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Philthy posted:Episode 9 of Wu-Tang An American Saga dropped on Hulu today. Is this showtime thing? If not does anyone know how to watch it in Canada?
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Marmaduke! posted:I watched The King today, and I really wonder when films like this rip off big recent hits so blatantly, is it intentional or do they just not realise it? The film reprises GoT's Battle of the Bastards at times shot-for-shot, and even has a dodgy advisor with a dodgier Littlefinger-style wavering accent. Is this a preview of things to come - will a scene of valiant soldiers flailing in the mud be in every medieval battle for the next few years? Not that it was a bad movie (though I assumed it was a series when I loaded it up). I have not seen the king so you may be completely right but the accusation that an adaptation of Henry V is a ripoff of game of thrones is just incredibly 2019
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Big Mean Jerk posted:I used to feel this way but lately I prefer weekly releases 1) because it makes me more excited for each episode since I’m not blowing through all of them in one go, 2) each episode becomes more memorable, again, because I’m not watching them all in one or two unbroken marathons, and 3) weekly releases are more conducive for in-depth discussion. Other than point 3 you could have all of this with just a little bit of self control. The Mandalorian is four hours of content stretched out over 2 months so that you can’t watch it all and cancel your subscription. I look forward to when disney releases Star Wars episode X in fifteen minute increments over a year so that it can “foster in-depth discussion”.
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Nov 27, 2019 13:35
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Thinking of asking my book store to only sell me novels in one-chapter increments so I don’t get ahead of my boys in the book club
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TychoCelchuuu posted:Many beloved novels were originally released a chapter at a time in newspapers or magazines. I can understand preferring to have the whole book (or TV series) at once, but the idea that this is some sort of ludicrous model that Disney thought up to gently caress people over even though everyone hates it is kind of silly. Yeah that’s not even remotely what I said though. It’s totally normal for companies to release stuff this way. What’s ludicrous is to actually want it as a consumer because it is objectively worse. No well adjusted human wanted to pay for a tale of two cities over 31 weeks instead of buying the novel at once and reading it at their own pace. There are also cases where it’s necessary to release in instalments because a project is incomplete and you’re releasing as you go. But wanting companies to release content that’s already finished Iike some kind of diamond cartel is basically asking to be ripped off.
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Nov 27, 2019 14:15
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Maxwell Lord posted:I mean what makes the Irishman interesting to me is that alongside the personal tragedy, you have the tragedy of the American labor movement getting undone by a bunch of greedy assholes who were more interested in enriching themselves- and how Hoffa, while certainly corrupted to some extent, was basically killed for not being corrupt enough. Yeah and most of the people involved in his murder (as portrayed in the movie) ended up dying just a few years later anyway. Which reminds me of another way the movie distinguished itself from other mob movies: the onscreen text telling you about character’s deaths instead of the usual murder montage.
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Dec 2, 2019 15:27
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There’s also no money counting scene or anything, like it’s the least gratuitous mob movie I’ve ever seen. It’s like if your grandpa had to clean blood all the time and also your whole family hates him. I guess Scorsese just comes with too much baggage for some people.
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Dec 8, 2019 18:57
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Hold the Dark seemed very uncharacteristic for both writer and director. Saulnier’s other movies and Macon Blair’s other scripts have varying amounts of dark humour, but hold the dark took itself very seriously and it came across as ridiculous.
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Jan 20, 2020 04:57
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I loved patriot but I really could’ve done without the closeups of gross micropenii in season 2
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Jan 22, 2020 05:57
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Your mom likes the Witcher cuz it’s a cheesy romance with Henry Cavill, the same way that a lot of people started watching Game of Thrones because of the the Khal Drogo scenes. You’re both right in a way.
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Jan 22, 2020 06:28
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has anyone watched the goop lab
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Jan 24, 2020 22:23
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Feb 27, 2020 02:33
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Martman posted:that classic Robert Redford nod I had no idea all this time.
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Mar 24, 2020 02:35
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The Good Place has that cheesy network TV look and script whereas Russian Doll feels like a long movie. They’re not comparable in terms of quality.
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Mar 31, 2020 18:14
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Midgetskydiver posted:I think Ozark finally broke me. Not sure why, but when Laura linney broke into that family's/ their old home and hosed with their stuff before leaving, it was just so casually and pointlessly evil. Purposefully taking away those kids' sense of security purely for pleasure, I mean, I know they've done hosed up things but something about that just totally killed my interest in the show. Personally I thought the ozark scene where they (s2 spoiler) murder a priest in front of his newborn child was a little worse than when Wendy taught a sheltered rich family a valuable lesson about the importance of changing your locks when you buy a new house.
