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Post by masterofallgoons on Dec 15, 2020 22:13:08 GMT
An epic historic blizzard is expected to paralyze the Northeast tomorrow - I'm getting my Blizzard rotation of - Misery The Thing Storm of the Century 30 Days of Night going on rotation starting now with some French Toast and Hot Cocoa
I don't get it. We're supposed to get a foot right now. Yeah, a foot is a lot, but "epic" and "historic"? Get the fuck out of here. An hour of shoveling and just like that everything is fine. Misery and The Thing though, hell yeah. Don't forget The Day After Tomorrow to complete the trifecta. The Day After Tomorrow fucking sucks. I might finally watch Tarantino's expanded miniseries version of The Hateful Eight.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Dec 15, 2020 22:23:06 GMT
I don't get it. We're supposed to get a foot right now. Yeah, a foot is a lot, but "epic" and "historic"? Get the fuck out of here. An hour of shoveling and just like that everything is fine. Misery and The Thing though, hell yeah. Don't forget The Day After Tomorrow to complete the trifecta. The Day After Tomorrow fucking sucks. I might finally watch Tarantino's expanded miniseries version of The Hateful Eight. The Day After Tomorrow might be the dumbest movie I've ever seen. The heroes actually battle a predatory cold front by....closing doors. Dennis Quaid (before the current version of Dennis Quaid who appears to be some old man wearing a Dennis Quaid mask) defeats negative Kelvin by lighting sternos at a Wendy's. It's amazing. Kinda makes you think, if the world were ending, what would you do? Would you wander out into the cold, aimless, in the hopes that you'd be able to walk 1,000 miles south to safety within a day or so? Or would you stay behind in the library with a rapidly freezing Manhattan around you, while battling CGI wolves?
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Dec 15, 2020 22:33:10 GMT
The Day After Tomorrow fucking sucks. I might finally watch Tarantino's expanded miniseries version of The Hateful Eight. The Day After Tomorrow might be the dumbest movie I've ever seen. The heroes actually battle a predatory cold front by....closing doors. Dennis Quaid (before the current version of Dennis Quaid who appears to be some old man wearing a Dennis Quaid mask) defeats negative Kelvin by lighting sternos at a Wendy's. It's amazing. Kinda makes you think, if the world were ending, what would you do? Would you wander out into the cold, aimless, in the hopes that you'd be able to walk 1,000 miles south to safety within a day or so? Or would you stay behind in the library with a rapidly freezing Manhattan around you, while battling CGI wolves?
There is no such thing as a negative Kelvin temperature! Zero Kelvin is absolute zero - as cold as possible by the laws of physics.
(sorry, just had to point it out )
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Post by masterofallgoons on Dec 15, 2020 22:41:02 GMT
The Day After Tomorrow fucking sucks. I might finally watch Tarantino's expanded miniseries version of The Hateful Eight. The Day After Tomorrow might be the dumbest movie I've ever seen. The heroes actually battle a predatory cold front by....closing doors. Dennis Quaid (before the current version of Dennis Quaid who appears to be some old man wearing a Dennis Quaid mask) defeats negative Kelvin by lighting sternos at a Wendy's. It's amazing. Kinda makes you think, if the world were ending, what would you do? Would you wander out into the cold, aimless, in the hopes that you'd be able to walk 1,000 miles south to safety within a day or so? Or would you stay behind in the library with a rapidly freezing Manhattan around you, while battling CGI wolves? I disagree. I think Dennis Quaid looks pretty good for his age actually. Randy Quaid on the other hand... Jesus tap dancing Christ...
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Post by klawrencio79 on Dec 15, 2020 22:49:23 GMT
The Day After Tomorrow might be the dumbest movie I've ever seen. The heroes actually battle a predatory cold front by....closing doors. Dennis Quaid (before the current version of Dennis Quaid who appears to be some old man wearing a Dennis Quaid mask) defeats negative Kelvin by lighting sternos at a Wendy's. It's amazing. Kinda makes you think, if the world were ending, what would you do? Would you wander out into the cold, aimless, in the hopes that you'd be able to walk 1,000 miles south to safety within a day or so? Or would you stay behind in the library with a rapidly freezing Manhattan around you, while battling CGI wolves?
There is no such thing as a negative Kelvin temperature! Zero Kelvin is absolute zero - as cold as possible by the laws of physics.
(sorry, just had to point it out )
Shit, I actually knew that, that was a typo on my part. Although isn't Zero Kelvin impossible? Isn't the lowest possible temperature something like 4 degrees Kelvin?
