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The implication is enough. :'(
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Ive been wanting to A Dog's Purpose for years and cant bring myself to do it
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Little Women (2019) - 5/10
Just watch the 1994 film. I did like Florance Pugh though. |
If it helps, the dog is thoroughly avenged. Thoroughly.
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Add Destor to the list of people who can’t come to my Old Yeller Birthday party
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Cocaine Bear- 7/10
Would have preferred a little less sub plot, and a little more cocaine bear mauling, but whats there is very satisfying. |
Now there's some animal abuse i can get behind
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I think it did a good job of balancing between characters you're rooting for to survive and those who you want to see get eviscerated.
Unlike the most recent chainsaw massacre, where everyone is awful so you don't even care if anyone dies. |
The Pope's Exorcist - 7/10
It was fun. Russell Crowe very charismatic. |
That’s the worst movie title of all time. So unwieldy…
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I think the guy's 'irl' title was The Vatican's Exorcist, but gotta save that for the sequel.
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Saw "Black Adam". Wasn't bad.
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Counterpoint: Yes it was. Still makes me "mad" to think about it.
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In the comics it's a complex story regarding the nature of heroism and what it means.
Then the movie it's a barely put together plot where The Rock gets to barely act, kill some generic bad guys, and at the end fight a new generic big bad and soulless army. If they even TRIED to do a half decent adaptation of the JSA storyline "Black Reign" it could have been amazing, and warranted Black Adam actually having his own solo movie. The fact that they didn't even try and just put the JSA in the movie "just because" was infuriating. |
This is lockjaws greatest cinematic disappointment and i respect that
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The Fablemans (2022) - 9/10
Out of the nominees for best picture of 2022 i can say with relative ease this was it and its a travesty it got completely snubbed. Spielberg has made a career out of making movies. Great movies too. Some say Jaws stands as a perfect movie. Then there's Close Encounters of the Third Kind/ET/Indiana Jones/Jurassic Park/Saving Private Ryan etc etc etc just a string of wonderful movies. Spielberg has gotten serious a few timesand ventured out of movies and into film. The previously mentioned Private Ryan, a telling of his fathers war. Again in Schindler's List, a telling of his people's war. The Fablemans is his telling of himself. Its without question his most personal picture and he does it by making a really intimate movie that works in the light way that he likes but in a very serious dramatic level and its able to nimbly weave through these lanes at will. And it mages to capture whats special about film. How it exposes truth. How it delights. How it inspires. How it hurts. How its makes us laugh, love, cry. How art moves us. This is Spielberg at his most authentic. No doubt the efforts of man who is looking back and missing those he's lost along the way. And most importantly sometimes the horizon goes in the middle even if the academy cant see it. |
I really want to see The Fabelmans...
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Such a good movie.
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I wanted to see it in theater but i missed hy a week
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Mario movie
Fun Nearly every beat in the movie was faithful to something from one game or another... cept there was this part in the beginning that seemed like more of a joke about gentrification in Brooklyn where they went into this yuppie condo and got attacked by a dog, but it wasnt the dog from duck hunt or anything, was just a random dog. i liked that they shifted the narrative to be about mario saving luigi rather than saving peach, and the shared moment with him and DK wanting acceptance from their fathers was interesting. It was a very strange decision to portray DK as a young playboy nepo baby type of guy though, and Cranky Kong was uncomfortably jewish. the use of licensed music was weird, didn't seem to fit... why have Take On Me playing during DK Jungle Parkway... i dunno. Generally the musical beats fit really well with whatever was going on though and it was really cool if you could pick up on the motifs and references. loved when they did the Mario Kart selection... Rainbow Road was a little dark though, kinda disappointing I really loved the allusions to having to get the hang of the gameplay, and the platforming sections were really smartly done. Overall the movie was like 90% smartly done and 10% some strange choices (the misanthropic Luma, hardly any Yoshi) lol @ conservatives calling it "anti-woke" because it did well at the box office... again they removed a potentially problematic misogynistic element of the standard mario plot (guy rescuing damsel in distress) and changed it to something more wholesome (guy trying to save his brother) but ok |
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent - 9/10
Was tremendous... glad I didnt wait any longer to see it. Wanted to watch it in theaters but then didn't.... then it came out on streaming service and I wanted to watch it but then didn't..... until now that is. Should have done it a lot sooner. Was great. |
@Ossman, yeah, the usage of licensed music in the Mario movie really "turned me off", especially considering the rich library of video game music they have that they could sample/remix/use....
