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[BLOCKED_PUNT]

Watched 'You're not You' (Tubi, Pluto, others) a real tearjerker starring Hillary Swank and Emmy Rossum

had this on my watch list so glad to hear people liked it before I get into it

 

[Mr. Landry]

Saw Wake Up Dead Man in the theater today. We really enjoyed the first two and didn't want to wait for the Netflix release (Dec. 12). I really enjoyed it. Very similar to the first two, but with a different feel to it (maybe it's the religious setting?). I think if you enjoyed those two, you will certainly like this one. It is a tad long, but I was never checking my watch. A definite must see if you wait for the Netflix release,

 

[Yankee23Fan]

Saw Wake Up Dead Man in the theater today. We really enjoyed the first two and didn't want to wait for the Netflix release (Dec. 12). I really enjoyed it. Very similar to the first two, but with a different feel to it (maybe it's the religious setting?). I think if you enjoyed those two, you will certainly like this one. It is a tad long, but I was never checking my watch. A definite must see if you wait for the Netflix release,

We went last night as well. Enjoyed every part of it. Except the reveal. Would have liked it be slightly different on who told it but other than that it was enjoyable.

 

[KarmaPolice]

We ended up watching Noelle, which actually was a nice surprise. I didn't realize (or didn't remember) that Bill Hader was in it, so I was on board from the start. I also always assumed from the cover that it was a Hallmark-y rom/com movie, and that also was not the case either. Not great, but you can do far worse for watching a holiday movie.

After that was a rewatch of Force Majure for my bridge movie as I head to Scandinavia for December themes. That one is on Hulu now.

 

[General Malaise]

We ended up watching Noelle, which actually was a nice surprise. I didn't realize (or didn't remember) that Bill Hader was in it, so I was on board from the start. I also always assumed from the cover that it was a Hallmark-y rom/com movie, and that also was not the case either. Not great, but you can do far worse for watching a holiday movie.

After that was a rewatch of Force Majure as my bridge movie as I head to Scandinavia for December themes. That one is on Hulu now.

Also watched Noelle last night. I've seen way worse holiday films with the kids over the years. This one was kinda nice. Anna Kendrick is just delightful in everything.

 

[jamny]

Eddington was pretty good, although a bit long. Really showed some of the craziness of 2020. Not something I'd want to sit through again but worth checking out, imo.

 

[Ilov80s]

Eddington was pretty good, although a bit long. Really showed some of the craziness of 2020. Not something I'd want to sit through again but worth checking out, imo.

I just watched it as well. Things really escalated in the end in ways I didn't expect. I liked it best when it was simple and really reflecting on the 2020 craziness you mention. Given that it's an Ari Aster movie, I should have expected it take some of those big swings.

 

[Eephus]

Got outvoted on our traditional Thanksgiving family movie so I saw Wicked: For Good. I thought it was very dark for a kids movie and almost completely lacking in the joy from the first one.

It faced some narrative challenges in trying to squeeze its plot between the first episode and the beloved 1939 MGM musical resulting in a bunch of momentum sapping flashbacks. I also thought (hoped?) the movie was over a couple of times before the credits rolled. The audience clapped at the end so I guess I was in the minority.

 

[Ilov80s]

Ballad of a Small Player (new on Netflix) is an beautifully filmed but ultimately disappointing movie about a down-on-his-luck gambler in modern Macau. Colin Farrell plays the gambler and he's fun to watch and director Edward Berger (Conclave, All Quiet on the Western Front) shoots the Macau and Hong Kong locations with his usual visual flair. But the script seemed undercooked and I could see the plot twist coming from a mile away.

I have to agree. It's a shame the script is so mediocre because the movie looks tremendous and Macau is such a great setting for a movie. If you like movies about gamblers, especially ones who are self destructing like an Uncut Gems, than it's still a decent enought watch but don't expect to be too wowed.

 

[Ilov80s]

Got outvoted on our traditional Thanksgiving family movie so I saw Wicked: For Good. I thought it was very dark for a kids movie and almost completely lacking in the joy from the first one.

It faced some narrative challenges in trying to squeeze its plot between the first episode and the beloved 1939 MGM musical resulting in a bunch of momentum sapping flashbacks. I also thought (hoped?) the movie was over a couple of times before the credits rolled. The audience clapped at the end so I guess I was in the minority.