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Apr 11, 2020 04:01
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punk rebel ecks posted:So according to ResetEra, Carole Baskin from Tiger King is near completely innocent and had her portrayal manipulated by the director. And the only reason people don't see it, is because of sexism. Is there any accuracy to this? She’s a crazy rear end bitch op and I knew it when she admitted to painting that vase, but given how bad everyone in the doc is there’s a good chance her husband deserved it
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Apr 11, 2020 22:06
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Imagine defending a racist, murdererous, charity scamming, serial domestic abuser millionaire who uses unpaid child labour to run her animal death camps
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Apr 11, 2020 22:58
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GoutPatrol posted:I'm watching Da 5 Bloods right now. I know it's getting alot of praise now but I would probably put it in the bottom half of Spike Lee's stuff. And I am a big Miracle at St. Anna fan. drat I actually just finished it and I loved it, I think it might be one of my favourite Spike Lee movies along with Do the right thing, Clockers (underrated), and 25th hour. I felt like Blackkklansman was an incredibly safe and completely uninteresting movie, even ignoring the issues with the veracity of the source material. I thought 5 bloods was much more ambitious and took a lot more risk, although I can understand how some people cringe at the Trump references. Unlike Blackkklansman though, the contemporary political references don't feel like pandering and are all true to character. I was really not ready for (mild spoiler) the level of violence in this movie though. I understand what they were going for with the lingering photo of the My Lei child, but I really did not want to see that in HD, in the context of this movie, and I feel like images of real-world violence should be off-limits for directors. I even think I've seen it before in documentaries or whatever but it just felt wrong in this context. Other than that though I thought it was a great movie and I think I'll be digesting it for a while.
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I just rewatched Sicario because of the dune trailer and the fact there were no other Villeneuve movies on Netflix Canada. It’s even better than I remember and possibly the best movie about the CIA ever made. Ben Affleck and John Krasinski can eat my rear end. Edit: I mean lmao come on this owns: https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol-60-no-2/sicario.html Starks fucked around with this message at 01:17 on Sep 12, 2020 |
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Sep 12, 2020 00:55
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ruddiger posted:lol at the reviewer telling the reader to put aside any kind of criticisms they have about the cia and enjoy the review, and then the only part of the “review” that wasn’t just a barebones summary was the reviewer crying about the how the cia were depicted (which is like three sentences out of the whole thing). Yeah “it does not claim to be ‘inspired by real events’ and there is therefore no need to compare the filmmaker’s vision with reality” is one of the saltiest things I’ve read in a movie review lol It also completely misinterprets one of the major “plot holes”- Alejandro follows Diaz to get inside the compound, not because he doesn’t know the location. Starks fucked around with this message at 06:26 on Sep 12, 2020 |
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Sep 12, 2020 05:44
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I don’t really think it’s hard to sympathize with people who were brainwashed, branded and forced into sexual slavery, regardless of how dumb you think they are. I do agree that many of the people interviewed are perpetrators portrayed as victims, especially the mark guy. Even when he’s owning up to what he did it comes across as insincere and almost like he’s winking at the camera. Gives off a very creepy vibe
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Sep 24, 2020 05:07
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Fallom posted:I think this series and Hereditary are some of the only shows/movies I’ve seen that explored grief in a way that felt genuinely powerful and horrifying and not just with lame metaphors. Speaking of this I watched Nightingale blind last night because I saw it on Shudder. It's not a horror movie at all and I really should have read about it before watching. I thought it was a really good movie but gently caress I needed a hug after that.
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Oct 5, 2020 22:00
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C2C - 2.0 posted:Watched BoB this morning. Didn’t hold my interest for even 15 minutes. Wait poo poo I’ve heard a lot about this series and didn’t realize this is the book it’s based on. I guess I have to watch it now because I loved that book, although my expectations will be low based on this thread. I really hope they do the Monsters of Heaven story justice.
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Oct 8, 2020 05:20
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Shudder is an underrated service. Nightingale, Tigers Are Not Afraid, The Beach House, and La Llorona are all better than any movies Netflix has put out the past two years. Is there a shudder thread somewhere on here?
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Oct 13, 2020 03:39
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Bly is better than Hill House imo. They’re both family dramas/mysteries with ghost story framing but Bly actually has the acting to pull it off. Even the returning actors are better: The ET guy was a low point of hill house for me but he kills it in Bly (and Doctor Sleep, as an aside).
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Oct 13, 2020 04:16
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Nihonniboku posted:I got to the penultimate episode of Bly Manor last night, and I realized that I just couldn't do it anymore. I stopped watching halfway through the episode and I think I'm done with the show. I'm so bored out of my mind with this show, just as I was with Hill House. Everyone keeps talking about how much they love these two seasons, and I wanted to like it, I really did. I thought Bly Manor was pretty good but it is not scary at all, it's more like Crimson Peak in that regard. I understand how it's not for everyone and that many people might find it boring but calling it "misery porn" is pretty mind-boggling, especially if you didn't make it to the end (though I found the ending pretty hopeful in contrast to most people apparently). I thought that playing up the kids being precocious and giving them an in-universe reason for it was very funny. Although I thought the season finale's story was the most interesting in the whole series and I kind of wish the show was more about that. Overall it was a solid 8 for me.
