from him that I didn't like. Nobody Knows might be my favorite.
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Post by pbcookies on Jun 15, 2020 12:30:16 GMT -5
I finally watched the 2018 Japanese flick Shoplifters last night, and it absolutely floored me. I've been watching a movie a day for the last 6 weeks, and it's absolutely in the top 5. Any other movies I need to check out by the director? Honestly I haven't seen a film from him that I didn't like. Nobody Knows might be my favorite. Still Walking is my favorite, but almost everything he makes is a masterpiece. Our Little Sister, After The Storm, and I Wish are also unbelievable. One of the greatest living filmmakers. I still need to see The Truth.
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Post by ryanakafvckyou on Jun 15, 2020 17:25:36 GMT -5
I think it's closer to the top of Spike Lee's output list than the bottom, no doubt. In terms of recent output, definitely not to as good as BlackKklansman. I say it hovers around the Inside Man level.
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Post by LOTR roleplay fetishist on Jun 15, 2020 20:36:44 GMT -5
MacGruber is gleefully stupid and really funny YOUR ALL WET
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Post by LOTR roleplay fetishist on Jun 15, 2020 20:39:50 GMT -5
I finally watched the 2018 Japanese flick Shoplifters last night, and it absolutely floored me. I've been watching a movie a day for the last 6 weeks, and it's absolutely in the top 5. Any other movies I need to check out by the director? I say this about every 50 pages: Still Walking is an all time great film.
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Post by LOTR roleplay fetishist on Jun 15, 2020 20:41:16 GMT -5
triple post............
I enjoyed Da 5 Bloods. I see nothing wrong with overtness or clear intent bordering on cliche if it's wild and well acted. Even then, it's more focused than BlackkKlansman.
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Post by SchlongConnery on Jun 15, 2020 20:44:43 GMT -5
If Da 5 Bloods wasn't Spike Lee and coming out right now no one would care about it.
It was tedious and predictable.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2020 21:13:22 GMT -5
Just watched “Mystery Train” by Jarmusch. He’s quickly become a favorite director of both mine and my girls. Anyone who’s unfamiliar should check out Down By Law, Stranger Than Paradise, Limits of Control, and Night on Earth.
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Post by w on Jun 15, 2020 21:54:38 GMT -5
I finally watched the 2018 Japanese flick Shoplifters last night, and it absolutely floored me. I've been watching a movie a day for the last 6 weeks, and it's absolutely in the top 5. Any other movies I need to check out by the director? Maborosi isn’t just my favourite film by him it’s one of my favourite films of all time. Can’t recommend it highly enough.
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Post by bentenn on Jun 16, 2020 1:28:42 GMT -5
Da 5 Bloods - I thought good, not great, but it doesn’t have to be or need to be. Felt like there was a lot of pressure on this film to be a masterpiece. I mean there’s 4 writers, and I think that certainly shows in some rocky spots. There’s a couple of good scenes in the end (of the main narrative), and one great one that settles the main arc of Paul. The epilogue is messy and feels shoehorned in. It’s a SLJ for sure, which means passionate.
Overall a welcomed watch
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Post by foggy on Jun 16, 2020 7:10:15 GMT -5
4 writers because it's based on a spec script that was kicking around for a few years, like you said you can tell what Spike added and what was left alone.
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Post by I Gave You Power on Jun 16, 2020 8:30:56 GMT -5
Fassbinder's THE AMERICAN SOLDIER was a very odd (but enjoyable) noir, and damn, what a final scene.
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Post by mazzario on Jun 16, 2020 10:57:41 GMT -5
I don't think this is going to go the way she thought it would....
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Post by 𝕄𝔼👁𝕎𝔽𝕌ℕℂ𝕋𝕀👁ℕ on Jun 16, 2020 14:31:19 GMT -5
I liked Bill Burr and Marisa Tomei, but his editors needs to speak up lol Well, typical Apatow there. Always about 20-30 minutes too much in every movie. Heavyweights is perfect.
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Post by andrewwhatever69 on Jun 16, 2020 14:31:59 GMT -5
Da 5 Bloods is super fucking good. Go for it.
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Post by andrewwhatever69 on Jun 16, 2020 14:34:55 GMT -5
Da 5 Bloods - I thought good, not great, but it doesn’t have to be or need to be. Felt like there was a lot of pressure on this film to be a masterpiece. I mean there’s 4 writers, and I think that certainly shows in some rocky spots. There’s a couple of good scenes in the end (of the main narrative), and one great one that settles the main arc of Paul. The epilogue is messy and feels shoehorned in. It’s a SLJ for sure, which means passionate. Overall a welcomed watch Didnt see your post.yeah that final act got messyyyyyy. But I really liked how the Paul Alone stuff was filmed and he killed it. My roommate brought up how it's kinda cool that some of the battle scenes were shot grainy and looked like Vietnam footage and I think that was interesting. It's a weird movie. But I love it. Spike Lee going into Tarantino territory with the shitty arterial spray.