I thought the first one kind of stunk. I hate the way it's lit or color graded. Just looks so artificial. I had a similar issue with Frankenstein. Not for me.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Eddington was pretty good, although a bit long. Really showed some of the craziness of 2020. Not something I'd want to sit through again but worth checking out, imo.

I just watched it as well. Things really escalated in the end in ways I didn't expect. I liked it best when it was simple and really reflecting on the 2020 craziness you mention. Given that it's an Ari Aster movie, I should have expected it take some of those big swings.

Just curious if you two thought it was funny at all.

Aster joked in an interview that he wasn't sure if people would get that he was approaching it as a satire, so he wanted to make sure they knew with the shot of the airplane and how much he ramped it up at the end (which as 80s pointed out, seems to be one of the things he likes to do in movies). I've watched it 5x this year, and I seem to like it more and more each watch as I embrace the weirdness at the end and look for the little nuggets that make the world that much more interesting for me.

Also, Jamny - I don't think the craziness he is portraying in the movie was from 5 years ago - we are still going through it.

 

[krista4]

Jim Jarmusch's 1999 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai takes a different approach. Here the ways and traditions of the past are respected. A hitman has a code. And when a bunch of cartoonish New Jersey mobsters try to put a hit on their own hitman, it backfires. This movie is so much more cool and controlled than Bad Lieutenant but every bit as violent. Deeply influenced by French crime film and 90s NY hip-hop we see a world powered by a moral code, responsibility and sick systems in cars. Remember those custom Alpine, Kenwood and Pioneers? This movie is a classic of the time like they were.

This is one of my all-time favorite movies.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Holy crap - a Krista spotting!!

I still need to watch Ghost Dog as well. I think I have only one Jarmusch movie.

 

[krista4]

Holy crap - a Krista spotting!!

I still need to watch Ghost Dog as well. I think I have only one Jarmusch movie.

Yeah, I was just very busy and traveling all the time for a while. Kinda dipping my toes back in here now. December promises to be a beast at work and because we are...wait for it...moving again. But hopefully I'll be around more in 2026.

As for Jarmusch, he's one of my top directors.

 

[El Floppo]

Jim Jarmusch's 1999 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai takes a different approach. Here the ways and traditions of the past are respected. A hitman has a code. And when a bunch of cartoonish New Jersey mobsters try to put a hit on their own hitman, it backfires. This movie is so much more cool and controlled than Bad Lieutenant but every bit as violent. Deeply influenced by French crime film and 90s NY hip-hop we see a world powered by a moral code, responsibility and sick systems in cars. Remember those custom Alpine, Kenwood and Pioneers? This movie is a classic of the time like they were.

This is one of my all-time favorite movies.

Down by law and ghost dog my favorite jarmusch.

Krista humunna hey

 

[Dan Lambskin]

Holy crap - a Krista spotting!!

I still need to watch Ghost Dog as well. I think I have only one Jarmusch movie.

I reviewed it awhile back, not favorably IIRC. Can see why people like it though

 

[Eephus]

Holy crap - a Krista spotting!!

I still need to watch Ghost Dog as well. I think I have only one Jarmusch movie.

Yeah, I was just very busy and traveling all the time for a while. Kinda dipping my toes back in here now. December promises to be a beast at work and because we are...wait for it...moving again. But hopefully I'll be around more in 2026.

As for Jarmusch, he's one of my top directors.

It's like when the star from an earlier season makes a cameo appearance in the new one

 

[krista4]

Jim Jarmusch's 1999 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai takes a different approach. Here the ways and traditions of the past are respected. A hitman has a code. And when a bunch of cartoonish New Jersey mobsters try to put a hit on their own hitman, it backfires. This movie is so much more cool and controlled than Bad Lieutenant but every bit as violent. Deeply influenced by French crime film and 90s NY hip-hop we see a world powered by a moral code, responsibility and sick systems in cars. Remember those custom Alpine, Kenwood and Pioneers? This movie is a classic of the time like they were.

This is one of my all-time favorite movies.

Down by law and ghost dog my favorite jarmusch.

Krista humunna hey

I think those are my two favorites as well, but did you see Paterson? Amazing.

 

[identikit]

Eddington was pretty good, although a bit long. Really showed some of the craziness of 2020. Not something I'd want to sit through again but worth checking out, imo.

