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Post by Rey Kahuka on Aug 10, 2020 12:03:52 GMT
Great concept....Never knew about this sport before today. Good to watch but 99% can't play it. The mini-golf of soccer. "Not talented enough to play football, but still have a couple of the prerequisite skills? Do we have the game for you."
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Aug 10, 2020 12:23:33 GMT
Watched JoJo Rabbit the other night. I'm not sure what the point of the film was supposed to be. Would've made an intriguing short film, but there wasn't enough story to sustain a 1:45ish runtime. The Hitler stuff was somewhat amusing, but I can't decide if the joke got tired or if there wasn't enough of it. I can understand why you wouldn't want too much focus on Hitler in a comedic setting, but that brings me back to my initial observation-- what was the point? To be zany but not too zany?
The script, the way it was shot and edited, it really felt like Waititi was trying to make a darker Wes Anderson film. It's not the worst movie I've ever seen, it's just oddly generic, considering the concept. I didn't hate it, but I can't think of how to finish the sentence, "You should watch this movie if..."
It tries to end on a high note, with the two main characters dancing in the street once their town has been liberated; are we supposed to forget he's now a homeless, parentless child who fifteen minutes of screen time ago found his mother's executed body in the town square? The film wants to play it down the middle and be this oddball comedy with heart, but it lacked in all categories. Which isn't to say it didn't have its moments. I enjoyed Sam Rockwell's character, as well as Jojo's friend from camp (honestly that kid stole the movie for me). Not enough to ever want to revisit the film, however.
Probably my favorite moment from the film didn't actually occur on screen. My wife was multitasking on the internet while the movie was on in the background. At some point she looks up as Hitler is sitting at the kitchen table with JoJo and his mother. My wife says, "What's this guy's deal, why does he live with them? Is he the father?" This was a good 45 minutes into the film. I just laughed and told her she hadn't missed anything important.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Aug 10, 2020 14:29:00 GMT
Great concept....Never knew about this sport before today. Good to watch but 99% can't play it.
I had never heard about it either. A mixture of ping-pong and soccer. Who comes up with these ideas?
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Post by klawrencio79 on Aug 10, 2020 15:03:09 GMT
Saturday night, my wife and I just wanted to watch something mindless and stupid, so naturally we watched Bad Boys for Life. Yeah, it was bad. Generic storyline, predictable twists, one-note side characters. They wanted to capture the magic of the extended shot action and practical stunts done perfectly in films like Mad Max: Fury Road and the John Wick sequels. They tried, I'll give them that but it wasn't nearly as compelling. Plus, did Martin Lawrence have a stroke in recent years? Beyond that, however, this film committed one of the unforgivable sins that I can think of - establishing certain rules or character traits and promptly breaking those rules for the sake of moving the plot forward (and plot armor): Specifically, the main villain is introduced early on and he's depicted as this lethal killing machine who can dispatch groups of people within seconds with his bare hands. They aren't even a match for him. Later on in the movie, however, he's barely able to hold his own against a much older Will Smith, who is also barely recovered from having been shot in the chest 3 times. Also, the villain is shown dispatching targets with a sniper rifle with ease, however, when he has to kill Smith, he tries to do so while riding past him on a motorcycle. It's one thing to make a movie that isn't compelling for one reason or another but lazy script-writing and plot armor are unforgivable for this guy. Also, I dunno, I think the days of action movies featuring rogue cops going on revenge-quests, and murdering countless goons, are over. The scenes with Will Smith handcuffing a guy to a butcher's table and smashing his hand with a hammer in order to obtain information, and then leaving him there, isn't quite as "humorous" as it's intended to be.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Aug 10, 2020 15:26:46 GMT
Saturday night, my wife and I just wanted to watch something mindless and stupid, so naturally we watched Bad Boys for Life. Yeah, it was bad. Generic storyline, predictable twists, one-note side characters. They wanted to capture the magic of the extended shot action and practical stunts done perfectly in films like Mad Max: Fury Road and the John Wick sequels. They tried, I'll give them that but it wasn't nearly as compelling. Plus, did Martin Lawrence have a stroke in recent years? Beyond that, however, this film committed one of the unforgivable sins that I can think of - establishing certain rules or character traits and promptly breaking those rules for the sake of moving the plot forward (and plot armor): Specifically, the main villain is introduced early on and he's depicted as this lethal killing machine who can dispatch groups of people within seconds with his bare hands. They aren't even a match for him. Later on in the movie, however, he's barely able to hold his own against a much older Will Smith, who is also barely recovered from having been shot in the chest 3 times. Also, the villain is shown dispatching targets with a sniper rifle with ease, however, when he has to kill Smith, he tries to do so while riding past him on a motorcycle. It's one thing to make a movie that isn't compelling for one reason or another but lazy script-writing and plot armor are unforgivable for this guy. Also, I dunno, I think the days of action movies featuring rogue cops going on revenge-quests, and murdering countless goons, are over. The scenes with Will Smith handcuffing a guy to a butcher's table and smashing his hand with a hammer in order to obtain information, and then leaving him there, isn't quite as "humorous" as it's intended to be. I saw this in theaters when it was released, and recently I thought about how lucky they were to get this in before George Floyd. It's a different world for police films now, and that butcher scene in particular stood out in my mind as something you're just never going to see a 'good guy' in a cop movie do again. What's funny is I was never a huge fan of the original franchise, so this was one of the pointless cash grab sequels that didn't bother me as much. I didn't expect anything from it, so it was tolerable. Yeah the story is garbage, but it was fun watching Smith and Lawrence play off of each other. That said, I'm not clamoring for the next installment or anything.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Aug 10, 2020 18:08:21 GMT
