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[DonkeyCigars 143]

I never liked him because of TWD.

Shia LaBeouf, for all his off the screen and personality negatives, is a fantastic actor; one of the best working right now. I'll die on that hill.

[lateshow 1,307]

21 hours ago, RPM said:

I already hated Bernthal so disliking his character was easy. LeBouff actually surprised me with his performance. He might be crazy, but he can act.

That's a different take. I don't know if I've ever known anyone to dislike Bernthal. 

[lateshow 1,307]

Dog Day Afternoon.

Great fucking movie. 

[RPM 26,354]

1 hour ago, lateshow said:

That's a different take. I don't know if I've ever known anyone to dislike Bernthal. 

He's turrible unless you need a backwoods redneck.

[Go Pokes 979]

Really good film. Says a lot about human social behavior and how our society functions in general. I found it as thought-provoking as I did scary. 

I just watched this last night. I did not like it.

[ztejas 43,537]

16 hours ago, DonkeyCigars said:

I never liked him because of TWD.

Shia LaBeouf, for all his off the screen and personality negatives, is a fantastic actor; one of the best working right now. I'll die on that hill.

You make a lot of popular takes here that you think are unpopular takes. 

[ztejas 43,537]

21 minutes ago, Go Pokes said:

I just watched this last night. I did not like it.

I'm sure plenty of people don't/wouldn't. I wouldn't call it particularly likeable even though I think it's a very well done film - it's pretty artistic and philosophical.

[DonkeyCigars 143]

4 hours ago, ztejas said:

You make a lot of popular takes here that you think are unpopular takes. 

That's actually pretty refreshing to hear. Until recently I didn't watch a ton of movies, maybe a few a year, and so I guess I had some imposter syndrome about movies and "not getting" why some I thought were weak were thought of collectively as strong. Thanks for the validation that I've got my cinema rifle scoped in around the bullseye!

[billfromlaketravis 11,523]

The Searchers. A masterpiece in every sense of the word. 

[mininghorn88 2,298]

1 hour ago, billfromlaketravis said:

The Searchers. A masterpiece in every sense of the word. 

I recorded this the other day. It is on my list to watch....again.

[A-Tex Devil 2,462]

Promising Young Woman. 
 

Fucking dark.  

[RPM 26,354]

Saints and Soldiers: The Void - Low budget WW2 flick that was done well for the budget. Apparently Saints and Soldiers is a franchise and this was the 3rd in the series. I need to check the rest of them out. On Netflix.

[Continental Op 3,934]

Born to Kill (1947) - IMDB Summary - A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with the hotheaded murderer romancing her foster sister.

I am generally a sucker for stuff like this but I found it incredibly dry.  I feel like we underrate Elisha Cook, Jr.

Edited January 24, 2021 by Continental Op

[52-80 19,246]

15 hours ago, A-Tex Devil said:

Promising Young Woman. 
 

Fucking dark.  

carrie mulligan and alison brie?

#in

 

[A-Tex Devil 2,462]

3 minutes ago, 52-80 said:

carrie mulligan and alison brie?

#in

 

Has a great cast.  May be worth own thread.  I knew it was going to be a dark comedy but when and how it went that direction was unexpected. 

[Brothahorn 10,087]

3 hours ago, Continental Op said:

Born to Kill (1947) - IMDB Summary - A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with the hotheaded murderer romancing her foster sister.

I am generally a sucker for stuff like this but I found it incredibly dry.  I feel like we underrate Elisha Cook, Jr.

One of my favorite Tierney movies. Correct on Elisha, multi-talented.

 

LockedDown. Do not waste your time.

[tantric superman 4,667]

Shoot the Piano Player (1960)

I don't like a lot of Truffaut.  So when I see something of his I haven't seen, I have a pretty low bar.   This had some interesting characters, and a kid named Fido, so I was rooting for it.  Nice little story. 

[thrillhammer 684]

watched some kind of heaven off ppv over the weekend.  well worth the $6.   blew my mind.  was one of the funniest movies i've seen in a while, and at the same time one of the saddest.  

[BonzoMontreaux 1,094]

The Vanished = the plague.

[tantric superman 4,667]

Paper Moon (1973)

Sweet little Bogdanovich flick - well done little diversion.  Burton Gilliam's teeth are in fine form.

[Steamboat1874 4,085]

Watched Battleship.

I only watched because it had Taylor Kitsch and Jesse Plemons in it.

I got to know them a little bit when i worked on FNL for a couple of seasons.

Great guys by the way.

The movie is not good but there are some good FX moments and it is kind of stupid fun.

[mininghorn88 2,298]

On 1/23/2021 at 9:18 PM, billfromlaketravis said:

The Searchers. A masterpiece in every sense of the word. 

Watched The Searchers last night.  It is an all-time great.  The letter reading and fist-fight scenes crack me up.  For me, John Wayne plays a likeable unlikeable person.  Ward Bond delivers as a minister/captain in the Texas Rangers.

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2 hours ago, mininghorn88 said:

Ward Bond delivers

Every time. He could be a cowboy, a cop, a gangster, a soldier or a regular Joe and sell it.

[TwiceHorn 31,536]

On 1/22/2021 at 12:53 PM, RPM said:

He's turrible unless you need a backwoods redneck.

He's fine, but typecast.

The most hilarious thing is that he's pretty obviously Jewish. From the Kinky Friedman/John Bloom model.

[TwiceHorn 31,536]

2 hours ago, Steamboat1874 said:

Watched Battleship.

I only watched because it had Taylor Kitsch and Jesse Plemons in it.

I got to know them a little bit when i worked on FNL for a couple of seasons.

Great guys by the way.

