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CPL593H posted:I mean it's also just a boring movie where character development is almost non-existent and something about the pacing makes it seem like a Cliff Notes version of a larger and maybe even better story. Have you read the original short story?
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Yaws posted:I'm represented by Steve King and I hate that fucker with the heat of a thousand suns. I lived in Dubuque for eight years, and I spent every minute of his time in office hating every fiber of his being. I hear you.
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Taika Waititi's Boy is a perfect 90 minutes of film. Like pristine.
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bushisms.txt posted:Taika Waititi's Boy is a perfect 90 minutes of film. Like pristine. But how does it compare to Cam'Ron's Oh Boy ft Juelz Santana?
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I Before E posted:Personally, if I had to pick what I could consider "perfect" movies, I'd say off the top of my head: Agreed. I'd add... Amadeus The Blues Brothers The Passion of Joan of Arc A Hard Day's Night Dr. Strangelove I'm hesitant to add such a new movie, but Phantom Thread is still sticking around in my head. Samuel Clemens posted:How do you guys calibrate the picture on your TVs? So far, I've just been using the vanilla "film" setting, but I was wondering if it's worth making more granular adjustments. I use my Apple TV and iPhone with the THX Optimizer app. You can point the camera at the screen for adjustments that it shows live.
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Taika plays a pirate dad who moonlights as Michael Jackson in his son's dreams. The movie rips as the kids say.
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The Night of the Hunter is perfect. I know people like to rag on the over-explaining at the end, but I think Psycho is a perfect film.
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LesterGroans posted:The Night of the Hunter is perfect. Yeah, that's another one. I agree that the explanation at the end of Psycho is necessary because it's Hitchcock pulling the rug out one more time. You have this guy explaining exactly what happened, but it only makes it more horrifying.
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Timby posted:The post you quoted literally says "Crystal City, Virgina." Arlington’s really weird with geography. I could be wrong, but I think Crystal City is one of those ambiguous city-burb things like Rosslyn or Falls Church or Clarendon. All of that is still pretty much Virginia territory. I’ve lived here a year now and I still haven’t quite figured it out. X-Ray Pecs posted:Pentagon is in DC proper, but the CIA isn’t stationed there. Nah, Pentagon is in Arlington. Close enough that it doesn’t really matter, but still. Friends Are Evil fucked around with this message at 05:46 on Nov 4, 2018 |
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Friends Are Evil posted:Arlington’s really weird with geography. I could be wrong, but I think Crystal City is one of those ambiguous city-burb things like Rosslyn or Falls Church or Clarendon. All of that is still pretty much Virginia territory. It very much is. Arlington County is basically just a giant extension of DC, in large part due to the mass transit; Metro has very heavily connected bus and train lines. Baltimore to DC basically has the MARC light rail and an Amtrak every 30 minutes during mornings and evenings; I'd kill myself if I had to make that drive twice daily. But Arlington is the same kind of heavily concentrated area because something like a million people work in DC on a daily basis.
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I Before E posted:Have you read the original short story? I didn't even know it was an adaptation.
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CPL593H posted:I didn't even know it was an adaptation. The story is even more sparse on detail. The film consists of like 95% new material.
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Ghostbusters is a perfect movie. 40 Year Old Virgin is a perfect movie. Party Down is a perfect TV show.Yaws posted:I'm represented by Steve King and I hate that fucker with the heat of a thousand suns. go knock doors for Scholten! I would but I'm in eastern Iowa (i got a text asking if i want to canvass for Dave Loebsack but homie really doesn't need my help), but I donated a bunch of money (relative to how much money i have anyways) to him because he is basically the worst person in politics and that's a pretty remarkable achievement these days my grandparents who are pretty conservative (in a more libertarian way, they hate trump but also never vote for democrats) think he's a loving idiot and i'm holding onto hope until Tuesday night that JD can actually pull this off. he's peaking at the right time.
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CelticPredator posted:Alzheimer’s is the worst dude, don’t feel bad for the way you’re feeling. Try and do more streams or something creative that might take your mind off it a bit . Yeah I dunno, I think I've stretched avoidance as far as it's gonna go on this one. precision posted:Perfect movies? Henry Fool, the Royal Tenenbaums, Kurosawa's Dreams, Brokeback Mountain, Do the Right Thing, Dr. Strangelove, Closer, American Psycho, 24 Hour Party People, This is the End, Creed, Control, The Dark Knight, Zodiac, The Third Man, Ghostbusters If you asked anywhere but these forums Shawshank would be on that list. Is Die Hard a perfect movie? I know Mad Max Fury road is, but what about Die Hard? If Kevin Spacey wasn't a child rapist I'd probably nominate LA Confidential too.
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Lurdiak posted:If you asked anywhere but these forums Shawshank would be on that list. Yeah, Shawshank, Die Hard and LA Confidential would probably make my shortlist, but you raise an interesting question about the "perfect" criteria.
