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The Original Greaser Bob

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  1. 22 minutes ago, immamac said:

    How else are we going to push harder? Shooting at them? That gets us into a war. We are putting BILLIONS worth of weapons in their hands fast as hell and we are providing all kinds of intelligence. What else do you want America to do? Invade Russia? 

    Agree that much of the work is going to be clandestine, so very well understand the argument that "we are doing all we can".  At this early stage I'm just not convinced that we are doing everything we can short of no fly and no troops. 

    Multiply what we are doing by two or three. Make it clear that we are going to replenish the stockpiles of any ally providing tactical arms to Ukraine.  Replenish the aircraft that the allies will be providing.

    In short, do everything we can to kill Russian invaders short of pulling the trigger.

    I'm open to any link that says we're tapped out and Ukraine says they don't need anything else.

  2. 1 hour ago, F250 said:

    It sounds like she is either implying that the U.S. and the West isn't helping Ukraine or dancing around a call for direct confrontation with Russia.

    I think she's calling for us to get some balls and push on Putin a bit because the situation is not going to get better than it is now and we have lots to gain now, when we have the world (minus  China and North Korea and the GOP) behind us.

  3. Anyone with any suggested charities?  I just finished reading Doing Good Better so now I am all getting tied in knots on GiveWell and Charity Watch trying to find the best charities  (Give Well always tends to argue you should just give your money for mosquito netting.)

    Anyway, seems like Docs Without Borders and Direct Relief might be good choices.

  4. 5 hours ago, WBT said:

    Loved Breathless.  Haven't seen any of the others although I need to.

    Did anyone watch the biopic that Amazon put out with Kristen Stewart as Seberg?  I've been meaning to check it out.

    I liked it, but it's got some problems.  And I really do think Stewart is good..  Didn't know much about the back story and after watching the movie, still don't know much about it.

  5. 5 hours ago, Reynolds Woodcock said:

    It's one of my all time favorite movies. A masterpiece by a master. 

    As far as Godard goes:

    1a. Breathless

    1b. Le Mepris (Contempt)

    1c. Bande a part (Band of Outsiders)

    4. Pierrot Le Fou

    5. Vivre Sa Vie 

     

    Goddard - he's difficult:

    1) Band of Outsiders

    2) Masculin Feminin

    3) Breathless

    Big dropoff

    4) Contempt

    5) Weekend

    Pierrot Le Fou - have had it checked out from the library for about six months).  I've tried a number of his flicks and just can't get into them.

  6. On 2/1/2022 at 8:07 PM, UTGrad98 said:

    All I can think about is how long my wife and I, or really me and any other human being, would have made it out there in a 400 Sq foot cabin. 12 years. Holy shit dude. Talk about finding your soul mate. 

    Yeah.  I  was going to post "what a fucking nightmare" but I think the above is more positive so I'll go with that.

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  7. Lone Star always tasted like club soda with natural and artificial metal flavor.  Which I kinda fancy.

    In any case, I find it hard to imagine that surly would think that getting sick on Mickey's is more of a right of passage than a pussy move.

    Surly hates wasting beer and littering in our lovely brown Texas lakes.

    Have to score this one for Dennis.

  8. Belfast (2021)

    Really enjoyed this movie and made me think.  Things that were good but distracting:

    The mom was just too fucking beautiful.

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    I know I'm a grouch because even though I love Van Morrison, I thought the soundtrack was just lazy.  I kind of thought this would be great if you have some Them and some very early Van Morrison during the main part of the film.  I don't begrudge the opening instrumental and certainly not the final (1979) closing credit song which was perfect, but they just threw Van Morrison in there willy nilly.  They really could have used it more intelligently.  It looks like Van did the music so maybe there were licensing issues, or maybe he just had too much leeway.  In the end I thought it was distracting and it kind of pissed me off.     

    Things that were great:

    Ciaran Hinds.  He's always good and he's always got that edge but he's so damn perfect in this.

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    This movie compares in a weird way to Roma.  It's 100 times more accessible, but I thought Roma did a much better job of throwing you deep into another world that was weird but also felt really true.  This movie was a simple and pretty affair, and a nice love letter and well done, but it doesn't seem to rise much above a great pretty love letter.

    You young kids, be mindful of things.  Life goes by fast.  I used to relate to the kids in movies.  And then when I should have been related to parents my life was going by so quickly that I wasn't able to think about a damn thing.  Now I watch a movie like this and I kind of relate to the grandparents.  My takeaway is that I've decided I want my new (and first) grandson to call me "Pop".

    Best Picture Rankings - boy I have some catching up to do:

    1)Belfast

    CODA

    2)Don't Look Up

    Drive My Car

    Dune

    King Richard

    Licorice Pizza

    Nightmare Alley

    3)The Power of the Dog

    West Side Story

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  9. 22 hours ago, fellside said:

    I'm curious if a lot of the unanimous dislike of this film on here is coming from people now watching it at home.  Because I can totally see not liking this movie if I had the option to look down at my phone or do something else while it's on.

    I've seen one Wes Anderson movie at the theatre - Moonrise Kingdom, and it's the only one I was really disappointed with.

    I may be different because I'm ALWAYS distracted by shit at the theatre, and never at home where I control the environment.

  10. "But, even as this behavior frustrated the Democrats in the group, it didn’t make them more committed to showing up to vote this fall. When asked by the moderator if the GOP obstruction made them feel discouraged, or if it instead inspired them to go out and “beat those Republicans” in the election, most chose discouraged. In other words, while Trump’s conduct in the White House was a major factor in getting them to the polls in 2020, GOP behavior in 2022 isn’t providing that same level of interest or intensity."

    Well, fuck these bitches, then.

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