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Forum: General Movie Discussion 12-15-23
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Posted By Yoda
Oh yeah, there's more or less extreme versions...

Oh yeah, there's more or less extreme versions but obviously there's a similar "you just look like a bad guy" thing. Like with Rufus Sewell or Mads Mikkelsen, at least for American audiences. That's...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 12-14-23
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It's always interesting to me to think about...

It's always interesting to me to think about acting as a profession, and how it requires (ostensibly) a real self-awareness about what you are and what you are not. If you're John Candy or Chris...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 08-26-23
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It's an odd one. There's a few things I love...

It's an odd one. There's a few things I love about it, but it kinda feels like those great things are just floating around by themselves with a lot of weird, underwhelming connective tissue between...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 08-18-23
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Posted By Yoda
Should be fixed now. PM better in the future...

Should be fixed now. PM better in the future though. Thank you. :up:
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-04-23
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I actually regret describing it as "fun" and "wild" above, because it also feels serious, disturbing, and foreboding. It never turns its subject matter into some kind of cheap excuse for what it...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-04-23
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Posted By Yoda
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Frailty is a fun, wild ride. I've seen it a few times and I think I need to watch it at least once more.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-26-23
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Posted By Yoda
On the Waterfront is one of the first films I...

On the Waterfront is one of the first films I think of when I think of classics that live up to their billing. I saw it, assuming I kind of "had to," in the way you have to see a lot of classic films...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-23-23
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Posted By Yoda
Okay. I initially wrote up a reply to the first...

Okay. I initially wrote up a reply to the first bit, but Sedai's right, as he often is. If you (or anyone) wants to hear my reasoning/response, you/they can let me know.

I'm saying this because...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-23-23
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Posted By Yoda
I think the broader term is proper because the...

I think the broader term is proper because the point in question was unrelated to the gender of the perpetrator, so using any more specificity than is necessary just invites misunderstandings or...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-21-23
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Posted By Yoda
If either/both of you are using the word "rapey"...

If either/both of you are using the word "rapey" just to mean "made me think of rape," then plainly I am in no position to disagree. I certainly don't think you're lying, and "I didn't like it...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-21-23
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Posted By Yoda
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Serious question, actually, and maybe this will cut through the Gordian knot:

Are people taking Stu's reference to "woo[ing]" like it refers to some quasi-Victorian courtship process? Because it's...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-21-23
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Posted By Yoda
It's a great word, even if its mostly useful...

It's a great word, even if its mostly useful outside of its "real" meaning (chess). Also just really fun to say.


I'm thinking specifically of the word "rapey." That's quite literally using the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-21-23
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Posted By Yoda
I agree, I just don't think that's either-or. I...

I agree, I just don't think that's either-or. I think it's contrasting both things.


I'm genuinely confused by some of these responses. In this one, and in a couple of others, too, it sounds like...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-21-23
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Posted By Yoda
I don't think Stu is quite saying that (but he...

I don't think Stu is quite saying that (but he can correct me). Here's the quote:

...the previous line in that song was literally "Was it love at first sight?", and then he says "Did she put up a...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-21-23
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Posted By Yoda
Re: Grease. The last couple of responses have...

Re: Grease. The last couple of responses have kinda put me in disagreement zugzwang (a term I think I'll definitely have occasion to use in the future), where to answer them properly I'd have to...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-20-23
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Posted By Yoda
You did not, but you did tell Stu he was...

You did not, but you did tell Stu he was "misreading" it when all he said is that he didn't think it was about sexual assault, so I'm not sure how else to read that.

My "real" explanation is a...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-19-23
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Posted By Yoda
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I don't see Stu saying anywhere that it isn't a "sexual reference," just that "did she put up a fight" means sweet-talking and persuasion, as opposed to force/assault.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-16-23
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Posted By Yoda
Saw The Menu last night. Really enjoyed it. I...

Saw The Menu last night. Really enjoyed it. I don't think it completely nails the delicate, absurd balance it's going for (and I think it could've gone to some more interesting places than the places...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-09-23
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Posted By Yoda
I was asking myself this literally just the other...

I was asking myself this literally just the other day, for an essay I'm almost done with, and I think I can say it's really just beige and chrome over and over for like two hours.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-07-23
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Posted By Yoda
This is low-key one of my favorite ways to...

This is low-key one of my favorite ways to determine how beautiful I found a film.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 12-11-22
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Posted By Yoda
Heh, fair enough. Double heh. I assume...

Heh, fair enough.


Double heh. I assume you mean this in the sense that I'm asking questions seemingly intended to provoke humility and empathy/have a pedagogic tint to them, in which case,...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 12-10-22
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Posted By Yoda
That's fine, I suppose, but let's do a quick...

That's fine, I suppose, but let's do a quick thought experiment: imagine an American poster who loves Marvel films says, about some subtitled, slow-paced, black-and-white foreign film, that it's...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 12-10-22
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Posted By Yoda
I'm definitely confused by the critique of "Lots...

I'm definitely confused by the critique of "Lots of Evangelical frenzy praying and a fat Americana atmosphere." Why is this bad? You don't have to identify with it. You don't have to agree with it....
Forum: General Movie Discussion 09-05-22
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Posted By Yoda
Re: Tim's Vermeer. Factors heavily in an...

Re: Tim's Vermeer.

Factors heavily in an essay I wrote a few years back, which you may find interesting:

Boyhood, Bears, and Roger Bannister...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-19-22
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Posted By Yoda
Agree with all this. Still really like it, still...

Agree with all this. Still really like it, still never miss an episode/movie/whatever, just because it's liable to be brilliant without warning, even to the point where "bad" episodes have a couple...

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