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I was raking around in my dvd collection earlier, in one of the piles of unwatched old war films and apparently I already have Shenandoah.
Stuck it on when I found it, so far it’s probably the best James Stewart film I have seen. Winchester ‘73 was pretty good but this is old man Jimmy Stewart chewing cigars and throwing punches at trespassers. |
I have had “Mr Smith Goes To Washington” staring back at me for the last three/four years too, never even took the plastic wrapper off.
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Going to watch Mads Mikkelsen starrer Another Round tonight. Looks promising.
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I have a 250 film horror box set I've been meaning to dig into. It's mostly b-movie schlock.
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If “Maniac Cop” isn’t in there it’s a lost cause
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RRR (2022) - 9/10 - Sweet as hell...
Wild Tales (2014) - 9/10 - Excellent... Titane (2021) - 8/10 - cool... Kung Fu Hustle (2004) - 8/10 - funny... The Northman (2022) - 8/10 - cool... Omar (2013) - 8/10 - good The Handmaiden (2016) - 8/10 Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) - 7/10 - 3d/visuals were sweet... story not that great Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) - 7/10 Huda's Salon (2021) - 7/10 Incendies (2010) - 7/10 L.A. Confidential (1997) - 7/10 Raw (2016) - 6/10 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985) - 6/10 Wasp Network (2019) - 6/10 The Great Dictator (1940) - 6/10 Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2021) - 6/10 Barbarian (2022) - 6/10 Divine Intervention (2002) - 6/10 Downfall (2004) - 6/10 The Lives of Others (2006) - 5/10 |
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie - 2 1/2 stars out of 4
The rating is mainly for the gorgeous animation, the cute humor, the references, and a fun cast of characters. Let's not pretend we're getting a deep script or an interesting reflection of some aspect of life told through cinema. No, what we have here is a love letter to little kids and the people who have been with this franchise since its inception. You can even look at it as an apology for that pile of shit from the '90s. Because of its lack of substance as far as story goes, there are scenes where it's pretty obvious they have to pad this out somehow, but even with that you're rewarded for your attention with some great visuals and in-jokes. I was one of the people who didn't give a shit about who was casted in what roles and at the end of the day, it didn't really matter. Everyone is either fine or flat out stellar, with Jack Black as Bowser falling into the latter category. Nobody is particularly annoying or kills the movie. Overall, when you picture what a Mario movie would entail, this would be it. If you want high cinema, this isn't it. If you go into it with your inner child in control, it's absolutely a fun experience. |
John Wick: Chapter 4 6/10
I gave it the score above as everyone likes multiple gunshots to the head. However, I found this entry fairly tired. |
Evil Dead Rise - 7/10
I enjoyed this. Definitely the goriest film I've watched so far in 2023. |
Saw the 2020 "Black Box" movie last night
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Paddington - 7/10
Paddington 2 - 8/10 Both were pretty good and entertaining.... |
Saw Jaws for the first time. Quite a trip.
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Watched Smile. The lead actor was really good at conveying fear. Not as hype.
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The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan 7.5/10
If you like a bit of action and intrigue in a period setting, you can't go wrong with this first part of a two-film French adaptation of Dumas' classic. It is grittier than previous adaptations that I've seen, and also lacks the humour of the 70s classic with Michael York/Richard Chamberlain/Oliver Reed, though it doesn't suffer for it. I do feel that they could have spent a bit more time with the world building, instead of essentially throwing us straight into the story, but that is my only real gripe. The camera work during the action scenes remind me of The Revenant. |
The Summer of 42 (1971) - 8/10
The film spends the first acts telling an amusing coming of age story about 3 early to mid teenage boys as the discover sex, sexuality, biology and the social interplay between themsevles and women. And on that level it works pretty well. There's charm in the protagnists quiet longing for the older girl next door. There's good laughs when the boys attempt to navigate this space. A stand out for me being one character running straight out of the film never to be seen again at the prospect of sitting next to a girl in theater. During these first two acts the film is heading toward a high 6 or a low 7. You're having a good time for sure. But if you how act structure works it doesnt take a genius to smell there's a turn coming. Though tonally its very well hidden. The strength of this film hinges on its 3rd act. And its a very very strong 3rd act. SPOILER: show It ends up being a pretty daring picture. |
Saw Juno for the first time since it came out. Right in the feels.