Last week, my wife wanted to watch Little Fires Everywhere, which was terrible. The whole premise of an escalating tense situation inexorably caused by two equally culpable people was a giant middle finger to the audience. Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington are terrific, as usual, but literally every problem was caused by Kerry Washington's character. Reese Witherspoon was just a shitty mother and a selfish person, but Kerry Washington's character was a legit criminal and encouraged others to engage in criminality. Then, at the end the whole "resolution" consisted of the show trying to convince the audience that Kerry Washington was vindicated and "in the right" for taking the actions that she had taken, which involved aiding and betting kidnapping, fraud, larceny, defying court orders, and purposefully manipulating others into succumbing to her worldview. Reese Witherspoon almost had an affair and was mean to her daughter - and she's made out to be the villain between the two of them. Oh, and the best part, in the end, 3 of Reese's 4 kids decide, on a whim without so much as giving it 10 seconds' thought, to burn their house down for....reasons. Holy shit was this awful.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Aug 10, 2020 18:11:14 GMT
Last week, my wife wanted to watch Little Fires Everywhere, which was terrible. The whole premise of an escalating tense situation inexorably caused by two equally culpable people was a giant middle finger to the audience. Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington are terrific, as usual, but literally every problem was caused by Kerry Washington's character. Reese Witherspoon was just a shitty mother and a selfish person, but Kerry Washington's character was a legit criminal and encouraged others to engage in criminality. Then, at the end the whole "resolution" consisted of the show trying to convince the audience that Kerry Washington was vindicated and "in the right" for taking the actions that she had taken, which involved aiding and betting kidnapping, fraud, larceny, defying court orders, and purposefully manipulating others into succumbing to her worldview. Reese Witherspoon almost had an affair and was mean to her daughter - and she's made out to be the villain between the two of them. Oh, and the best part, in the end, 3 of Reese's 4 kids decide, on a whim without so much as giving it 10 seconds' thought, to burn their house down for....reasons. Holy shit was this awful. Maybe they saw the title.
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Post by tristramshandy on Aug 11, 2020 6:21:34 GMT
Watched JoJo Rabbit the other night. I'm not sure what the point of the film was supposed to be. Would've made an intriguing short film, but there wasn't enough story to sustain a 1:45ish runtime. The Hitler stuff was somewhat amusing, but I can't decide if the joke got tired or if there wasn't enough of it. I can understand why you wouldn't want too much focus on Hitler in a comedic setting, but that brings me back to my initial observation-- what was the point? To be zany but not too zany? The script, the way it was shot and edited, it really felt like Waititi was trying to make a darker Wes Anderson film. It's not the worst movie I've ever seen, it's just oddly generic, considering the concept. I didn't hate it, but I can't think of how to finish the sentence, "You should watch this movie if..." It tries to end on a high note, with the two main characters dancing in the street once their town has been liberated; are we supposed to forget he's now a homeless, parentless child who fifteen minutes of screen time ago found his mother's executed body in the town square? The film wants to play it down the middle and be this oddball comedy with heart, but it lacked in all categories. Which isn't to say it didn't have its moments. I enjoyed Sam Rockwell's character, as well as Jojo's friend from camp (honestly that kid stole the movie for me). Not enough to ever want to revisit the film, however. Probably my favorite moment from the film didn't actually occur on screen. My wife was multitasking on the internet while the movie was on in the background. At some point she looks up as Hitler is sitting at the kitchen table with JoJo and his mother. My wife says, "What's this guy's deal, why does he live with them? Is he the father?" This was a good 45 minutes into the film. I just laughed and told her she hadn't missed anything important. It's funny, I agree with most of what you said and yet I enjoyed it. I don't think it was Best Picture worthy (maybe we should get back to the whole five movies being up for Best Picture?) but I'd watch it again for the little bits that were eye catching and/or funny.
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Post by tristramshandy on Aug 11, 2020 6:28:20 GMT
Re-watched the Coen Brothers' version of True Grit (2010) tonight. It's the second Coen Brothers that I've rewatched since Coronavirus started. I went from a 6 to a 7 for Inside Llewyn Davis on the second watch and down from an 8 to a 7 for True Grit. Both to me are in the middle tier of Coen Brothers for me - - not the heights of Fargo/No Country for Old Men/A Serious Man/Barton Fink but not the depths of Hail Caesar/Intolerable Cruelty/Ladykillers. Still, I'll watch a middle tier Coen Brothers movie over most directors' best work.