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I think a perfect movie has to be a movie where none of your enjoyment is ironic and there are no obvious flaws to point to. A film that is flawless in its execution but still has a distinct voice. Where no scene feels like it could be cut.
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Lurdiak posted:I think a perfect movie has to be a movie where none of your enjoyment is ironic and there are no obvious flaws to point to. A film that is flawless in its execution but still has a distinct voice. Where no scene feels like it could be cut. So New Jack City?
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Lurdiak posted:I think a perfect movie has to be a movie where none of your enjoyment is ironic and there are no obvious flaws to point to. A film that is flawless in its execution but still has a distinct voice. Where no scene feels like it could be cut.
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You are deliberately misrepresenting my position in order to expose me to ridicule.
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I Before E posted:Personally, if I had to pick what I could consider "perfect" movies, I'd say off the top of my head: A couple I think of as basically perfect: Raiders of the Lost Ark The Taking of Pelham One Two Three Sleuth
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And still no one said Blade Runner.
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Safety Factor posted:So... Miami Connection? he said non ironic
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banned from Starbucks posted:he said non ironic 
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There is one scene in Usual Suspects that sticks out badly for me so it can’t count. Seconding The Royal Tenenbaums, Third Man, LA Confidential There Will Be Blood The Man Who Wasn’t There Wonder Boys (amazing film that I don’t think has ever been mentioned here) Addams Family Values Paddington Toy Story 1-3 Oslo, August 31
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Lurdiak posted:I think a perfect movie has to be a movie where none of your enjoyment is ironic and there are no obvious flaws to point to. A film that is flawless in its execution but still has a distinct voice. Where no scene feels like it could be cut. Yeah, I love Conan - The Barbarian more than I love my sons but it's not quite a perfect movie. Same with pretty much all of my other favorite movies, they all have one flaw or the other, are too much a product of their time, too much nostalgia involved in judging them, and so on.
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So many of these are clearly y'all's favorite movies that also have tons of flaws. I mean come on, Ghostbusters? It's a fun flick, but it's a total mess that works despite itself. It's basically a series of wacky ghost-based sketches strung together by a weak story. Most of the sketches work like, ehem, gangbusters, but there's plenty in that movie that falls flat. e: I agree with a handful of these, though. And I'll second LA Confidential after rewatching it last night. Even with Kevin Spacey, since he plays such a scumbag that knows he's a bad person that it borders on deepening the material. It's like if they'd ended up casting OJ Simpson as the Terminator. feedmyleg fucked around with this message at 12:46 on Nov 4, 2018 |
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feedmyleg posted:So many of these are clearly y'all's favorite movies that also have tons of flaws. I mean come on, Ghostbusters? It's a fun flick, but it's a total mess that works despite itself. It's basically a series of wacky ghost-based sketches strung together by a weak story. Most of the sketches work like, ehem, gangbusters, but there's plenty in that movie that falls flat Your mother falls flat.
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Nov 4, 2018 12:56
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The Raid: Redemption is a flawless movie.
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In all seriousness, I consider Raiders of the Lost Ark and Jurassic Park to be "perfect" movies. The first Godfather, too, as well as Alien. All of them have some weird flaws that stick out a bit when you think of them (like the T-Rex's paddock suddenly becoming a huge cliff in Jurassic Park), but they're so well-made that when you're watching, it never comes to you because the movie is so engrossing.
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The perfect movie? Probably the scenes that play in my head while reading The Bible
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Any Time Bandits fans here? https://twitter.com/0tralala/status/1059027471239143424
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Eh. Put on a Secret of the Ooze t-shirt and then we're cookin'
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Lurdiak posted:You are deliberately misrepresenting my position in order to expose me to ridicule. I actually unironically agree with Miami connection guy (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST) (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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The perfect movie has got to be Alien right?
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Perfect movies for me would be Inglorious Basterds (I actually like Pulp Fiction more but the dns scene is hard to defend), Repulsion, Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Act of Killing, Dr Strangelove, Gremlins 2, Seven Samurai, Ikiru, Seventh Seal, Mad Max: Fury Road, Black Swan, The Maltese Falcon, Evil Dead 2 and Princess Mononoke
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Also dickeye the new rules tell me that I should remind you to not engage Lurdiak in any way please
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If we’re talking unironic appreciation and no scene needing to be cut, I’m gonna go with Premium Rush and Die Hard.
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CPL593H posted:And still no one said Blade Runner. Oh, good call. That'd make my list, though probably only the director's cut.
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It really says a lot that the only times The Simpsons is notable these days is when they're being especially terrible or when they get guest directors like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HyKtpRS7kR8
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axelblaze posted:Also dickeye the new rules tell me that I should remind you to not engage Lurdiak in any way please The new rules can suck my friend dickeyes rear end, they weren't trying to start poo poo for once (USER WAS BANNED FOR THIS POST)
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