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how profound

  On 4/10/2018 at 2:36 AM, eugene said:

i wish i was capable of love

  On 4/5/2018 at 11:51 PM, Squee said:

By the way, You Were Never Really Here is amazing. Best movie I’ve seen all year

  On 4/6/2018 at 12:01 AM, cwmbrancity said:

have yet to see a better depiction of PTSD & the story is tone perfect, best film seen for a long while, zero fat on it, tight & cohesive, came out of the cinema blinking in a frazzled mood

  On 4/10/2018 at 2:36 AM, eugene said:

also saw "you were never really here" with two of pta's collaborators. it was trash.

Holy cock sucking Christ, he liked a film!

TIMJ, you could build such silly constructs on top of literally everything, pretty much regardless of the content of the film. i remember someone, somewhere made an elaborate cultural critique out of jurassic world for example. i don't believe that concealing and deliberately making things more difficult to untangle is something directors actually strive for, as a proof of some sophistication or something.  viewers arguing with the director about what had actually happened in their film ("NO! he did actually kill himself!) just seems really stupid to me

yeah i think that's a way far fetched analysis of the movie but at the same time it is at least an explanation for such an improbable plot... i really liked the movie, it really got me on its mood through all the exceptionally well crafted cinema techniques it used, but at the same time i felt that the plot was a bit unbelievable and that's why i think an "it was all in his head" interpretation is frankly quite plausible...

Finally got around to watching The Force Awakens. 

It should have never been woke. 

  On 4/10/2018 at 11:14 AM, eugene said:

TIMJ, you could build such silly constructs on top of literally everything, pretty much regardless of the content of the film. i remember someone, somewhere made an elaborate cultural critique out of jurassic world for example. i don't believe that concealing and deliberately making things more difficult to untangle is something directors actually strive for, as a proof of some sophistication or something.  viewers arguing with the director about what had actually happened in their film ("NO! he did actually kill himself!) just seems really stupid to me

and yet, people still respect Ulysses. 

  On 3/18/2018 at 11:02 PM, hello spiral said:

Finally watched Wiener Dog. I meant to see it in the cinema when it came out and didn't get around to it. Had it dloaded since then and forgot about it.

Had a really shitty and depressing day and remembered I had it. A Solondz movie always cheers me up, probably in the most unhealthy way.

Loved it. I see he has a new one out this year, can't wait.

Gonna rewatch Happiness tonight for the 900th time.

  On 3/18/2018 at 11:02 PM, hello spiral said:

Finally watched Wiener Dog. I meant to see it in the cinema when it came out and didn't get around to it. Had it dloaded since then and forgot about it.

Had a really shitty and depressing day and remembered I had it. A Solondz movie always cheers me up, probably in the most unhealthy way.

Loved it. I see he has a new one out this year, can't wait.

Gonna rewatch Happiness tonight for the 900th time.

Just watched this, really liked it too. His best in a while I think, lots of slow build up uncomfortableness followed by the relief of a genuine lol. The first scene with prelude to the afternoon of a swan was so beautifully shot, then following that up with repeating the theme with a long tracking shot of diarrhea was genius. Many more uncomfortable laughs too, bomb vest bit was great too.

* Clair de lune

a few chuckles here and there but really it's (again) an okay skit extended to what felt like 2 hours.

basically rene (schumer) is an overweight forgotten girl who works in some dumpster of an office  for a company full of super hot chicks. working in the main office is her dream come true. so she goes to the gym and on her first day knocks her head and suddenly she thinks she's "beautiful" (thin) and suddenly she's extremely confident. 

this rips off both BIG and shallow hal. there's also a guy that looks frighteningly similar to dave chappelle and plays a roll with two other dudes that harkened to the film half baked

i don't know about this one. i think schumer is on damage control but the damage might be irreparable at this point. 

Sounds great

But she's not fat? How does this work?

it doesn't work because she's also not funny.

Sounds great

^^^ it doesn't. i guess that's the joke. the film abandons that pretty quickly and just makes it a gag for amy to use but the real message here becomes "if you're a basic bitch i.e. everyday woman and not a super model, you can be hot too. you just need to believe in it because nobody else will anyway"

have to say i left the theater feeling pretty so...

but did you start making jokes about how your fanny smells and you're a huge slag and you can "catch a dick anytime" though it doesn't have anything to do with your money or fame?

^^ was thinking of doing that tonight. 

  On 4/12/2018 at 6:49 PM, usagi said:

it doesn't work because she's also not funny.

she was funny before she embraced woke shaming culture etc and was just mean.

Liam Neeson on a Train - "I'm 60 years old!"

Studied La Haine (1995) in school 2 years ago, brilliant French film.

It's decent.

mother! - I'm so pleased a film like this can still get made. I think I enjoyed it but I need time to process it.

it reminded me of Synecdoche New York