I just watched it as well. Things really escalated in the end in ways I didn't expect. I liked it best when it was simple and really reflecting on the 2020 craziness you mention. Given that it's an Ari Aster movie, I should have expected it take some of those big swings.

Just curious if you two thought it was funny at all.

Aster joked in an interview that he wasn't sure if people would get that he was approaching it as a satire, so he wanted to make sure they knew with the shot of the airplane and how much he ramped it up at the end (which as 80s pointed out, seems to be one of the things he likes to do in movies). I've watched it 5x this year, and I seem to like it more and more each watch as I embrace the weirdness at the end and look for the little nuggets that make the world that much more interesting for me.

Also, Jamny - I don't think the craziness he is portraying in the movie was from 5 years ago - we are still going through it.

I found it pretty funny, pretty shocking, very on point

I think we are still in the midst of things as well

At some point, I'll watch it again

 

[Dan Lambskin]

A Merry Little Ex-Mas - Alicia Silverstone gives up her career to move to her doctor husband’s small hometown and they grow apart, separate and date with hijinks ensuing of course

Cute little holiday film nothing special by any means, but (and I know we don’t talk about that kind of stuff here) Alicia Silverstone looks absolutely MILF-TASTIC in this one

 

[Ilov80s]

Eddington was pretty good, although a bit long. Really showed some of the craziness of 2020. Not something I'd want to sit through again but worth checking out, imo.

I just watched it as well. Things really escalated in the end in ways I didn't expect. I liked it best when it was simple and really reflecting on the 2020 craziness you mention. Given that it's an Ari Aster movie, I should have expected it take some of those big swings.

Just curious if you two thought it was funny at all.

Aster joked in an interview that he wasn't sure if people would get that he was approaching it as a satire, so he wanted to make sure they knew with the shot of the airplane and how much he ramped it up at the end (which as 80s pointed out, seems to be one of the things he likes to do in movies). I've watched it 5x this year, and I seem to like it more and more each watch as I embrace the weirdness at the end and look for the little nuggets that make the world that much more interesting for me.

Also, Jamny - I don't think the craziness he is portraying in the movie was from 5 years ago - we are still going through it.

It was funny which is why when it went crazy in the final third I think it lost the humor for me as it got bigger and bigger. I really laughed at the white kid giving the speech at the rally there he was there to listen, after he gives his speech, which he has no right to give. Or the dad when he was like “are you R word? You’re white!”. There were several parts that were really funny. Also in terms of who was reasonable and who was the butt of most of the jokes and what it’s trying to say politically-socially is interesting but we can’t discuss that here. I feel like at times it was punching down, I’ll leave it at that.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Eddington was pretty good, although a bit long. Really showed some of the craziness of 2020. Not something I'd want to sit through again but worth checking out, imo.

I just watched it as well. Things really escalated in the end in ways I didn't expect. I liked it best when it was simple and really reflecting on the 2020 craziness you mention. Given that it's an Ari Aster movie, I should have expected it take some of those big swings.

Just curious if you two thought it was funny at all.

Aster joked in an interview that he wasn't sure if people would get that he was approaching it as a satire, so he wanted to make sure they knew with the shot of the airplane and how much he ramped it up at the end (which as 80s pointed out, seems to be one of the things he likes to do in movies). I've watched it 5x this year, and I seem to like it more and more each watch as I embrace the weirdness at the end and look for the little nuggets that make the world that much more interesting for me.

Also, Jamny - I don't think the craziness he is portraying in the movie was from 5 years ago - we are still going through it.

It was funny which is why when it went crazy in the final third I think it lost the humor for me as it got bigger and bigger. I really laughed at the white kid giving the speech at the rally there he was there to listen, after he gives his speech, which he has no right to give. Or the dad when he was like “are you R word? You’re white!”. There were several parts that were really funny. Also in terms of who was reasonable and who was the butt of most of the jokes and what it’s trying to say politically-socially is interesting but we can’t discuss that here. I feel like at times it was punching down, I’ll leave it at that.

I'll take a PM as far as that goes... especially the punching down part.

I still think that Aster takes less of a 'side' than PTA did in his movie this year, but on repeat viewings I do think that Aster still favors one side over the other, which honestly is natural. But for example, I do think he goes just as hard at the people at the George Floyd rally as he does Joe Cross and his slogan. That I very much appreciated. One of my biggest laughs was the ridiculous ad that Pascal's character had with his son. I love all the scenes with him and Phoenix as well.

