I can just imagine the utter "WTF?!?!" of that one player, when
an apparently ordinary NPC, a non-combat one at that, starts acting glitchy and then one-shots him. Bonus if losing the glasses means his account can't log in again (or "already is"), and support won't tell him why.
I really enjoyed Upstream Color, but I rank Primer higher if only because the obtuseness and general sense of wtf is thematically perfect for that particular story - basically, "time travel gets fucking weird, man." Whereas UC mostly seems obtuse for the sake of being obtuse.
I dunno - I agree in that that seems to be Carruth's style, but Upstream Color's plot fits pretty perfectly with it too.
I mean the whole idea is that these parasites blend your experience with those of others, so that by the end the two main characters can't differentiate their own childhoods from each other's and also have the memories and experiences of pigs. Meanwhile the Sampler is experiencing many lives at once. The characters themselves are extremely confused, so I found the structure to match that perfectly. It was pretty straightforward early on but got more scattered as things progress.
I love both of his films, but I think I might love UC more. Need to watch it again to be sure though.
The peloton ad is something else, it's so weirdly awkward and she looks like a cult member and holy snappers, the internet backlash is bizarrely creepy and weirder yet.
So watched Jumanji: The next level on previews this weekend and its... Ok. It's great to see the cast having fun together again and the set pieces are great, it also does just about enough different to not make it a total rehash. However, lots of content feels recycled from the earlier film.
Caught Shotcaller on Netflix last night. Felt like it was missing a scene at the end. Jacob's story was incomplete.
I was sure he was either going to commit suicide after killing The Beast and turning in the guns or get shown ordering something else heinous in order cement that he's willingly continuing down the path
I was a bit underwhelmed by Ready or Not - or, to be precise, I went in with the wrong expectations. Based on the trailer and the reviews I'd read, I expected it to be more funny. It's still reasonably amusing, but the tone is much less immediately comedic than I'd expected.
What definitely got a startled yet delighted laugh from me, though, was the ending. Mr. Le Bail does not fuck around. And that final line was just beautiful.
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
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I was a bit underwhelmed by Ready or Not - or, to be precise, I went in with the wrong expectations. Based on the trailer and the reviews I'd read, I expected it to be more funny. It's still reasonably amusing, but the tone is much less immediately comedic than I'd expected.
What definitely got a startled yet delighted laugh from me, though, was the ending. Mr. Le Bail does not fuck around. And that final line was just beautiful.
Yeah, I expected it to be much more coy.
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Incredibly late for the Goodfellas thing, the only issue I have with the movie, is that it was made too soon, after the movie ends, Henry Hill´s life goes to hell, he is caught selling drugs, kicked out of the protection program, becomes an alcoholic, tries to run a couple of businesses wich fail and makes a living doing apearances on radio and tv reliving the worst parts of his life until he died.
Yes, with a quick verbal "boom." You take a man's peko, you deny him his dab, all that is left is to rise up and tear down the walls of Jericho with a ".....not!" -TexiKen
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I was a bit underwhelmed by Ready or Not - or, to be precise, I went in with the wrong expectations. Based on the trailer and the reviews I'd read, I expected it to be more funny. It's still reasonably amusing, but the tone is much less immediately comedic than I'd expected.
What definitely got a startled yet delighted laugh from me, though, was the ending. Mr. Le Bail does not fuck around. And that final line was just beautiful.
My biggest problem was the twist:
the husband being the bad guy felt completely out of left field and narratively wrong. It worked in a certain other slasher flick with a badass female lead(I won't spoil it but you probably know which one I mean), but not in this.
Possibly the best final line of all time. It can definitely lean pretty hard into horror at some points, though.
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I was a bit underwhelmed by Ready or Not - or, to be precise, I went in with the wrong expectations. Based on the trailer and the reviews I'd read, I expected it to be more funny. It's still reasonably amusing, but the tone is much less immediately comedic than I'd expected.
What definitely got a startled yet delighted laugh from me, though, was the ending. Mr. Le Bail does not fuck around. And that final line was just beautiful.
