movies

[Luetta Cecena]

I recently watched Happy-go-lucky.

[go birds]

yinz need to be paying attention to Jeff Nichols. Just caught Take Shelter...really good. another chilling take on mental illness.

looking forward to his wide release, Midnight Special.

Michael Shannon seemingly always knocks his performances out of the park

[jim]

Just got back from seeing Everybody Wants Some - my wife suggested it and we both had high hopes, since it was about a Freshmen baseball player going to college in 1980. While there were so many things they got right in terms of how people acted, and the characters were in some ways very reminiscent of people I knew, there was just zero story. It wasn't awful, but it wasn't very good at all. Acting was decent, there was just literally no story to it. First weekend of college basically for a Fresh. baseball player. That was it.

[ghostrunner]

Just got back from seeing Everybody Wants Some - my wife suggested it and we both had high hopes, since it was about a Freshmen baseball player going to college in 1980. While there were so many things they got right in terms of how people acted, and the characters were in some ways very reminiscent of people I knew, there was just zero story. It wasn't awful, but it wasn't very good at all. Acting was decent, there was just literally no story to it. First weekend of college basically for a Fresh. baseball player. That was it.

That sounds like every good Linklater movie.

[jim]

I am not sure what that means. Trust me on this one, I lived this movie and still couldnt get into it

[JL21]

yinz need to be paying attention to Jeff Nichols. Just caught Take Shelter...really good. another chilling take on mental illness.

looking forward to his wide release, Midnight Special.

Michael Shannon seemingly always knocks his performances out of the park

Yep. Huuuuuuge fan of Jeff Nichols. It's Southern Ungothic- a very realistic, non-grotesque view of the 21st century south. With tremendous stories. I think the dude is destined to win an Oscar some day.

I can't wait to see Midnight Special.

[lukethedrifter]

Plus he's Ben Nichols' brother. Awesome.

[Famous Mortimer]

The Punisher (1989)

I completely slept on this when it was first released, so I decided to give it a go last night and it was surprisingly good. Lundgren great, plot decent, action strong, there's a few big lulls but this reviewer gives it two thumbs up.

[go birds]

Finally watched the Hateful 8 and i think might be in the minority here, but i thought it was one of Taratino's better movies. i dont really hate any of his movies (except maybe the kill bill series) but i also really dont love any of them either. Really liked pulp fiction and basterds, but i find it hard to rewatch them.

The use of the n-word was pretty cringeworthy, but that should go without saying.

[ghostrunner]

I've only watched this with the sound off, but 1) Wow and 2) WTF?