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I'm late to the releases but Winning Time is genuinely good TV and I don't even like the Lakers.
 
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Dog -- my turn to pick the family movie, ended up w Dog which looked like a paint by numbers family comedy with a dog. Ended up being a deep dive into soldier PTSD .... yeah

Enemy - A24 movie w Jake Gyllenhall (sp?) ... it was decent, bit of a slow burn, typical indie lower budget probably based off a book movie ... very confusing philosophical was he one person two personalities or 2 people thing

read several reviews and director quotes .. still confused.

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White Noise - anyone seen yet?
 
ILikeYouDoYouLikeMe said:
White Noise - anyone seen yet?
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Not yet. I've heard good things about Glass Onion, The Menu, and RRR, but haven't gotten around to those either. Been kinda hung up on TV lately. The Sheridan-verse has been solid, White Lotus was good.

Saw an article today that the principal cast of Stranger Things is getting like $80 million in salary alone. With all the talk about the decline of movies in the "superhero era," I think prestige television is its biggest threat. What Amazon just paid for that LotR series is bonkers for something intended for viewing in a living room.
 
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Dog -- my turn to pick the family movie, ended up w Dog which looked like a paint by numbers family comedy with a dog. Ended up being a deep dive into soldier PTSD .... yeah

Enemy - A24 movie w Jake Gyllenhall (sp?) ... it was decent, bit of a slow burn, typical indie lower budget probably based off a book movie ... very confusing philosophical was he one person two personalities or 2 people thing

read several reviews and director quotes .. still confused.

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White Noise - anyone seen yet?
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Watched it, couldn't really find anything to latch on to for a looooong time, was almost frustrating. Then for a little bit it seemed like if they made one of the National Lampoon Vacation movies about a borderline apocalyptic event and I guess that was kind of entertaining, or at least threatened to be, then it got super dark and weird and I was frustrated again.

Then it suddenly got really funny for like 10-15 minutes near the end but the end itself kind of crapped out and lost me again.
 
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Not yet. I've heard good things about Glass Onion, The Menu, and RRR, but haven't gotten around to those either. Been kinda hung up on TV lately. The Sheridan-verse has been solid, White Lotus was good.

Saw an article today that the principal cast of Stranger Things is getting like $80 million in salary alone. With all the talk about the decline of movies in the "superhero era," I think prestige television is its biggest threat. What Amazon just paid for that LotR series is bonkers for something intended for viewing in a living room.
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I've only seen half of RRR and I still consider it one of the best things I've done with media in the last year. I only know about the Bollywood/Tollywood genre from memes and hype and a handful of react videos by CGI artists I like but RRR f***ing crushes it from a "watchability" standpoint while still hitting those over the top hallmarks, it's a f***ing riot. If you can watch something "seriously" while also getting a good chuckle at it you're going to be in for a treat, and the best moments are genuinely good. The dance sequence is genuinely my favorite part of what I saw so far and I almost can't believe that because there are some great set pieces there, that dance is just ridiculously good. I just have to go back to watch what is essentially a second movie now to wrap it up.

ILikeYouDoYouLikeMe said:
Dog -- my turn to pick the family movie, ended up w Dog which looked like a paint by numbers family comedy with a dog. Ended up being a deep dive into soldier PTSD .... yeah

Enemy - A24 movie w Jake Gyllenhall (sp?) ... it was decent, bit of a slow burn, typical indie lower budget probably based off a book movie ... very confusing philosophical was he one person two personalities or 2 people thing

read several reviews and director quotes .. still confused.

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White Noise - anyone seen yet?
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This reminds me of when I got control of the family movie pick for a holiday event and picked Mother! because I had seen it and knew nobody else I ever met in my life was going to watch it, so the only chance I had at commiseration was to present it as an earnest movie pick and just let it unfold.

I kind of won and lost that one, because I'll have a hard time earning movie trust for a while but they had to admit the ride was unreal. The weird part was I picked it because I was intrigued but ultimately hated it the first time around, but the second time... watching other people watch it suddenly made the whole thing incredible.
 
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I've only seen half of RRR and I still consider it one of the best things I've done with media in the last year. I only know about the Bollywood/Tollywood genre from memes and hype and a handful of react videos by CGI artists I like but RRR f***ing crushes it from a "watchability" standpoint while still hitting those over the top hallmarks, it's a f***ing riot. If you can watch something "seriously" while also getting a good chuckle at it you're going to be in for a treat, and the best moments are genuinely good. The dance sequence is genuinely my favorite part of what I saw so far and I almost can't believe that because there are some great set pieces there, that dance is just ridiculously good. I just have to go back to watch what is essentially a second movie now to wrap it up.


This reminds me of when I got control of the family movie pick for a holiday event and picked Mother! because I had seen it and knew nobody else I ever met in my life was going to watch it, so the only chance I had at commiseration was to present it as an earnest movie pick and just let it unfold.

I kind of won and lost that one, because I'll have a hard time earning movie trust for a while but they had to admit the ride was unreal. The weird part was I picked it because I was intrigued but ultimately hated it the first time around, but the second time... watching other people watch it suddenly made the whole thing incredible.
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Family movie night on Fridays is a big deal in my house. We rotate who gets to pick. My kid LOVES picking musicals just to mess with me. I try to find something a bit off beat but coming of age like Stand By Me. I know all about the "earning of trust" and negotiations and back stabbings that go on.

RRR - i had to turn it off after an hour and half or so. but i agree with your opinion on it, some over the top kick ass scenes, I forgot why we turned it off ... not in the right mood for an epic big screen movie?
 
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Can’t remember the last time I was this excited for a show. It’s entirely possible the answer is never.

Also, just started watching The Northman last night. I’m only 10 minutes in but I’m looking forward to it.
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The Northman was odd and good. Then the 1st episode ended. I was sad when I realized it was actually a film.
 
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ILikeYouDoYouLikeMe said:
Family movie night on Fridays is a big deal in my house. We rotate who gets to pick. My kid LOVES picking musicals just to mess with me. I try to find something a bit off beat but coming of age like Stand By Me. I know all about the "earning of trust" and negotiations and back stabbings that go on.

RRR - i had to turn it off after an hour and half or so. but i agree with your opinion on it, some over the top kick ass scenes, I forgot why we turned it off ... not in the right mood for an epic big screen movie?
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Watched some…..wow….some over the top fun action, but then the oppressive British theme kinda takes the shine off it…..at least so far (I hope that goes somewhere not cliche). I quit after about 40 mins…..not hooking me, but I hope to pick it up again.
 
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I was sick last week, stayed home and got to tv surf ... found this show Letterkenny

Its about hicks, skids and hockey players

Has a Clerks dialogue vibe to it, lots of descriptive terms and nicknames
 
Couldn’t get into Letterkenny….

I“ve been burning through The Last Ship…..surprisingly better than I expected.


Viking’s Valhalla season 2 tomorrow.
 
Got into the second season for Letterkenny will eventually get back to it.
 
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