My biggest problem was the twist:
the husband being the bad guy felt completely out of left field and narratively wrong. It worked in a certain other slasher flick with a badass female lead(I won't spoil it but you probably know which one I mean), but not in this.
Possibly the best final line of all time. It can definitely lean pretty hard into horror at some points, though.
I was a bit underwhelmed by Ready or Not - or, to be precise, I went in with the wrong expectations. Based on the trailer and the reviews I'd read, I expected it to be more funny. It's still reasonably amusing, but the tone is much less immediately comedic than I'd expected.
What definitely got a startled yet delighted laugh from me, though, was the ending. Mr. Le Bail does not fuck around. And that final line was just beautiful.
My biggest problem was the twist:
the husband being the bad guy felt completely out of left field and narratively wrong. It worked in a certain other slasher flick with a badass female lead(I won't spoil it but you probably know which one I mean), but not in this.
Possibly the best final line of all time. It can definitely lean pretty hard into horror at some points, though.
He was also cuffed to a wood bed. Like kick that shit and free yourself.
Incredibly late for the Goodfellas thing, the only issue I have with the movie, is that it was made too soon, after the movie ends, Henry Hill´s life goes to hell, he is caught selling drugs, kicked out of the protection program, becomes an alcoholic, tries to run a couple of businesses wich fail and makes a living doing apearances on radio and tv reliving the worst parts of his life until he died.
That's not really the story the movie is trying to tell though.
Watched like 90% of The Irishman. It would have been better as a miniseries. As-is, it feels like you're stuck at a kitchen table with your uncle who's telling you every wildly exaggerated or made up story he can think of about how he and his buddies were, like, totally mafia badasses back in the day.
Incredibly late for the Goodfellas thing, the only issue I have with the movie, is that it was made too soon, after the movie ends, Henry Hill´s life goes to hell, he is caught selling drugs, kicked out of the protection program, becomes an alcoholic, tries to run a couple of businesses wich fail and makes a living doing apearances on radio and tv reliving the worst parts of his life until he died.
That's not really the story the movie is trying to tell though.
Maybe not, but it sure does drive home the point that becoming an aspiring career criminal at the age of 13 probably does not prepare one best for life as a functioning contributing member of society...
I was a bit underwhelmed by Ready or Not - or, to be precise, I went in with the wrong expectations. Based on the trailer and the reviews I'd read, I expected it to be more funny. It's still reasonably amusing, but the tone is much less immediately comedic than I'd expected.
What definitely got a startled yet delighted laugh from me, though, was the ending. Mr. Le Bail does not fuck around. And that final line was just beautiful.
My biggest problem was the twist:
the husband being the bad guy felt completely out of left field and narratively wrong. It worked in a certain other slasher flick with a badass female lead(I won't spoil it but you probably know which one I mean), but not in this.
Possibly the best final line of all time. It can definitely lean pretty hard into horror at some points, though.
The twist makes some sense though, if you think about it rationally.
He asks if she’s gonna stay with him after this. He realizes that (fucking obviously) she won’t. Earlier he’d hoped that he could save her and she’d still stay, so it was worth the risk that the curse was true, and that the family would die.
But once she was gonna be lost to him *anyway* he figures why take the risk?
Yes, this makes him a murderer and a real asshole. But it makes sense.
Definitely feel like the trailer sold it wrong though. Not nearly as much comedy...even dark comedy...as expected. Did love it, though.
I was a bit underwhelmed by Ready or Not - or, to be precise, I went in with the wrong expectations. Based on the trailer and the reviews I'd read, I expected it to be more funny. It's still reasonably amusing, but the tone is much less immediately comedic than I'd expected.
What definitely got a startled yet delighted laugh from me, though, was the ending. Mr. Le Bail does not fuck around. And that final line was just beautiful.
My biggest problem was the twist:
the husband being the bad guy felt completely out of left field and narratively wrong. It worked in a certain other slasher flick with a badass female lead(I won't spoil it but you probably know which one I mean), but not in this.
Possibly the best final line of all time. It can definitely lean pretty hard into horror at some points, though.
The twist makes some sense though, if you think about it rationally.
