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Back when I had cable So I married... came on Comedy Central ALL THE TIME. I probably watched it twice and remember enjoying it.
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General Malaise
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Sure, I can understand the time period angle for sure. Still, not easy to just ignore since the movie essentially begins with her agreeing to a date with a 15 year old boy.
To Die For had some of this and I actually liked that movie. But I was probably 20 something when I saw it. At 52 I have some different perspective I suppose.
With a female teacher/male student sexual relationship discovery in the news several times per year it's certainly not uncommon and watching a movie like this makes you see how these things might unfold. Can't say that if I were 15 that I'd object to an attractive woman hitting on me but I was desperate for any attention.
Eephus
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Thank you! I had this in the back of my mind as an underrated, hilarious personal favorite.
The rewatch.. not so much. I still found a lot of funny bits still there (that I had always remembered) involving Meyers playing his dad, HEAD, and the cameos (Hartman, Arkin, Grodin, Wright). An old good friend is in it for a couple of spots- which was fun to see again. but the rest... yeesh. Meyers' schtick is cringey in this (I remembered enjoying it originally) and the movie itself is basically a vehicle for it.
Our mutual friend Cintra Wilson makes an appearance.
The movie is pretty bad and not very funny but it captures San Francisco right before the dot com boom changed the city in so many ways.
El Floppo
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yeah. I'll have to text her that I rewatched. the MC at the honeymoon hotel was also an "it" SF performer at the time like Cintra...can't remember his name. and it's fun for a long-removed resident to laugh at going from Fog City Diner to the Presidio on a rainy walk (lots of those beam-me-up transporter situations in that). also fun to see a 1 minute every couple nights poet performer living in... nob hill?Pluto TV: Watch Free Movies, TV Shows & Live TV Online
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Thank you! I had this in the back of my mind as an underrated, hilarious personal favorite.
The rewatch.. not so much. I still found a lot of funny bits still there (that I had always remembered) involving Meyers playing his dad, HEAD, and the cameos (Hartman, Arkin, Grodin, Wright). An old good friend is in it for a couple of spots- which was fun to see again. but the rest... yeesh. Meyers' schtick is cringey in this (I remembered enjoying it originally) and the movie itself is basically a vehicle for it.
Our mutual friend Cintra Wilson makes an appearance.
The movie is pretty bad and not very funny but it captures San Francisco right before the dot com boom changed the city in so many ways.
CGRdrJoe
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Eephus, it showed up at the top of my streaming apps movies so i plopped it on due to @Eephus
movie was actually pretty good
“Eephus,” directed by Carson Lund, is a new twist on the traditional sports film, following the final game of an amateur baseball league in a small Massachusetts town during the 1990s.
The narrative centers on two teams — the Adler’s Paint and the Riverdogs — competing in their last match before the beloved field is demolished to make way for a new school. The game encompasses nine innings of cheap beer, debauchery and spirited camaraderie before the shattering realities begin to resonate with the players
movie was actually pretty good
“Eephus,” directed by Carson Lund, is a new twist on the traditional sports film, following the final game of an amateur baseball league in a small Massachusetts town during the 1990s.
The narrative centers on two teams — the Adler’s Paint and the Riverdogs — competing in their last match before the beloved field is demolished to make way for a new school. The game encompasses nine innings of cheap beer, debauchery and spirited camaraderie before the shattering realities begin to resonate with the players
Eephus
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This would be my new sig line if this board allowed them.
Eephus
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Didi (2024) is a nice little Indie coming of age story about a Chinese-American kid growing up in the Bay Area suburbs in the summer of 2008. Nothing major really happens but everything takes on more importance through the eyes of a 14 year old. Its tone is more like Ladybird than Mystic Pizza but there's a little bit of The Fabelmans thrown in with the boy's relationship with his mother.
It connected with me because my kids were about the same age during that era. In addition to the usual complexities of adolescence, they were among the first to grow up with MySpace, Instant Messenger and YouTube complicating things even more.
The movie is on Amazon Prime
It connected with me because my kids were about the same age during that era. In addition to the usual complexities of adolescence, they were among the first to grow up with MySpace, Instant Messenger and YouTube complicating things even more.
