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I would agree with that. III is a good movie, but I and II are unforgettable.
Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri(2017)- 8.5/10
This one was interesting. An atypical crime drama wherein the plot revolves not around the causitive crime, but rather the snowballing effect initiated by the victim's mother in looking for answers. Frances Mcdormand is very compelling in the strong woman role and steals the movie, not only for her conviction but also through her failings and unlikability which portray a more believable heroine than is usual ov Hollywood. Acting is very good throughout and a good balance is acheived with sporadic humor and violence sequences. A well put together small town drama.
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Re: rate the last movie you watched [Re: lavod]
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Thanks for that, I've been wondering about that one.
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Apostle. 4/10. Was going great till unexpected supernatural shit came into play. Did not sign up for that.
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Deniro acted entire scenes in Italian for GF2, it's a mesmerizing performance for sure.
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The Conversation
10/10
One of Coppola's very best, this movie works on a number of levels. It tells an entertaining story, with twists and turns that keep one interested on a more superficial level. At the same time, it asks a number of fascinating and important questions, especially with regard to today, 2018 (the movie was released in 1974).
Gene Hackman plays a professional private surveillance-for-hire expert, who has been contracted to record two people having a conversation in a San Francisco park. As the movie unfolds, we learn more and more about what this conversation really means, and as I said, as more is revealed about this initial conversation, there are more twists and turns. One thing we know from relatively early on is that murder is involved, and Gene Hackman's character grows more and more concerned that he is essentially a party to it, by providing these tapes to a potentially guilty party and getting $15,000 for the job.
This is really a very big point, because it questions the nature of responsibility, especially professional responsibility. If we are just doing a job for a fee, are we responsible for the content or result of that work? Do the people who work for Sandia Labs in New Mexico building hydrogen bombs have any culpability in fueling WWIII? Or are they just doing a job someone must do? This is a very expansive theme, with tremendous scope.
Another big question the movie deals with is privacy. Does anyone really have any? This is especially pertinent in the age of social media and Facebook. Can anyone even have a truly private life anymore? Is there any aspect of society that is not being monitored by somebody? Is the only solace we can take present in the fact that we have not broken the law? It seems there is a lot of information in various databases about just about everybody. Emails, google searches, amazon purchases, credit card statements -- these are all open to high bidders. It's fascinating that Coppola explored this in the seventies.
I must recommend this movie highly for the reasons I've given, and potentially several others that anyone may contemplate. Truly interesting film.
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Great movie. Gene Hackman rules.
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inglourious basterds
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Fight Club
9.5/10
Always good for a re-watch, this movie in part depicts how unstable civilization can potentially become from the actions of just one person. It also delves into the emptiness and crassness of modern consumer culture, in which many people are fully excluded from the spoils of that economic system. The entire milieu of our fragmented age seems to be driving a lot of people insane, literally -- just look at all these mass shootings that, over twenty years ago, were very uncommon. The characters in the movie join the fight clubs to have some way of finally feeling alive, as an alternative to being fully desensitized and possibly going crazy themselves. I love Tyler Durden's famous line, too: "Self-improvement is masturbation."
All this rings as true now as it did almost twenty years ago, when this movie came out. Boy that first viewing was a trip.
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Blindspotting 9/10
A gentrified version of Boys N The Hood. What a great flick! Hilarious one minute and raw and emotional the next. 
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Rumble Fish
8.5/10
More obscure, but good, Coppola, the directing is amazing, and is almost, imo, better than the content. The framing and cinematography, and just the moving of pieces in the movie overall, make this a fascinating movie. It would be considered slow and boring by some, but it's subtle and artful, and actually reminds me a little of the David Lynch feel. It's also somewhat reminiscent of Malick's Badlands, in a way. I am inclined to give it a higher score, but like I said, the directing outshines the content of the film, which I know is weird but maybe it highlights the fact that the content wasn't as good as it could have been. Regardless, it's an interesting work.