I do agree that it loses it's humor as the end approaches, but IMO it does still very much stick the landing at the very end (and still has a couple laughs for me in the last scene as well).

 

[jamny]

Eddington was pretty good, although a bit long. Really showed some of the craziness of 2020. Not something I'd want to sit through again but worth checking out, imo.

I just watched it as well. Things really escalated in the end in ways I didn't expect. I liked it best when it was simple and really reflecting on the 2020 craziness you mention. Given that it's an Ari Aster movie, I should have expected it take some of those big swings.

Just curious if you two thought it was funny at all.

Aster joked in an interview that he wasn't sure if people would get that he was approaching it as a satire, so he wanted to make sure they knew with the shot of the airplane and how much he ramped it up at the end (which as 80s pointed out, seems to be one of the things he likes to do in movies). I've watched it 5x this year, and I seem to like it more and more each watch as I embrace the weirdness at the end and look for the little nuggets that make the world that much more interesting for me.

Also, Jamny - I don't think the craziness he is portraying in the movie was from 5 years ago - we are still going through it.

It was funny which is why when it went crazy in the final third I think it lost the humor for me as it got bigger and bigger. I really laughed at the white kid giving the speech at the rally there he was there to listen, after he gives his speech, which he has no right to give. Or the dad when he was like “are you R word? You’re white!”. There were several parts that were really funny. Also in terms of who was reasonable and who was the butt of most of the jokes and what it’s trying to say politically-socially is interesting but we can’t discuss that here. I feel like at times it was punching down, I’ll leave it at that.

Yeah, the kitchen scene with the kid was funny. Great long pause before the Dad ripped into him. For sure there is still a lot of craziness today but the stuff I was commenting on was the masking and keeping 6' away type things that only people that lived through it will really feel. Telling him to wear a mask while sitting alone in his own patrol car, the whole supermarket scene and the bar scene, calling it a "council meeting" to skirt the rules. What a crazy time. There were a bunch of LOL moments but I wouldn't say the movie overall was funny.
I'm reading that he left the guys in the plane to be pretty ambiguous, leaving the viewer to speculate who they really were.
I would say the acting was better than the movie, at least from the leads. Without them, I probably wouldn't have liked the movie much at all.

 

[jamny]

Eddington was pretty good, although a bit long. Really showed some of the craziness of 2020. Not something I'd want to sit through again but worth checking out, imo.

I just watched it as well. Things really escalated in the end in ways I didn't expect. I liked it best when it was simple and really reflecting on the 2020 craziness you mention. Given that it's an Ari Aster movie, I should have expected it take some of those big swings.

Just curious if you two thought it was funny at all.

Aster joked in an interview that he wasn't sure if people would get that he was approaching it as a satire, so he wanted to make sure they knew with the shot of the airplane and how much he ramped it up at the end (which as 80s pointed out, seems to be one of the things he likes to do in movies). I've watched it 5x this year, and I seem to like it more and more each watch as I embrace the weirdness at the end and look for the little nuggets that make the world that much more interesting for me.

Also, Jamny - I don't think the craziness he is portraying in the movie was from 5 years ago - we are still going through it.

It was funny which is why when it went crazy in the final third I think it lost the humor for me as it got bigger and bigger. I really laughed at the white kid giving the speech at the rally there he was there to listen, after he gives his speech, which he has no right to give. Or the dad when he was like “are you R word? You’re white!”. There were several parts that were really funny. Also in terms of who was reasonable and who was the butt of most of the jokes and what it’s trying to say politically-socially is interesting but we can’t discuss that here. I feel like at times it was punching down, I’ll leave it at that.

I'll take a PM as far as that goes... especially the punching down part.

I still think that Aster takes less of a 'side' than PTA did in his movie this year, but on repeat viewings I do think that Aster still favors one side over the other, which honestly is natural. But for example, I do think he goes just as hard at the people at the George Floyd rally as he does Joe Cross and his slogan. That I very much appreciated. One of my biggest laughs was the ridiculous ad that Pascal's character had with his son. I love all the scenes with him and Phoenix as well.

I do agree that it loses it's humor as the end approaches, but IMO it does still very much stick the landing at the very end (and still has a couple laughs for me in the last scene as well).