The movie is on Amazon Prime
Dan Lambskin
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I graduated late 90s aware of several teacher student relationships
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
I know I watched it, but I don't remember a thing about it besides Brad Pitt and tanks. Curious for your take on it.
I was thinking maybe Zero Dark Thirty, The Pianist, or Dunkirk tonight but all seem a bit too heavy.
BLOCKED_PUNT
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Watch something you haven't seen, assuming that you have seen all of those
Ilov80s
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I just watched it and all I got is Brad Pitt and tanks too lol. It was fine, the usual little war crew with their war banter. The new guy, the religious guy, the crazy guy, the ethnic guy. But it was very entertaining except a dull spot in the middle where they do the mandatory meeting with a local German family and their young daughter aka the love interest. Good but not great.
Ilov80s
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I still think The Pianist and The Brutalist are an unintended movie series meant to be watched together (not one sitting necessarily). I have a few other movies are I think are a secret series together.
KarmaPolice
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That takes more thinking and deciding.
BLOCKED_PUNT
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Andy Dufresne
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Nobody
I'll take more John Wick style tomfoolery anytime!
I'll take more John Wick style tomfoolery anytime!
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Rented Krazy House. We lasted maybe 10 minutes.
I gotta stop letting the wife pick movies
I gotta stop letting the wife pick movies
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Appreciate the suggestions. I had landed on Flags of our Fathers. I did almist click on Greyhound earlier before sering your post.
BLOCKED_PUNT
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Ilov80s
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That’s wild to me. I graduated in 00 and there was definitely nothing like that I was aware of. Closest we had was one teacher who had kids in the school and would let them and their friends drink at their house. They would supply and drink with them as long as everyone stayed the night. Oh and one other male teacher who was always trying to arrange for senior boys to come and hang out with him after they graduated. He was always flirting with the male students. Something may have happened with him and a kid but it certainly wasn’t publically displayed.
Ilov80s
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I’m a big fan of the director but it left me a little disappointed as well.So everyone likes Arrival except me. It's basically a romance movie, IMO. I'm also likely heartless and I didn't find the ending very emotional or anything. I get it though so I understand why people like this but I was more
Uruk-Hai
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I graduated in 1980. We had one male teacher who lived on a houseboat - I think in my junior year - had one of my female classmates move in with him. It shocked a lot of people, but I don't think anything was done about it that I can recall (at least, not immediately). She would ride to school with him every day on the back of his motorcycle.
We also had a few male teachers who were obviously gay. One of them would host booze parties for the LAX bros, but I never heard that any of the students got into any kind of relationship or stayed over - those kids were just using him to have a place to get drunk. Drinking age was 18 in Maryland then. Concerns about drunk driving weren't very widespread in the 1970s.
KarmaPolice
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A 7.5/10 movie is one you don't like?So everyone likes Arrival except me. It's basically a romance movie, IMO. I'm also likely heartless and I didn't find the ending very emotional or anything. I get it though so I understand why people like this but I was more
El Floppo
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1 is the best?A 7.5/10 movie is one you don't like?So everyone likes Arrival except me. It's basically a romance movie, IMO. I'm also likely heartless and I didn't find the ending very emotional or anything. I get it though so I understand why people like this but I was more
KarmaPolice
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Oh, he's a golfer!1 is the best?A 7.5/10 movie is one you don't like?So everyone likes Arrival except me. It's basically a romance movie, IMO. I'm also likely heartless and I didn't find the ending very emotional or anything. I get it though so I understand why people like this but I was more
KarmaPolice
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Yes, there is romance in it, but IMO the ending is way more mother/daughter and I get emotional about most parent/kid things in movies, so I am usuallySo everyone likes Arrival except me. It's basically a romance movie, IMO. I'm also likely heartless and I didn't find the ending very emotional or anything. I get it though so I understand why people like this but I was more
at the end. Her making choices knowing outcomes hits me. Overall, I just find it to be a smart, original movie that looks and sounds amazing. The detail they put into developing the alien language is impressive, even if they did yada yada it a bit on the breakthrough a bit.
