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Offline Michael Hardner

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« Reply #45 on: March 15, 2023, 04:57:48 pm »
This is on Disney at present - Banshees of Inisherin

An instant classic.

Better than Everything Everywhere All at Once

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/oct/23/the-banshees-of-inisherin-review-martin-mcdonagh-colin-farrell-brendan-gleeson

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« Reply #46 on: March 15, 2023, 05:41:27 pm »
This is on Disney at present - Banshees of Inisherin

An instant classic.

Better than Everything Everywhere All at Once

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/oct/23/the-banshees-of-inisherin-review-martin-mcdonagh-colin-farrell-brendan-gleeson

100% agree. I saw EEAO in the theatre and thought it to be a big mess. Banshees is fantastic.

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« Reply #47 on: March 15, 2023, 05:53:59 pm »
100% agree. I saw EEAO in the theatre and thought it to be a big mess. Banshees is fantastic.

I really DID like EEAO.  It was definitely something but I even myself used the term "mess" to describe it.

For pure originality and goofy hubris I'm glad it got the visibility it did.  And its production company A24 is singlehandedly making almost the only good movies in Hollywood right now.

But... damn... the Banshees of Inisherin... I will be thinking about that one forever.

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« Reply #48 on: March 15, 2023, 07:44:42 pm »
I really DID like EEAO.  It was definitely something but I even myself used the term "mess" to describe it.

For pure originality and goofy hubris I'm glad it got the visibility it did.  And its production company A24 is singlehandedly making almost the only good movies in Hollywood right now.

But... damn... the Banshees of Inisherin... I will be thinking about that one forever.

Oh don’t get me wrong I appreciated the ambition and the originality, the performances were great but I just found it to be a bit too much.

I watched “Nope” the other day and have the exact same criticisms.
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« Reply #49 on: March 18, 2023, 01:05:15 am »
Maybe i'll give Eevrrything Everywhere a chance at some point.  I do like Michelle Yeoh.
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« Reply #50 on: August 01, 2023, 09:22:03 am »
Barbie - full review

So it was, as I thought, preachy and I hate preachy movies especially ones that just reiterate messages I agree with.  Why am I here ?  Where's the entertainment.

BUT.

But it was good after all because you could watch and admire the skill in which the preachy stuff was baked into to the story.  That's not to say the story was compelling.  It's dolls after all... but the cleverness was something to admire.

Is cleverness enough ?  I would say that cleverness in a film needs a few extras to make it worthwhile.  One of the extras here was the production design, which was also excellent.

So, this movie will make misogyny types explode (it makes fun of men) and will bore feminist men, but but... if you have some writer in you, or maybe like great visuals or the music ... I don't know ... you might like it.

Certainly the chicks liked it.  Like Bridget Jones' Diary, all I heard was chick laughter.... the chicks...

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« Reply #51 on: August 01, 2023, 11:39:38 am »
You gonna see Oppenheimer, Mike? Personally, I couldn't care less, not because it's not an interesting subject, but because Nolan is an absolute hack.

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« Reply #52 on: August 01, 2023, 12:25:45 pm »
You gonna see Oppenheimer, Mike? Personally, I couldn't care less, not because it's not an interesting subject, but because Nolan is an absolute hack.

I was interested but also trying to figure out why it would be interesting.  Same as Barbie I guess.

My room mate was the deciding vote.

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« Reply #53 on: August 01, 2023, 02:04:11 pm »
I was interested but also trying to figure out why it would be interesting.  Same as Barbie I guess.

My room mate was the deciding vote.

I'm hyped to see Asteroid City but our local theatre is only showing it for the week lol.

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« Reply #54 on: August 01, 2023, 02:10:08 pm »
I recently watched Rolling Thunder on Tubi. Written by the guy that wrote Taxi Driver, it stars William Devane as a POW in Vietnam who was recently released after years in prison and awarded $2,500 in shiny silver dollars by his town. Some hillbillies break into his house to steal this fortune but didn't count on him being so conditioned to not talk while being tortured. They put his arm in the garbage disposer and turn it into a bloody stump. Then his wife and son come home and his son quickly tells them where the money is. They get it, shoot all three execution-style, and leave, not realizing William Devane is still alive. So he sharpens up a hook for his missing hand and goes hunting them, Death Wish-like. A most entertaining romp if you like your films dark and from the late 1970s.

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« Reply #55 on: August 01, 2023, 02:13:27 pm »
I'm hyped to see Asteroid City but our local theatre is only showing it for the week lol.

Thumbs down for me, unless of course you adore Wes Anderson then it was fine.
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« Reply #56 on: August 01, 2023, 02:14:14 pm »
I recently watched Rolling Thunder on Tubi. Written by the guy that wrote Taxi Driver, it stars William Devane as a POW in Vietnam who was recently released after years in prison and awarded $2,500 in shiny civil dollars by his town. Some hillbillies break into his house to steal this fortune but didn't count on him being so conditioned to not talk while being tortured. They put his arm in the garbage disposer and turn it into a bloody stump. Then his wife and son come home and his son quickly tells them where the money is. They get it, shoot all three execution-style, and leave, not realizing William Devane is still alive. So he sharpens up a hook for his missing hand and goes hunting them, Death Wish-like. A most entertaining romp if you like your films dark and from the late 1970s.

I will pass on this one if it's ok.

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« Reply #57 on: August 01, 2023, 03:14:57 pm »
Barbie - full review

So it was, as I thought, preachy and I hate preachy movies especially ones that just reiterate messages I agree with.  Why am I here ?  Where's the entertainment.

BUT.

But it was good after all because you could watch and admire the skill in which the preachy stuff was baked into to the story.  That's not to say the story was compelling.  It's dolls after all... but the cleverness was something to admire.

Is cleverness enough ?  I would say that cleverness in a film needs a few extras to make it worthwhile.  One of the extras here was the production design, which was also excellent.

So, this movie will make misogyny types explode (it makes fun of men) and will bore feminist men, but but... if you have some writer in you, or maybe like great visuals or the music ... I don't know ... you might like it.

Certainly the chicks liked it.  Like Bridget Jones' Diary, all I heard was chick laughter.... the chicks...

Sounds like you're voting Trump in 2024.
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« Reply #58 on: August 01, 2023, 03:19:54 pm »
You gonna see Oppenheimer, Mike? Personally, I couldn't care less, not because it's not an interesting subject, but because Nolan is an absolute hack.

I don't think he's a hack, but I do find his plots difficult to follow because you have to listen to the dialogue carefully or you will miss important details.  For a 3 hour movie that gets tough.  But he does unique and creative stuff in an industry obsessed with sequels and reboots so I support those kinds of risks.

Loved his Batmans, was pretty meh on Inception, liked Dunkirk, liked that space movie, didn't bother watching Tenet.  I watched the one about the magician, was meh.
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« Reply #59 on: August 01, 2023, 03:23:01 pm »
Top Gun 2 was amazing.

The new Mission Impossible looks pretty good.  I haven't watched any of the other ones.

I'm convinced just about every traditional media industry is dead except for TV on streaming.  Movies, music. gaming, cable tv, even news...it's all eroding into a puddle of yucky.
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