Well, it's not really close to being evenly "both sides" in the movie when you look at their actions. It didn't influence my enjoyment of it though, so I'll leave it at that.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Eddington was pretty good, although a bit long. Really showed some of the craziness of 2020. Not something I'd want to sit through again but worth checking out, imo.

I just watched it as well. Things really escalated in the end in ways I didn't expect. I liked it best when it was simple and really reflecting on the 2020 craziness you mention. Given that it's an Ari Aster movie, I should have expected it take some of those big swings.

Just curious if you two thought it was funny at all.

Aster joked in an interview that he wasn't sure if people would get that he was approaching it as a satire, so he wanted to make sure they knew with the shot of the airplane and how much he ramped it up at the end (which as 80s pointed out, seems to be one of the things he likes to do in movies). I've watched it 5x this year, and I seem to like it more and more each watch as I embrace the weirdness at the end and look for the little nuggets that make the world that much more interesting for me.

Also, Jamny - I don't think the craziness he is portraying in the movie was from 5 years ago - we are still going through it.

It was funny which is why when it went crazy in the final third I think it lost the humor for me as it got bigger and bigger. I really laughed at the white kid giving the speech at the rally there he was there to listen, after he gives his speech, which he has no right to give. Or the dad when he was like “are you R word? You’re white!”. There were several parts that were really funny. Also in terms of who was reasonable and who was the butt of most of the jokes and what it’s trying to say politically-socially is interesting but we can’t discuss that here. I feel like at times it was punching down, I’ll leave it at that.

Yeah, the kitchen scene with the kid was funny. Great long pause before the Dad ripped into him. For sure there is still a lot of craziness today but the stuff I was commenting on was the masking and keeping 6' away type things that only people that lived through it will really feel. Telling him to wear a mask while sitting alone in his own patrol car, the whole supermarket scene and the bar scene, calling it a "council meeting" to skirt the rules. What a crazy time. There were a bunch of LOL moments but I wouldn't say the movie overall was funny.
I'm reading that he left the guys in the plane to be pretty ambiguous, leaving the viewer to speculate who they really were.
I would say the acting was better than the movie, at least from the leads. Without them, I probably wouldn't have liked the movie much at all.

What I seem to really like in movies are people who don't believe their own ****, but keep up the act. That is why I find The Master so fascinating, and that was one of the many things I dug about this movie - especially when Pascal and Phoenix were busting each other's balls.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Eddington was pretty good, although a bit long. Really showed some of the craziness of 2020. Not something I'd want to sit through again but worth checking out, imo.

I just watched it as well. Things really escalated in the end in ways I didn't expect. I liked it best when it was simple and really reflecting on the 2020 craziness you mention. Given that it's an Ari Aster movie, I should have expected it take some of those big swings.

Just curious if you two thought it was funny at all.

Aster joked in an interview that he wasn't sure if people would get that he was approaching it as a satire, so he wanted to make sure they knew with the shot of the airplane and how much he ramped it up at the end (which as 80s pointed out, seems to be one of the things he likes to do in movies). I've watched it 5x this year, and I seem to like it more and more each watch as I embrace the weirdness at the end and look for the little nuggets that make the world that much more interesting for me.

Also, Jamny - I don't think the craziness he is portraying in the movie was from 5 years ago - we are still going through it.

It was funny which is why when it went crazy in the final third I think it lost the humor for me as it got bigger and bigger. I really laughed at the white kid giving the speech at the rally there he was there to listen, after he gives his speech, which he has no right to give. Or the dad when he was like “are you R word? You’re white!”. There were several parts that were really funny. Also in terms of who was reasonable and who was the butt of most of the jokes and what it’s trying to say politically-socially is interesting but we can’t discuss that here. I feel like at times it was punching down, I’ll leave it at that.

I'll take a PM as far as that goes... especially the punching down part.

I still think that Aster takes less of a 'side' than PTA did in his movie this year, but on repeat viewings I do think that Aster still favors one side over the other, which honestly is natural. But for example, I do think he goes just as hard at the people at the George Floyd rally as he does Joe Cross and his slogan. That I very much appreciated. One of my biggest laughs was the ridiculous ad that Pascal's character had with his son. I love all the scenes with him and Phoenix as well.

