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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Feb 2, 2021 23:36:08 GMT
Double Feature
Drive (Ryan Gosling)
Followed by
Crash (Ryan Phillipe, Matt Dillon, Sandra Bullock)
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Feb 3, 2021 11:46:53 GMT
American History X
High rewatch value even to this day folks
I can watch Edward Norton in anything
In fact - I'm getting 'The Score' going next - highly underrated flick with Edward Norton, Bobby DeNiro, Angela Bassett and Marlon Brando is masterful in one of his most gripping roles
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Feb 3, 2021 12:28:05 GMT
In fact - I'm getting 'The Score' going next - highly underrated flick with Edward Norton, Bobby DeNiro, Angela Bassett and Marlon Brando is masterful in one of his most gripping roles The Score takes place here in Montreal. It plays fast and loose with the geography of the city on some scenes, which was cause for much amusement here, but of course that shouldn’t affect anyone’s enjoyment.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Feb 3, 2021 16:28:12 GMT
In fact - I'm getting 'The Score' going next - highly underrated flick with Edward Norton, Bobby DeNiro, Angela Bassett and Marlon Brando is masterful in one of his most gripping roles The Score takes place here in Montreal. It plays fast and loose with the geography of the city on some scenes, which was cause for much amusement here, but of course that shouldn’t affect anyone’s enjoyment. I love when movies take place in Los Angeles and people just fly all over the place with not even the slightest hint of traffic anywhere, at any time. Collateral is really guilty of this. Go ahead, hop in your car in Los Angeles at any time of day and let me know how that goes. I'll wait.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Feb 4, 2021 9:02:10 GMT
Matthew Broderick Marathon
Max Dugan Returns WarGames Ferris Bueller's Day Off Project X The Freshman
Let's Do It
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Post by masterofallgoons on Feb 4, 2021 12:11:31 GMT
The Score takes place here in Montreal. It plays fast and loose with the geography of the city on some scenes, which was cause for much amusement here, but of course that shouldn’t affect anyone’s enjoyment. I love when movies take place in Los Angeles and people just fly all over the place with not even the slightest hint of traffic anywhere, at any time. Collateral is really guilty of this. Go ahead, hop in your car in Los Angeles at any time of day and let me know how that goes. I'll wait. I think it was Marc Maron that said one of the best things about Once Upon a Time in Hollywood was seeing what it was like to live in a time when you could get around LA quickly.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Feb 4, 2021 16:07:16 GMT
Finished watching Lupin on Netflix. New French series inspired by the Arsène Lupin books from the early 20th century about a "gentleman thief". The TV show is not about Lupin himself but rather about a present-day thief who emulates the fictional character in his quest to clear his father's name, who was wrongfully accused of stealing a precious piece of jewellery decades earlier.
Pretty entertaining stuff. I can recommend it, although it ends in a cliffhanger. New episodes are supposed to come out later this year.