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Post by klawrencio79 on Dec 15, 2020 22:51:19 GMT
The Day After Tomorrow might be the dumbest movie I've ever seen. The heroes actually battle a predatory cold front by....closing doors. Dennis Quaid (before the current version of Dennis Quaid who appears to be some old man wearing a Dennis Quaid mask) defeats negative Kelvin by lighting sternos at a Wendy's. It's amazing. Kinda makes you think, if the world were ending, what would you do? Would you wander out into the cold, aimless, in the hopes that you'd be able to walk 1,000 miles south to safety within a day or so? Or would you stay behind in the library with a rapidly freezing Manhattan around you, while battling CGI wolves? I disagree. I think Dennis Quaid looks pretty good for his age actually. Randy Quaid on the other hand... Jesus tap dancing Christ... I'll try to find a clip of the commercial I saw him in where it looked terrifying. Steve Martin was like that too for a while. I think it's simply right after they get whatever face work done and it looks so fake. After it settles in a bit, it looks a tad more human, and less Uncanny Valley.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Dec 16, 2020 1:42:35 GMT
There is no such thing as a negative Kelvin temperature! Zero Kelvin is absolute zero - as cold as possible by the laws of physics.
(sorry, just had to point it out )
Shit, I actually knew that, that was a typo on my part. Although isn't Zero Kelvin impossible? Isn't the lowest possible temperature something like 4 degrees Kelvin? It may be impossible with our present technology to lower the temperature in a lab all the way to absolute zero, but I think in deep space far from any heat source the temperature would be zero K. Don't quote me on it though.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Dec 16, 2020 16:40:18 GMT
In honour of John Le Carré who died a few days ago, I watched “The Spy Who Came In from the Cold” (1965). I knew it was a classic spy movie but I had never watched it before. Great spy thriller, although if you go into it expecting James Bond, gadgets, car chases and fist fights on top of moving trains you will be sorely disappointed. It’s all talking, double-crossing, triple-crossing and quadruple-crossing.
Gorgeous black-and-white cinematography. I know people who refuse to watch B&W movies. They don’t know what they are missing!
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Dec 16, 2020 16:48:51 GMT
There is no such thing as a negative Kelvin temperature! Zero Kelvin is absolute zero - as cold as possible by the laws of physics.
(sorry, just had to point it out )
Shit, I actually knew that, that was a typo on my part. Although isn't Zero Kelvin impossible? Isn't the lowest possible temperature something like 4 degrees Kelvin? I thought you were using hyperbole to make a point, just go with that.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Dec 16, 2020 16:52:38 GMT
Shit, I actually knew that, that was a typo on my part. Although isn't Zero Kelvin impossible? Isn't the lowest possible temperature something like 4 degrees Kelvin? I thought you were using hyperbole to make a point, just go with that. Never! I speak in nothing but truths, and every word that drips out of these hands is nothing short of a heartbreaking work of staggering genius.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Dec 17, 2020 19:00:46 GMT
New Horror Trailers Looks like Wrong Turn is getting a remake/reboot Or maybe it's a just continuation with the same original title - as the trailer references 2003
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Dec 18, 2020 15:35:21 GMT
I watched "The Machinist" (2004), a psychological thriller starring Christian Bale as a factory worker (hence the title) who hasn't slept properly in a year and is losing his mind. I think the movie is best known for the extreme weight loss that Christian Bale subjected himself to in order to prepare for the role. He appears shirtless many times and he's just skin and bones. Unbelievable. But that's not the only reason for checking it out. I thought it was a pretty decent thriller.
The movie has the distinction of having what's certainly the most - let's say "peculiar" - goof listing on its IMDb page. It goes something like that: "In the scene where she's in bed with Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh's nipples alternate between hard and flaccid between shots".
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Post by klawrencio79 on Dec 18, 2020 16:03:39 GMT
I watched "The Machinist" (2004), a psychological thriller starring Christian Bale as a factory worker (hence the title) who hasn't slept properly in a year and is losing his mind. I think the movie is best known for the extreme weight loss that Christian Bale subjected himself to in order to prepare for the role. He appears shirtless many times and he's just skin and bones. Unbelievable. But that's not the only reason for checking it out. I thought it was a pretty decent thriller. The movie has the distinction of having what's certainly the most - let's say "peculiar" - goof listing on its IMDb page. It goes something like that: "In the scene where she's in bed with Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh's nipples alternate between hard and flaccid between shots". Solid movie but it's a pretty tough watch. I only saw it the one time, the ending was a fucking gut punch. The Michael Ironside scene, you know the one, that one also got to me. I think I'm going to rent Tenet tonight.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Dec 18, 2020 16:22:57 GMT
New Horror Trailers Looks like Wrong Turn is getting a remake/reboot Or maybe it's a just continuation with the same original title - as the trailer references 2003 Never got into this series but there are too many cliches in this trailer for my liking. The first one is the use of a universally known song, slowed down and played with either a piano or a child singing (the latter in this case). Secondly, throw in a has-been face that most people will recognize but won't be able to name him right off the bat because you haven't seen him in anything recently. Enter Matthew Modine. Third, include actual lines of exposition in the trailer.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Dec 18, 2020 17:27:43 GMT
I watched "The Machinist" (2004), a psychological thriller starring Christian Bale as a factory worker (hence the title) who hasn't slept properly in a year and is losing his mind. I think the movie is best known for the extreme weight loss that Christian Bale subjected himself to in order to prepare for the role. He appears shirtless many times and he's just skin and bones. Unbelievable. But that's not the only reason for checking it out. I thought it was a pretty decent thriller. The movie has the distinction of having what's certainly the most - let's say "peculiar" - goof listing on its IMDb page. It goes something like that: "In the scene where she's in bed with Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh's nipples alternate between hard and flaccid between shots". Solid movie but it's a pretty tough watch. I only saw it the one time, the ending was a fucking gut punch. The Michael Ironside scene, you know the one, that one also got to me. I think I'm going to rent Tenet tonight.