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Andy Dufresne
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Yeah, IMO it's more about the joy, heartbreak, and responsibility of parenting than it is a love story.Yes, there is romance in it, but IMO the ending is way more mother/daughter and I get emotional about most parent/kid things in movies, so I am usuallySo everyone likes Arrival except me. It's basically a romance movie, IMO. I'm also likely heartless and I didn't find the ending very emotional or anything. I get it though so I understand why people like this but I was more
beer 30
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Watched a bunch but the two that stand out that I haven't watched before are:
Bone Tomahawk - Not sure what to say about this movie. Pretty decent cast, decent acting, quality visuals...just not sure why it was made? It pops up on my Netflix/Prime all the time and I think I read something in this thread about it so finally gave it a watch. Finished it is about the best I can say about it.
Novocaine - Interesting movie about a dude that can't feel pain. As @Andy Dufresne said upthread, "I'll take more John Wyck style tomfoolery anytime!" Just imagine Wyck as a skinny geek that gets bitchslapped...a lot. I enjoyed it, fun theme as our hero figures out just how badass he can be.
Bone Tomahawk - Not sure what to say about this movie. Pretty decent cast, decent acting, quality visuals...just not sure why it was made? It pops up on my Netflix/Prime all the time and I think I read something in this thread about it so finally gave it a watch. Finished it is about the best I can say about it.
Novocaine - Interesting movie about a dude that can't feel pain. As @Andy Dufresne said upthread, "I'll take more John Wyck style tomfoolery anytime!" Just imagine Wyck as a skinny geek that gets bitchslapped...a lot. I enjoyed it, fun theme as our hero figures out just how badass he can be.
BlackCrowes
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yep, and the whole moral dilemma of would you make the same decision knowing what you know now.Yeah, IMO it's more about the joy, heartbreak, and responsibility of parenting than it is a love story.Yes, there is romance in it, but IMO the ending is way more mother/daughter and I get emotional about most parent/kid things in movies, so I am usuallySo everyone likes Arrival except me. It's basically a romance movie, IMO. I'm also likely heartless and I didn't find the ending very emotional or anything. I get it though so I understand why people like this but I was more
Ilov80s
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In think we are officially at the end if the road for marvel dominance. Thunderbolts is on pace to be 3rd lowest grossing Marvel movie ever despite great reviews. It barely beat out Sinners this weekend for 4th place despite Sinners having come out 3 weeks earlier. Box office is red hot though with the biggest weekend ever. That’s a good sign for movies. The last 2 months have been super profitable at theaters and while it has been IP driven, there is at least some variety in it. Minecraft, Final Destination, Lilo and Stitch, Mission Impossible, Thunderbolts and Sinners have all been huge successes. Even the offbeat more limited release comedy Friendship is going to make a nice profit for A24. It’s cool we have kids movies, comics, adult action, comedy, horror and even a totally original mo or all showing that movies and the theater experience are very much alive.
Dan Lambskin
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I still enjoy the theater experience but we rarely go anymore, mostly just for blockbusters and that’s pretty limited these days (Star Wars and Avatar probably the only ones that would be must see for me)
Andy Dufresne
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I'm going to agree on both parts. I said out loud (not too loud) that the bit in the sub was worth the price of admission. Unfortunately it's about the only thing that is.
Atwell gets the Badass Chick award for doing reshoots of fight scenes while eight months pregnant.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
I thought the plane scene was even crazier than the sub scene. No idea how they filmed either of those.
BLOCKED_PUNT
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I had originally put it at 7/10 but I edited it. I think the movie has some merit and I like big production values (or like you said it looks nice) but I think it falls short of the masterpiece many of the reviewers said it was. I think it's an interesting philosophical question but is a movie a lock for greatness just because it has a deep subject matter? I'm sure intellectuals think that but I'm not so sure. While there is the obvious romance between Louise and Ian there also the love of one's child. Also embedded in the film is the "we all need to work together" which I think a lot of people liked.A 7.5/10 movie is one you don't like?So everyone likes Arrival except me. It's basically a romance movie, IMO. I'm also likely heartless and I didn't find the ending very emotional or anything. I get it though so I understand why people like this but I was more
Don't really like golf though.
