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PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2021 9:48 am    Post subject:

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Red Notice IMHO was arguably the worst movie of 2021. but that's just me.

I like Ryan Reynolds.
The Rock is alright.
But Gal Gadot's acting, it's ... rough.

I like ryan. I wish he would get out of his shtick here and there.

The rock is eh .

Gal can not act

Red Notice was difficult to follow. The Rock was the Rock. Reynolds is kinda versatile in an odd way. I liked him in Hit Mans Body Guard. Gal gets by because she's a nice looking woman. 1 to 10 I give Red Notice 6-7.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2021 10:47 am    Post subject:

jodeke wrote:
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Red Notice IMHO was arguably the worst movie of 2021. but that's just me.

I like Ryan Reynolds.
The Rock is alright.
But Gal Gadot's acting, it's ... rough.

I like ryan. I wish he would get out of his shtick here and there.

The rock is eh .

Gal can not act

Red Notice was difficult to follow. The Rock was the Rock. Reynolds is kinda versatile in an odd way. I liked him in Hit Mans Body Guard. Gal gets by because she's a nice looking woman. 1 to 10 I give Red Notice 6-7.


Man, they try to be witty or cute or funny at every single line, got old quick but Gadot is a fine Gal
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2021 12:17 pm    Post subject:

governator wrote:
jodeke wrote:
Halflife wrote:
kikanga wrote:
Halflife wrote:
Red Notice IMHO was arguably the worst movie of 2021. but that's just me.

I like Ryan Reynolds.
The Rock is alright.
But Gal Gadot's acting, it's ... rough.

I like ryan. I wish he would get out of his shtick here and there.

The rock is eh .

Gal can not act

Red Notice was difficult to follow. The Rock was the Rock. Reynolds is kinda versatile in an odd way. I liked him in Hit Mans Body Guard. Gal gets by because she's a nice looking woman. 1 to 10 I give Red Notice 6-7.


Man, they try to be witty or cute or funny at every single line, got old quick but Gadot is a fine Gal

this was my big problem. Every line was a "one liner". Even stallone knows to spread them out.

Ryan can act, but using his deadpool delivery and style didn't work.
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 27, 2021 12:56 pm    Post subject:

Bamboozled. Written and Directed by Spike Lee. The movie wasn't well accepted. A $10 million dollar budget grossed $2.5 million.

The message was lost in characterization, the reason for the Black face. IMO the Black face was to educate not belittle. It didn't seem to resonate. 1 to 10 I give message 9. 1 to 10 on the movie I give 7.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 5:11 pm    Post subject:

Ryusuke Hamaguchi is THAT guy, working at a genius level over the past 6-7 years.

Drive My Car is still showing at the Landmark Nuart theater for the L.A. peeps.
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 28, 2021 5:16 pm    Post subject:

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Bamboozled. Written and Directed by Spike Lee. The movie wasn't well accepted. A $10 million dollar budget grossed $2.5 million.

The message was lost in characterization, the reason for the Black face. IMO the Black face was to educate not belittle. It didn't seem to resonate. 1 to 10 I give message 9. 1 to 10 on the movie I give 7.

The ending montage makes me tear up every time, and it's one of the prickliest movies Lee has ever made. I'm still not nostalgic for early digital video, but Spike uses it well enough to ugly up the slick Hollywood machine and make minstrelsy both as familiar as a home movie and alien. I agree with you, a better message than overall film, it's still an absolute must watch, imo.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:27 pm    Post subject:

Saw The Master w/ Phx, PS Hoffman, Amy A. A little longwinded, but Joaquin is always interesting. A true chameleon like Gary Oldman and DDL. I then rewatched Her a few days later, hadn't seen it in a few years. Great concept, Phx can do the bone weary Tree's Lounge Buscemi stuff or be a menacing physical presence, but he always retains weirdness a la Crispin Glover, which is admirable.
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 3:35 pm    Post subject:

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Someone is having a bit of cheeky fun with Alfonso Arau's Wikipedia page:
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Among a plethora of roles in his career, Arau played "Captain Herrera", a lieutenant of Federal general "Mapache", in Sam Peckinpah's 1969 western The Wild Bunch, chief bandit "El Guapo" in Three Amigos (USA, 1986), a comedy with Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Chevy Chase, shady businessman Manuel in the comedy Used Cars (USA, 1980), and the smuggler "Juan" in Romancing the Stone (USA, 1984) starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.

Anyway, dude was great as El Guapo.


