thestrangebrew1
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Yea I've seen all his movies including Mr. Deeds!
thestrangebrew1
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TBH The Wedding Singer is probably one of my favorite movies. Still cracks me up, and I have a huge crush on Drew Barrymore with her hair in that movie. She just looks so darn cute to me haha.
She's been known to have that effect on people
William Gaatjes
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I was watching the series : "The golden girls" on Amazon video . But this golden comedy got removed :"This title is unavailable due to expired rights" .
10 /10 , that series was a golden format.
10 /10 , that series was a golden format.
GodisanAtheist
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Completed Rogue One 9/10
After wrapping up Andor S2 which leads directly into the start of the Rogue One film, I have to say this is a rare situation where the movie and the spin-off perfectly compliment each other and both are made stronger as a result.
Rogue One was already, IMO, the best Disney era SW film. Andor is easily the best Disney SW content, hell in the absence of nostalgia it is the best SW content period and one of the best shows ever made irrespective of its SW branding entirely.
Rogue One: not only does it appropriately age up with it's audience, but it hits a lot of OT beats that the sequel trilogy came to lack, namely a proper climax that rivals Return of the Jedi's battle for Endor: tension from stealth operatives/ ground battle/ areal battle/ space battle happening simultaneously and all reliant on each other for the success of the overall mission. AND it manages to do it all with a minimal use of space wizards and the force (with one notable exception, if you know you know).
But the real treat is watching Rogue One in a new light, where each line of dialogue spoken by Andor is given new weight and meaning, where even secondary characters share actors with the series pulling you into the illusion that Rogue One is the capstone to the Andor series, rather than the series being a prequel. This is a tie in series done right, the source material is immensely elevated. It feels like the Anti-Solo, where the series didn't fully explain Andor's history, but it made him fully understandable.
Character deaths that were handled well enough in the original theatrical release now suddenly have gravitas and weight that they didn't carry before. Hell, you wouldn't even notice Melshi in the OG watch of Rogue One, and here you realize he and Cassian were good buddies that died unceremoniously with no long good-byes so the entire plot of A New Hope could happen.
If you've just watched Rogue One, you likely think its an 8/10 (maybe a 7/10 because it does feel a little hammy at times, but it is a Star Wars movie). With the full weight of Andor behind it, it really becomes something else entirely.
A real *ahem* tour de force.
After wrapping up Andor S2 which leads directly into the start of the Rogue One film, I have to say this is a rare situation where the movie and the spin-off perfectly compliment each other and both are made stronger as a result.
Rogue One was already, IMO, the best Disney era SW film. Andor is easily the best Disney SW content, hell in the absence of nostalgia it is the best SW content period and one of the best shows ever made irrespective of its SW branding entirely.
Rogue One: not only does it appropriately age up with it's audience, but it hits a lot of OT beats that the sequel trilogy came to lack, namely a proper climax that rivals Return of the Jedi's battle for Endor: tension from stealth operatives/ ground battle/ areal battle/ space battle happening simultaneously and all reliant on each other for the success of the overall mission. AND it manages to do it all with a minimal use of space wizards and the force (with one notable exception, if you know you know).
But the real treat is watching Rogue One in a new light, where each line of dialogue spoken by Andor is given new weight and meaning, where even secondary characters share actors with the series pulling you into the illusion that Rogue One is the capstone to the Andor series, rather than the series being a prequel. This is a tie in series done right, the source material is immensely elevated. It feels like the Anti-Solo, where the series didn't fully explain Andor's history, but it made him fully understandable.
Character deaths that were handled well enough in the original theatrical release now suddenly have gravitas and weight that they didn't carry before. Hell, you wouldn't even notice Melshi in the OG watch of Rogue One, and here you realize he and Cassian were good buddies that died unceremoniously with no long good-byes so the entire plot of A New Hope could happen.
If you've just watched Rogue One, you likely think its an 8/10 (maybe a 7/10 because it does feel a little hammy at times, but it is a Star Wars movie). With the full weight of Andor behind it, it really becomes something else entirely.
A real *ahem* tour de force.
DigDog
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i mean .. DOES HE?
because i was today years old when i discovered that this guy is the same giancarlo esposito i see every day on tv. (if i had a tv)
Anyway, i watched
Do The Right Thing - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097216/reference/
again, for the fifth time, i think.
This is such a strange film. I know there is a message there, but i am still not sure i have understood the message.
(Spike Lee) Mookie is a young black kid from brooklyn; he works a crappy job at Sal's Famous Pizzaria to pay for the milk that comes out of Rosie Perez' magnificent tits. (she still looks hot today)
Sal is a good guy who is proud of having worked for twentyfive years in that neighborhood. He knows that there's hotheads no matter where you go, and doesn't use it as an excuse to be racist.
Cue hothead asshole Buggin'Out (Esposito) who, essentially for no reason, assaults Sal. And the pizzeria gets burned down.
Bugginout's friend, Radio Raheem, is in the process of murdering Sal when the police intervene in their usual heavy handed manner, and this is blamed on Sal. Some dickhead comes into your shop after closing hours, threatens you and pulls you into the street to strangle you, and .. how is exactly any of that your fault?
Also Mookie's last action to break the window of the pizzeria .. i don't get why he would do that - since he's always sided with Sal rather than the other two.
I was fresh out of school when this came out and a whole bunch of my schoolmates were black (this was not in the US, we were a privileged school), but, they were, so to speak, "continental" in education; and this film seemed to have ignited a furore of black pride in them, they went all fight the power and "radio raheem was the victim" and i was like, what film did you watch? because it ain't the same as i did.
