I only clicked on it because I thought it was going to be something more interesting...
I only clicked on it because I thought it was going to be something more interesting...
If you enjoyed JoJo Rabbit, I think you will love it. It's got some great humor, some poignant moments, and is a really sweet story overall. Sam Neill and Julian Dennison are terrific in it and have a great dynamic.
Wilderpeople, Thor: Ragnarok, and JoJo Rabbit have cemented Taika Waititi as one of my favorite recent filmmakers.
Almost done with Netflix Tiger King (2020)
Imagine being in a dirty Jacuzzi with 10 chain smoking white trash gay men on meth for five hours.
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no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
^ Oak Island dragged out?
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Watched , Motherless Brooklyn. This was Edward Nortons ( directed and written for screen ,starred ) period mystery flic from last year. Also , R Cannavale , Alec Baldwin , Willham Defoe , Bruce Willis. Set in 50's or maybe early 60's judging by cars , this had a great look in recreating that time in NY. The plot is good , acting and directing excellent. Baldwin is a standout. An exploration of power , and corruption , this movie reminds me of Chinatown in many ways. The movie flopped upon release , unfortunate and undeserved IMO. I don't think its ad campaingn did it any favors, highlighting Norton's charactors Tourettes outbursts in trailers might have been off-putting to movie goers. This movie has so much to offer , I'm sure a more alluring 60 seconds to promote it was possible. In any case , well worth your time.
Saw the latest Star Wars. Totally enjoyable popcorn movie. In this case, Kettle cooked chips.
What can this strange device be? When I touch it, it brings forth a sound (2112)
We watched "It Part II" last night. To be honest I did not think it was very good and it seemed overly long. I did not think the first "It" film was great, but I enjoyed it for the most part. The 2nd one, not so much......
I did not really care for "Coogan's Bluff" although it is years since I have seen it.
It's a good one if you like Don Siegel and that sleazy NY scene.
Uncut Gems--meh, not the type movie I enjoy. YMMV.
I liked Motherless Brooklyn. I didn't see any of the ads for the movie, nor was I aware that it had flopped at the box office. The DVD just looked like something I would enjoy. Glad I watched it. I almost didn't recognize Leslie Mann in her role as Julia Minna.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
I mentioned this movie before, but I just watched it a second time to see if it was really that good or just the moment... it is really that good, despite the English dubbed dialog which I normally hate.
Man, if any of you guys know of any movies as twisty as this one, I wanna know cause this is my kinda mind-bending story!
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6908274/?ref_=tt_sims_tt
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
I'm up to episode 4. I really didn't want to watch this because I hate when trash like this becomes glorified, but I did anyway and now have to finish . It's so bizarre that this world and these people exist. But it is a true crime show and I do like that sort of thing so there ya go. Give it another episode and see, Lou.
"Who would have thought a whale would be so heavy?" - Moe Sizlak
Making Waves, a documentary on the evolution of sound design and sound editing in cinema. Excellent. Features Walter Murch and Ben Burtt. It has another glimpse at the excellent soundtrack to George Lucas's best movie THX-1138. Awesome. Really gives you a feel of how complex the total sound design aspect of a movie is. I was a film major and I have forgotten how much there goes on behind the scenes for a clean soundtrack in a movie.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that it is on Amazon Prime
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Making Waves sounds cool. I'd dig it, I'm sure.
Just heard something that I don't know if it's true. Stupid radio guys were talking about Austin Powers, the first one, and how it didn't become popular until after it was in theaters. I looked at the wiki page and it cost 16.5 and made 67, I think, worldwide, so that's not bad but not great.
Is that true? I don't have a clue.
ETA: Damn sport's radio doesn't have anything to talk about so they were debating whether Jaws holds up. I just saw it a few months ago and loved it but I was eight when it came out and the girl behind me threw her popcorn bucket on the folks behind her when Jaws came out in the chum scene.
I may be biased. The music really does help it even if it's John Williams.
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Carry On My Blood-Ejaculating Son - JKL2000
"That gum you like is going to come back in style."
The problem is, as you have movies that make bigger and bigger box office returns, the studios have adjusted their expectations accordingly. At one time, a 300% return on the film's cost would be considered impressive by Hollywood. Now, not so much. It's like the line in one of the Pink Floyd books, where it's mentioned that Stateside, Animals "only made it number 2" on the charts.
Also, in the case of Austin Powers, it's star, Mike Myers, had previously made Wayne's World, which as I recall was a pretty big movie (to the point that it theoretically rescued Queen from Stateside obscurity). So it's probably akin the story that Wendy Wilson told about how the second Wilson Phillips album was deemed by a flop by the label, even though it sold 3,000,000 units, because their first album had shifted 10,000,000 units.
What made Jaws a great movie was the fact that Bruce, the mechanical shark, didn't work. Spielberg basically had to reshape the movie because he couldn't show the shark for the first 4/5's of the film because the prop packed up and they couldn't get it to work. So he focused more on the relationships between the people and such. John Williams had to come up with a score that would sort of "announce" the shark's presence when it was supposed to appear. I think it was suggested that he had to go "Hitchcock" instead of doing whatever it was he had originally planned.ETA: Damn sport's radio doesn't have anything to talk about so they were debating whether Jaws holds up. I just saw it a few months ago and loved it but I was eight when it came out and the girl behind me threw her popcorn bucket on the folks behind her when Jaws came out in the chum scene.
I may be biased. The music really does help it even if it's John Williams.
The thing in Jaws that I remember, from when I saw it on TV the first time, was the scene where the dead fisherman's head pops through the whole in the boat, while Richard Dreyfus was examining it. I remember that gave me a "shock" as it were. And I remember the bit where the two kids almost got themselves killed by the Coast Guard with their prank. Most of the rest of the movie I remember more from later viewings when I was much older.
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