Yeah, it's certainly not a pleasant "feel-good" movie.
Have fun with "Tenet". I am looking forward to re-watching it when it comes out on Blu-Ray.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Dec 18, 2020 17:46:17 GMT
I watched "The Machinist" (2004), a psychological thriller starring Christian Bale as a factory worker (hence the title) who hasn't slept properly in a year and is losing his mind. I think the movie is best known for the extreme weight loss that Christian Bale subjected himself to in order to prepare for the role. He appears shirtless many times and he's just skin and bones. Unbelievable. But that's not the only reason for checking it out. I thought it was a pretty decent thriller. The movie has the distinction of having what's certainly the most - let's say "peculiar" - goof listing on its IMDb page. It goes something like that: "In the scene where she's in bed with Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh's nipples alternate between hard and flaccid between shots". I really liked this too. It's not really anything special outside of the amazing transformation by Christian Bale, whose next movie was Batman Begins, which is wild. He must have put on like 75 pounds of muscle between those two movies (he's done this a few times, in his career which is insane... he must have a superhuman metabolism.. dedication aside I don't think most people's bodies could respond that way). Some of the sorta clichéd twists in the plot and the PSA ending/solution to the whole thing leaves you wanting a bit, but it's well shot, cast (Michael Ironside is the go-to for a guy missing a limb, it seems) and has a good dark energy and pace to it. It's not exceptional, but it does what it's supposed to. This is was once one of my 'insomnia movies' which is obviously fitting, but I mean that in the sense that I saw it a million times because it used to be on a lot of cable in the middle of the night when I couldn't sleep, so I saw it in bits in pieces over and over again. Haven't seen it in a long time though. The director, Brad Anderson, made a very solid horror movie before this called Session 9, but outside of having a very prolific TV directing career after this, he's had a very disappointing track record since. He reminds me a little of Atom Egoyan in that way, and in aesthetic.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Dec 18, 2020 17:55:30 GMT
New Horror Trailers Looks like Wrong Turn is getting a remake/reboot Or maybe it's a just continuation with the same original title - as the trailer references 2003 Never got into this series but there are too many cliches in this trailer for my liking. The first one is the use of a universally known song, slowed down and played with either a piano or a child singing (the latter in this case). Secondly, throw in a has-been face that most people will recognize but won't be able to name him right off the bat because you haven't seen him in anything recently. Enter Matthew Modine. Third, include actual lines of exposition in the trailer. Those movies were all about cliche from the beginning. Some people found them fun, I guess, but it was always a little too dumb and subpar for me. I don't think it made it beyond the second or third movie... although maybe I did. It's all very forgettable. We could probably list annoying trailer cliches for multiple pages of a thread, but I'll just add a few that this one adhered to: strobe editing the a cut to black, quiet line of dialogue over a black screen... then: Drum... drum... drum, drum, Drum, DRUM, DRUM, DRUMDRUMDRUMDRUMDRUM....crescendo ... daliouge over no background music. That can often be done with the Title instead of a line of dialogue, but I think the MPAA has enstated a rule that requires any trailer to include drums building to a crescendo followed by a quiet beat. EVERY, FUCKING, TRAILER does this.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Dec 20, 2020 14:04:43 GMT
I watched "The Machinist" (2004), a psychological thriller starring Christian Bale as a factory worker (hence the title) who hasn't slept properly in a year and is losing his mind. I think the movie is best known for the extreme weight loss that Christian Bale subjected himself to in order to prepare for the role. He appears shirtless many times and he's just skin and bones. Unbelievable. But that's not the only reason for checking it out. I thought it was a pretty decent thriller. The movie has the distinction of having what's certainly the most - let's say "peculiar" - goof listing on its IMDb page. It goes something like that: "In the scene where she's in bed with Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh's nipples alternate between hard and flaccid between shots". Great movie
Own it. Love it.
Word has it he ate a can of tuna fish a day and an apple - that's it - that's how he got down to that weight
Very dark sad interesting movie - not for everybody
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Dec 20, 2020 18:28:42 GMT
Rudolf's Shiny New Year - AMC
'Rudolf the reindeer comes to the rescue when an evil bird kidnaps the New Year baby. Voices of Red Skelton, Frank Gorshin, Morey Amsterdam'
Let's give it a whirl
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Dec 20, 2020 21:23:30 GMT
Just watched “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” on Netflix. It’s either the last or one of the last Chadwick Boseman roles before his death. The trailer looked good and I like that kind of music. But the movie, I don’t know if sucks is the right word, all the acting performances were good. But the story, what there was of it, well, sucked. And then it just ended. It felt like watching a play, and it turns out it was based on a play. Not recommended.
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