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9/10 Cabin In The Woods
dissected it in a postmodernist sclerotic vision (lol) -- it's interesting, the metaphysics behind is alike the "Deus Ex" mechanic of all-encompassing evil that is only satisfied with a sort mental torture-hold on the human race as it's only pleasure- and our only escape. it also ascribes not only to some interesting notions along the way, with this mind, but it also deconstructs the American cultural aspect within this paradigm presented in the film. (spoilers)
in the film, the Japanese are noted along the members of the crew (the disposal crew, if you will) as being superior to the Americans in some respects...their cultural myths ingrained in their folklore causes their attempts (yes, the singular "crew"'s attempts) to be thwarted by kids in a school by recitations and love...LOL...while the Americans have to "entertain" "The Dark One" with cliched stereotype emulations of the certain archetypes needed to be fulfilled in the very minds of the victims (as per the requisite of the necessitation to "feed" off this manas, if you will), and as per the necessity, the Cabin In The Woods theme is fully established in it's manifest postmodern glory-- a revolving underground of shifting rooms filled with myriad of made-up monsters, cliched as ever, waiting to be unleashed to kill the unsuspecting victims as they 'play around, and 'toy' with the objects in the cabin, there for the curious, the blundering, the crass, and, for lack of a better term, the foolish (here, funnily enough, "The Stoner"-- film is saying something here....)
all in all, it's one of my favorite contemporary horror films.
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Re: rate the last movie you watched [Re: akira_akuma]
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The Barkley Marathons: The Race That Eats Its Young
8/10
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Hunt for the Skinwalker 8.5/10
I enjoyed this documentary. Had some pretty interesting exclusive footage. Pretty trippy. Even some ghostly video. Awesome. I like the interviewing with people in the area of NE Utah. Was cool to hear their UFO experiences.
Really clean productions. Classy, precise. Clean.
It brings up more questions than answers. Its kinda of a teaser documentary but i still enjoyed it. I highly recommend if u are interested in paranormal/UFOs.
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Wow, into the void. Long time ago. Reminds me of someone on the Shroomery during that time frame saying, a guy he knew was bothering him because he didn't know he was dead yet. And this poster was serious and annoyed. Strange world.
Need a Shameless episode after going out and having a shitty night and going to get really fucked up tonight. Don't know if t.v. series that are unedited count for a movie thread but sometimes, a hour and a half just doesn't do it for me in a movie.
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Capturing The Friedman’s
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lavod
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Quote:
DividedQuantum said: Rumble Fish
8.5/10
More obscure, but good, Coppola, the directing is amazing, and is almost, imo, better than the content. The framing and cinematography, and just the moving of pieces in the movie overall, make this a fascinating movie. It would be considered slow and boring by some, but it's subtle and artful, and actually reminds me a little of the David Lynch feel. It's also somewhat reminiscent of Malick's Badlands, in a way. I am inclined to give it a higher score, but like I said, the directing outshines the content of the film, which I know is weird but maybe it highlights the fact that the content wasn't as good as it could have been. Regardless, it's an interesting work.
I decided to watch this last night after seeing your review. Thanks!
Rumble Fish(1983)- 9/10
Great movie! I instantly recognized the Ford signature and complex brother dynamic that we also see in his 2009 film Tetro. I concur that the cinematography and framing is superb but have to disagree about the content. I love these types ov coming ov age tales with a subtle philosopical and poetic undercurrent. Although stylistically very different, i'm actually reminded a bit ov Quadrophenia(1979) in the character progression ov the Matt Dillon character. My favorite role is ov course the Mickey Rorke character however, despite being too old for the portrayed role, as he evokes a deep and troubled persona that seems damn near hallucinated in parts. Dennis Hopper is also enjoyable as the drunken but wisely lucid father. If anything could have been improved, i feel that it could have been the ending. Not for the eponymous symbolism which was nicely incorporated from the time ov its inception, but for the predictability ov it. In whole, i found it an excellent watch. Thanks for bringing it up DividedQuantum.
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Tucker: The Man and His Dream
7.5/10
Not one of Coppola's better efforts, imo, it's about an upstart car designer who makes it big and then gets indicted by the SEC, finding himself mired in scandal. Not a single car was ever sold, but it was the first ever to have fuel injection, seat belts and other advanced safety features, a rear engine mount, etc. Detroit brought him down then stole all his ideas. This is a true story, and it's not known whether Tucker was innocent or guilty of fraud, but he was officially acquitted of all charges.
It's a fairly entertaining movie, but somewhat annoying, being a testament to the glory of American capitalism and all that. I wouldn't go out of my way to see it.
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Tickled
Fucking weird/10
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The new Suspiria. It sucks.
2/10
That’s being generous.
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