He was IN famous. That means MORE than famous. That was one of a plethora of 80s flicks I saw that at the movies, crowdpleaser.
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Someone is having a bit of cheeky fun with Alfonso Arau's Wikipedia page:
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Among a plethora of roles in his career, Arau played "Captain Herrera", a lieutenant of Federal general "Mapache", in Sam Peckinpah's 1969 western The Wild Bunch, chief bandit "El Guapo" in Three Amigos (USA, 1986), a comedy with Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Chevy Chase, shady businessman Manuel in the comedy Used Cars (USA, 1980), and the smuggler "Juan" in Romancing the Stone (USA, 1984) starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.

Anyway, dude was great as El Guapo.


He was IN famous. That means MORE than famous. That was one of a plethora of 80s flicks I saw that at the movies, crowdpleaser.

Could it be, npz, that you are angry at something else and taking it out on me? Could it be because you're turning 40 today?
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2021 6:44 pm    Post subject:

Someone earlier in this thread aired their disappointment with Belfast, and I understand why.

It's pure form in search of content. A thin Oscar bait premise and plot with an avante garde visual aesthetic that never fully match. I appreciate Branaugh taking a big swing, but he strikes out here even as I admire his artistic ego. It's almost unwatchable as a whole movie, but specific shots and sequences should be taught in film school.

Anyway, it reminded me of The Long Day Closes, a true masterpiece. Rewatching that great movie after Belfast, I was struck again about how most movies these days are fake nonsense that don't function as either art or entertainment, but we settle for it because it's there.
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2021 8:38 pm    Post subject:

I'm not a coastal elite like most of the LG.com commentariat, so I haven't seen Licorice Pizza yet, but Alana Haim starriing in a movie reminds me of Les Blanks' wonderful short Gap-toothed Women.
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 3:41 am    Post subject:

Baron Von Humongous wrote:
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Baron Von Humongous wrote:
Someone is having a bit of cheeky fun with Alfonso Arau's Wikipedia page:
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Among a plethora of roles in his career, Arau played "Captain Herrera", a lieutenant of Federal general "Mapache", in Sam Peckinpah's 1969 western The Wild Bunch, chief bandit "El Guapo" in Three Amigos (USA, 1986), a comedy with Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Chevy Chase, shady businessman Manuel in the comedy Used Cars (USA, 1980), and the smuggler "Juan" in Romancing the Stone (USA, 1984) starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.

Anyway, dude was great as El Guapo.


He was IN famous. That means MORE than famous. That was one of a plethora of 80s flicks I saw that at the movies, crowdpleaser.

Could it be, npz, that you are angry at something else and taking it out on me? Could it be because you're turning 40 today?


El Jefe was Sweetpea "De La Serra" in An Officer And A Gent. Found that out not long ago. Never knewed. I like when El Guapo's men all bashfully go Awww when he sees the sweater.


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PostPosted: Mon Dec 06, 2021 7:33 pm    Post subject:

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Baron Von Humongous wrote:
Someone is having a bit of cheeky fun with Alfonso Arau's Wikipedia page:
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Among a plethora of roles in his career, Arau played "Captain Herrera", a lieutenant of Federal general "Mapache", in Sam Peckinpah's 1969 western The Wild Bunch, chief bandit "El Guapo" in Three Amigos (USA, 1986), a comedy with Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Chevy Chase, shady businessman Manuel in the comedy Used Cars (USA, 1980), and the smuggler "Juan" in Romancing the Stone (USA, 1984) starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.

Anyway, dude was great as El Guapo.


He was IN famous. That means MORE than famous. That was one of a plethora of 80s flicks I saw that at the movies, crowdpleaser.


Actually, infamous just means notoriously evil.
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Baron Von Humongous wrote:
non-player zealot wrote:
Baron Von Humongous wrote:
Someone is having a bit of cheeky fun with Alfonso Arau's Wikipedia page:
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Among a plethora of roles in his career, Arau played "Captain Herrera", a lieutenant of Federal general "Mapache", in Sam Peckinpah's 1969 western The Wild Bunch, chief bandit "El Guapo" in Three Amigos (USA, 1986), a comedy with Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Chevy Chase, shady businessman Manuel in the comedy Used Cars (USA, 1980), and the smuggler "Juan" in Romancing the Stone (USA, 1984) starring Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.

Anyway, dude was great as El Guapo.


He was IN famous. That means MORE than famous. That was one of a plethora of 80s flicks I saw that at the movies, crowdpleaser.

Could it be, npz, that you are angry at something else and taking it out on me? Could it be because you're turning 40 today?


El Jefe was Sweetpea "De La Serra" in An Officer And A Gent. Found that out not long ago. Never knewed. I like when El Guapo's men all bashfully go Awww when he sees the sweater.


