Lol, okay. That’s a fair shot.

But I do love a lot of those films and love exploring the history. I’m sorry that annoys you.

I think you both need to watch Dolemite. Or



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Today I decided to rewatch Interstellar. I was surprised because I had never seen it before. It may not be a great film (the entrance into the wormhole was overdone and a little too 2001-ish), but I loved the film. Nolan explores big themes: love, death, time, fear, and faith.

I have friends who believe in ghosts. I hope that someday their faith is rewarded. I put no stock in such silly beliefs and prefer to put my faith in other things, some tangible, some not



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I also rewatched it recently and have more or less the same opinion, it’s flawed but I love that it makes you think about the big things. It hit me especially hard thinking about my kids.

When people ask me if I believe in something bigger I say that I don’t have the slightest clue, but I hope something is out there. Einstein believed that there should be no mysteries in our universe, that everything has an explanation. Things like the double slit experiment and the Fermi paradox make you realize that there are definite explanations out there for things we don’t understand. Whatever the answers are they are way beyond our tiny human brains’ comprehension so i think while believing in any one thing is silly, counting things out is equally so. I like movies that make you think about the possibilities.

I was a bit bored during Asteroid City, and now I need to Google what I just saw. My least favorite Wes Anderson movie, probably because it was too Wes Anderson. No idea what to think.

I Ate God’s brain.

It’s in production and forecasted to be released in 2025 by Zeno Universal. Start praying for your tickets Now!

Sisu is ****ing awesome. Suspension of disbelief is critical but this movie is a blast. Spaghetti Western meets Tarantino meets WW2.

If u like car racing and/or the long-running video game Gran Turismo, u will like the movie of the same name.

Also, of note, one of the Spice Girls plays a mother in this. Damn does this make me feel old...

In case any of you don't know already, in the US today is National Cinema Day, and most movie theaters have dropped their ticket prices to $4 for the day. Expect the places to be crazy busy though - the NCD last year was apparently the busiest day of the year in the theaters that had it.

Weren't most of the Spice Girls mums by the time they hit 25?

Oppenheimer was great. All of the performances were great. Was not expecting 3 hours to fly by considering the topic of the movie.

Just watched The Wonder, it was good. Not miraculous good, not perfect, but good. Florence Pugh is very good; I can see why she's a hot commodity. Just saw it described as "folk horror" when I was reading up on it after, and that seems apt.

Saw Childs Play 2019 the other day. It was a way different take on the original series. Originals was a doll possessed by the soul of a serial killer as im sure many of you know. so you have this little smart ass doll with a personality of his own running around stabbing people up. In the one i watched the other day they made it so that it was based on AI. AI that was basically programmed with all the safety precautions turned off. I really liked it though, it felt like a fresh new take on the franchise, it was funny, and it had what felt like some meaningful moments between chucky and andy even tho chucky was AI. Also had Aubrey Plaza who i find to be pretty hot.

Another rewatch of Wings of Desire, one of my favorite films. This time I noticed how much the film focused on storytelling. The old man in the library, played by Curt Bois (he played the pickpocket in Casablanca) is named Homer. He complains that there's no one to tell epic tales of peace. I guess that's what Wenders is doing.

The black and white photography was done by Henri Alekan (the traveling circus in the film is named after him). Alekan, best known for shooting Beauty and The Beast, was 80 when the film was made. He was also the cinematographer for Raul Ruiz's On The Top of the Whale, a rather strange film that no one I know has ever seen (let me know if you have seen it) when he was 75.

I love to revisit films I watched years ago, especially those I saw when they were first released. I am amazed at how much I remember and how much I don't. I've watched Wings four times and never picked up on that the old man is named Homer. I'm ready to watch it again tomorrow.

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Mel Gibson set to make a sequel to, get this, The Passion of The Christ. It will be called The Passion of The Christ: Resurrection.

JFC.

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Lol well of course


Wings of Desire is so amazing

Insert jokes about Mel Gibson trying to resurrect his career.

Instead of watching Wings of Desire again, I watched Manhattan again. They share much in common, the great B&W cinematography, the odes to the cities, Berlin and NYC, and the ways human beings find pain and satisfaction in relationships.

Manhattan is a great film but a controversial one, given the allegations about Allen (I don't believe Mia Farrow).

I'm struck by the ending of the film. The soundtrack uses Gershwin's "But Not For Me" when Issac opens the door to find Tracey leaving. (If you don't know the song, listen to it. I recommend Chet Baker's version.)

I never noticed how Allen uses the final shot of the film and the way it mimics one of the greatest final shots in film:

Allen gives a wry smile at the end, and like Chaplin, seems to say accept me for who I am, despite my quirks and foibles. After all, I am human. All too human.


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The Mystery of Chess Boxing (1979) Dubbed

Throw down Flavor Flav’s clock: check!