I guess, this film certainly doesn't leave me cold. It still has the capacity to make me think, if not always in the right direction.
8/10
gorobei
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Leviathan (2025)
japanese 3dcg animated series available on netflix.
probably a 6.5/10 but there are some nice bits in there.
adapted from 2009 book series by scott westerfeld. alternate history earth ww1 where the central powers [germany/austria-hungary/ottoman] 'clankers' use giant walking steampunk(dieselpunk really) mecha, and the western allies [uk/france/rus] 'darwinists' use genetically engineered creatures (flying whales) to fight with. basically a young adult series that attempts to teach people about ww1 through sci-fantasy.
the animation style is standard 2000's era bad anime video game uninspired cel shade with very pantomime mocap and tons of medium shots because they dont have any good facial animators to create a believable closeup performance. the music is ok, the jp voice acting is just ok, the production design is a little above ok.
the problem is the adaptation condenses the 3 book series and focuses too much on the 2 main characters. there is very little development of secondary characters and the japanese convention on angsty teens makes it hard to care about the main characters. they shorten what is the span of years into feeling like 2 months because they dont set the stage of the world or mention important events not happening to the protagonists.
the writers didnt understand the scope of the work and made it all about the melodrama.
the only good part is the biotech from the books.
japanese 3dcg animated series available on netflix.
probably a 6.5/10 but there are some nice bits in there.
adapted from 2009 book series by scott westerfeld. alternate history earth ww1 where the central powers [germany/austria-hungary/ottoman] 'clankers' use giant walking steampunk(dieselpunk really) mecha, and the western allies [uk/france/rus] 'darwinists' use genetically engineered creatures (flying whales) to fight with. basically a young adult series that attempts to teach people about ww1 through sci-fantasy.
the animation style is standard 2000's era bad anime video game uninspired cel shade with very pantomime mocap and tons of medium shots because they dont have any good facial animators to create a believable closeup performance. the music is ok, the jp voice acting is just ok, the production design is a little above ok.
the problem is the adaptation condenses the 3 book series and focuses too much on the 2 main characters. there is very little development of secondary characters and the japanese convention on angsty teens makes it hard to care about the main characters. they shorten what is the span of years into feeling like 2 months because they dont set the stage of the world or mention important events not happening to the protagonists.
the writers didnt understand the scope of the work and made it all about the melodrama.
the only good part is the biotech from the books.
Yeah well I would've had trouble recognizing him if I hadn't seen him as a young punk in another old movie clip.
I would love to see the first movie where the director or the casting director discovered that he could be an effective villain. His villainous rise has been mercurial.
Watch BlacKkKlansman if you haven't. I hadn't know about Spike Lee prior to that. It was an easy 7/10.
DigDog
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William Gaatjes
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Subversience (2024)
I will give it an 8 out of 10.
Roald Dahl's the witches (2020)
10/10
Finally a nice fantasy movie.
The original movie "The witches" from 1990 , was also very good. That was a 10/10 for sure.
I do not know why, but the old masks , make up and puppeteers often stil win over computer animation.
Do not ask me why but it is an "uncanny valley" thing i guess.
I have the same with the movie the thing (1982) and the thing (2011). It is some sort of inverse "uncanny valley" feeling i have. To easy to spot computer animation.
With puppeteer work and makeup it seems more gruesome and more gore at times in comparison to some levels of computer animation (CGI).
I will give it an 8 out of 10.
Roald Dahl's the witches (2020)
10/10
Finally a nice fantasy movie.
The original movie "The witches" from 1990 , was also very good. That was a 10/10 for sure.
I do not know why, but the old masks , make up and puppeteers often stil win over computer animation.
Do not ask me why but it is an "uncanny valley" thing i guess.
I have the same with the movie the thing (1982) and the thing (2011). It is some sort of inverse "uncanny valley" feeling i have. To easy to spot computer animation.
With puppeteer work and makeup it seems more gruesome and more gore at times in comparison to some levels of computer animation (CGI).
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That's true. So many adults took Yoda too seriously and forgot he is just a lifeless puppet.
And it happened again with Grogu too.
William Gaatjes
Lifer
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William Gaatjes
Lifer
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William Gaatjes
Lifer
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Kaido
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DigDog
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apparently Sandman wasn't quite finished yet. There is a single additional episode, based on a one-shot https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death:_The_High_Cost_of_Living and all revolving around Death.
.. the plot changes the love interest from Death's mortal form to a nice, skinny, young girl who far more resembles the Death from the comics, rather than the current actress. Ellie Mejia, who would have been a far better casting choice for Death.
Not great. But not horrible. The comic wasn't great either.
.. the plot changes the love interest from Death's mortal form to a nice, skinny, young girl who far more resembles the Death from the comics, rather than the current actress. Ellie Mejia, who would have been a far better casting choice for Death.
Not great. But not horrible. The comic wasn't great either.
Have yet to see the new episode but judging from her imdb page, I have to disagree.
Who cares about whatever shape and form was drawn in a comic decades ago?
DigDog
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William Gaatjes
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Ahhh. Poor baby reptiles. Grogu has not learned yet to not eat everything he sees.
I do. But Death being a skinny girl has no relevance. She looks seductive in the comics which would've been ok if she were also malicious (seducing people to their deaths) but the black one looks kinder and more "moral". I think that's what you would want more in Death. Someone who makes you feel peaceful when your time comes.
DigDog
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ok i dont think you are understanding me. I want to fuck Death. ok?
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