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Post by sdm3 on Aug 11, 2020 7:50:51 GMT
Re-watched the Coen Brothers' version of True Grit (2010) tonight. It's the second Coen Brothers that I've rewatched since Coronavirus started. I went from a 6 to a 7 for Inside Llewyn Davis on the second watch and down from an 8 to a 7 for True Grit. Both to me are in the middle tier of Coen Brothers for me - - not the heights of Fargo/No Country for Old Men/A Serious Man/Barton Fink but not the depths of Hail Caesar/Intolerable Cruelty/Ladykillers. Still, I'll watch a middle tier Coen Brothers movie over most directors' best work. Miller’s Crossing has to be next, surely?
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Aug 11, 2020 11:51:59 GMT
I watched Speedy (1928) last night, a Harold Lloyd silent comedy. Great movie! Not only it's hilarious, but it is also a visual record of New York in the 1920s, which I thought was interesting. And for baseball fans, it has an appearance by Babe Ruth as himself. Rey Kahuka, I think it was you who mentioned watching a Harold Lloyd movie before. Have you seen this one?
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Aug 11, 2020 11:55:02 GMT
I watched Speedy (1928) last night, a Harold Lloyd silent comedy. Great movie! Not only it's hilarious, but it is also a visual record of New York in the 1920s, which I thought was interesting. And for baseball fans, it has an appearance by Babe Ruth as himself. Rey Kahuka , I think it was you who mentioned watching a Harold Lloyd movie before. Have you seen this one? Haven't seen it, I'll have to check it out. It really is amazing how well comedies from that era hold up.
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Post by tristramshandy on Aug 11, 2020 13:49:25 GMT
Re-watched the Coen Brothers' version of True Grit (2010) tonight. It's the second Coen Brothers that I've rewatched since Coronavirus started. I went from a 6 to a 7 for Inside Llewyn Davis on the second watch and down from an 8 to a 7 for True Grit. Both to me are in the middle tier of Coen Brothers for me - - not the heights of Fargo/No Country for Old Men/A Serious Man/Barton Fink but not the depths of Hail Caesar/Intolerable Cruelty/Ladykillers. Still, I'll watch a middle tier Coen Brothers movie over most directors' best work. Miller’s Crossing has to be next, surely? I was waiting for Treefrogs to say this. In the mix with Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, and Big Lebowski, personally.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Aug 11, 2020 16:13:01 GMT
I watched Speedy (1928) last night, a Harold Lloyd silent comedy. Great movie! Not only it's hilarious, but it is also a visual record of New York in the 1920s, which I thought was interesting. And for baseball fans, it has an appearance by Babe Ruth as himself. Rey Kahuka , I think it was you who mentioned watching a Harold Lloyd movie before. Have you seen this one? Haven't seen it, I'll have to check it out. It really is amazing how well comedies from that era hold up.
I am not entirely sure that a lot of millenials would agree with you, but I certainly do. I will take Harold Lloyd or Charles Chaplin or Buster Keaton or the Marx Brothers or a good screwball comedy over Adam Sandler any day!
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Post by Carl LaFong on Aug 11, 2020 16:26:47 GMT
Watched an absolute turd of a Brazilian film on MUBI called Seducao da Carne.
A woman chats to a mute parrot for 30 minutes then starts to have sex with a living slice of raw meat.
Dreadful stuff!
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Aug 11, 2020 16:41:24 GMT
Watched an absolute turd of a Brazilian film on MUBI called Seducao da Carne. A woman chats to a mute parrot for 30 minutes then starts to have sex with a living slice of raw meat. Dreadful stuff! Would've been better if she tried it the other way around!
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Post by Carl LaFong on Aug 11, 2020 16:42:36 GMT
Watched an absolute turd of a Brazilian film on MUBI called Seducao da Carne. A woman chats to a mute parrot for 30 minutes then starts to have sex with a living slice of raw meat. Dreadful stuff! Would've been better if she tried it the other way around! Well she did erotically suck the parrots tail feathers at one point! Probably covered in droppings!
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Aug 11, 2020 16:59:00 GMT
Watched an absolute turd of a Brazilian film on MUBI called Seducao da Carne. A woman chats to a mute parrot for 30 minutes then starts to have sex with a living slice of raw meat. Dreadful stuff! Here are two very good Brazilian movies that I've watched not long ago, to remove the bad taste from your eyeballs: The Invisible Life (A Vida Invisível de Eurídice Gusmão) (2019)
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Post by Carl LaFong on Aug 11, 2020 18:46:28 GMT
Watched an absolute turd of a Brazilian film on MUBI called Seducao da Carne. A woman chats to a mute parrot for 30 minutes then starts to have sex with a living slice of raw meat. Dreadful stuff! Here are two very good Brazilian movies that I've watched not long ago, to remove the bad taste from your eyeballs: The Invisible Life (A Vida Invisível de Eurídice Gusmão) (2019) Cheers. Probably not deviant enough for MUBI!
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Post by Carl LaFong on Aug 11, 2020 21:44:53 GMT
Got Amazon Prime free for a week. Ana de Armas double bill today:
Knives Out: 6.5/10. It was entertaining enough but I was expecting better.
Blade Runner 2049: half way through it. Ana is absolutely smoking in this. Decent enough so far.
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