I do agree that it loses it's humor as the end approaches, but IMO it does still very much stick the landing at the very end (and still has a couple laughs for me in the last scene as well).

Well, it's not really close to being evenly "both sides" in the movie when you look at their actions. It didn't influence my enjoyment of it though, so I'll leave it at that.

I've seen people say they think he is way harder on the right, and as I posted above I do believe he leans that way, but I guess I didn't see it as quite so one-sided for the duration of the movie. I think the thumb is pressed down a little at the end for reasons and who is the main focus of the plot, but until that point I thought he was taking equally hard shots at all groups and showing how everybody was stuck in their own stupid online bubble and unable to communicate with human right in front of them.

IMO the homeless man is also a big part of my opinion on that since no groups seemed to care too much about him or what happened there.

ETA: also part of my point was that I thought he did a better job at shooting at both sides than PTA did with One Battle, and which a much better and funnier outcome. That one seemed to get all the praise and attention though.

 

[Ilov80s]

Eddington was pretty good, although a bit long. Really showed some of the craziness of 2020. Not something I'd want to sit through again but worth checking out, imo.

I just watched it as well. Things really escalated in the end in ways I didn't expect. I liked it best when it was simple and really reflecting on the 2020 craziness you mention. Given that it's an Ari Aster movie, I should have expected it take some of those big swings.

Just curious if you two thought it was funny at all.

Aster joked in an interview that he wasn't sure if people would get that he was approaching it as a satire, so he wanted to make sure they knew with the shot of the airplane and how much he ramped it up at the end (which as 80s pointed out, seems to be one of the things he likes to do in movies). I've watched it 5x this year, and I seem to like it more and more each watch as I embrace the weirdness at the end and look for the little nuggets that make the world that much more interesting for me.

Also, Jamny - I don't think the craziness he is portraying in the movie was from 5 years ago - we are still going through it.

It was funny which is why when it went crazy in the final third I think it lost the humor for me as it got bigger and bigger. I really laughed at the white kid giving the speech at the rally there he was there to listen, after he gives his speech, which he has no right to give. Or the dad when he was like “are you R word? You’re white!”. There were several parts that were really funny. Also in terms of who was reasonable and who was the butt of most of the jokes and what it’s trying to say politically-socially is interesting but we can’t discuss that here. I feel like at times it was punching down, I’ll leave it at that.

Yeah, the kitchen scene with the kid was funny. Great long pause before the Dad ripped into him. For sure there is still a lot of craziness today but the stuff I was commenting on was the masking and keeping 6' away type things that only people that lived through it will really feel. Telling him to wear a mask while sitting alone in his own patrol car, the whole supermarket scene and the bar scene, calling it a "council meeting" to skirt the rules. What a crazy time. There were a bunch of LOL moments but I wouldn't say the movie overall was funny.
I'm reading that he left the guys in the plane to be pretty ambiguous, leaving the viewer to speculate who they really were.
I would say the acting was better than the movie, at least from the leads. Without them, I probably wouldn't have liked the movie much at all.

What I seem to really like in movies are people who don't believe their own ****, but keep up the act. That is why I find The Master so fascinating, and that was one of the many things I dug about this movie - especially when Pascal and Phoenix were busting each other's balls.

I agree and I loved that, I just wish it would have continued instead of taking such a turn. To me the big twist kind of killed the tension between them and just made it into a whole new movie.

 

[Ilov80s]

Eddington was pretty good, although a bit long. Really showed some of the craziness of 2020. Not something I'd want to sit through again but worth checking out, imo.

I just watched it as well. Things really escalated in the end in ways I didn't expect. I liked it best when it was simple and really reflecting on the 2020 craziness you mention. Given that it's an Ari Aster movie, I should have expected it take some of those big swings.

Just curious if you two thought it was funny at all.

Aster joked in an interview that he wasn't sure if people would get that he was approaching it as a satire, so he wanted to make sure they knew with the shot of the airplane and how much he ramped it up at the end (which as 80s pointed out, seems to be one of the things he likes to do in movies). I've watched it 5x this year, and I seem to like it more and more each watch as I embrace the weirdness at the end and look for the little nuggets that make the world that much more interesting for me.

Also, Jamny - I don't think the craziness he is portraying in the movie was from 5 years ago - we are still going through it.

