Will you buy it using it cryptos/Ledger

I don’t know where I’d rate this flick as far as funny goes, but I’d no doubt rate it high as interesting and enjoyable. Thanks for the rec!

The Grinch cartoon remake

Benedict Cumberbatch plays the grinch sometimes like a catty gay librarian, other times like an incel who is not beyond salvation - neither work - movie is terrible because this grinch loves christmas but it triggers trauma from his childhood and he just needs nurture and love

my niece absolutely loved it though - one of her favorite holiday films - perhaps i'm just a sourpuss who doesn't like a grinch who probably lists pronouns on his resume

^^^^^^^^

I no longer need a CV, but I am encouraged to use pronouns for my college email. I won't.

Most of my colleagues do, and some write so much about acknowledging what land they live on, their email signature is longer than most emails.

I am tempted, though, to use Phat Mack's suggestion: I live on land formerly occupied by mastodons.

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--'Descendant of Amino Acids'

oh wow i haven't yet run into the land they are living on yet, that's just wild

Anatomy of a Fall - utterly absorbing French (although a lot of the dialogue is in English) legal drama about a man who falls to his death from his chalet. Accident, suicide, or murdered by his wife?

If there's a rival to Emma Stone winning all the best actress awards, it should be Sandra Huller. She's absolutely brilliant, able to hold the viewer's attention whether she's being soft-spoken, flirtatious, or loud and angry.

At first blush you'd think it was a story that would fit neatly on stage, but there's plenty of creative, effective camerawork that makes it a properly cinematic film.

My one, possibly unfounded, reservation is about the nature of the lawyer's arguments in the courtroom scenes. A huge amount of speculation, hearsay and witness leading appears perfectly acceptable to the court. It is very different to what I know of English and US court proceedings, but maybe that's how things are in France.

It's been a while... Time for a revisit.

Trip report. I haven't seen this since the 60s.

It's the same ridiculous dubbed secret agent movie that you might remember about stealing egg salad sandwich recipe... I think at their height, MST3K with Mike was much better at it than woody allen.

The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes

Director: Francis Lawrence (Hunger Games: Catching Fire, Mockingjay Part 1, Mockingjay Part 2)

Anticipation Level: Nonexistent —> Medium

Where to Watch: Movie Theaters

Thoughts: I had zero interest in this installment initially (I had it very low on my rankings of October and November releases). I liked the first Hunger Games movie and maybe the second one, but by the time Mockingjay Part 2 came out, I was almost completely over the franchise. Of course, this is coming from someone that thought Jennifer Lawrence was on the verge of becoming the most talented actress in the world. Needless to say, it was frustrating to see her playing Katniss Everdeen and Mystique over and over again. But then I saw a shockingly high average user rating on Letterboxd for this new installment and I was intrigued.

And I liked it! This film is largely propelled by two very good lead performances from Tom Blyth and Rachel Zegler. Blyth I’ve never heard of and thought he made a young Coriolanus Snow a very compelling character. He’s someone you know you probably shouldn’t be rooting for but he makes it hard not to. Zegler I’m familiar with. I’ve seen her in three films now this year and that’s her entire filmography up to this point. She was the best part about a bad Shazam! sequel and she’s now given two rather stellar performances in this and the West Side Story remake. She definitely has the “it” factor and while I have little expectations for Disney live action remakes, she is at least A+ casting for Snow White.

I enjoyed the story of how the modern Hunger Games came to be and how Snow starts on his path of becoming the President and main antagonist of the original run of the franchise. I’m not such a big fan that I caught all the references to the previous films though and some of the lore and motivations didn’t stick with me on a first viewing.

I thought all three distinct parts were pretty good and unique but it made for an overly long viewing experience. I’m not sure my party of five would have settled on this if we knew it was 150+ minutes long. I’m not saying there is an endless amount of fat left on the bone here, I’m just saying I didn’t want to watch a nearly three hour long Hunger Games movie.

All in all, this is a worthy addition to the franchise. As someone that’s not a big fan, I enjoyed it quite a bit. That makes it an easy recommendation to fans of the series. Ya’ll should love it. I’m sure this movie would benefit from recent viewings of the other films but it stands on its own just fine.

Rating: 7/10 (Highly Enjoyable)

Replay Value: It’s good enough to watch again but this isn’t a franchise I ever come back to.

Sequel Potential: I think they are out of Suzanne Collins material now but something tells me Hollywood will find a way.

Oscar Potential: The franchise has racked up a total of zero Oscar nominations. That trend will continue.

This movie is joyful. Tati's Hulot, like Chaplin's Tramp, is always a bit out of step with the rest of the world. Both creations, though, are unfailingly polite and we warm to them immediately, perhaps because they don't fit in. Even the way Hulot walks, up on the balls of his feet, bent forward at the waist slightly, gives the impression he's about to fall over.

Hulot has problems with modernity, and Playtime and Mon Oncle best show this frustration with the trappings of modern life from the cold steel color palette to the ridiculous "modern" gadgets.

But hope is not lost. Hulot genuinely is an agent of change as he stumbles and fumbles through the modern world. Playtime ends in a burst of color, a merry-go-round of buses, trucks, and cars (and a few other things thrown in for good measure).

If one person can change the world for the better, it's Hulot.

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Fire and Ice

been meaning to get more exposure to the adult oriented cartoonists of the 70s and 80s like bakshi and crumb

i've never liked Bakshi's style, but he's considered such an icon that i figured this was worth watching since it was free on youtube

it was pretty terrible, just a series of scenes with no real cohesion, none of the plot is developed at all, you don't care about any of it

and then after doing this one big mission at the end, one of the kings does a thing which was so overwhelmingly powerful on its own right that the mission they just did, ie the climax of the film was totally without any meaning

just really bad 4/10 and only worth 4 because I feel like I better appreciate the Disney revolution of the late 80s and 90s that really turned around cartoon movies instead high production value projects

One word for you... Urotsukidōji

I don’t want to “change the world for the better” the very effort is a ridiculous cycle into a cesspool of idiocy. Like going to a cathedral to pray.

Do you think that the wife did it?

No.

Also, Saint Omer provides an interesting look at the French court system. And it's a damn good film, too.

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It doesn't require effort. You either have it or you didn't.

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I bet our friend John is always sober when he posts!

This is one of things that makes this film so great in that either side of the discussion on if she did it or not is valid. And so is if that was even what the film was about at all. I didn’t feel like I was watching a thriller. I watched a relationship drama.

I'm almost always sober anyway. No drunken posting or texting for me, but maybe I should give it a try.

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It sure would be if everyone thought like you do. Try to be a better man.

Zeno is much different in person. He's nowhere near the misanthrope he portrays himself to be here.

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No. Agree with others though that this isn't really the point.

Yes please!

Though I don't know why, I think this would be fun and interesting for us.