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Question: when I need to turn on subtitles for a streaming foreign film, I also get closed caption. It's annoying to see <sad music playing> and the like on the screen. Doesn't seem to be any workaround for this. Is there?

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Physical Media would solve that...

wait... it get's even worse.

they are making two movies at the same time and the second one isn't Garland/Boyle... it's be directed by Nia DaCosta of The Marvels fame...

I doubt a Garland/Boyle flick could be terrible... but you guys be you

Most people will point the saxophone guy, but I think the Rob Lowe poster hanging on Haim's closet door is funniest part.



I wouldn't call it a bad movie. It's definitely over-the-top 80s, but it is done well. It knows exactly what is and delivers. But as far as 80s movies about junior high kids going on an adventure goes, it is my least favorite. The Goonies will always be the best, and Monster Squad and Explorers are also better, in my opinion. You could throw Stand by Me in there as well, but it lacks the fantasy element.

When it comes to 80s vampire movies, Fright Night is the go-to. I also recommend Near Dark since a lot of people don't know about it. It's not a traditional vampire flick, but it's a good one and has a great performance from Bill Paxton.

Didn't she do that godawful Candyman sequel/remake/reboot/whatevs as well? Terrible film and when I heard she was doing the next 28 film, my interest immediately waned.

Since it is the Holiday Season I have been trying to watch as much Christmas content as I can lately. I just watched Feast of the Seven Fishes (Netfllx). I love this movie! I discovered it last year and it has become one of my goto Christmas movies for the rest of my life! I am not Eyetalian nor do I particularly like seafood but this movie just works for me. A Comedy/Dramadey about an Italian family at Christmas in the 70's that just perfectly captures the spirit of family and the season. I can't watch this movie and not be happy!

We’ve been watching a bunch also - last night I couldn’t help but marvel at the gratuitous nudity in Love Actually. The world has changed a lot in 20 years.

i really miss all the random titties of the 80s

Yeah America has gotten really prudish

I think it has more to do with widespread high speed internet access. Plenty of places to see titties outside of a movie theater.

yes but titties you come across in the wild are better than those you find at the zoo

Near Dark- "Finger licking good!"

Kinda meh on the others mentioned.

One horror flick that stood out at the midnight movies was "Pieces".

Solid B movie with a Ronald Reagan knockoff.



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Near Dark is awesome, one of the best vampire films ever, and the word isn't used once in the film. Loved it as a kid and nothing's changed. One of Bigelow's best, especially for a debut.

Pieces is hilarious and never fails to put a big grin on my face, whenever I've had a crappy day, one of my favourite bad films ever, actually. BASTAAARD!!


The bad chop suey scene always cracks me up as well. If there was ever an Oscar award for Most Random Scene Ever, this would probably win it.

Yeah, you'd even get occasional bush. Then you'd pause the scene, only that crappy VHS white snowy tracking line would go across all the good bits and you'd start cursing loudly. And now that we have the technology to pause nudity perfectly, there's no effin nudity worth pausing. That's gen Z for you
Anyway I'm off now to pause Basic Instinct...in Blu Ray.

The lack of pointless titties is pure “things that shouldn’t piss you off” material.

Anora was literally released this year, but I guess those titties are too plot centric for the homies.

Hey, Titties in the 80s were plot centric too, like in 80s actioners, when the good guy would be fighting a bad guy and they'd both crash through a door into a room where a couple were randomly having sex. It was clearly integral to the plot that you see the chick's titties, considering they were randomly having sex. Or maybe they'd crash through a door where a chick was randomly having a shower- again she's having a shower so titties are plot centric. Those are my justifications and I'm sticking to 'em, like a bra on a titty.

Okay Boober.

Nudity in anglo-saxon movies has always been cringe and felt contrived af, be it 80s or not...

my wife will get mad...

Plot-centric titties itt. But doesn't that ruin it? When we watch a car chase, we don't ask if it's plot-centric, it's the car chase -- the reason we went to the movies.

Of course, they were leveled out by the pre- and post-coitus scenes where the woman was still wearing her bra. Has any woman ever stripped naked for sex but left her bra on? Certainly none who had sex with me, or with the other titty lovers in this thread.

I was at the movies one time... some random R rated film... and in walks 5 young teen males (maybe 12-13 years old) after the movie had started and they proceed to sit down two rows in front of us.

After 15-20 minutes, there came a nude breast scene and immediately one of the young teens yelled out "THAT'S WHAT WE PAID FOR!'. After a few more minutes they all ran out.