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Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 weeks ago
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Probably too late now, but I've seen a few. I've...

Probably too late now, but I've seen a few. I've never really cemented a verdict on how I feel about him, but I think I remember liking The Unbelievable Truth the best of the ones I've watched.

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Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 weeks ago
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With his pith helmet, and shovel, and expensive cigars at the ready if he discovers something really good, documentarian Mads Brugger plays ...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-26-24
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I can tell it's all technically in there and I...

I can tell it's all technically in there and I could feel the film sniffing around the edges of deeper meaning. But for it to matter to me, there needs to be moments where I understand who they are...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-26-24
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I think for it to have worked for me, it was...

I think for it to have worked for me, it was important for me to buy into the dynamic between the characters. And I didn't. Which left me with a film that really didn't impress me as a film....
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-26-24
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It is. But it's also beautiful. Really, really...

It is. But it's also beautiful. Really, really beautiful.


Everything beautiful is on the verge of being heartbreaking.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-26-24
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Talk to Me isn't very good.


It's not awful. But it also kinda is.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-24-24
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Posted By crumbsroom
It is a movie designed to grow upon reflection. ...

It is a movie designed to grow upon reflection.


It might be my favorite film I've seen since Florida Project (not including Skinamarink)
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-24-24
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What I loved about it is the film essentially...

What I loved about it is the film essentially gets you to pick through the memories of someone else, in much the same way I pick through my own. Somehow, when looking back, even the most banal of...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-23-24
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AFTERSUN A film about memory, doing what...

AFTERSUN


A film about memory, doing what memories do best. Linger like ghosts. Follow us everywhere. Guide the rest of our lives. And yet, always too vaporous to ever explain to anyone else what...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-19-24
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It sounds like a lot of people were annoyed a...

It sounds like a lot of people were annoyed a movie called The Possessed wasn't a straight horror film, let alone giallo.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-19-24
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Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-16-24
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Reducing a film to its absolute basic message...

Reducing a film to its absolute basic message (Crime doesn't pay), has a tendency to simplify what a film is saying, and erase what it is actually doing as a film.


Citizen Kane - Can we ever...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-16-24
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Posted By crumbsroom
Yes, I liked that one. I was surprised to see it...

Yes, I liked that one. I was surprised to see it has a 30 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, until I saw its the audience score they are saddling the film with.


Nothing better than saddling an...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-14-24
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Amazing
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-10-24
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I didn't see this. Untouchables is a lot...

I didn't see this.


Untouchables is a lot of fun. I like it a lot, even if Costner is as always kind of awful. But, it's one of those movies that I like that just feels....irrelevant. It feels...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-08-24
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Than add Carlito's Way to the list.

Than add Carlito's Way to the list.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-07-24
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Maestro is near great. A biopic that doesn't get...

Maestro is near great. A biopic that doesn't get bogged down in documenting every high and low of a career, or being a comprehensive tour of one person's life, and instead does the not stupid thing....
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-07-24
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I don't know what you'd count as mainstream, but...

I don't know what you'd count as mainstream, but if not seen yet, Body Double, Phantom of Paradise and Blow Out are musts. Sisters, Femme Fatale,Casualties of War, The Fury and Dressed to Kill are...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-04-24
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Posted By crumbsroom
yes. exactly.

yes. exactly.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 01-04-24
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If I enjoyed writing about movies anymore, I imagine a lot could be said about Burning.


But because I don't, that shit was dope
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-29-23
Replies: 3,102
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Posted By crumbsroom
Isn't that enough to make you a fan?

Isn't that enough to make you a fan?
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-29-23
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I like it too. Sort of. It's a De Palma movie,...

I like it too. Sort of. It's a De Palma movie, and that's good enough.





I considered it for my bottom 5, but then realized I like it too much to do that to it. I think it's one of his...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-29-23
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What are DePalma's five worst movies?


Glad you asked.


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Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-29-23
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Posted By crumbsroom
Femme Fatale and Raising Cane are two of the real...

Femme Fatale and Raising Cane are two of the real divisive ones. Maybe more than anything else in his filmography. I'm definitely a fan of the former (it's all style, it doesn't matter that its in...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-29-23
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So I got the whole way through this movie wondering where Keira Kneightly was. Asking myself "this is a Tony Scott film"? No credits at the beginning...