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Post by Aj_June on Feb 4, 2021 16:14:18 GMT
Guys.....I finally resigned from my current job because it had become so stressful that I was not able to watch movies and enjoy my life lately. I was leading a team of 13 and it was something I was not enjoying even though my performance was highly appreciated and awarded by the company. People's management is not my stuff. Still, even after resignation I am in my current job serving in my notice period and will continue to work till 10th march. The job had made my life completely insipid. I hope I can soon start watching movies again and enjoy my life as before. Next job I will search will hopefully be something which won't involve much interaction with others. I think I have not seen a single film this year.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Feb 4, 2021 16:19:39 GMT
Guys.....I finally resigned from my current job because it had become so stressful that I was not able to watch movies and enjoy my life lately. I was leading a team of 13 and it was something I was not enjoying even though my performance was highly appreciated and awarded by the company. People's management is not my stuff. Still, even after resignation I am in my current job serving in my notice period and will continue to work till 10th march. The job had made my life completely insipid. I hope I can soon start watching movies again and enjoy my life as before. Next job I will search will hopefully be something which won't involve much interaction with others. I think I have not seen a single film this year. Congrats,
Did the same thing a few years back
It's all about being happy Dude
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Post by Aj_June on Feb 4, 2021 16:24:12 GMT
Guys.....I finally resigned from my current job because it had become so stressful that I was not able to watch movies and enjoy my life lately. I was leading a team of 13 and it was something I was not enjoying even though my performance was highly appreciated and awarded by the company. People's management is not my stuff. Still, even after resignation I am in my current job serving in my notice period and will continue to work till 10th march. The job had made my life completely insipid. I hope I can soon start watching movies again and enjoy my life as before. Next job I will search will hopefully be something which won't involve much interaction with others. I think I have not seen a single film this year. Congrats,
Did the same thing a few years back
It's all about being happy Dude Yeah, man. I was being greedy and foolish in becoming a sort of victim to the corporate world. Money should be secondary. Quality of work should be the primary thing which I realized truly now. I have been always frustrated, irritated and annoyed lately. So it was coming to something. Finally, I made my decision and said goodbye (but will still work till 10th march). I just want a comfortable life now.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Feb 4, 2021 16:28:43 GMT
Congrats,
Did the same thing a few years back
It's all about being happy Dude Yeah, man. I was being greedy and foolish in becoming a sort of victim to the corporate world. Money should be secondary. Quality of work should be the primary thing which I realized truly now. I have been always frustrated, irritated and annoyed lately. So it was coming to something. Finally, I made my decision and said goodbye (but will still work till 10th march). I just want a comfortable life now. Let me guess - you'd wake up to like 100 emails in your inbox every morning
Working around the clock - i.e. given a company laptop you can take home and log onto their network via VPN so you're pretty much working around the clock
Stress is a killer dude
Enjoy your day
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Post by klawrencio79 on Feb 4, 2021 16:37:08 GMT
Congrats,
Did the same thing a few years back
It's all about being happy Dude Yeah, man. I was being greedy and foolish in becoming a sort of victim to the corporate world. Money should be secondary. Quality of work should be the primary thing which I realized truly now. I have been always frustrated, irritated and annoyed lately. So it was coming to something. Finally, I made my decision and said goodbye (but will still work till 10th march). I just want a comfortable life now. Good for you man, it's a great feeling to unburden yourself like that. I spent well over a decade working at a big firm, in the M&A, private (and some public) securities and banking departments. I worked countless hours and was constantly running deals for everyone else's clients (i.e., the senior partners had me run point for their clients). It was interesting work, but was just endless and made it impossible for me to build my own book of business. I had to cancel several vacations over the years, was always canceling on friends, missing gatherings, working nights and weekends round the clock, I closed a deal while on my honeymoon. The final straws happened back-to-back, where one of the head partners made me come in on a Saturday the day after I had knee surgery to run one of his stupid deals for a friend of his, and right after that I missed my sister's wedding because of some bullshit on an international deal where the timeline arbitrarily changed and they basically told me to finish the deal or I was getting fired. I opted to finish the deal and I've never forgiven myself. I immediately left after that. At the time, I had several opportunities but narrowed it down to 2 - I was offered a gig with Jones Day, one of the biggest firms in the world, and they wanted someone flexible enough to head to London every month to run a private equity firm's M&A division and be the "face" of the firm for that client. The other was running the M&A department for a smaller firm here on Long Island. I took the latter and while the former would have resulted in substantial pay, I could have kissed my life, my friends, my dog, my exercise routines, my enjoyment of life, goodbye. Now, sure I'm busy but I have underlings, I have my nights and weekends, I'm able to generate substantial deal flow, and I'm making more money than I ever did at my prior firm. Outside of the 4th quarter, I rarely work on weekends, other than the odd email or call now and then. I have so many friends who feel like they have no choice, that even if they are unhappy, they should be "grateful" that they even have a job, even if it destroys their lives so they can enrich the higher-ups. I'm glad for you that you've made a decision to improve your life and you're 100% right, when money is the sole motivation, it quickly erodes everything else that matters.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Feb 5, 2021 20:28:40 GMT
Last night I filled a huge gap in my cinephile CV: I finally watched One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Milos Forman, 1975) for the first time. Maybe it’s because of the high expectation that came with knowing that it won tons of awards and is often listed among the best films of all time, but I must say that I was underwhelmed. I mean, there is no question that it’s a very well-made movie and the acting is fantastic, but I just didn’t think it was all that engaging. I don’t know. Maybe I just wasn’t in the right mood.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Feb 5, 2021 20:31:29 GMT
Last night I filled a huge gap in my cinephile CV: I finally watched One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Milos Forman, 1975) for the first time. Maybe it’s because of the high expectation that came with knowing that it won tons of awards and is often listed among the best films of all time, but I must say that I was underwhelmed. I mean, there is no question that it’s a very well-made movie and the acting is fantastic, but I just didn’t think it was all that engaging. I don’t know. Maybe I just wasn’t in the right mood. It's worth watching for the performances, but I agree. I hate to be "that guy" but the book is vastly superior. The film makes a key narrative structure choice and it basically undermines the entire point of the story from the jump.
