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What makes a life meaningful?
Posted By MoFoUs
Re: What makes a life meaningful?

I find these stories incredible. Total selflessness:

https://www.denver7.com/news/investigations/this-changed-my-life-boulder-woman-gives-stranger-her-kidney-after-seeing-denver7-story
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What makes a life meaningful?
Posted By MoFoUs
How do you define your family? Blood &...

How do you define your family?

Blood & parchment only, or does it extend beyond?
Forum: General Movie Discussion 9 hours ago
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Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By MoFoUs
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

The Dukes of Hazzard (2005)

The TV series is so magnificently stupid that one might hope the movie would reflect some of this mindless but somehow exhilarating idiocy.

But no.

I can't...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 10 hours ago
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Hearsay about celebrities after their deaths. Do we give credence?
Posted By MoFoUs
It actually happened in 1955 when Wood was 16. ...

It actually happened in 1955 when Wood was 16.

When I saw the thread topic, it was the first thing I thought of, though as you say, the story has been out there for quite a long time.

I have no...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 18 hours ago
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Things that were supposed to make you happy as a kid, but hated
Posted By MoFoUs
Re: Things that were supposed to make you happy as a kid, but hated

I think we need a childhood trauma topic, as dogs were supposed to be cool, but they scared the heck out of me as a kid. It wasn't until Caesar Milan came along that I understood them.

But back to...
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What makes a life meaningful?
Posted By MoFoUs
What makes a life meaningful?

Does it depend on the person, or is there a universal answer or answers?

Why do some achieve their dreams while others don't?

Is it pure luck, or lack thereof?

Perseverance?

Skill?
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Things that were supposed to make you happy as a kid, but hated
Posted By MoFoUs
Re: Things that were supposed to make you happy as a kid, but hated

That show looks even cooler/weirder than Teletubbies! <3

But Mr. Rogers? :eek:
Forum: Movie Reviews 4 days ago
Replies: 58
Lost in Translation
Posted By MoFoUs
My opinion is that I heartily concur. I...

My opinion is that I heartily concur.

I found it excruciating, with characters too bland to hate and far too superficial and self-indulgent to care about or like.

Coppola is a master of...
Forum: Movie Reviews 4 days ago
Replies: 58
Lost in Translation
Posted By MoFoUs
I thought she was great as Michael's daughter and...

I thought she was great as Michael's daughter and that Garcia was the main problem, but otherwise, I agree.

And not good Godard, but "Dear Lord, when is this movie going to end?" Godard. :eek:
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 4 days ago
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Marie Antoinette with Kirsten Dunst: Paris Hilton of 1700's?
Posted By MoFoUs
Re: Marie Antoinette with Kirsten Dunst: Paris Hilton of 1700's?

I think people - including me - were expecting Virgin Suicides 2: Let 'Em Eat Cake!

If Sofia was that mean to KD as an American teenager, how brutal was she going to be to her as Marie?

We were...
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 6 days ago
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Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis
Posted By MoFoUs
Re: Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis

If it's even half as good as Twixt, sign me up!
Forum: General Movie Discussion 6 days ago
Replies: 81,950
Rate The Last Movie You Saw
Posted By MoFoUs
Re: Rate The Last Movie You Saw

Scoob! (2020)

Those seeking a Rashomon-like cinematic experience will be disappointed, and even die-hard Scoobers may be underwhelmed.

While the gang's backstory is sweetly presented, I'm...
Forum: Movie Questions 1 week ago
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Unanswered:  Obscure 70s TV Movie: Witch Traps Modern Woman in Basement/Cellar
Posted By MoFoUs
This sounds like the right timeframe, but I must...

This sounds like the right timeframe, but I must have missed any Bette Davis scenes, as I'd remember her. (I only saw a few minutes of the movie, and got too scared to continue watching!)

I'll...
Forum: Movie Questions 1 week ago
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Unanswered:  Obscure 70s TV Movie: Witch Traps Modern Woman in Basement/Cellar
Posted By MoFoUs
It does sound like British folk horror, but it's...

It does sound like British folk horror, but it's definitely the US - Salem or thereabouts I'm guessing.

I saw a piece of it in some re-broadcast context, and could tell it was from the 70s and...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 week ago
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What's the single worst film you've ever seen?
Posted By MoFoUs
If we're having a serious discussion, and now we...

If we're having a serious discussion, and now we are, this is great choice.

Terrible in all the worst ways.

As to all the Music Man bashing...

While the underlying work is a stage...
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Using Sexual Innuendo on social media
Posted By MoFoUs
Re: Using Sexual Innuendo on social media

I'm just glad the OP discovered his intended wasn't sufficiently compliant with his expectations BEFORE they met, married, had children, got a messy divorce, and remained bitter adversaries until...
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 1 week ago
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Wicked
Posted By MoFoUs
Re: Wicked

With no film of Pippin and Godspell a bit of a tepid, dated mess, Wicked will be the greatest cinematic representation of Stephen Schwartz's genius since:
...
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Are we living in a "base reality" or could all this be a simulation?
Posted By MoFoUs
Re: Are we living in a "base reality" or could all this be a simulatio

Was this thread a mere simulation of an earnest effort to explore the question? ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg7cbpelmWw
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Are we living in a "base reality" or could all this be a simulation?
Posted By MoFoUs
But we're not discussing it as a fun creative...

But we're not discussing it as a fun creative concept or some future possibility of dubious value.

You're asking if any of us believe we're coppertops, for which there is 0 evidence.

It's an...
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Are we living in a "base reality" or could all this be a simulation?
Posted By MoFoUs
I was going to say some of this! The idea of...

I was going to say some of this!

The idea of a simulated reality is pimping at the corner of Silly & Sinister.

I speak not of our OP, but of those who propose such notions from their place of...
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 1 week ago
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Dune: Part Two 2023 (Denis Villeneuve)
Posted By MoFoUs
Re: Dune: Part Two 2023 (Denis Villeneuve)

Personal update:

Target visited & target acquired; Dune Part 2 is now on my shelf to be (I hope not hate) viewed.

But a Scooby Doo Mystery is ahead of it in my queue, so the giant worms &...
Forum: Upcoming Movies & Sequels 1 week ago
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Dune: Prophecy (Max) (2024)
Posted By MoFoUs
Re: Dune: Prophecy (Max) (2024)

Is that Alia?

I'm afraid to watch...
Replies: 31
Are we living in a "base reality" or could all this be a simulation?
Posted By MoFoUs
We can't and mustn't. The thought of living...

We can't and mustn't.

The thought of living in a world where Bat Boy, Bigfoot and the brain worm that was living in RFK Jr's head (rent-free) aren't real?

It's unbearable; my little coppertop...