He asks if she’s gonna stay with him after this. He realizes that (fucking obviously) she won’t. Earlier he’d hoped that he could save her and she’d still stay, so it was worth the risk that the curse was true, and that the family would die.
But once she was gonna be lost to him *anyway* he figures why take the risk?
Yes, this makes him a murderer and a real asshole. But it makes sense.
Definitely feel like the trailer sold it wrong though. Not nearly as much comedy...even dark comedy...as expected. Did love it, though.
I mean, she
knocks a kid right the fuck out. I thought it was pretty funny. Also, what happens to her dress.
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I was kind of looking forward to Richard Jewell until I found out that it strongly implies (falsely) that Olivia Wilde’s reporter character (a real person, who died in 2001) trades sex for information from Jon Hamm’a FBI agent character.
Just...why? Why make something like that up? The real story doesn’t exactly paint the people who accused Jewell in a favorable light, so why add misogynistic character assassination to the mix?
“I was quick when I came in here, I’m twice as quick now”
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I was kind of looking forward to Richard Jewell until I found out that it strongly implies (falsely) that Olivia Wilde’s reporter character (a real person, who died in 2001) trades sex for information from Jon Hamm’a FBI agent character.
Just...why? Why make something like that up? The real story doesn’t exactly paint the people who accused Jewell in a favorable light, so why add misogynistic character assassination to the mix?
I was kind of looking forward to Richard Jewell until I found out that it strongly implies (falsely) that Olivia Wilde’s reporter character (a real person, who died in 2001) trades sex for information from Jon Hamm’a FBI agent character.
Just...why? Why make something like that up? The real story doesn’t exactly paint the people who accused Jewell in a favorable light, so why add misogynistic character assassination to the mix?
Can I point out the irony? Or is it too obvious?
Yes. It's ironic that Clint Eastwood turned a fuckup by the FBI into a slander against a now deceased female reporter who, from all accounts, just did her job reporting on the FBI having a suspect who later turned out to be innocent.
Someone decided a movie about a suspected terrorist attack and massive government fuckup wasn't sexy enough
It's a Republican doing his "Fake News" movie about the FBI and the media conspiring to entrap an innocent man. The weird thing is that Eastwood chose not a cable TV reporter - i.e. the ones most vulnerable to criticism due to the media circus - but a local newspaper reporter. It was a systemic failure, but Eastwood wanted his Hollywood villain.
I was kinda sad that Chris Evans turned out to have done it, because the Will scene where he just knows the family gets zip and he's entirely there just for the look on their faces with no other motive is just a great moment, and turning out oh it's okay because he's planning to get his anyway saps some of that energy in retrospect.
I like how the movie kinda points out how destructive all this plotting and scheming really is, particularly the bombshell that if Marta had been allowed to call an ambulance, Harlan would still be there. And the fact she saved herself by not playing that game.
The ending was fun too. Not subtle by any means, but sometimes you want something blunt. She's up there, they're down there, what will happen? No need for an answer.
It was interesting to see a Murder Mystery in a big house where the discussion isn't like how the colonies are acting up and Germany's getting antsy but instead they discuss modern current affairs.
Definitely a memorable stylish thing full of people giving it their hammy best.
Having seen some of the bigger oscar bait movies of the year now, and going through the decade, this is my top 20 list for 2010-2019. It's interesting, because there are some years where what would have been the best movie of the year wouldn't get in the top three in another year (2010 vs. 2017). Anyway, first five are in that order for the decade, the rest can be placed however, I could make a list but I don't know, feeling cute might watch Jack & Jill later:
Paddington
Paddington 2
Hell or High Water
Wolf of Wall Street
Man From Nowhere
New World
Your Name
Storks
John Wick
Mad Max: Fury Road
Senna
London Has Fallen
Darkest Hour
The Villainess
Deadpool
Bone Tomahawk
Fast Five
21 Jump Street
What We Do In the Shadows
Dredd
Runner-ups:
The Rover
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Brawl In Cell Block 99
Penguin Highway
American Animals
Tangled
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Just saw Ready or Not, and it's only not the best horror movie I've seen this year because I just watched You're Next.