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Post by masterofallgoons on Feb 5, 2021 21:10:45 GMT
Last night I filled a huge gap in my cinephile CV: I finally watched One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest (Milos Forman, 1975) for the first time. Maybe it’s because of the high expectation that came with knowing that it won tons of awards and is often listed among the best films of all time, but I must say that I was underwhelmed. I mean, there is no question that it’s a very well-made movie and the acting is fantastic, but I just didn’t think it was all that engaging. I don’t know. Maybe I just wasn’t in the right mood. It's worth watching for the performances, but I agree. I hate to be "that guy" but the book is vastly superior. The film makes a key narrative structure choice and it basically undermines the entire point of the story from the jump. I tend to agree with my draft choice...
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Post by masterofallgoons on Feb 6, 2021 15:59:35 GMT
Watched Ma Rainey's Black Bottom last night, which I liked for the most part. It felt very much like a play and I think it was poorly directed and shot from a visual stand point. It looks very slick and glossy in its attempt to make the its HD presentation look like a gritty grimy artifact of the past, and that just doesn't work at all, and the shot selection is fairly weak. The dialog is well written, it is August Wilson after all, but it's not one of his best known works and thay may be for a reason... plus it's just not well adapted. Every character gives you a little biography that explains their actions to come and it just doesn't feel, and certainly doesn't look, as naturalistic as it's trying to be.
But, the performances are really good. As much as Chadwick Boseman's death meant he was gonna get nominations and awards no matter what this year, he's actually excellent here, and I think would have been recognized anyway. He basically carries the movie in the big showcase role and makes some of the big speeches that (nobody would actually make) really work through his charisma, showmanship, and emotion. Everyone is good, but this is a career highlight for him.
But you can't look at him in this movie now without thinking about how he must've been seriously ill at the time.
I also watched Midnight Sky, and I can't decide if it was a decent attempt that made some misteps or if it's just a complete and utter disaster.
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Tales From The Darkside: The Movie
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Post by Deleted on Feb 7, 2021 5:58:48 GMT
Tales From The Darkside: The Movie Tales From The Crypt: The Movie now. May as well make it a short story anthology movies weekend.
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Post by bluerisk on Feb 7, 2021 10:34:26 GMT
Finished the 5th season of "The Expanse". Was an epic let down. It was the last good Sci-Fi show...turned into drama with stupid writing on par with B&B.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Feb 7, 2021 13:53:20 GMT
I watched two movies yesterday: first, ‘Greenland’, the new Gerald Butler disaster movie that was supposed to open in theatres but went straight to streaming because of the pandemic. A comet is about to hit the earth and good old Gerald tries to get his family to a safe place. The best I can say about it is that I didn’t dislike it.
The second film was in honour of the recently deceased Christopher Plummer. I chose ‘Murder by Decree’ from 1979, in which he plays Sherlock Holmes trying to stop Jack the Ripper. Not a particularly interesting Sherlock Holmes movie, I thought.
Incidentally, I have but two degrees of separation with the late Mr. Plummer, who was raised here in Montreal. I know someone whose mother did school theatre with him before he started his professional acting career. William Shatner was also part of the same group.
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