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TenderLovingKiller® said:
The biggest bummer With the current state of movie making is there isn’t really a place for these type of “replacement level” comedies. If you make a small budget movie it better be critically acclaimed and be nominated for a bunch of awards. I think of all the 80s and 90s comedies they would show all the time on cable, movies like Tommy Boy or Farrelly Bros. Movies or early Sandler movies, they might still get made today but they end up trapped in the dust bins on Netflix algorithm, whereas back in the day a movie like Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery could burn through their initial theatrical release only to grow exponentially in popularity in the VHS Rental and Cable market. A great example is the John Hamm starting Confess, Fletch or Barb & Star Go To Vista Del Mar. both these movies woulda killed at Blockbuster and on Comedy Central but as thing sit now I doubt they will never achieve the kind of success they coulda garnered had they been made 25 years prior.
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I liked Confess, Fletch, but haven't seen Barb & Star. Is it worth a watch?
 
Hemotep said:
I liked Confess, Fletch, but haven't seen Barb & Star. Is it worth a watch?
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Do you like Billy Madison or Ace Ventura or Dumb and Dumber?

If the answer is that you find these movies to be hilariously dumb fun, then yes! It’s worth it.

If you think these movies are juvenile bullshit, then you might wanna steer clear.

I live completely in the former camp.
 
The coming of age aspect of The Fabelmans was pretty good. The rest is meh. Honestly, I’ll probably be disliked for this opinion, but I thought Michelle Williams was awful. Paul Dano wasn’t much better, nor was Seth Rogen.

The Banshees of Inisherin had a lot of the great balance between bleakness and humor and it worked super well. The dialogue is sharp, like in In Bruges. But I thought the subtext was super duh obvious so much so that it kinda took down my enjoyment of the movie as a whole.


I’m gonna watch Aftersun soon too. And I’m curious about Babylon but I guess that isn’t out for another week.
 
Finally made time for Deadstream on Shudder, and it's a blast! Snotty internet influencer gets their ghostly comeuppance. Really well put together, and puts fun first.

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Deadstream (2022)

A disgraced internet personality attempts to win back his followers by livestreaming one night alone in a haunted house. But when he accidentally pisses off a vengeful spirit, his big comeback event becomes a real-time fight for his life.
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EvanBenner said:
Finally made time for Deadstream on Shudder, and it's a blast! Snotty internet influencer gets their ghostly comeuppance. Really well put together, and puts fun first.

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Deadstream (2022)

A disgraced internet personality attempts to win back his followers by livestreaming one night alone in a haunted house. But when he accidentally pisses off a vengeful spirit, his big comeback event becomes a real-time fight for his life.
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I was really surprised at how well this one worked. It had some genuinely scary parts, a bit of comedy, some justice. Overall way better than the description made me think. Definitely agree that it was a blast to watch!
 
Hemotep said:
I was really surprised at how well this one worked. It had some genuinely scary parts, a bit of comedy, some justice. Overall way better than the description made me think. Definitely agree that it was a blast to watch!
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Yeah, as a big fan of found footage when done right (not very often sadly) this one was really fun.. I thought the main guy was going to infuriate me a few minutes into it and ruin any chance of me liking it but I was happy to be dead wrong and he walked that line very well.. Also, huge shout out to using all practical effects which is another way to quickly ruin a modern Horror movie for me.

On the subject of Horror!

Idk if Christmas, Bloody, Christmas has been mentioned in here yet but I just watched it a few nights ago and it was also just flat out fun and felt like so many of those lower budget 80's Horror films that didn't try to be more then they were.. When I first seen the cover with Santa's eyes green I was concerned there'd be cheap cgi used that brings down so many movies for me but thankfully like Deadstream it was practical effects for the most part as well! Far from a classic but outside of a few small issues I had it's one that will now by on my Christmas rotation going forward. The lighting was also very well done especially if you can watch it in 4k which really highlighted it all since it mostly takes place at night. It had Jeremy Gardner in it which usually always means the movie will at worst be interestingly weird, he's becoming one of my favorite current Horror regulars over the last decade.

As a bonus the main actress has quite a nice vinyl collection in it and we're treated to some brutal kills with the needle down!
 
I finally watched Licorice Pizza. I thought it was ok. The acting was mostly great and it had some great scenes in it. If i had to say something it would be it dragged in the middle. Also why is there so much running in this movie? Is it some joke i'm not getting?
PTA even spliced in the final scene with another scene of Alana running in the fields
 
avecigrec said:
zomgbear said:
Also why is there so much running in this movie? Is it some joke i'm not getting?
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It's what you might call a running joke.
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Finally got around to The Fabelmans. Late-era Spielberg hits so differently. Kinda hard to put my thoughts into words because it seemed shapeless yet entirely deliberate, sentimental yet self-incriminating, autobiographical yet fabricated.

Overall there’s a lot more there than “Spielberg divorce movie,” which is what I expected (not in a bad way).
 
Bull Shannon said:
I’m utterly in the pocket for Shyamalan:
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That is usually an overly complex pocket with lots of holes and loose threads.

M sure can make an effective trailer around a thought provoking premise. If I didn’t know he was attached I would probably want to check this out. Too bad I’ve been disappointed too many times to even consider giving it a go. His movies usually just make me angry for all the wrong reasons.
 
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hype said:
Idk if Christmas, Bloody, Christmas has been mentioned in here yet but I just watched it a few nights ago and it was also just flat out fun and felt like so many of those lower budget 80's Horror films that didn't try to be more then they were.. When I first seen the cover with Santa's eyes green I was concerned there'd be cheap cgi used that brings down so many movies for me but thankfully like Deadstream it was practical effects for the most part as well! Far from a classic but outside of a few small issues I had it's one that will now by on my Christmas rotation going forward. The lighting was also very well done especially if you can watch it in 4k which really highlighted it all since it mostly takes place at night. It had Jeremy Gardner in it which usually always means the movie will at worst be interestingly weird, he's becoming one of my favorite current Horror regulars over the last decade.

As a bonus the main actress has quite a nice vinyl collection in it and we're treated to some brutal kills with the needle down!
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We watched it last week, and I had fun with it! I love Begos's vampy/drug movie BLISS, so I was looking forward to this one. Can always count on him for gritty, saturated, post-punk sensibilities. Glad he got Deth Crux to do an original Christmas song for this movie and gave their album a cameo (they were heavily featured in the bar scene and on the soundtrack for BLISS).

CBC has a super simple premise and strong (overt) main characters which really carries the momentum forward. My only struggle was missed opportunities for depth—it's pretty shallow, but maybe that's the genius of it.
 
LeSamourai said:
I'll just say that I barely remember anything from having seen the first one in the theater, and I couldn't name a single character now, so I'm just completely uninterested. The first one was fine, but that's all I can say for it.

I hope it does well and the people who go have a good time.

Edit- Also, when I go see dumb popcorn movies, they need to be under 2 hours.
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The only character I remember was the 3D.

And, I feel like I need at least 2.5 hours to work my way through a “small” bag of popcorn. I’ve probably thrown away or given away or taken home more popcorn than I’ve actually eaten in a theater. I will order a junior/child’s size if they have it. Regal theaters have wayyyy too much salt, so I don’t even try to finish. AMC has good popcorn. Landmark is even better and seems the most natural. But Cinemark is probably my favorite.
 
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