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Post by pbcookies on Jun 16, 2020 14:35:05 GMT -5
Just watched “Mystery Train” by Jarmusch. He’s quickly become a favorite director of both mine and my girls. Anyone who’s unfamiliar should check out Down By Law, Stranger Than Paradise, Limits of Control, and Night on Earth. I think he's a very flawed filmmaker, but Mystery Train is pretty much flawless and my favorite by him
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Post by foggy on Jun 16, 2020 14:44:16 GMT -5
If Da 5 Bloods wasn't Spike Lee and coming out right now no one would care about it. It was tedious and predictable. I feel this way about a lot of Spike's movies, he's overrated and gets a lot of chances and I'll never know why. For every 25th Hour (aka a serviceable film) there's dreck like Old Boy or Miracle at St. Anna.
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Post by pbcookies on Jun 16, 2020 18:50:45 GMT -5
If Da 5 Bloods wasn't Spike Lee and coming out right now no one would care about it. It was tedious and predictable. I feel this way about a lot of Spike's movies, he's overrated and gets a lot of chances and I'll never know why. For every 25th Hour (aka a serviceable film) there's dreck like Old Boy or Miracle at St. Anna. Didn't particularly like Da 5 Bloods or any of his more recent output really, but I don't know if it's fair to call someone overrated who made an actual flawless, timeless masterpiece, albeit early in his career. I think there should be more room in film for people trying things out, and not always succeeding. However I guess you could make the argument that as an older, established director he is taking up a lot of the air that would otherwise be given to younger people to do such things, idk
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Post by cowboydan on Jun 16, 2020 20:33:19 GMT -5
Just watched the trailer for Beau Travail and the dude at 0:48 has an olde english "STRAIGHTEDGE" back tattoo ha
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Post by pbcookies on Jun 16, 2020 20:35:08 GMT -5
Just watched the trailer for Beau Travail and the muchacho at 0:48 has an olde english "STRAIGHTEDGE" back tattoo ha that's a really great film, you should watch it if you haven't
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Post by jaredfromsubway on Jun 16, 2020 22:34:50 GMT -5
Top of the Heap is pretty wild fever dream, but also kinda messy. This predates similar films like Bad Lieutenant as the film goes into the psyche of a black cop who realizes that he is only tool in the system and the American dream is total bullshit.
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Post by cowboydan on Jun 16, 2020 23:58:02 GMT -5
that's a really great film, you should watch it if you haven't Ok, I'll give it a watch. The trailer really doesn't show much at all. But I loved "High Life" and from what people have said, this is supposed to be one of her best films.
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Post by frenchfries on Jun 17, 2020 3:13:53 GMT -5
Just watched the trailer for Beau Travail and the muchacho at 0:48 has an olde english "STRAIGHTEDGE" back tattoo ha The actor's name is Nicholas Duvauchelle, and he was part of the hardcore scene in his younger days. He also sang for a band called Cry Havoc, they had a split with another Parisian bland called Forest In Blood back in the early 2000's (listen to it here).
He's fairly big in France and has quite the career, even though many stuff he's been in is whatever. It's long since he's not edge anymore though haha. I used to spot him at shows in Paris once in a while if older bands like Es La Guerilla, Kickback or Forest In Blood would play.
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Post by Ian MacFlai on Jun 17, 2020 8:59:54 GMT -5
However I guess you could make the argument that as an older, established director he is taking up a lot of the air that would otherwise be given to younger people to do such things, idk Yeah at this point I'd like to see more stuff from young directors with the 40 Acres stamp on it, rather than another Spike Lee joint. I don't know any other production company that only puts out work by one person.
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Post by foggy on Jun 17, 2020 9:10:45 GMT -5
If anything, you could say that he benefited greatly from Jordan Peele and his production company with BlacKkKlansman, as his films before that were spectacularly terrible.
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Post by bentenn on Jun 17, 2020 9:12:52 GMT -5
Just watched the trailer for Beau Travail and the muchacho at 0:48 has an olde english "STRAIGHTEDGE" back tattoo ha The actor's name is Nicholas Duvauchelle, and he was part of the hardcore scene in his younger days. He also sang for a band called Cry Havoc, they had a split with another Parisian bland called Forest In Blood back in the early 2000's (listen to it here).
He's fairly big in France and has quite the career, even though many stuff he's been in is whatever. It's long since he's not edge anymore though haha. I used to spot him at shows in Paris once in a while if older bands like Es La Guerilla, Kickback or Forest In Blood would play.
Very cool! Thanks for sharing! The dance scene at the end by Denis Lavant is a most watched YouTube vid of mine. Love it.
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