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  • Originally posted by ScoobyDoo View Post
    First Wonder Woman movie as a whole is just ok. But, it does have one of the best scenes in any Superhero flick that has ever been made.
    I think the No Man's Land scene and the lead-in/buildup to that overshadows the films faults. But a single scene does not make a whole movie. It can take a "D" rated movie into "B" territory, but the scene alone can't make the leap from "B" to "A". Everything around the scene needs to be solid as well.
    It's never too early to start the Pre-game festivities

    Go Cats!!! GO BLACKHAWKS!

    Cuck the Fubs... Let's Go WHITE SOX!!!

    Wildcat Born, Wildcat Bred....

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    • Top 5 murdered franchises. Could have also gone in the TV thread.

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      • I just had a bizarre TIL.

        The guy who has the dinner with Andre in My Dinner with Andre is Vizzini in The Princess Bride.
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        • Seriously? You didn't know that?
          "It's as if the Drumpf Administration is made up of the worst and unfunny parts of the Cleveland Browns, Washington Generals, and the alien Mon-Stars from Space Jam."
          -aparch

          "Scenes in "Empire Strikes Back" that take place on the tundra planet Hoth were shot on the present-day site of Ralph Engelstad Arena."
          -INCH

          Of course I'm a fan of the Vikings. A sick and demented Masochist of a fan, but a fan none the less.
          -ScoobyDoo 12/17/2007

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          • Originally posted by Handyman View Post
            Seriously? You didn't know that?
            I didn't know that.
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            • TIL I should watch dinner with Andre. The premise sounds fantastic

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              • Originally posted by Deutsche Gopher Fan View Post
                TIL I should watch dinner with Andre. The premise sounds fantastic
                I can't tell you if it has held up but when I watched it at 18 in 1981 it was mindblowingly good.
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                • The Menu. Enjoyable bit of silliness, with Fiennes and Taylor-Joy excellent and Hoult his usual hilarious self.
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                  • Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                    The Menu. Enjoyable bit of silliness, with Fiennes and Taylor-Joy excellent and Hoult his usual hilarious self.
                    Finally someone else has seen it!

                    Probably my fave movie this year so far

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                    • Judith Light was pitch perfect for me as the oblivious, chatty, pretentious socialite. You could walk into whatever the current "it" restaurant in any major city is on any given night and immediately spot a dozen of her.

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                      • Avatar: The Way of Water crossed $1.7 billion worldwide this weekend, becoming the #7 movie all-time. By the end of the month, it will likely make it to #4 all-time where it will nestle in between Titanic and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. James Cameron will have three of the top four movies of all time.

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                        • Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
                          Avatar: The Way of Water crossed $1.7 billion worldwide this weekend, becoming the #7 movie all-time. By the end of the month, it will likely make it to #4 all-time where it will nestle in between Titanic and Star Wars: The Force Awakens. James Cameron will have three of the top four movies of all time.
                          It's a good movie. I enjoyed it. I also found myself viscerally angry at the "villains" in the film.
                          **NOTE: The misleading post above was brought to you by Reynold's Wrap and American Steeples, makers of Crosses.

                          Originally Posted by dropthatpuck-Scooby's a lost cause.
                          Originally Posted by First Time, Long Time-Always knew you were nothing but a troll.

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                          • Originally posted by Kepler View Post
                            The Menu. Enjoyable bit of silliness, with Fiennes and Taylor-Joy excellent and Hoult his usual hilarious self.
                            To add more of my thoughts. As someone who has sat through a few celeb chef multi-course tasting menus with the price tag of a car payment, only one of which was memorable enough that I'd be up for repeating it given the chance, I enjoyed the movie for the dark satire and criticism of haute cuisine and "foodie" culture that it was. Also, the low-key criticism of the whole chef apprenticeship system where young wannabes move thousands of miles away to train under a master for peanuts, and most of them end up burning out or just recreating inferior versions of the master's food.

                            Let's be honest - do you really think a guy like Bobby Flay still truly has a passion for cooking at this point, or is he just going through the motions to keep his empire afloat so that he can pay his many bills? I'm pretty sure I know that answer, as do all three of his ex-wives. I think back to the time, 10-15 years ago, when Bourdain finally sat down for dinner with Emeril after years of mocking him. Emeril basically admitted that once you've made a name for yourself and built a culinary empire, maintaining it is hard and leads you to do things you probably wouldn't otherwise do. Like fully selling out and putting your name on lines of cookware, spices, sauces, etc. Or starting a chain of mediocre airport restaurants with your name on them (Bobby's Burger Palace, Cat Cora's Taproom, etc).

                            My wife didn't like it as much, which is a bit surprising given that she's usually up for a good skewering of pretentious rich fooks who contribute little to nothing to society. But understandable given that she grew up in a household where food sometimes meant eating condiment sandwiches to survive.

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                            • The dark humor was phenomenal, ripping of foodie culture was my fave.

                              my cousin the Michelin restaurant starred chef laughed so hard. And agreed

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                              • Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
                                My wife didn't like it as much, which is a bit surprising given that she's usually up for a good skewering of pretentious rich fooks who contribute little to nothing to society. But understandable given that she grew up in a household where food sometimes meant eating condiment sandwiches to survive.
                                Curious what she didn't like about it.

                                I loved that it was also a skewering of pretentious horror movies, where there is a Compelling Philosophical Idea behind the sociopath's murders, and you get sucked into the logic and then uh oh, or in reverse you get the splatter early and then the "but wait" navel gaze. Saw is the ur-case, but there are plenty of other examples: "Thanos did nothing wrong," Ozymandius in Watchmen, I suppose entire history of religious persecution In the Name of The Sacred Truth.
                                Last edited by Kepler; 01-10-2023, 02:47 PM.
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