Isn't "Once Upon A Time In The West" supposed to be part of the same universe as well?

All three movies are available 24/7 on demand on TCM or at TCM.com from now until June 21st, so people can watch them in any order they please.

Finally caught Lady Bird.

Great, great film. I once wrote a post or a thread on here talking about "tone" in a movie, and how hard it is to get right. Greta Gerwig gets the tone absolutely perfect for this film. Ronan and the rest of the cast are also perfect.

Things about the film that impressed me the most:

How right the film gets what living paycheck to paycheck is really like. The desperation, the hopes. The dignity.

High school kids. We often make fun of millennials by telling them they aren't special snowflakes, and we think we're toughening them up for the real world by crushing their individuality. But they ARE special snowflakes, dammit. Especially at 17. Every singly one of them.

Wonderful film. Gerwig is a voice to watch.

Dom - I think you are my second favorite reviewer itt after mflip. I appreciate how effectively you are able to provide a good feel for a movie without giving away the entire story/plot. That approach creates anticipation while not ruining the element of surprise and related enjoyment.

Totally agree. I also love the opening scene. It's the best character introduction since maybe Harry Lime.

Not sure anybody's really looking to crush these millennial darlings' individuality.

I see this all the time, especially by those seeing them as competition for perpetual childhood.

Thanks! Don't tell the guys in OOTV...apparently, I spoil every single TV show in there.

I agree! I also loved the last shot...how we just cut to black - Lady Bird's story will continue on, it is not over or wrapped up. The ending phone message to Mom, about Sacramento, was also moving. No matter how much we want to get out of our home town, we still miss and appreciate it once we leave.

Also have to give a shout out to the two young actresses who play Lady Bird's friends in the movie, Beanie Feldstein and Odeya Rush. The same with Lucas Hedges as her first boyfriend.

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All the characters, even the minor ones, just felt real. As someone who is probably known in these forums for my virulent anti-religiousness, I still look back on fondness at my Catholic school upbringing, and Gerwig allowing the nuns and priests in this movie to be, well, human, was greatly appreciated. The head Nun played by Lois Smith and the older drama teacher priest played by Stephen Henderson, were quite familiar to me - kind, funny, and good role models.

I will say, the only character I had issue with was Lady Bird's mom, played by Laurie Metcalf. It's a difficult role, as she is so unlikable for the most part.

I did love what Lady Bird and her Mom do when they do together for fun - go to open houses of homes they will most likely never be able to afford and pretend they can. That was nice.

Nice post. I thought the mom was perfect. My only complaints were

There's a scene where they're shopping for a prom dress (I think -- some kind of dress) and they are fighting about something, and then Mom holds up dress and the conversation turns on a dime and suddenly they're agreeing on the assessment. Mother-daughter relationships can be pretty baffling, but in this movie they seemed authentic.

Incredibles 2 was incredible.

Best action film ive seen in a long time.

Best comedy ive seen in a long time.

Best superhero film ive seen in a long time.

Great villain, dialogue, and one of the coolest fight scenes too.

Death Wish - I like it! Hope there are more to come.

Lady Bird should have ended when that idiot jumped out of the car. RIP Lady Bird, 2001-2018. Good riddance.

I just watched it, Dom, and I agree completely about the hearts and minds of high school kids. Who the hell wants to negotiate those years again? Gerwig does get the tone right. When we were that age, we were full of ourselves, especially with our parents, but we weren't always wrong either. We did have our moments when we did or said the right thing.

I think my favorite line of the movie--after all I am a father who somehow raised a son and a daughter--is the father asking if she is really going to get in the car with a guy who honks the horn.

Gerwig also edits nicely. I loved the cutting in the scene where Lady Bird and Julie walk through the wealthy neighborhood looking at homes, and how Gerwig rhymes that with Lady Bird walking in New York after leaving the hospital. Or the cutting between mother and daughter driving the car.

I like movies that ring true. This one does.



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yeah, this was great

The virginity line about being on top was one of the funniest lines in recent memory

Just saw it. It was all this.

I'n really curious what this line is now. Maybe you could give it to us in a spoiler window so people can avoid it if they want to?

Amy Schumer I feel pretty was pretty ordinary. Had a couple of lol moments, but pretty much every joke was about her being (Hollywood) fat and acting like a supermodel.

GFs choice obviously, but I did actually enjoy Trainwreck, so was hoping for something better.

Emily Rat makes a (prolonged) cameo, so that made it a lot better.

Wind River: this one has been on the watch list ever since you guys started discussing it last year, due to the universally positive reviews. Having forgotten almost everything about the discussion other than how much some of you loved it, I watched it without having any clue what it was about or who was in it. The only things I could recall were that you guys loved it and it was a recent drama of some kind. Deliberately decided not to refresh my memory in order to maximize enjoyment.

Taylor Sheridan really can do no wrong, what a great film! There are a few things I can find fault with, but the sum of the parts is what matters here.

Some things I didn't like:


Some things I liked:



The love for this movie is completely justified and it's worth your time if you haven't seen it.

God how I hate Amy Schumer, everything about her. I'm rooting for her to keep making flops and ultimately go the way of Paulie Shore.

I don't know if it was so much the line as the situation that I found hilariously poignant...

How does one determine a flop?