PCU probably holds up better in the current culture war nonsense of the last few years.
OT: Capitals Cinema Club: TV and Movies
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PlushMinus
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I re-watched Donnie Darko a couple of months ago and freakin' loved it.
Hadn't seen it for about 15 years.
Ovechkins Wodka
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Just finished the Boys season 3. That super hero world is fun. Take note Disney
I got a little teased on prime it said new episodes Friday and I thought I needed to catch up fast. But we got to wait a bit for S4.
I got a little teased on prime it said new episodes Friday and I thought I needed to catch up fast. But we got to wait a bit for S4.
Jags
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It's definitely not for everyone, but one of the issues with watching a movie like that for the first time 25 years on is that it and its directors spawned so many imitators and you've most likely seen a lot of those. In other words, The Big Lebowski was surprising in 1998. It was a product of its time; transgressive compared to the trends of the moment, and part of what the Coen Brothers do is intentionally subvert what cinema is at any given time, often by reviving elements from bygone eras.
Lebowski is widely considered one of their 3 or 5 best movies, which is saying something given their body of work (Fargo, Raising Arizona, No Country for Old Men, and on and on). But it's definitely not one of their timeless movies.
Comedies had become so formulaic in the late 90's. It allowed for people like Adam Sandler and the Farrelly Brothers to carve out niches that became huge mostly because they were different. With comedy suddenly so broad, in '98 you had a spate of flicks like Pleasantville, Hurlyburly, Primary Colors, Out of Sight, Zero Effect, Orgazmo, Bulworth, The Full Monty and arguably Half Baked doing interesting things in the genre, often experimenting with "bygone" tropes.
Some worked, some not so much. Some of the successful ones weren't the best, and some of the best didn't make any money, but it was refreshing for the genre.
In a world where Shane Black's star had fallen, there was an appetite for a dopey, funny hero to elbow his way into a comedy/action/mystery subgenre that sadly dried up. Zero Effect was much the same (and also really good).
Seeing Lebowski for the first time today? Yeah, a lot of that perspective is lost. College kids will like it, but it wasn't bound to go over too well with you. Those of us that always loved it have the benefit of having been struck by it at the right time. Definitely helps that we were so much younger (dammit), but it was certainly at the height of its power at release because that was clearly part of its design and intent.
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Lebowski has to be appreciated in the context of the late 90s moral and cultural paradox of directionless slacker malaise and pre-2000 sense of impending disaster. To me it's also a statement about the weird shit that lurks beneath the surface of the mundane which is a theme with the Coen bros anyway. Funnier Fargo.
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The Continental (John Wick spinoff) on Peacock is pretty darn good……only 3 episodes, each a small movie in length….
ChaosLord
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I think Pulp Fiction is another one those movies. It was a HUGE deal back in the early 1990s, and I remember being blown away by it when I saw it in 1995. But I watched it fairly recently and good god its looks old. Almost as if it was filmed with amateur equipment.
The Big Lebowski is still one of my top ten favorite movies and it never gets old for me. I can definitely see why people don’t like it though, especially if you’re just now seeing it for the first time.
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I’m upgrading that to damn good….movie quality mini-series. I would love a full multi-season show.
Ovechkins Wodka
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There is a new squid game series on Netflix? When did this come out? I know what I’m doing today.
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Ovechkins Wodka
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Squid game challenge is like an american reality show and I thought it was lame at 1st. But I watched all the episodes and now have to wait a week for new ones lol
Hivemind
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You've probably discovered this by now, but its a reality gameshow that completely misses the point of the series.There is a new squid game series on Netflix? When did this come out? I know what I’m doing today.
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e; You post literally as I post this
Same here. I can definitely see why people watching it for the first time now wouldn't feel it. You kind of had to be there when it was blowing up in the early 2000s.
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It's a fair point. To me, Lebowski is the Seinfeld of movies. Same era. About nothing, really. But funny af anyhow. And yet, to your point, it has the same durability as Seinfeld. You had to be there. Coming to it now, it would seem dated and unfunny.
In the Coen Bros pantheon, IMO, it's not on the same tier with Fargo, Blood Simple, O Brother Where Art Thou?, and No Country for Old Men.
Miller's Crossing is definitely my most favorite Coen Bros film.
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You're the only person to mention Blood Simple as one of their bests. Absolutely love that movie and feel it is underappreciated just because it was their first movie.
Neil Racki
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Literally Killer - decent "fun" streamer slasher movie with the twist that the girl goes back to the 80s .. tried to find something my wife would like, mostly hit.
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No Hard Feelings - I knew I watched a very forgettable movie this weekend but just assumed my mush brain maybe made it up .. but no, I did watch this piece of shit movie this weekend as well
this movie sucks .. bad movie that tried to just be a safe cliche paint-by-numbers "cant buy me love" copy cat .. and they couldnt pull that off.
Jennifer Lawrence throwing her titties on screen couldnt save this movie and I love titties.
i hope whoever directed this movie is some really old person who intentionally made a failure of a movie as a f*** you middle finger to Hollywood on his/her way out because no one will ever pay you to make another movie.
this movie sucks .. bad movie that tried to just be a safe cliche paint-by-numbers "cant buy me love" copy cat .. and they couldnt pull that off.
Jennifer Lawrence throwing her titties on screen couldnt save this movie and I love titties.
i hope whoever directed this movie is some really old person who intentionally made a failure of a movie as a f*** you middle finger to Hollywood on his/her way out because no one will ever pay you to make another movie.
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Honestly, it was better than I expected….had very low expectations, and that was not a brief glimpse of the goods she gave us….so there was that nice surprise.
Don’t hold back now, tell us how you really feel.
I enjoyed that one.
One truth is JL really gives not shits in the best sense of the phrase. That scene was pretty epic as in the most non-titillating nekkid scene in a movie ever.
Reminds me she got hit in that 2014 iCloud hack that got a number of celebrities.
Apple Is "Outraged" Over Attack on Celebrity iCloud Accounts
“No breach” of iCloud or “Find My Phone,” the company says.
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