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I'm an Ad Apologist myself; we need more slow action movies!

I'd need to rewatch it to reasonably track why anyone did anything beat-by-beat, but I thought Brad's whole thing was he'd set aside his emotional attachments to his dad to track the guy down, and for the first 3/4 or so of the movie was primarily motivated by his training and need to do a good job for his country, with his daddy issues clouding that motivation (either increasing it or decreasing it, I don't recall!), and then eventually throwing his mission out the window once faced with his daddy. The most profound emotional moment, for me, was the way his dad saw the universe as ultimately lonely and empty, and eschewed humanity out of despair; while Brad's reaction to that loneliness was to finally embrace human connection.
 
i watched l.a. confidential while on a recent flight, after i hadn't seen it in a really long time. that movie is pretty much perfect in every way and deserves the status of all-time classic. if somehow you have never seen it, you really should make a point to do so.
 
AndySlash said:
i watched l.a. confidential while on a recent flight, after i hadn't seen it in a really long time. that movie is pretty much perfect in every way and deserves the status of all-time classic. if somehow you have never seen it, you really should make a point to do so.
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Completely agree. Curtis Hanson was a top notch talent. Wonder Boys was an underrated gem; one of my all time faves.
 
The World of Wong Kar Wai Criterion Blu Ray box set (7 discs) is only $99.99 on Amazon. [For context, the Criterion website lists the suggested retail price as $199.99 but is offering a deal of $159.99.]

What's even weirder is that there is a random Amazon coupon that gets applied at checkout for another $20 off. So, after sales tax, it comes out to $84.09 (with free shipping) for me.

EDIT: Also, Target lists this set for $118.99, so even with the 3 for 2 deal and the cancellation trick, since they don't cancel any of the sales tax, it still comes out to like $94 for me after tax, so Amazon is still $10 cheaper.
 
Jackie, IMO is one of the best performances and biopics of the last decade and Spencer had a lot to live up to, but it damn near hits it. It all relies on Kristen Stewart's performance and she is incredible. Also Jonny Greenwood's score holy shit.
 
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TenderLovingKiller® said:
Heard about this on NPR Morning Edition…

I hope this ends up on a streaming service. It looks stellar.
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I watched this via a paid stream a while back and it's enjoyable but not great. It spends a lot of time telling Susanna's story which is interesting but not really what I was hoping for. It's worth watching if you're a fan of Guy, but there's still a good opportunity for someone to make a definitive Guy Clark documentary.
 
Because its just that time

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kvetcha said:
@Bull Shannon I'm not sure I've felt so quietly gutted by a cut to black since No Country for Old Men.
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TLJ nails that monologue. And the lost look on his face...oof.

It says too much about how online I am that I want someone to do one of those mashups where the Endgame audience is reacting to "on your left," but they're getting pumped during the dream monologue, then collectively lose their shit when he says "and then I woke up."
 
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TLJ nails that monologue. And the lost look on his face...oof.

It says too much about how online I am that I want someone to do one of those mashups where the Endgame audience is reacting to "on your left," but they're getting pumped during the dream monologue, then collectively lose their shit when he says "and then I woke up."
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That is among my favorite movie endings of all time, so I'm with you. I still remember how it felt to just sit in a dark theater afterward, marinating in it.
 
kvetcha said:
@Bull Shannon I'm not sure I've felt so quietly gutted by a cut to black since No Country for Old Men.
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I can also say that I don't think reading a book and watching its adaptation have ever felt so similar to me, and not in a "they kept the story exactly the same" way that too many people want in an adaptation, but that they really managed to bring the novel to life on the screen.
 
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