The movie is not good but there are some good FX moments and it is kind of stupid fun.

It is gloriously stupid fun.

The fucking aliens shoot pegs, ffs.

Edited January 26, 2021 by TwiceHorn

[RPM 26,354]

You should watch American Warships. It's the SyFy rip-off version. It's gloriously bad.

[Jerry Callo 8,727]

American Pickle with Seth Rogan opposite Seth Rogan playing the first Seth Rogan's great-grandfather that fell into a pickle barrel and was pickled for 100 years.

[Steamboat1874 4,085]

1 hour ago, TwiceHorn said:

It is gloriously stupid fun.

The fucking aliens shoot pegs, ffs.

Shit you are correct. I did not even think of that when watching.

They were actually pretty cool looking.

[ztejas 43,537]

On 1/25/2021 at 10:43 AM, thrillhammer said:

watched some kind of heaven off ppv over the weekend.  well worth the $6.   blew my mind.  was one of the funniest movies i've seen in a while, and at the same time one of the saddest.  

I haven't watched it yet but I went to a Duke TIP camp with the director. It's both cool seeing him do well and also depressing to wonder what I'm doing with my life. He's very rich and very Jewish, though, so maybe I can temper expectations. 

[PittsburghTiger 6,197]

'71

 

My Irish grandmother always said there was no such thing as a Protestant Irishman. I'd like to hope that watching this film she would have seen just how ridiculously stupid this fight was.

 

[GringoSalado 1,652]

Big Fish (2003 Tim Burton)

 

Not bad, not great

 

Spoiler

Secondhand Lions was better.

 

[Cheeseweasel 26,438]

I liked Big Fish. Easy watch and entertaining. 

[Kennythetiger 9,461]

7 hours ago, RPM said:

Every time. He could be a cowboy, a cop, a gangster, a soldier or a regular Joe and sell it.

Pretty cool biography, too. 

[texhorn 351]

Had a random inkling and watched Grand Budapest again last night. Man, what a great movie. 

You're not getting Boy with Apple, you goddamn little fruit!

 

[ztejas 43,537]

Big Fish is great and a tearjerker everytime I rewatch. It might be Ewan's best work. 

Edited January 27, 2021 by ztejas

[Funk Doctor Spock 12,512]

Just watched The Dead Don't Die, and honestly it wasn't bad. It breaks the fourth wall which made me laugh. I understand people who don't like it, it's made for a certain audience. Tonight I'll check out The New Mutants 

[mininghorn88 2,298]

Just finished Howard Hawkes' Red River starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift....for the first time.  How have I not seen this classic before??!!

[deac_tracy 516]

On 1/24/2021 at 9:16 PM, tantric superman said:

Shoot the Piano Player (1960)

I don't like a lot of Truffaut.  So when I see something of his I haven't seen, I have a pretty low bar.   This had some interesting characters, and a kid named Fido, so I was rooting for it.  Nice little story. 

Love the scene in this film when the main character and his gf get forced in the car with the two villains. Scene at first is very intense and you have no idea what's gonna happen but it devolves into them being friendly and the three men just bitching about women. 

[Continental Op 3,934]

On 1/26/2021 at 6:16 PM, texhorn said:

Had a random inkling and watched Grand Budapest again last night. Man, what a great movie. 

You're not getting Boy with Apple, you goddamn little fruit!

 

I wish they would just dump French Dispatch out on streaming. 

[NIUHuskies 504]

Saw Uncle Frank the other night. More drama than comedy. I enjoyed it.

[Patricio Swayze 17,058]

“I Don’t Feel at Home in This World Anymore”. Was mildly entertaining with a few funny and what the fuck moments. Nothing great.

[DonkeyCigars 143]

Throne of Blood (1957) (Kumonosu-jō). 

Allegedly the best rendition of Shakespeare's MacBeth ever done, instead of Scotland with knights, Samurai's in Japan. Watched it because cinephile's and purists rave about it-- hard to enjoy a movie like this unless you are the Wu-Tang Clan I guess.

Edited January 28, 2021 by DonkeyCigars

[tx 3 putt 77,428]

Miracle - damn great sports movie 

[Bama Llama 1,450]

On 1/25/2021 at 9:48 PM, tantric superman said:

Paper Moon (1973)

Sweet little Bogdanovich flick - well done little diversion.  Burton Gilliam's teeth are in fine form.

Smiley: (knocks at Trixie's door)

Trixie (coyly): "Who iiiiis it?"

Smiley: "Sheik of Araby."

Cracks me up.  Love me some Paper Moon.

[tantric superman 4,667]

On 1/26/2021 at 3:31 PM, PittsburghTiger said:

My Irish grandmother always said there was no such thing as a Protestant Irishman. I'd like to hope that watching this film she would have seen just how ridiculously stupid this fight was.

Just because you grandma was right about the Irish doesn't mean anyone needed to fight about it.

[Steamboat1874 4,085]

Watched Born To Kill on Noir Alley. Pretty violent stuff for 1947.

Lawence Tierney a real Hollywood bad guy (sometimes) was great as usual.

Good noir film.

[bernorange 8,363]

X-Men Dark Pheonix.  Garbage.

[BonzoMontreaux 1,094]

8 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

Miracle - damn great sports movie 

Again...

[RPM 26,354]

2 hours ago, bernorange said:

X-Men Dark Pheonix.  Garbage.

Almost as bad as Dark Phoenix which was horrible.

[Beau Vine 54,430]

Mank.

If you're a film student or a huge fan of Citizen Kane, you'll probably love it........

If you're like my wife and have never seen CK, you'll be lost.

I'm in the middle of those two, and I thought it was really good, mainly because of Gary Oldman.