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Movies: Poor Things, Barbie and Oppenheimer are stuck in La La Land

I will probably continue to see movies at Alamo drafthouse

The food and drink part is nice- an actual fountain Diet Coke, limitless, and most importantly- a staff that actively polices phones and text behavior.
 
Alamo is great but it is not worth the hike for anyone anywhere close to either city especially the West Side of the river ;)
 
Yeah but it aint exactly close to St. Paul either :p

I remember they wanted to maybe open more but that dream died fast. Too bad its a great experience.
 
I saw Weapons...if I had paid for this I would ask for my money back. One of the dumbest films I have seen. It is boring, plotting, self indulgent and then out of nowhere goes full Evil Dead at the end. I am not sure if this some kind of joke or mediocre attempt at satire but save 2 hours or watch a Sam Raimi film (or A24 film if you prefer slower dramatic fare) and ignore whatever the phuck this was.

Amy Madigan was the bright spot.
 
It tries too hard. Cut out the cop point of view and the druggie and the film is pretty dang good. That crap was so stupid and boring (what a waste of June Diane Raphael) I fell asleep. You need Julie Garners, Josh Brolin, The Principal and Alex. The rest was just filler.

I also think the Rashoman storytelling style is overdone.

And good lord did they lose a page on the ending because it is beyond abrupt.

But...I will give it credit for trying to be something different. Better than most of the dreck Thriller/horror that comes out.
 
Parts of it were quite funny, if you like the Shaun of the dead type (or barbarian).

There was a certain cameo that drew a lot of laughs from the audience that got it
 
Kepler said:
The Assessment. B+. A mixed bag.

Spoilers:

Dependable, if graying, concept. Cromulent acting by 2 of the 3 leads. The 3rd, Alicia Vikander, is great for the first half of the movie.

In general, the first half of the movie is excellent. Then it starts to go hack and by the final act even Vikander is bad, but that's mostly because the script has become trite. They didn't know how to resolve it and didn't dare not resolving it. I can see them not wanting to rip off Brave New World any more than they already did. The scenery and set was a fine choice to avoid most of the redundancy of the concept.

The dinner is the best scene, even though the Basil Exposition monologue is atypically boilerplate.

There are well-executed homage SF set pieces throughout the film. I caught Stalker, Brave New World,1984, The Illustrated Man, and Fahrenheit 451. I'm sure there are more. Have fun treasure hunting.

A nice change from the summer children's movies, anyway. Ambition, even when unfulfilled, should be rewarded. Two cheers.
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Agreed on all counts. I love vikander and she was great first half. Entire second half was pretty rough….i have grown to love Elizabeth Olson, though. Loved the female leads…the male lead, not so much
 
TIL one of my favorite movies, and one of the greatest horror movies ever made, Val Lewton's Isle of the Dead, is based on a 19th century German painting by Arnold Bocklin, and has also been referenced again and again in movies from King Kong to Alien Covenant.

Rachmaninov did a symphonic poem (his Opus 29) to invoke it. Ballard and Zelazny both wrote scenes based on it in their work.

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The painting



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The movie
 
Kepler said:
TIL one of my favorite movies, and one of the greatest horror movies ever made, Val Lewton's Isle of the Dead, is based on a 19th century German painting by Arnold Bocklin, and has also been referenced again and again in movies from King Kong to Alien Covenant.

Rachmaninov did a symphonic poem (his Opus 29) to invoke it. Ballard and Zelazny both wrote scenes based on it in their work.

1280px-Arnold_B%C3%B6cklin_-_Die_Toteninsel_I_%28Basel%2C_Kunstmuseum%29.jpg

The painting



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The movie
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I’ve seen three versions of that painting in real life- nyc, Berlin and Leipzig
 
Another night in a hotel, another movie. Stumbled upon the Mist

Do I Watch this masterpiece again, or do I protect myself from ever having to see the ending again? (Ending is brilliant btw)
 
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My dad has a juvenile sense of humor.

We watched happy Gilmore 2 tonight and after I paused it an hour in for his bathroom break, he begged to be done for the night as he can’t watch anymore lol
 
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