It was funny which is why when it went crazy in the final third I think it lost the humor for me as it got bigger and bigger. I really laughed at the white kid giving the speech at the rally there he was there to listen, after he gives his speech, which he has no right to give. Or the dad when he was like “are you R word? You’re white!”. There were several parts that were really funny. Also in terms of who was reasonable and who was the butt of most of the jokes and what it’s trying to say politically-socially is interesting but we can’t discuss that here. I feel like at times it was punching down, I’ll leave it at that.

I'll take a PM as far as that goes... especially the punching down part.

I still think that Aster takes less of a 'side' than PTA did in his movie this year, but on repeat viewings I do think that Aster still favors one side over the other, which honestly is natural. But for example, I do think he goes just as hard at the people at the George Floyd rally as he does Joe Cross and his slogan. That I very much appreciated. One of my biggest laughs was the ridiculous ad that Pascal's character had with his son. I love all the scenes with him and Phoenix as well.

I do agree that it loses it's humor as the end approaches, but IMO it does still very much stick the landing at the very end (and still has a couple laughs for me in the last scene as well).

Well, it's not really close to being evenly "both sides" in the movie when you look at their actions. It didn't influence my enjoyment of it though, so I'll leave it at that.

I guess that depends on who you think the people in the plane really were. I actually thought it was extremely rough on the young people in the movie. I felt like just watching it, we were supposed to like and root for Pheonix. He's dumb and he's getting in way over his head but I thought he was generally morally right and had good intentions. But of course that gets thrown out the window with the final act.

 

[Ilov80s]

IMO the homeless man is also a big part of my opinion on that since no groups seemed to care too much about him or what happened there.

Yeah, he was a key to the movie. People arguing about all these problems that were made-up, far away or theoretical when meanwhile there is just this crazy guy causing havoc right in front of their faces but they were all preoccupied with stuff on TV and online they just refused to deal with it. I could also see him sort of representing the disease and madness coming to every small town and even after Covid is "killed", the madness didn't go away. It actually got much worse. A harbinger perhaps.

I guess my issue with it punching down is it gets a lot of laughs off of teens, people who are mentally unstable, average working joes but it doesn't bring any of that to the people driving the discourse of the country. Now I have only seen it once so maybe on another viewing I might see more how Pacal and Phoenix did represent that bigger political system and weren't just meant to be small town officials. Maybe this was some kind of symbolic town more than I even read into.

 

[KarmaPolice]

IMO the homeless man is also a big part of my opinion on that since no groups seemed to care too much about him or what happened there.

Yeah, he was a key to the movie. People arguing about all these problems that were made-up, far away or theoretical when meanwhile there is just this crazy guy causing havoc right in front of their faces but they were all preoccupied with stuff on TV and online they just refused to deal with it. I could also see him sort of representing the disease and madness coming to every small town and even after Covid is "killed", the madness didn't go away. It actually got much worse. A harbinger perhaps.

I guess my issue with it punching down is it gets a lot of laughs off of teens, people who are mentally unstable, average working joes but it doesn't bring any of that to the people driving the discourse of the country. Now I have only seen it once so maybe on another viewing I might see more how Pacal and Phoenix did represent that bigger political system and weren't just meant to be small town officials. Maybe this was some kind of symbolic town more than I even read into.

Yeah, point well taken about the kids in the movie. I think the overall point for Aster was about us and our phones more than anything specifically political. He joked in an interview that this movie was the child of Twitter - he wanted to make a movie that felt like scrolling online at that time. I know he is from New Mexico, and talks about how he did go down for awhile and meet with people to talk to them about their thoughts and views about that time, and that Joe Cross is based on a specific sheriff he met (evidently down to the wardrobe). That said, I'd guess he didn't meet with many kids, or there might have been a bit of a softer edge to some of them like we see in the adult characters.

I know it gets a bit nuts at the end, but besides the main "action" scene toward the end, nothing gets so wild that I don't think it could happen IRL, which is probably why I dug the movie so much. The action bit was and is a bit much, but it is fantastically shot and I at least find it a little funnier now. Not that I've seen many, but it is still easily my favorite this year and maybe of the last few years. If we did our countdown at the end of this year, I think a surprise to people would be how high this one would be ranked. Today I would say it's better than Midsommar, and that was in my top 25.

