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Forum: Movie Reviews 2 hours ago

Replies: 1,780

The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown

Posted By Little Ash

I only watched The Maltese Falcon once and it was...

I only watched The Maltese Falcon once and it was in the past decade. I was actually disappointed I didn't care that much for it.

The top two, those are both on my ballot and high up. So, not...

Forum: Movie Reviews 4 hours ago

Replies: 1,780

The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown

Posted By Little Ash

I'm trying to find their list now. I've seen it...

I'm trying to find their list now. I've seen it in the past (I'm finding their top 10 Great American Noirs (https://www.bfi.org.uk/lists/10-great-american-film-noirs), and I remember there's a "One...

Forum: Movie Reviews 4 hours ago

Replies: 1,780

The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown

Posted By Little Ash

One thing worth noting, I'm not sure how much...

One thing worth noting, I'm not sure how much power the Hays Code still had by 1958 for Touch of Evil (people noted it had lost power with Some Like it Hot in 59 and Psycho and 60), but one aspect of...

Forum: Home Theater Questions & Information 5 hours ago

Replies: 51

Americans� New TV Habit: Subscribe. Watch. Cancel. Repeat.

Posted By Little Ash

One thing I didn't notice in the article was,...

One thing I didn't notice in the article was, cable can be notoriously difficult to cancel in the US (or at least, used to be). I think there was a news story that went viral about a decade ago about...

Forum: Home Theater Questions & Information 5 hours ago

Replies: 51

Americans� New TV Habit: Subscribe. Watch. Cancel. Repeat.

Posted By Little Ash

I've started to keep a letterboxd list of movies...

I've started to keep a letterboxd list of movies on Netflix service (not a core service for me) that I would actually want to watch or rewatch should I subscribe to them. If the watched list get long...

Forum: General Movie Discussion 5 hours ago

Replies: 3,131

Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom

Posted By Little Ash

After seeing so many letterboxd reviews go,...

After seeing so many letterboxd reviews go, "there's AI generated art in this, so it has to be one star, but it was an alright movie otherwise," your review makes me feel seen.

Especially since...

Forum: Movie Reviews 14 hours ago

Replies: 11

Late Night With the Devil

Posted By Little Ash

I'm curious, what put this on your radar so long...

I'm curious, what put this on your radar so long ago? I think I hadn't heard of it until the week before it hit theaters here and don't think I was familiar with any of the names on the film (outside...

Forum: General Movie Discussion 14 hours ago

Replies: 3,131

Watching Movies Alone with crumbsroom

Posted By Little Ash

In American cheese's defense, I think the film...

In American cheese's defense, I think the film isn't American.
I'll need an overly long, expository voice-over to confirm though.

Forum: Movie Reviews 15 hours ago

Replies: 2,122

The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown

Posted By Little Ash

Re: The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown

Taxi Driver was my number 2. In the days (week?) before submitting my ballot, it went from
* didn't even cross my mind that it could be classified as neo-noir
* to "seeing it on list of greatest...

Forum: General Movie Discussion 15 hours ago

Replies: 30

Anything that gets a sequel is now a franchise

Posted By Little Ash

=\ I think we're on two different...

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I think we're on two different wavelengths in terms of the tangents of the conversations in this thread, and am not really following the angle, context, or train of thought that yields this...

Forum: General Movie Discussion 15 hours ago

Replies: 22

What did the ending of Evil Does Not Exist mean?

Posted By Little Ash

I mean, I'm thinking you really shouldn't try to...

I mean, I'm thinking you really shouldn't try to approach or follow gut-shot, wild animals. They tend to get very scared and defensive (i.e. violent). I imagine there are disease reasons as well why...

Forum: General Movie Discussion 15 hours ago

Replies: 22

What did the ending of Evil Does Not Exist mean?

Posted By Little Ash

Re: What did the ending of Evil Does Not Exist mean?

I discovered Hamaguchi through Drive my Car and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy both showing up on a number of critics' top 10 lists for the year. The former getting a BP Oscar nom was more notable in...

Forum: General Movie Discussion 16 hours ago

Replies: 22

What did the ending of Evil Does Not Exist mean?

Posted By Little Ash

I haven't watched it since October, so some of...

I haven't watched it since October, so some of the details have been lost in my mind and I recall my friend and I had to work out the ambiguous nature of the time jumps to determine where we landed...

Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago

Replies: 1,780

The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown

Posted By Little Ash

Damn, I should have done that and made Ace in the...

Damn, I should have done that and made Ace in the Hole my #1. Make Double Indemnity my #2.

What would be #4?

Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago

Replies: 1,780

The MoFo Top 100 Film Noir Countdown

Posted By Little Ash

The Third Man was my #6 and Touch of Evil was my...

The Third Man was my #6 and Touch of Evil was my #7.
I've watched the latter only once, decades ago, but certain scenes still stick in my head, and it's just a damn good movie. I find myself...

Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago

Replies: 30

Anything that gets a sequel is now a franchise

Posted By Little Ash

Doesn't get us anywhere in terms of what, though?...

Doesn't get us anywhere in terms of what, though? I find the subtle difference in the use of the terms to be interesting. Sometimes it's just an observation of just the word choice falling in and out...

Forum: General Movie Discussion 1 day ago

Replies: 30

Anything that gets a sequel is now a franchise

Posted By Little Ash

I still think the one interesting thing this...

I still think the one interesting thing this thread turned up was the etymology chart of the frequency of the word usage "film franchise." I'm still wondering how it would have comparatively felt in...

Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago

Replies: 2,122

The MoFo Top 100 Neo-noir Countdown

Posted By Little Ash

My reasoning isn't sound, but I'm sticking Blade...

My reasoning isn't sound, but I'm sticking Blade Runner as my guess for #4, because this isn't the Price is Right game where you always want to switch to the unrevealed door.