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    Look, we are all pretty defensive about our Mexican directors. Don't poke the bear.
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    Borges and Garcia Marquez would love Pan's Labyrinth. And Garcia Marquez would be the first to say that Pan isn't magical realism. As long as your ignoring recs, you should see Inarritu's Amores Perros as well.
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    Well, if you're forced to watch another, maybe it should be the Devil's Backbone, which may be a bit more straightforward. I don't remember it, other than I think I liked it, and the reviews make it look like it may not insist upon itself as much as Shape and Pan. Final caveat. I don't root for Mexico to beat the US in soccer, but I root for Mexican directors to win movie awards. I'm pretty forgiving of movies by Mexicans.
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    October: 10 Days that Shook the World (1927) Pretty appropriate for these days. Some beautiful shots. Early, Potomkin-ish Eisenstein. The horse on the bridge scene was crazy. Were people more interesting looking back then, or does bad dental hygiene render interesting faces? Man had the hair.
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    Don't be an ass, man. Westlake is brutalizing them.
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    kinda like Jake Spoon getting caught up with the man burners.
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    I was kind of taken in by the Spanish Civil War angle as well as the links to "Spirit of the Beehive". With those backdrops I kind of gave in to the fantasy aspects of the film (child's perspective) and just though he took a risk and it worked perfectly. The "not out of 2nd gear" is an interesting take -- it certainly didn't have a big ending and that is part of why I liked it. I didn't see it at all as half baked - I think Del Toro baked it just as much as he wanted.
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    I really had trouble with these movies, but for some reason even though I didn't get it, I really liked l'ecclise. Maybe it was the Alain Delon added cool. The visuals, especially one scene near the end were very striking.
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    I think you underrate both Pan's Labyrinth and a Serious Man pretty significantly, especially Pan's. I wasn't a huge fan of Shape of Water, but mostly because it didn't come close to doing what Pan's Labyrinth did.
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    It's no L'ecclise, but okay
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    How I picture your mom:
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    I guess all of us pussies need to take the loss of Sam.
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    I think because people are lazy and stupid. (Not targeting OP, I guess it is closer to Bond than Memento).
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    Pretty damn great. One of the advantages of never giving much of a damn about plot is that when someone is throwing something at you that is confusing, such as Nolan always does, I just give in and accept it. This movie clarified for me why I'm not necessarily a fan of the kinds of standard issue fight scenes of the past few decades. These at least had something interesting to think about/look at. I looked over Nolan's list of films and although based on the reviews I'm in the minority, I'm liking his newer stuff. His last three (this, Dunkirk and Interstellar) have a particular tone and rhythm that to me is just perfect. (From the first moment this was a Nolan movie, and not a "Bond movie". Which for me was good because I hate Bond movies.)
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    (Even though we just won.)
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    I guess no one really took to my "Fire Joe Biden" thread...
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    Would open shipley's box to see if there was a cinnamon twist....
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    Or Henry B. Gonzalez.
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    That's what she said.
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    I realize I'm prob. the oldest guy on this board, but "cosplaying" is just a shitty word. I'm not sure why, but it makes me grouchy. Maybe if I had done all the Dungeons and Dragons stuff that you guys did in the day, or played quiddich, I might abide it. Ranks down there with "moist" and "inquinal".
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    Reading the new James Baker biography now and in a weird way it's making me understand McConnell a lot more. Sometimes it takes you a while to realize you are dealing with a political cyborg, not a normal human.
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    I doubt there is much of a comparison but maybe there is a slight one. Back in the 70s they changed the Stanford mascot from Indian to ... well, nothing. Back then I think they probably did a sad imitation of maybe what Florida State did. A native american in a full headdress would ride in on a horse and everyone would cheer. After they did away with the mascot, in the 80s at homecoming, they would bring a guy in full headgear to ride into the stadium. The alumni would cheer, and the student section would boo (and maybe launch some water balloons) at the rider and horse, and then he'd ride off. It may have been one game or a few, I don't know. I had to feign disinterest. So maybe they still play it and the students who don't like it murmur loudly in disaffected protest? And that's all I have to say about this.

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