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
No, but even in your post here you are confirming what I and I've read others saying they love about the movie. It has interesting and new ideas and it is very well made like all of Denis' movies are. IMO the other element is that it operates in a genre that is usually lacking for both of the previous points, especially if somebody is drawn to more quiet, thought provoking movies in the genre. Maybe I am missing some, but I can only think of a few that don't rely on a lot of action set pieces that I thought were great in the last 15-20 years: Arrival, Her, Ex Machina and Children of Men if we include dystopian. That is not a lot, but I am sure I am missing some. I put other ones I see at the top of the lists in the more action driven category - Dune, Mad Max, Edge of Tomorrow, etc..I had originally put it at 7/10 but I edited it. I think the movie has some merit and I like big production values (or like you said it looks nice) but I think it falls short of the masterpiece many of the reviewers said it was. I think it's an interesting philosophical question but is a movie a lock for greatness just because it has a deep subject matter? I'm sure intellectuals think that but I'm not so sure. While there is the obvious romance between Louise and Ian there also the love of one's child. Also embedded in the film is the "we all need to work together" which I think a lot of people liked.A 7.5/10 movie is one you don't like?So everyone likes Arrival except me. It's basically a romance movie, IMO. I'm also likely heartless and I didn't find the ending very emotional or anything. I get it though so I understand why people like this but I was more
Don't really like golf though.
When it sticks out like that as being one of a handful of movies in a decade like that, I totally see it being on people's "best of" lists.
Tick
Footballguy
Some good tank stuff in there, though - it captured the imbalance when a weaker tank meets a stronger tank... it's barely about skill at that point, you have to be perfect and lucky to hit the right spot or you can't touch it. Also turning a tank into a stationary turret when it breaks like they did in Africa when they'd bury them hull-down in sand.
Tick
Footballguy
I like stealth horror movies. You think you're watching a sci fi movie or a western, then suddenly it's a horror movie and you didn't know it was coming. That was Bone Tomahawk for me. I also think The Abyss was a fake stealth horror movie - it's set up like it's going to be one, and it's fun to watch pretending you know it's going to be horror at some point.
Tick
Footballguy
Dune!
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Yeah good call
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Her was terribleNo, but even in your post here you are confirming what I and I've read others saying they love about the movie. It has interesting and new ideas and it is very well made like all of Denis' movies are. IMO the other element is that it operates in a genre that is usually lacking for both of the previous points, especially if somebody is drawn to more quiet, thought provoking movies in the genre. Maybe I am missing some, but I can only think of a few that don't rely on a lot of action set pieces that I thought were great in the last 15-20 years: Arrival, Her, Ex Machina and Children of Men if we include dystopian. That is not a lot, but I am sure I am missing some. I put other ones I see at the top of the lists in the more action driven category - Dune, Mad Max, Edge of Tomorrow, etc..I had originally put it at 7/10 but I edited it. I think the movie has some merit and I like big production values (or like you said it looks nice) but I think it falls short of the masterpiece many of the reviewers said it was. I think it's an interesting philosophical question but is a movie a lock for greatness just because it has a deep subject matter? I'm sure intellectuals think that but I'm not so sure. While there is the obvious romance between Louise and Ian there also the love of one's child. Also embedded in the film is the "we all need to work together" which I think a lot of people liked.A 7.5/10 movie is one you don't like?So everyone likes Arrival except me. It's basically a romance movie, IMO. I'm also likely heartless and I didn't find the ending very emotional or anything. I get it though so I understand why people like this but I was more
Don't really like golf though.
When it sticks out like that as being one of a handful of movies in a decade like that, I totally see it being on people's "best of" lists.
Children of Men and Ex Machina both great though
KarmaPolice
Footballguy
Hard disagree, especially viewed through 2025 eyes. IMO it is creepy how close it hits home with our current tech and people having "relationships" with their chatGPT.Her was terribleNo, but even in your post here you are confirming what I and I've read others saying they love about the movie. It has interesting and new ideas and it is very well made like all of Denis' movies are. IMO the other element is that it operates in a genre that is usually lacking for both of the previous points, especially if somebody is drawn to more quiet, thought provoking movies in the genre. Maybe I am missing some, but I can only think of a few that don't rely on a lot of action set pieces that I thought were great in the last 15-20 years: Arrival, Her, Ex Machina and Children of Men if we include dystopian. That is not a lot, but I am sure I am missing some. I put other ones I see at the top of the lists in the more action driven category - Dune, Mad Max, Edge of Tomorrow, etc..I had originally put it at 7/10 but I edited it. I think the movie has some merit and I like big production values (or like you said it looks nice) but I think it falls short of the masterpiece many of the reviewers said it was. I think it's an interesting philosophical question but is a movie a lock for greatness just because it has a deep subject matter? I'm sure intellectuals think that but I'm not so sure. While there is the obvious romance between Louise and Ian there also the love of one's child. Also embedded in the film is the "we all need to work together" which I think a lot of people liked.A 7.5/10 movie is one you don't like?So everyone likes Arrival except me. It's basically a romance movie, IMO. I'm also likely heartless and I didn't find the ending very emotional or anything. I get it though so I understand why people like this but I was more
Don't really like golf though.
