movies

[lukethedrifter]

The Martian was great. Big and dramatic and cool and not stupid.

I was a bit confused by the ...

[SHOW]

... mutiny talk. How can you have mutiny and a rendezvous with the Chines?

[thrill]

Bridge of Spies is a classic dad movie. So if you like dad movies (white american man, beset by foes from all sides, stays true to moral compass and does the right thing triumphantly), you will like it.

[JL21]

Bridge of Spies is a classic dad movie. So if you like dad movies (white american man, beset by foes from all sides, stays true to moral compass and does the right thing triumphantly), you will like it.

I haven't seen it but that description is hilarious.

It definitely comes off that way in the trailers and the ad campaign leading up to it.

[ghostrunner]

Interesting that the Coens did a rewrite on it. I wish there was a way to see the scripts before and after these rewrites. I think it happens but it's usually because an early script leaked when it shouldn't have.

[thrill]

Late period Spielberg is doing some seminal work in the dad movie canon. This is right up there with Lincoln.

If you like middle aged white men showing great dignity, determination and righteousness in the face of adversity caused by defending those of lower social standing, this is a movie for you.

I'm being flippant. This is a good movie and something the whole family can watch and enjoy. It's just becoming a little too obvious who is making these movies and who they're making them for whether they realize it or not.

[Jocephus]

anyone see burnt?!

[cardinalkarp]

Watched "Southpaw" over the weekend and while it was a bit slow at times it wasn't bad. Nothing earth-shattering, but worth a watch if there's nothing else out there you really wanted to see.

[wart57]

Late period Spielberg is doing some seminal work in the dad movie canon. This is right up there with Lincoln.

If you like middle aged white men showing great dignity, determination and righteousness in the face of adversity caused by defending those of lower social standing, this is a movie for you.

I'm being flippant. This is a good movie and something the whole family can watch and enjoy. It's just becoming a little too obvious who is making these movies and who they're making them for whether they realize it or not.

Middle aged white guys like movies and spend money.

[thrill]

Late period Spielberg is doing some seminal work in the dad movie canon. This is right up there with Lincoln.

If you like middle aged white men showing great dignity, determination and righteousness in the face of adversity caused by defending those of lower social standing, this is a movie for you.

I'm being flippant. This is a good movie and something the whole family can watch and enjoy. It's just becoming a little too obvious who is making these movies and who they're making them for whether they realize it or not.

Middle aged white guys like movies and spend money.

For sure, but I think there's more going on in Spielberg's case. I think as aging liberals find themselves naturally becoming more conservative as they age, they create self-serving narratives in their life or in their work that help them cope with that identity transition.

[wart57]

Late period Spielberg is doing some seminal work in the dad movie canon. This is right up there with Lincoln.

If you like middle aged white men showing great dignity, determination and righteousness in the face of adversity caused by defending those of lower social standing, this is a movie for you.

I'm being flippant. This is a good movie and something the whole family can watch and enjoy. It's just becoming a little too obvious who is making these movies and who they're making them for whether they realize it or not.

Middle aged white guys like movies and spend money.

For sure, but I think there's more going on in Spielberg's case. I think as aging liberals find themselves naturally becoming more conservative as they age, they create self-serving narratives in their life or in their work that help them cope with that identity transition.

Also, it is nice for us middle aged white men to see our age group not depicted as a hen pecked idiot who can only survive because we have a smart woman by our side who keeps us out of our own way.