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, then the same BS company scam every day, then 3 different scam companies every day, just ridiculous. Worst is when they target your elderly parents, just shameless people out there.|
Marv
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8/26/2022 3:53 PM
if u remember him from back in the day u’ll like the movie “elvis”
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ToddTT
Posts: 28150 Alba Posts: 52 Joined: 8/30/2001 Member: #105 |
9/14/2022 7:06 PM
Watching Thor Love and Thunder…
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BigDaddyG
Posts: 37642 Alba Posts: 9 Joined: 1/22/2010 Member: #3049 |
9/14/2022 8:45 PM
ToddTT wrote:Watching Thor Love and Thunder… I'm convinced that Taika Waititi has a coke problem after watching that movie. Always... always remember: Less is less. More is more. More is better and twice as much is good too. Not enough is bad, and too much is never enough except when it's just about right.
- The Tick
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GustavBahler
Posts: 41138 Alba Posts: 15 Joined: 7/12/2010 Member: #3186 |
9/15/2022 7:36 PM LAST EDITED: 9/15/2022 7:37 PM
Watched "Nope". Not as suspenseful as I had hoped. Poole's films are entertaining, beautifully shot, but the big reveal rarely seems to pack the appropriate punch. Poole's directing career reminds me of M. Night Shamaylan. More style than substance.
Took a screenwriting course many years ago. The lecturer said that M Night was able to get so many films greenlit because he is one of the best at pitching his stories to movie studios. Get the feeling Poole is as well. Poole is a brilliant comedian, hope he goes back to what he does best at some point, instead of going the Steve Martin route. |
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BigDaddyG
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9/15/2022 11:21 PM
GustavBahler wrote:Watched "Nope". Not as suspenseful as I had hoped. Poole's films are entertaining, beautifully shot, but the big reveal rarely seems to pack the appropriate punch. Poole's directing career reminds me of M. Night Shamaylan. More style than substance. I liked Nope a lot from the little Akira and Evangelion anime homages to the acting. I thought Steven Yeun gave a nuanced performance and I came away with different perspectives on his character on my second and third viewings. I didn't like it as much as Get Out, but prefer it over Us. I was a little taken aback by the lack of a major "twist" the first time I saw it, mostly because of expectations I had going in. But I don't think Jordan Poole was really go for that. I think he was going for more of a primal predator versus prey vibe similar to a movie like Jaws. It was a long movie and the pacing was slow at times, but it moved along just at the points I was beginning to lose interest. One thing that did grate on me a bit was the constant commentary on voyeurism and the exploitive nature of media. It felt natural in a few of the beats the film hit, but it felt like I was getting beat over the head with this theme at times. Interesting themes that could be left for the audience to soak in rather than drowning them. Overall, I'd recommend. Not a perfect movie, but entertaining. Always... always remember: Less is less. More is more. More is better and twice as much is good too. Not enough is bad, and too much is never enough except when it's just about right.
- The Tick
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BigDaddyG
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9/15/2022 11:28 PM LAST EDITED: 9/15/2022 11:28 PM
Also got around to watching this and I was sucked in. Kind of gave me Starnger Things and Future Man vibes. Endearing performances from the young actresses.
Always... always remember: Less is less. More is more. More is better and twice as much is good too. Not enough is bad, and too much is never enough except when it's just about right.
- The Tick
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GustavBahler
Posts: 41138 Alba Posts: 15 Joined: 7/12/2010 Member: #3186 |
9/16/2022 10:49 AM LAST EDITED: 9/16/2022 10:50 AM
The plot twist was the nature of the spaceship. That was the big reveal, which was revealed too soon, and with scant evidence. Took all the air out of the rest of the film. There was also a shoutout to "Poltergeist" which looked like what Poole was really going for. Poltergeist was suspenseful, and scared the crap out of me, when I saw it in the theater. Nope was artful, but not suspenseful or scary.
BigDaddyG wrote:GustavBahler wrote:Watched "Nope". Not as suspenseful as I had hoped. Poole's films are entertaining, beautifully shot, but the big reveal rarely seems to pack the appropriate punch. Poole's directing career reminds me of M. Night Shamaylan. More style than substance. |
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Swishfm3
Posts: 23229 Alba Posts: 0 Joined: 3/28/2003 Member: #392 |
9/16/2022 4:10 PM
Highly recommend "Black Bird" on Apple+. If you're into crime drama, like True Crime or Mindhunter, you will enjoy this one.
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NYKBocker
Posts: 37999 Alba Posts: 474 Joined: 1/14/2003 Member: #377 USA |
9/18/2022 9:28 AM
Just started watching "Narcos Mexico" and finished Season 1. Not as good as Narcos for me but I think it is because of the leads. Call me crazy but Pablo Escobar was more charismatic and likable to me. Felix is just too calculating and bad. The minute he left Sinaloa everything changed with him.
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Allanfan20
Posts: 35947 Alba Posts: 50 Joined: 1/16/2004 Member: #542 USA |
9/23/2022 8:39 AM LAST EDITED: 9/23/2022 8:40 AM
House of the Dragon- Awesome
The new Lord of the Rings show- I kept falling asleep during the first episode so I gave up. She-Hulk- There I things I love about it and things I hate about it. She-Hulk herself and most of the cast have been great. I wish the overall writing was much better. Bullet Train- Really good movie. Definitely a little too long though. Thor: Love and Thunder- I enjoyed it but it should have been a lot more serious. They tried to make it too much like Ragnorok. The problem is that Thors recent story arc doesn’t lend itself to comedy and the 2 main overall stories of Thor L&T are way too serious to make it a comedy movie. A little bit of funny stuff is good to lighten the mood but this was a little too much. They over did it with Guns N’ Roses music too… as much as I love G’NR. Still a good movie though, as critical as I am. I just think it could have been a lot better. “Whenever I’m about to do something, I think ‘Would an idiot do that?’ and if they would, I do NOT do that thing.”- Dwight Schrute
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Allanfan20
Posts: 35947 Alba Posts: 50 Joined: 1/16/2004 Member: #542 USA |
9/23/2022 8:57 AM
Oh and Andor has been awesome. I hear it’s a prequal to Rogue-One though. I never saw that one.
“Whenever I’m about to do something, I think ‘Would an idiot do that?’ and if they would, I do NOT do that thing.”- Dwight Schrute
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BigDaddyG
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9/23/2022 9:58 AM
Allanfan20 wrote:House of the Dragon- Awesome Felt the same way about the first 1.5 episodes of Rings of Power, then it picks up. I'm enjoying it. House of the Dragons is awesome. There have been some plot points that haven't made sense, but they're easy to overlook because the highs have been so ridiculously good. My favorite character is Daemon and I'm not sure what that says about me as a person Always... always remember: Less is less. More is more. More is better and twice as much is good too. Not enough is bad, and too much is never enough except when it's just about right.
- The Tick
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