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Juno really holds up. The bouncing dicks scene always gets a laugh
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Yep! One of the few scenes I remembered from the first time I saw it. Watching it in my thirties, Bateman's character certainly irked me a lot. Michael Cera on the other hand, his quirkiness and need to be honest with Juno even when he was anxious and afraid resonated with me.
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Easy A - 3/10
One joke told for 90 min. Thinks its super insightful. Emma Stone is lovely. |
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I haven't seen it since it came out. IIRC, Emma Stone gave a solid performance and her love interest in the movie went on to become a serial killer who loved to read and cage people.
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Both are facts
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And the acting in the film isnt bad for the record. The writing is the issue. Lisa Kudrow is good. Thomas Hayden Church has a real charisma about him.
But the writing bangs a drum that attempts say "puritanical sexual social stigmas are derp" from the exact same direction for 90 minutes. We arent exploring this topic as theme in varied and interesting ways. Its the one note being played until we've moved through the formulaic plot progression that we've walked through a million times. Now im not one to scoff at formula but if youre a writer who's decided youre going to do a strict genre piece you would think with the structure on autopilot youd be free to put your creative energy into making memorable characters...or dialogue...or jokes...maybe some clever misdirection ..ya know...literally any effort whatsoever. |
Working in tropes is fine. Its narrative shorthand for the viewing audience. Doesnt mean you phone the entire script in
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It gets an easy 3/4 which is pretty good for a movie that has the lesser Michalka in it.
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Aly > AJ, but not as a blonde
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Brokeback Mountain (2005) - 7/10
I appreciated that it wasn't a fairy tale. It had a lot of warts. The film isn't afraid to show the relationship as selfish. Whether it be the quality of the work that suffers while they frolic gayly in the fields or it causes pain to their loved ones or themselves. It's the wanting that takes precedence over everything else. Ultimately I think this is a film about love and how it can ruin you if you let it. None of these characters have free will. They're all slaves to love. The wife of Heath Leger's character goes on loving him. It forces her to leave him and years later confront him at Thanksgiving. Leger's 2nd girlfriend similarly sees him in a diner after he's presumably ghosted her and she's still reeling. None has agency in the wake of their love. Conversely, Ann Hathaway's character is loveless. She's easily able to let Gyllenhaal's character go to Wyoming multiple times a year. It is of no consequence to her. Their relationship is a formality. Having the premise be about 2 men in a hyper-masculine world allows us to explore that uniquely but I think this is very universal in a broader sense because it being about 2 men isn't exactly the point. The film doesn't stop to moralize. It's a close-up of this relationship and it stays zoomed in on the micro and leaves the macro implications to you. SPOILER: show |
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Going to watch LA Confidential tonight.
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The Last Kingdom - Seven Kings Must Die 7/10
I would have preferred another full length season or two, but this film was a decent way to conclude what has always been a strong series; personally, I preferred The Last Kingdom to the more popular Vikings series. |
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) - 6/10
Now here's a romcom to get bebind. Script is really punchy. Very quotable. A bunch of great bits. Funny gags. Primary issue is Segel. I love Jason Segel. He's great. But he isnt right as a leading man. Obviously its his material. Its not like he doesnt nail his scenes. But standing across from Bell, Kunis or even Brand he feels out of place. At the end of the day the film hinges on the idea that these girls would like to and do in fact fuck him. If you take his role and make it the B plot to another film suddenly the film would work better. Hes just not a leading man. So either a recast or reworked as the B plot in some other movie...i think youd have an 8 out of 10. Or maybe just have him not cast across from 10s. Jason Segel tries to bang an 7 or a lonely 8. I dunno. Really great line that will stick with me: "Im sorry I'm not what we thought I'd be." I felt that. |
I read somewhere that the breakup scene was inspired by a real one. Must've been "hella awkward" to relieve that trauma and be "vulnerable" on film like that.
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Yeah i was listening to him on conan obrien needs a friend while i was working out a few weeks back and he was telling the story of the impetus of him writting the script. With any artistic endeavor truth is always what im looking for so it put this on my radar.
The film does have a lot authenticity. Its dramatized to melodramatic proportions of course. Its not a literal film its embellished to the point of absurdity. Its still true though In an interview about his book Norm Macdonald said instead of writing facts he decided to write truth. Its a pretty insightful comment. Facts can be debated. Facts can be wrong. Or misremebered. But the truth of the moment. How it made you feel. How you perceived a moment. Thats real no matter how much you manipulate the details for comedic effect. I think this is a very true film. And it comes across that way. You can easily empathize with Segel because, even at peak silliness, he doesnt come across as inauthentic for a single second. The film makes this wacky 3s company scenario in Hawaii but there's an emotional core that resonates really well. I still dont buy Segal with these women specifically and on screen chemistry absolutely matters. But on the page this is a great script and on the screen there's a ton to like. |
But having a break up in the nude would not be desirable. Its peak vulnerability.