When it sticks out like that as being one of a handful of movies in a decade like that, I totally see it being on people's "best of" lists.
Children of Men and Ex Machina both great though
We don't have to agree on the movies of course, just pointing out that there aren't a ton of those types of sci-fi movies to grab on to. More fall into the superhero, big spectacle types of sci-fi.
snogger
Footballguy
First watch, fell asleep halfway through.So everyone likes Arrival except me. It's basically a romance movie, IMO. I'm also likely heartless and I didn't find the ending very emotional or anything. I get it though so I understand why people like this but I was more
Second time, didn't make it halfway. I like slow burn type movies, but that one..
snogger
Footballguy
I mentioned before, my wife and I enjoyed it from start to finish.
I read a review and what he said was perfect.
The first hour is a mission impossible movie about the mission impossible movies.
We really enjoyed the review and build up.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
Hard disagree, especially viewed through 2025 eyes. IMO it is creepy how close it hits home with our current tech and people having "relationships" with their chatGPT.Her was terribleNo, but even in your post here you are confirming what I and I've read others saying they love about the movie. It has interesting and new ideas and it is very well made like all of Denis' movies are. IMO the other element is that it operates in a genre that is usually lacking for both of the previous points, especially if somebody is drawn to more quiet, thought provoking movies in the genre. Maybe I am missing some, but I can only think of a few that don't rely on a lot of action set pieces that I thought were great in the last 15-20 years: Arrival, Her, Ex Machina and Children of Men if we include dystopian. That is not a lot, but I am sure I am missing some. I put other ones I see at the top of the lists in the more action driven category - Dune, Mad Max, Edge of Tomorrow, etc..I had originally put it at 7/10 but I edited it. I think the movie has some merit and I like big production values (or like you said it looks nice) but I think it falls short of the masterpiece many of the reviewers said it was. I think it's an interesting philosophical question but is a movie a lock for greatness just because it has a deep subject matter? I'm sure intellectuals think that but I'm not so sure. While there is the obvious romance between Louise and Ian there also the love of one's child. Also embedded in the film is the "we all need to work together" which I think a lot of people liked.A 7.5/10 movie is one you don't like?So everyone likes Arrival except me. It's basically a romance movie, IMO. I'm also likely heartless and I didn't find the ending very emotional or anything. I get it though so I understand why people like this but I was more
Don't really like golf though.
When it sticks out like that as being one of a handful of movies in a decade like that, I totally see it being on people's "best of" lists.
Children of Men and Ex Machina both great though
We don't have to agree on the movies of course, just pointing out that there aren't a ton of those types of sci-fi movies to grab on to. More fall into the superhero, big spectacle types of sci-fi.
Yeah that’s fair I just found it boring. maybe I’ll revisit
Maybe terrible wasn’t the right word, some movies are well made and I can appreciate things like that but ultimately a movie has to be entertaining to me not an art piece
whoknew
Footballguy
Have you seen Novocaine or the one with Short Round?
I haven't seen either but they are on my list to watch.
Dan Lambskin
Footballguy
What You Wish For - Nick Stahl meets an old friend from culinary school
Hijinks ensue
I liked it
Hijinks ensue
I liked it
Andy Dufresne
Footballguy
No but we (wife & I) watched another similar movie tonight - The Accountant.
Affleck was the weakest part of the film but that's a quibble as we both liked the show.
Novocaine is pretty similar to Nobody, just not as good.
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Statorama
Footballguy
There's still some great Marvel storylines on the shelf, but they may have destroyed their goodwill with the audience.
I don't think Fantastic Four is going to be the breakout hit they envision.
