movies

[IMADreamer]

We watched Venom today. Meh.

[MAGA]

Guys...what the [expletive] is this?

[lukethedrifter]

December release? Going for the Oscar.

[lukethedrifter]

I’m really looking forward to seeing Blaze.

First, listen to him sing Clay Pigeons then listen to Lucinda sing about him, Drunken Angel, then give Townes Van Zandt’s Blaze’s Blues a listen. Then maybe check out Merle singing his If I Could Only Fly.

[lukethedrifter]

Blaze was terrific. I was familiar with the whole backstory so not sure how it’ll play for those not in the Blaze Foley club.


Free Solo was great. So goddam beautiful. Bits of relationship stuff that didn’t take away from the story. Showed Honnold as a bit more complex than anything I’d read or seen. Complex yet really simple in a way.


Sorry to Bother You was wow, more disheartening than funny, in its critique of modern society. I finally watched it because i accidentally won a couple of props from the set via an auction they did a lousy job of promoting.

[Michael]

Fun fan theory:

[mikechamp]

Finally saw "3 Billboards". Great job by McDormand, though I would say many/all of the actors did a good job.

Ending was a little odd, but it's mostly due to logic questions I have for most movies I watch.

[SHOW]

For instance, after she heads out with the former cop to form a vengeance squad, how is her high school son going to get to school? She took their only car!

And given she has spent a ton of money on billboards, how is she going to afford the trip to Idaho, especially since she won't be working at the gift shop/earning any money while on the trip?

And why was the guy from Idaho in town for so long? And how do they know he was going back home? Maybe he was on a cross-country trip?

Oh, and how did the former cop heal from those burns so fast? He was in and out of the hospital in a flash!

[Freed Roger]

"Free State of Jones" is pretty good. I hesitated to watch it, fearing it was another feel-good based-on-true story puff piece. Based on backstory, it doesn't seem like it was -the basic premise of this movie did happen. And of course, the ending is Reconstruction, which can hardly be considered a happy one. Sounds like there was/is a concerted effort to refute this historical episode.

Also, had a discussion recently about the portrayal of black slaves in the film - how we don't get to know these characters, and they tend towards victimized/glamorized and a homogenous group. Not to say they weren't victims or grouped by a struggle. I guess there just isn't enough narrative out there to flush out characters/individuals.

Article on backstory
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/ ... 180958111/

The main characters' family tree becomes quite convoluted. This was probably a lot more common than we think. People died younger, got remarried etc Kids adopted into extended families. Step siblings getting married etc.

[Freed Roger]

"Leave No Trace" about a Dad with PTSD attempting to live off the grid with teen daughter. I hesitate to recommend this here, not heavy in dialog and action, kind of atmospheric indie flick. I enjoyed it though. Can relate to it in the sense that I really like getting away from regular world, have taken my daughter with me over the years though she has sort of grown out of it for now. Also, themed Pac NW woods, my latest favorite place.

[Freed Roger]

Also enjoyed "A Quiet Place". Yeah, some plot holes but it was put together nicely.

My disappointment was Krasinski-Jim missed the chance for a Dwight Shrute cameo. Would have loved to see them passing by him holed up on the beet farm with him clutching a shotgun, the usuual paranoid face, making the finger-to-mouth quiet sign.