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Cuter Than Post Malone.
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It's trashy frat boy comedies kind of like American Pie. As I remember they don't have the wit of Shaun of the Dead.
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Zum Henker Defätist!!
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Yes. They're glorious. Don't listen to Lucem. He's become momentarily anti-American.
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Momentarily?
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![]() I also liked Midsommar by the same director's, though not quite as much. Still, I'm eagerly awaiting whatever's next from Ari Aster.
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The director has some amazing snse for atmosphere. I mean who makes a horror movie like Midsommar with so much vivid blue and green and sunlight and has it be so unsettling?
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Midsommar reminded me of The Wicker Man from 1973 which for me is the slightly better movie of the two.
I loved how Midsommar takes place in Sweden, though.
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Shut it, you weird Viking nationalist.
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![]() ![]() The Irishman - Martin Scorsese (2019) It's been sitting on my queue for a few years now I guess and it took a UTI for me to finally commit to watching it. Great performances, especially Joe Pesci, but you've seen one Scorsese mobster movie, you've seen 'em all. He has mined the topic extensively, I don't understand why he still has this obsession with these terrible, cruel men. Women are of course almost completely invisible (poor Anna Paquin is in here and literally has one line which stirred enough controversy to merit a response from her). Basically, I knew what the experience was gonna be even before watching it and it fully lived up to those expectations. Doesn't bring anything new to the genre. But now I know Jimmy Hoffa probably had it coming. ![]() I've also seen: I'm thinking of ending things - Charlie Kaufman (2020) At times very compelling, but ultimately too abstract and confounding (for me) to be a good experience. I thought maybe Toni Collete and David Thewlis, both of which I normally love, are just a touch histrionic in their scenes. And at the end of the day I have no idea what it was really about. Regardless, he is certainly one of the most original filmmakers working today but I think his ideas are getting a little too inscrutable. Disclosure (2020) Netflix doc about trans representation in the media. Basically a relentless expose about the overwhelmingly negative depiction of trans people in films and TV and the effect this had on the trans talking heads. I saw about 50 minutes of 1:50h before decided I've gotten the point. Going further would be like self flagellation.
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Born to be mild
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![]() ![]() Finally got a chance to see this, forty years later. Man was I disappointed. Well, not disappointed so much as unimpressed. Yes, the car chase is great (though looking at it now it's hard to remember these sort of things did not happen in movies till then, so it's the original but still) but the plot is flat, the ending is terrible and McQueen, for me, just sleepwalks through the movie, barely showing any emotion and just concentrating on being the tough guy. I suppose that's how he is, but for me Robert Vaughan stole the movie with his masterly portrayal of the unprincipled senator who's ready to roll over everyone to keep himself in office. Just found it hard to care about McQueen. I note the scenes on the runway and flash forward to Die Hard II, though I do wonder if you could duck under taxi-ing jets without your eardrums bursting. Jackie Bisset was almost invisible too, not sure what the hell she was doing in the movie other than as the obligatory totty. Much prefer Dirty Harry. I waited four decades for this??? ![]()
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