God, what a lovely, ridiculous melodrama in An Officer and a Gent. It really is a camp classic. Can't believe it was treated as straight, po-faced drama back in the day. The Simpsons clearly got how silly and fun it was back in season four.

FYI: El Jefe also directed Like Water for Chocolate, which was briefly a mini-trend in the early '90s, if I remember correctly. Also not a bad flick. A versatile talent, Mr. Arau.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 12:55 am    Post subject:

Judgment Night: one of the best dumb fun movies about white yuppie fear over the inner city. Even beyond its iconic rap rock soundtrack, I'm reminded of how charismatic Dennis Miller was as a movie star back when he cared. This performance and also him in The Ref (a great Christmas movie) is a pleasant/painful reminder of what he could've been as a full-time screen presence.

Rather than rip off better stand-ups, he could've been one of the great, charismatic character villains of the '90s and '00s. A true loss.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 1:02 am    Post subject:

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Judgment Night: one of the best dumb fun movies about white yuppie fear over the inner city. Even beyond its iconic rap rock soundtrack, I'm reminded of how charismatic Dennis Miller was as a movie star back when he cared. This performance and also him in The Ref (a great Christmas movie) is a pleasant/painful reminder of what he could've been as a full-time screen presence.

Rather than rip off better stand-ups, he could've been one of the great, charismatic character villains of the '90s and '00s. A true loss.


He did a spot on impersonation of Dennis Leary in Judgment Night.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 1:03 am    Post subject:

I think you hear me knocking.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 9:33 am    Post subject:

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Emilio didn't play a good Martin Sheen. Ever.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 07, 2021 3:23 pm    Post subject:

Netflix

Bruised Story about a female MMA fighter reconnecting with a child she left long ago. Starring and directed by Halle Berry. Tear jerking climax.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 6:02 am    Post subject:

Rewatched The Place Beyond The Pines, been a couple yrs. One of the most 50/50 movies of recent memory, Full Metal Jacket ain't even close. Gosling top notch, very less is more. Uses straight-faced, nonverbal pauses and looks/stares to good effect. Seems to be one of his sensibilities, also evident in La La Land. Doesn't try to effect a brooding quality with those kind of roles, which would possibly be the inclination of an over-actor. His bank robbing partner was an excellent cast, looked and sounded pure white trash.


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PostPosted: Wed Dec 08, 2021 12:03 pm    Post subject:

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I'm not a coastal elite like most of the LG.com commentariat, so I haven't seen Licorice Pizza yet, but Alana Haim starriing in a movie reminds me of Les Blanks' wonderful short Gap-toothed Women.


(bleep) me. I double booked a showing of Drive My Car and Licorice Pizza this Saturday. Thankfully Drive My Car is still playing Sunday.

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Rewatched The Place Beyond The Pines, been a couple yrs. One of the most 50/50 movies of recent memory, Full Metal Jacket ain't even close. Gosling top notch, very less is more. Uses straight-faced, nonverbal pauses and looks/stares to good effect. Seems to be one of his sensibilities, also evident in La La Land. Doesn't try to effect a brooding quality with those kind of roles, which would possibly be the inclination of an over-actor. His bank robbing partner was an excellent cast, looked and sounded pure white trash.



What is a 50/50 movie and how does that tie into Full Metal Jacket? Do you mean like: the first half of the movie is 'movie one' and the second half of the movie is 'movie two'?
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Lovecraft, whose fiction was flavored by quack-scientific racialism and who died in penury with a bellyful of potted meat, is a crucial artist, and dear, sweet, perfectly progressive Guillermo del Toro, who has repeatedly announced his intention to film Lovecraft’s At the Mountains of Madness and will expire well-fed, filthy rich, and surrounded by memorabilia, is no kind of an artist at all.


Nightmare Alley looks like (bleep).
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Rewatched The Place Beyond The Pines, been a couple yrs. One of the most 50/50 movies of recent memory, Full Metal Jacket ain't even close. Gosling top notch, very less is more. Uses straight-faced, nonverbal pauses and looks/stares to good effect. Seems to be one of his sensibilities, also evident in La La Land. Doesn't try to effect a brooding quality with those kind of roles, which would possibly be the inclination of an over-actor. His bank robbing partner was an excellent cast, looked and sounded pure white trash.



What is a 50/50 movie and how does that tie into Full Metal Jacket? Do you mean like: the first half of the movie is 'movie one' and the second half of the movie is 'movie two'?


I just mean half great and half meh. I like the 2nd half of FMJ, but it's kind of a posterchild to many for a movie that deflates after the prostitute scene. Not me, but I've read such comments at imdb/YT/etc over the yrs. Ermey was hard act to follow, admittedly.
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