The line though "You want to pick the outfit im in while you break up with me too?" Is golden |
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I rewatched "Jeff, Who Lives At Home" and while the plot was very uninspired and predictable, I really enjoyed the chemistry he had with Ed Helms.
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Forgot all about the movie "I Love You, Man".... I remember enjoying it and watching it a few times...
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Insipid analysis as usual Dave.
I’ll be the first to say feel free not to share in future. |
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I think at the time I was going through a "phase" of watching all the Apatow/Apatow-esque comedies of that time period... after refusing vehemently watching any....
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Only because you sucked balls at 30
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Apatow had a netflix series i really enjoyed. "Love." Ending infuriated me but it was a good ride for 3 seasons
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I dunno if dark is how'd i describe it. It certainly gets heavy but the catharsis at the romantic moments is worth the journey. It'll definitely beat you up though.
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Cocaine Bear: 7/10 Brother hyped it up and it disappointed based on his hype but I'm used to that.
Power Rangers: 6/10Very Power Ranger, felt like an extended episode of the show back in the day. Acting was as expected. No Lord Zedd though. Scream 6: 7/10 Great slasher but too many twist. |
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Antman - Quantummania - 6.5/10
In some ways, this is the best Ant-Man movie and in a lot of other ways, the worst Ant-Man movie. Kind of miss the small scope of the first two Ant-Man movies and it seems fitting that Ant-Man had bigger stakes then his first two considering he is an Avenger that saved the world. Paul Rudd is always great, and as stupid as he looked I enjoyed Modok in this because I was a big fan of the Hulu series, and not a fan of the generic evil scientist MODOK from the comics. As of right now probably probably my fourth favorite MCU movie that's came out since Endgame, but that's not saying much. |
I like Easy A, but it's a movie that I loved the first time but fall less in love with with each passing.
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I love you, Man is the opposite of Easy A, that I fall in love with it each time I rewatch it.
Have my best friend in my phone as Frank Medukas. |
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Inherent Vice (2014) - 5/10
Now to be clear I'm giving this neutral rating more than an assessment. I spent the first act trying to figure out what I was watching. PTA films in a lot of ways aren't really meant to be digested in a single viewing so talking about them after that single sitting always feels like a faux pas. After about 45 min I started to get a feel for what I was watching. That's about how long it took me to realize it was a comedy. I was meant to be laughing. The film is like if you took Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and made Hunter S Thompson a detective. Like if, an admittedly less cool, The Dude was in a surrealist noir film. Once I had that much I was able to suss out that most of what I'm seeing is indeed happening..well to an extent. It's surrealism for sure so how it visually plays out is more of an echo of the protagonist's drug-addled fever dream but it's occurring enough. There is one character, the 3rd person narrator, who I do think is mostly fictitious. She might actually be in one scene but that one scene I'm uncertain if it took place...anyways. You probably see my dilemma here. I don't actually know much about what I saw. The characters storm into the picture and leave as suddenly. Information is given to you and you don't exactly know if it matters and there are moments when they're acting like you know things you're certain they haven't told you. Now I think this is by design. Like a wild night out on the town being dragged along by a group of friends. Moments blurring past you. The real you and the stoned you tagging in and out of the driver's seat of your soul and not sharing the details between yourselves. On the 1st screening this leaves this viewer not knowing what to say or think. What I do know is I enjoyed the characters and the actors and I wanted to see how the story unraveled itself and wanted to exist alongside these people for as long as they were on the screen. In a year or so I'll watch this again and I'll read this post and I'll see if I get it then but for now...I had a good time. |
LA Confidential was an interesting watch. I haven't watched many Guy Pierce performances.
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The only ones I can remember are Iron Man 3 and Memento.
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Man has a fine jaw line
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And a mediocre filmography
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I do think thats the joke in some way as im running it back in my head. A stoner detective film. Typically the details are everything. Here the details mean nothing hell the case barely means anything. So it devolves into a string of occurrences.
I went in knowing nothing. No premise. Nothing. And yeah i had a hard time tracking where we were let alone why we went there. I think a rewatch, with this context in mind, would let the humor shine through more. I dunno. Thats a question future me will try to answer. |
This is stuck in my head now :o
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