Except it’s not: It’s the Ghost Face Killer!

Do you recognise my technique?: Five Elements!

He killed my Pa: Check!

Vengeance: Check!

Teach me! (And by the way, is that your beautiful granddaughter?): Check!

Master takes in the poor student: Check!

You are not ready!: Check!

Too bad, here I go!: Check.

Do you recognise my technique?: Five Elements!

Pillow-fight Fu; The-poor-kid-in-every-elementary-school-Fu; Ah Pao Fu.

Chess King: Bugle Boy!

Chess King is living now: In the Dragon Mountains.

Do you recognise my technique?: Five Elements!

Earth absorbs water.

Wood can beat earth.

Rock paper scissors--I predict the next great film genre will be Rock paper scissors!!!

Ten years: and he still finds me.

Use counter technique!

Squat thrust Fu!

Ballroom Fu!

Jitterbug Fu!

Vulcan Death Grip => The End!

You can see the genesis of future martial arts movies: Comic buffoonery. Hapless Hero, Refined choreography: An early Jackie Chan prototype. Buffoon/clown who is really good at fighting but is undisciplined, who gets bullied, and then has a Karate Kid (1984) moment when it all comes together. Influenced Wu Tang Clan. Silly to the point of distraction. Check it out.

Ballroom dancing at its finest:

Mystery of chess boxing , ghostface killer fight



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Ginger & Fred in "Bouncing The Blues"



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Yes,that was a real good one. Now, on to a different sort of movie, an acclaimed intellectual masterpiece of realism and gloom and doom:

Satantango (1994 subtitle b/w,Kanopy,Mubi) is an artistic masterpiece of cinematography and sound and looks great on 4k home tv. It is a serious sociological and psychological study of what happens to people when societal structures of economic system and religion break down. It set in Hungary in about 1984 when the communistic government and the economic system was failing miserably. This is a seven-hour film divided into segments. So, you can watch it like a TV series. The film focuses on the behavior of about 10-12 people (three couples) still living in dilapidated rural communal estate that was once a thriving agri-business. It has fallen into decay and almost all the other residents have long since left. Several members of the group are about to receive a one-year salary allotment in cash as a dismissal settlement. Most of the characters are middle aged or older,shabby, and have no idea what to do with their lives. They all feel helpless, despondent, lost. There is a narrator at times. An obese, aloof doctor also lives at the estate who I think represents a disinterested God. He spends most of his time observing and recording the events at the estate in a drunken stupor without any desire to help anybody. We see a lot of what happens through his eyes. It is late October which brings almost non-stop rain, cold, wind, and leaves the ground muddy. The economic situation is apocalyptic. Churches have been largely closed as well. The communal group are not well-educated and are gullible. They tend to be interested in drinking and sexual adventures The communnal group are not well-educated and are gullible. They tend to be interested in drinking and sexual adventures. The movie setting is drab, dreary , bleak, wet, and shot in black and white. In the beginning of the movie distant mysterious chimes are heard in the distance the seem like church bells that shouldn’t be ringing. The source of the sounds is revealed towards the very end of the movie. (Btw, the cat in the movie is not really harmed.) Later in the story past well-known resident (a false Messiah, I think) who was thought dead for a year suddenly arrives at the estate and says he has a plan for their future to save them. They go along with him as if he is a savior but it does not go well. The movie is shot in beautiful long takes that make the viewer feel part of the community. For art film lovers, Grade A.

Pokerlogist,

You are true to your word. Now if we could get a few more to watch this. I had to check about the cat as soon as I finished the film. It's a disturbing scene

A couple of my favorite parts of the film feature the doctor making his journey to refill his supply of alcohol and how that's followed up. Another is the long take of the men walking through the town with the refuse blowing around them. The drunken orgiastic scene in the bar is terrific as well.

It's not an easy film to watch, even beyond its length, but if we're easy to watch we would have a sanitized version like the way the bureaucrats revise the letter to clean up its language.

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I don’t know if Mann should count as a guilty pleasure but I love just about every movie he’s ever made, and if I were to make a top 10 list he’d probably have 3 spots. Excited for this one

I agree about those scenes for sure. I didn't mention many other parts like the quotes from Pericles’ Funeral Oration and the re-showing of scenes from different persepctives and the mysterious sound. Of course, Snowpea, my fellow movie watcher cat, needed to know about the cat or else.

I've seen some other real interesting independent films lately that I'll mention later.

Well, on to The Wonder or Chess Boxing or ?.

American Graffiti on the big screen was awesome... the movie is still somewhat soft even though it's been remastered, but that doesn't change the timeless nature of that period of time. Fast Times at Ridgemont High on steroids.

Watched Guardians of the Galaxy 3 on the plane. I've sworn off superhero movies, but I'll make an exception for this. Just as good as the other 2. The whole "bad dog" thing was hilarious.