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Oct 17, 2020 00:51
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WeedlordGoku69 posted:Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised to see the major content creators just avoid sci-fi entirely for the large part going forwards. It seems like a very high-risk, low-reward genre where the best reaction a show will reasonably get is "it's fine, I guess" and at worst it will actively, seriously damage your entire platform's PR because of how bad it is. It’s substantially higher risk when you throw money to get an uncharismatic academy award winner as your lead for an extremely dry, hard sci fi that everyone feels like they’ve already seen. I think people are burnt out by that subgenre of sci fi in general. There’s a reason ad astra bombed. Meanwhile The Expanse and Mandalorian are both hits. Raised by Wolves was renewed as well. Starks fucked around with this message at 19:42 on Oct 20, 2020 |
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BaldDwarfOnPCP posted:Yeah the whole premise is this is real people who got punk’d with not much effort I dunno it feels like there are way more people who are in on the joke and just playing along, especially when he’s just borat. And it’s still funny. Like the lady in the dress store or the lipstick guy. It paces out the actual pranks pretty well which I find a little hard to watch sometimes.
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Oct 23, 2020 05:11
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Shageletic posted:I hear they turned Hoffman into a liberal. They turned everyone into a liberal lol, even the prosecutor and the judge who was an even bigger piece of poo poo irl. Taken on its own, as a movie I thought it was pretty good. Sorkin is maybe a better director than he is a writer, and the characters are fun to watch. The acting is excellent, especially SBC, Jeremy Strong, and Sir Mark Rylance. But as an account of real events, it’s a travesty, and it’s impressive how he accomplished that with mostly small changes. Starks fucked around with this message at 18:49 on Oct 24, 2020 |
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Oct 24, 2020 18:47
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Perestroika posted:Just watched His House on Netflix as a horror treat on Halloween. Excellent stuff, properly creepy and very well-paced. Perhaps most importantly, it manages to land with a really satisfying conclusion, which imo is somewhat of a rarity for the genre. Very good movie with a terrible name. I thought it was a Run DMC documentary the first time I heard it.
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Oct 31, 2020 23:59
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I feel real stupid what’s the deal with hillbilly elegy. Never heard of the original.
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God Hole posted:yale lawyer-cum-venture capitalist from like cincinatti or something wrote a book about white trash rural Appalachia life right after the 2016 election. got on a lot of best sellers lists because of perfect timing and a lot of people who needed to believe rural whites were simply lost, vindictive, alcoholic, racist deadbeats. I see. I thought it was based on old movie for some reason. Sounds bad and looks stupid
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Nov 27, 2020 05:00
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Hopefully Netflix gets some of these movies in Canada because our hbo provider sucks and I don’t wanna watch the sopranos movie in 720p 6 months after all the Americans do
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Dec 3, 2020 21:44
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mistermojo posted:Small Axe is so good its crazy. It looks absolutely beautiful too. I thought the first one was very slow and a lot of the accents are bad. But the direction was great and I was planning to give it another go once all of them came out because I’m a big Sir Steve McQueen fan. Still, a movie miniseries? What a madman.
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Dec 21, 2020 22:06
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I'm so tired of characters having full on conversations with hallucinated dead characters. It's played out and it's stupid when the ghost gives them new information. Leftovers did it well but in poo poo like Daredevil S3, Flight Attendant, the new star wars movies, Dexter, etc, it comes across as incredibly lazy.
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Dec 29, 2020 22:25
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Simone Magus posted:I wasn't born with a penis nor do I identify strictly as male but posting with only slightly flippant sincerity that an entire gender is Bad Actually is Bad, Actually The worst part of that original post is that it’s not really an accurate description of the show at all and I was very confused when I read it
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Dec 30, 2020 00:39
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codo27 posted:How in the gently caress am I gonna see Mortal Kombat in Canada? I've read they will be coming to Crave "after they hit theatres" but thats horse poo poo. I want day one. Its the most frustrating when you're willing to pay for something and just cant have it because you're more northern than someone else. They said the same thing with WW84 but you'll probably be able to rent it digitally.
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Mar 24, 2021 18:18
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I liked Mackie in the movie where Ryan gosling is a crack smoking elementary teacher. He was terrible as 2pac in the biggie movie though, didn’t even try to sound like him. Those are the only 2 movies I’ve seen him in outside of marvel.
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City on a hill went all out on being "the Wire but in Boston", unfortunately the result is just a pale imitation. They even had Rawls and Judge Phelan's actors playing the exact same roles, and had the same style of season ending montage. Really did not do it for me though. All the interesting sub plots went no where or were a setup for next season, and all the interesting characters get too little screen time in favour of scenes of family melodrama. Kevin Bacon is really good in it though - almost to the point of making it worth watching. But not quite.
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Macdeo Lurjtux posted:I know some people were leery about the producers saying they lightened Sweet Tooth up a little but the first episode was pretty strong and didn't shy away from some of the dark tones of the early books. I felt differently 2 eps in, I thought it was way less bleak than the books but IMO it's a good thing. I don't think anyone wants a grimdark show about a global pandemic right now, and I think they hit a really nice balance in the show. I'm glad they cut out the prostitution ring for example, that would not go over well today.
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