Rum_Monkey wrote:I appreciate that you think of me that way. I guess I'm a fairly benign nihilist who sneers at a lot of things but I'm pretty happy. I watch a lot of films and if I don't like something, it goes off. |
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RGeefe 2,409 posts
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JamboWayOh 25,236 posts
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Registered 8 years agoRawShark wrote:
Who THE FUCK said this?!
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elstoof 28,125 posts
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Registered 16 years agoThe best thing about Groundhog Day was that Ramis didn’t go on to make a dozen films starring various combinations of Bill Murray, Andie McDowell, Chris Elliott etc in a variety of similar cursed protagonist premises -
anephric 5,274 posts
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Registered 14 years agoThat's because Bill Murray and Harold Ramis MASSIVELY fell out and it took Ramis to be on his deathbed for them to talk again.
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TechnoHippy 19,245 posts
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Registered 18 years agoanephric wrote:
You'd need to, to go hunting ghosts for a living.
That's because Bill Murray and Harold Ramis MASSIVELY fell out and it took Ramis to be on his deathbed for them to talk again.
Murray holds them grudges. -
simpleexplodingmaybe 19,992 posts
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Registered 6 years agoThe Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
More rubber limbed cgi, more weightless polystyrene looking sets, more very wiggy looking wigs.
One of the joys of LOTR, Fellowship in particular, is how real it made Middle Earth feel with location shooting and practical effects along with the cgi stuff. I get that The Hobbit is more of a fairytale originally but every looks fake and the soft focus bloom lighting that I guess is meant to make things feel dreamy and fantastical just highlights the fakeness even more.
This episode is also very guilty of cramming in loads of unnecessary filler and lore not included in the book.
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simpleexplodingmaybe 19,992 posts
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Registered 6 years agoJono62 wrote:
Its not a comedy that anyone actually laughs at despite being such a good, if stalky, film.
RawShark wrote:
Groundhog Day? Although RGeefe probably hates it
Welp. To each their own. Like I said before, really difficult to find a comedy that's a hit for everyone.
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Mola_Ram 26,187 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI've yet to find a person who didn't think What We Do In the Shadows was hilarious. Aside maybe from my mum, who just thought it was weird.
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RawShark 2,202 posts
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Registered 10 years agoI know a few people who didn’t take to WWDITS. Not sure why. Some of them got into the series though.
But different people get tickled by different things. I remember being at a job back in the day where some co-workers were raving about Little Man. You know. With the Wayans.
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Nanocrystal 2,575 posts
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Registered 12 years agoIs there anyone who doesn't like Spinal Tap? -
Your-Mother 8,172 posts
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Registered 5 years agoI don’t dislike it but think the later films by that ensemble were better. Best in Show etc. -
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Mola_Ram 26,187 posts
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Registered 9 years agoYeah, it's not really the kind of thing you can objectively appreciate on a technical level, like, say, an action movie. If it doesn't make you laugh, then you're going to have a terrible time. I watched Master of Disguise on a plane, and it made me want to jump. -
BreadBinLidHero 10,801 posts
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Registered 12 years agoIn my tradition of being two pages behind I thought Bridesmaids, while not bad, was rote and disappointing.
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Registered 18 years agoJoeBlade wrote:
Definitely the hardest to make for this reason. And why even the occasional "good" one is most likely overrated as everyone piles in because they jump out a bit more. See Bridesmaids. Which I didn't think was terrible but nowhere near as funny as it thought it was.
Comedy has to be the most subjective film genre, Shirley? -
richardiox 10,097 posts
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Registered 17 years agoPrisoners (on Netflix)
Big fan of the new Bladerunner and Arrival so thought I'd check this out. Glad I did, really enjoyed it and had me gripped throughout the 2 and a half hours runtime.
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Registered 1 year agoIncendies is also great if you're on a Villeneuve spree. -
JYM60 19,085 posts
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Registered 15 years agoI remember laughing at Bridesmaids, in particular the dress fitting scene. But wouldn't want to watch it again. I am not a fan of all the Apatow/Rogen/Feig/etc comedies really. Superbad being the exception.
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Nanocrystal 2,575 posts
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Registered 12 years agodfunked09 wrote:
And/or want to feel fucking miserable.
Incendies is also great if you're on a Villeneuve spree. -
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Registered 13 years agoJoeBlade wrote:
Oddly enough I was just about to point out that the greatest comedy of all time is Airplane. I don't need to watch it, I just talk to my brother and the conversation will naturally turn to a line reading from memory.
Comedy has to be the most subjective film genre, Shirley?
"Over Macho Grande?"
" No, I'll never be over Macho Grande. "
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RyanDS 14,073 posts
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Registered 13 years agoneems wrote:
That is. Funny way of spelling Top Secret.
JoeBlade wrote:
Oddly enough I was just about to point out that the greatest comedy of all time is Airplane. I don't need to watch it, I just talk to my brother and the conversation will naturally turn to a line reading from memory.
Comedy has to be the most subjective film genre, Shirley?
"Over Macho Grande?"
" No, I'll never be over Macho Grande. "
Special mention for the original Naked Gun. -
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Star Trek: The Search for Spock - 7.5/10
Not much to say about this one. It feels like a bridge between the bigger two before and after, rather than a full standalone film. It's not bad, it's not great, it's alright.
Star Trek: The Voyage Home - 9/10
Praising this one feels a little hypocritical after slamming the Kelvin movies for being so nonsensical. You can't repopulate a species with just a single pair. Parking a cloaked Klingon warship in a park in San Francisco for a full day without anyone noticing seems unlikely. As does Chekov's escape, I'll stop here because the list is endless.
But it gets away with it because it makes it clear it's supposed to be light-hearted comedy. Everyone familiar with TOS time travel episodes knows how concerned they were about changing the timeline, Voyage Home just throws everything out the window. It shamelessly breaks all rules to be just fun, just for this one film. Just roll with it and enjoy, and I'm happy to do so.
And fun it is, it has so many great moments and it genuinely made me laugh. And again it's brilliant with its characters, probably not least thanks to one of them actually directing it. Being someone who loves the TOS characters, this film warms my heart by caring so much about them.
Another stone cold Trek classic after Wrath of Khan. Must watch.
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creepiest-lizard 2,977 posts
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I love The voyage home even if there isn't really any trekking around the stars in it.
Now you're on to the much maligned The final frontier. I think I must be one of the few people that love it. The Uruhu dance apart it has some great Spock, Kirk and Bones moments and is really just a meditation on growing old. It feels like an extended episode.
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barchetta 3,335 posts
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Registered 20 years ago@Nanocrystal We have some family friends who really took Spinal Tap and Waynes World quite badly. I think, more than anything else, because it takes the piss out of their preferred musical genres.
Daft really. Whilst I think Wayne’s World has aged quite badly, Spinal Tap is still a work of genius. -
anephric 5,274 posts
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Registered 14 years agoI don't know how anyone who loves rock or metal could not love Spinal Tap. It's all done so affectionately, you'd have to be a real stuck-up Mojo wraith to not enjoy it. -
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Registered 4 years agoTomorrows war or what ever it's called with Chris Pratt on Amazon.
Not amazing but waaaaaaay better than I was expecting it to be. Half decent CGI, some laughs, some decent action.
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Spinal Tap is a triumph. I'm a sucker for Sabbath and Priest and all that shit, and Spinal Tap does such a great job at mocking it without devaluing it. -
The Big Lebowski
It's been a few years since I last watched, although I've found that these days I have to be in the right mood to watch it. It's still great though. Weird and wonderful characters, interesting story and dead pan humour that just works for me.
8/10
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