It wasn't as comedic as it suggested, but when it decided to go for funny it was really fucking funny, so it's all good.
Samara Weaving is a raw charisma machine and I loved her from the opening scene. Her reactions and delivery were just perfect throughout.
"FUCKING RICH PEOPLE"
And yeah, the ending was glorious. I wish I'd caught this in theaters, but whatevs. I'll probably end up buying it.
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Also, after watching Ready or Not, Amazon Prime suggests I watch a movie called I See You. It stars Helen Hunt, and... has 13/5 stars and was filmed in the year 9999?
I admit, I am intrigued by what is apparently an impossibly good movie from the distant future.
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It hits a bit close to home because I have well off step-family members that are exactly like the Thrombeys.
I love both of his films, but I think I might love UC more. Need to watch it again to be sure though.
PSA: Aviation gin is good!
It does have a great stinger at the end though!
Wreck-it Ryan
So this started out as a ReBoot prequel, right?
Ryan Reynolds has earned my trust to do whatever he wants and ill see it.
And roped in Jodie Comer as well. Sold.
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What definitely got a startled yet delighted laugh from me, though, was the ending. Mr. Le Bail does not fuck around. And that final line was just beautiful.
"Nothing is gonna save us forever but a lot of things can save us today." - Night in the Woods
Yeah, I expected it to be much more coy.
Should've let her stay scouse in this one
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My biggest problem was the twist:
Possibly the best final line of all time. It can definitely lean pretty hard into horror at some points, though.
I mean, it was foreshadowed throughout the movie.
Interest is piqued.
Edit: whoops, forgot we had a dedicated trailer thread.
That's not really the story the movie is trying to tell though.
The twist makes some sense though, if you think about it rationally.
But once she was gonna be lost to him *anyway* he figures why take the risk?
Yes, this makes him a murderer and a real asshole. But it makes sense.
Definitely feel like the trailer sold it wrong though. Not nearly as much comedy...even dark comedy...as expected. Did love it, though.
Wait, what?
I mean, she
I love every second of this trailer.
I hope Keith David is in it.
Just...why? Why make something like that up? The real story doesn’t exactly paint the people who accused Jewell in a favorable light, so why add misogynistic character assassination to the mix?
-Indiana Solo, runner of blades
Can I point out the irony? Or is it too obvious?
Yes. It's ironic that Clint Eastwood turned a fuckup by the FBI into a slander against a now deceased female reporter who, from all accounts, just did her job reporting on the FBI having a suspect who later turned out to be innocent.
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It's a Republican doing his "Fake News" movie about the FBI and the media conspiring to entrap an innocent man. The weird thing is that Eastwood chose not a cable TV reporter - i.e. the ones most vulnerable to criticism due to the media circus - but a local newspaper reporter. It was a systemic failure, but Eastwood wanted his Hollywood villain.
For these kind of stories, the local media has very little control over the national news circus, and the local paper's big sin was that it had the first article about how the investigation had turned toward Jewell. The story was always coming out, though. Editors at the Washington Post were literally meeting about how law enforcement sources were naming Jewell to everyone when the paper came out.
the real villain was an empty chair all along
I like how the movie kinda points out how destructive all this plotting and scheming really is, particularly the bombshell that if Marta had been allowed to call an ambulance, Harlan would still be there. And the fact she saved herself by not playing that game.
The ending was fun too. Not subtle by any means, but sometimes you want something blunt. She's up there, they're down there, what will happen? No need for an answer.
It was interesting to see a Murder Mystery in a big house where the discussion isn't like how the colonies are acting up and Germany's getting antsy but instead they discuss modern current affairs.
Definitely a memorable stylish thing full of people giving it their hammy best.
@TexiKen
It wasn't as comedic as it suggested, but when it decided to go for funny it was really fucking funny, so it's all good.
Samara Weaving is a raw charisma machine and I loved her from the opening scene. Her reactions and delivery were just perfect throughout.
And yeah, the ending was glorious. I wish I'd caught this in theaters, but whatevs. I'll probably end up buying it.
I admit, I am intrigued by what is apparently an impossibly good movie from the distant future.