Movies

[Melt Face Molly Drop]

If this were happening in real life and people really were like this, we probably deserve it

But, like, climate change. Glaciers. Emissions. Nvm.

 

[gouis]

This!

i wasn’t a big fan of No Way Home. My problem with this film is that it relies on a premise established in a much better movie that had a sense of adventure. Also, Tom Holland’s Peter Parker has always bugged me. He’s jammed into the story to be the potential Stark heir and spends a good chunk of his time being really nice and really dumb. He’s likeable, I guess. But he never felt fully fleshed out despite two movies of his high school escapades (Far From Home is bad).

The best parts of No Way Home revolved around tired callbacks to better movies. How do you waste Alfred Molina?!

And the release date and the studio’s focus on picking up all the screening times at multiplexes killed Nightmare alley, West side story and Matrix Resurrections’ box office totals. Three of the best films of 2021 btw.

Hell yes let’s go.

 

[gouis]

Hey, umm, on an unrelated note... Don't Look Up was very bad and Adam McKay hasn't made a good movie since The Other Guys.

Ok, bye.

Glad to finally have my fellow snob back and not to feel like a mutated freak around here.

 

[David A.]

Glad to finally have my fellow snob back and not to feel like a mutated freak around here.

I just think satire is really hard and being adept at writing comedy doesn’t make you a good satirist.
It’s just a two hour long SNL sketch.

 

[mdmost]

They call me, MISTER TIBBS! Watched In The Heat Of The Night last night. RIP Sidney Poitier.

 

[kvetcha]

They call me, MISTER TIBBS! Watched In The Heat Of The Night last night. RIP Sidney Poitier.

So good!

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

So in Don’t Look Up you’re supposed to root for the comet, right?

It felt like an overly long, unsubtle episode of Black Mirror.

 

[JohnnyCashFan]

Sidney Poitier Tribute Night 2. Steiger is also brilliant as many of you know.

 

[ayayrawn]

Still a good handful more to watch, but Drive My Car is probably my favorite movie of 2021. Just fantastic.

 

[zomgbear]

But, like, climate change. Glaciers. Emissions. Nvm.

I mean... we probably do deserve it.

 

[gouis]

Still a good handful more to watch, but Drive My Car is probably my favorite movie of 2021. Just fantastic.

Easily

 

[siremobunny]

Still a good handful more to watch, but Drive My Car is probably my favorite movie of 2021. Just fantastic.

What's wild is that it's not even the best foreign film of 2021...y'all probably ain't seen Petite Maman yet. France sticky pudding'd up so hard not submitting it for Oscar consideration.

I loved both films, but I'll gladly take the 72 minute film that had just as much to say about grieving than the 3 hour film that did so while giving us like 45 minutes of table readings of Uncle Vanya.

gonna hide now, before you all kill me ;p

 

[ayayrawn]

What's wild is that it's not even the best foreign film of 2021...y'all probably ain't seen Petite Maman yet. France sticky pudding'd up so hard not submitting it for Oscar consideration.

I loved both films, but I'll gladly take the 72 minute film that had just as much to say about grieving than the 3 hour film that did so while giving us like 45 minutes of table readings of Uncle Vanya.

gonna hide now, before you all kill me ;p

Definitely more than a handful of foreign films I still need to see. I was lamenting earlier today about how hard it is to see these movies this year; Like 5 theaters showing Drive My Car, no distributor for Petite Maman (I think France was right in submitting Titane btw, that's sticking to your guns), no wide release for Parallel Mothers, super late season releases for Flee, and TWPitW.. it sucks these movies are so hard to see!!

Anyway, I loved the Uncle Vanya bits, and a good long slow burn. Made the final 20 or so minutes so much more heavy hitting IMO.

 

[siremobunny]

Definitely more than a handful of foreign films I still need to see. I was lamenting earlier today about how hard it is to see these movies this year; Like 5 theaters showing Drive My Car, no distributor for Petite Maman (I think France was right in submitting Titane btw, that's sticking to your guns), no wide release for Parallel Mothers, super late season releases for Flee, and TWPitW.. it sucks these movies are so hard to see!!

Anyway, I loved the Uncle Vanya bits, and a good long slow burn. Made the final 20 or so minutes so much more heavy hitting IMO.

Neon owns Petite Maman...it should be out this year sometime.

 

[mdmost]

Oldest kid wanted to watch The Shining last night. Still holds up. Is Dr Sleep any good?

 

[JohnnyCashFan]

Oldest kid wanted to watch The Shining last night.

Still scares the bejesus out of me!

 

[mdmost]

Yeah, she’s really into horror films so I’m trying to get her to go through more of the classics than all the gore porn movies that have recently come out. We’re going to watch Alien next. I also told her I’d like her to watch other Kubrick films like 2001 and eventually A Clockwork Orange.

 

[kvetcha]

Oldest kid wanted to watch The Shining last night. Still holds up. Is Dr Sleep any good?

I actually think Doctor Sleep is really good, but it has the difficult task of attempting to reconcile the differences between The Shining the film and The Shining the novel, which is a tall order. The Director’s Cut is the way to go.

Rebecca Ferguson MVP.

 

[gouis]

Oldest kid wanted to watch The Shining last night. Still holds up. Is Dr Sleep any good?

It's alright. Same with the book.

I watched the longer directors cut on HBO last year, which apparently is much better.

 

[JohnnyCashFan]

Sidney Poitier Tribute #3. This one finds Poitier supporting Newman very well (as he did in other movies with other stars) and a great cast performance. Pretty magical moment with Louis Armstrong & Ellington's Band in this one.