 

[Ilov80s]

Caught Stealing has a lot going for it. Aronofsky films it rght there in NYC. It's not Vancouver or a green screen standing in. IDLES do a kickass job with the score. Austin Butler is a very capable lead in this kind of action thriller. He's believable as a romantic lead and as an unreluctant tough guy. The supporting cast is excellent with Zoe Kravitz, Liev Schreiber, Regina King, Griffin Dunne and more. It's fast paced and always exciting, well filmed. More like a Guy Ritche movie than an Aronofksy movie. But the tone of it didn't work for me. It was trying to be fun and playful amidst the extreme violence but that's a tough tone to get right and I don't think Caught Stealing manages it. Still, if you like Guy Ritchie style movies with lots of gunfights, plot twists and outlandish characters this could be for you. On Netflix now.

 

[El Floppo]

No the in IDLES

 

[Ilov80s]

No the in IDLES

I always do that for every band. It just doesn't sound right to me for some reason without it and I can never remember which bands use The and which don't.

 

[Ilov80s]

Jim Jarmusch's 1999 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai takes a different approach. Here the ways and traditions of the past are respected. A hitman has a code. And when a bunch of cartoonish New Jersey mobsters try to put a hit on their own hitman, it backfires. This movie is so much more cool and controlled than Bad Lieutenant but every bit as violent. Deeply influenced by French crime film and 90s NY hip-hop we see a world powered by a moral code, responsibility and sick systems in cars. Remember those custom Alpine, Kenwood and Pioneers? This movie is a classic of the time like they were.

This is one of my all-time favorite movies.

It was really good, definitely a movie I'll watch again. I need to see more Jarmusch. He surprises me. I think this is my favorite of his so far though Mystery Train was awesome too.

 

[KarmaPolice]

No the in IDLES

I always do that for every band. It just doesn't sound right to me for some reason without it and I can never remember which bands use The and which don't.

don't you mean The Alvvays?

 

[El Floppo]

Jim Jarmusch's 1999 Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai takes a different approach. Here the ways and traditions of the past are respected. A hitman has a code. And when a bunch of cartoonish New Jersey mobsters try to put a hit on their own hitman, it backfires. This movie is so much more cool and controlled than Bad Lieutenant but every bit as violent. Deeply influenced by French crime film and 90s NY hip-hop we see a world powered by a moral code, responsibility and sick systems in cars. Remember those custom Alpine, Kenwood and Pioneers? This movie is a classic of the time like they were.

This is one of my all-time favorite movies.

Down by law and ghost dog my favorite jarmusch.

Krista humunna hey

I think those are my two favorites as well, but did you see Paterson? Amazing.

No...now ill have to.

 

[WVU Alum]

Bugonia - I know people like it. But I thought it was just ok. I’m not an Emma Stone fan, but she did a good job. I HATED the ending.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Bugonia - I know people like it. But I thought it was just ok. I’m not an Emma Stone fan, but she did a good job. I HATED the ending.

I didn't know this was a remake, and have been meaning to track down the original. It sounds weird.

 

[Ilov80s]

Bugonia - I know people like it. But I thought it was just ok. I’m not an Emma Stone fan, but she did a good job. I HATED the ending.

I didn't know this was a remake, and have been meaning to track down the original. It sounds weird.

I am just looking this up now and yeah it sounds very weird: Save the Green Planet!

Also sounds kind of ahead of its time:

A young man believes that his country's leaders are actually toxic reptilian aliens sent down to launch a takeover of his beloved Earth. So he decides to abduct them and force the truth out on camera in his basement that doubles as a film studio and torture chamber.

 

[El Floppo]

No the in IDLES

I always do that for every band. It just doesn't sound right to me for some reason without it and I can never remember which bands use The and which don't.

don't you mean The Alvvays?

The The The

 

[BLOCKED_PUNT]

I saw Eddington was streaming a few days ago and thought about checking it out since @KarmaPolice talks about it ad nauseam and I do like Phoenix. So I took a break from binge watching Rome to waste 2 hours of my life.

Yeah, the kitchen scene with the kid was funny

This was really the only time I laughed.

I didn't really care for this at all. I thought it was a chaotic mess and no I don't this making a chaotic movie makes you some sort of genius-it just means its a bad film. I legitimatily believe that if I were given $25 million I could make a better movie than this.

 

[KarmaPolice]

"Ad nasuem"


Even if true, it probably should've been a clue it was a movie you weren't going to like, bp.