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721The Batman, with Robert Pattinson, is pretty good for a Batman film.
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722My take on Cecil B. Demented - and A Dirty Shame for that matter - is that both movies start out strong with good ideas, but 2/3rds of the way through, the stories lose steam and it's like, "ok, what next?"DrAwkward wrote: Thu Jan 02, 2025 12:38 pm Had a New Year's Day Marathon of movies we own on VHS. Watched Troop Beverly Hills (very silly 80s comedy starring Shelly Long, notable as the debut of then-child actor Jenny Lewis--Carla Gugino was also a kid in this), Drop Dead Gorgeous (still insanely funny, and goddamn Brittany Murphy was adorable before she got all, well, Brittany Murphy), and then we watched the reason for me posting this, John Waters' Cecil B Demented. For those unaware, Cecil B Demented is the alias for Stephen Dorff's character, a cinematic terrorist who kidnaps a Hollywood star (a killer Melanie Griffith), and leads a motley crew of young queer and outcast movie freaks, filming guerilla cinema while committing acts of terrorism against movie theaters, megaplexes, anyone propping up the mainstream Hollywood studio system. I had two observations about this movie:
1) it is a WILD baller casting move to give Patty Hearst a bit part in a movie where the lead actress is a kidnapping victim who eventually comes around to sympathizing with her captors
2) While watching Cecil become a folk hero in the movie, with extras saying stuff like, "you know, I would be ok if he took out those people who talk loudly when they enter a movie after it's started," I was feeling some SERIOUS Luigi Mangione parallels. I mean, this is a silly John Waters movie from 2000 about skewering the Hollywood movie system, but if you've seen it, maybe you know what I mean.
I'm a fan of Waters, fwiw. Hope he gets to make another film.
"Whatever happened to that album?"
"I broke it, remember? I threw it against the wall and it like, shattered."
"I broke it, remember? I threw it against the wall and it like, shattered."
Re: Movies you have watched thread.
723Fargo
Took me long enough. Made me think of FM Isaac.
The Shawshank Redemption
Good stuff
Took me long enough. Made me think of FM Isaac.
The Shawshank Redemption
Good stuff
Justice for Randall Adjessom, Javion Magee, Destinii Hope, Kelaia Turner, Dexter Wade and Nakari Campbell
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724War of the Worlds (2005). I'm pretty sure Tom Cruise contractually compels directors to include 12 minutes of him running around full-blast.
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725Yah, you betcha!rsmurphy wrote: Sat Jan 04, 2025 4:31 pm Fargo
Took me long enough. Made me think of FM Isaac.
The Shawshank Redemption
Good stuff
Wait until you see A Serious Man. Saw that while going through some significant issues in my personal life, waiting to get tenure from a dean who was probably a sociopath, and loved crawling on top of roofs. Weird experience for me!
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726Attempted a viewing of Irreversible with the bf and it did not go well. Like, at all. He let loose with a litany of insults which I could understand, but "homophobic" triggered me. Life is homophobic. Lesson learned!
Tried watching Supercell afterwards. Y'know, something hollywood and explosive but it bored us both to bed.
Tried watching Supercell afterwards. Y'know, something hollywood and explosive but it bored us both to bed.
Justice for Randall Adjessom, Javion Magee, Destinii Hope, Kelaia Turner, Dexter Wade and Nakari Campbell
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728The Apprentice. A movie about our scumbag prez and his scumbag mentor. I felt like I needed a shower after I watched it.
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729Gladiator II. Like the first one, but with a really good Denzel performance.
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730Good Will Hunting is like a small miracle. I dislike/loathe pretty much everyone associated with it individually, but it manages to be a thoroughly decent movie about male fragility. I hate-watched the first time, and couldn't believe they turned me. Saw it again with family and it holds up well.