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Oilcandide

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« Reply #840 on: August 30, 2024, 11:12:53 AM »

Kaos, the new series which takes a modern interpretation of Greek mythology and its Olympian pantheon, seems to have some potential. 
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« Reply #841 on: September 02, 2024, 01:42:07 PM »

Anatomy of a Fall > Oppenheimer. A great screenplay anchored in three astonishingly good performances, particularly Sandra Huller...

...she was robbed of an Oscar - but Milo Machado-Gramer and Messi as well.
The movie reminded me, in the way it played with perspective, truth and memory, of A Separation, which is for me about as high praise as I can offer. One sceen of a marital fight was brilliantly written and acted...

We saw this last night and were awake longer than usual turning it over in our heads.  A tour de force for sure, with great skill shown in doling out bits of information in a naturalistic way.   No spoonfeeding, and no easy unsnarling of the contradictions that remain at the end. 

As in life, there is no stock answer that quite fits whatever happened up in the chalet attic.  Murder?  Doesn't seem like it.  Sandra falls asleep much too easily at the final curtain drop.  Suicide?  Is 50 Cent really the tone one sets in such a situation?  then a 20 foot drop?  Not sure you can reliably kill a grandma with that distance.  If the son's story had any truth, Samuel was working himself up to it well in advance - seems like he would find a more efficacious cliff up there in the Alps.  Somehow, there is a nagging feel that Samuel simply died of a kind of existential ineptitude, finding its objective manifestation as a clumsy remodeler who opened a window for fresh air and tripped on a tool cord.  None of the forensic analysis, all that spatter patter, seems persuasive or more than the banal attempt to impose order on human chaos.
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« Reply #842 on: September 02, 2024, 01:50:33 PM »

Perhaps he slipped on Snoop's toy.
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« Reply #843 on: September 04, 2024, 11:02:32 AM »

My favorite comment from a family member was Snoop looked a little guilty.

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« Reply #844 on: September 05, 2024, 07:07:16 PM »

Universal needs to make a movie about the Great Depression to remind people how far we have come as a Nation and to remind us to be grateful for the wealth of America today.

I own "The Grapes of Wrath" on DVD starring Henry Fonda, and my ancestors lived through that, they came to California to pick fruit. And they were grateful for the opportunity to pick fruit. They had incredible work ethics. So when I watch that movie, it shows how far we have come, and now we have Unions, and better labor laws, and so much is better now. California has 400,000 Farm Workers right now here, and they live way better than my ancestors thanks to Unions. Anyhow, that movie reminds me how far the USA has come and to be grateful.

So, Universal could make a new movie right now to remind people how far we have come, and to remind people to be grateful.

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« Reply #845 on: September 05, 2024, 09:35:35 PM »

Angel Studios is making Christian movies with community investors financing their movies. That is cool, and they can create opportunities for the film students, etc.

Right now would be a good time to make a movie about John the Baptist, he was a colorful character who ate locusts and honey to live on. And then also there is David and Bathsheba if you want a love story. The Bible has lots of good stories.

And they can make movies the way that Marlon Brando made "One Eyed Jacks" where they all worked for free and then they got paid after the movie made money.

They can make Bible movies in Malibu by where they shot MASH, etc. And they can shoot at Westward Beach, and at Paradise Cove, etc.

I wish the best for Angel Studios. And also The Kingdom Story Company did "The Jesus Revolution" so they are making Christian movies too.

And maybe they can make movies with Universal, and Universal is American owned now, a company in Pennsylvania owns Universal now.

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« Reply #846 on: September 08, 2024, 02:49:55 PM »

Show Business is a tough business, here is a sad story...

Joan Rivers and her husband produced a film named "The Rabbit Test" starring Billy Crystal, I like the film, I think it is funny, but the film received bad reviews and was considered a flop. Joan's husband committed suicide, he could not take it.

Then later when Joan Rivers experienced big time success then she was always mad at her husband for committing suicide and for not being there with her to enjoy wealth and success.

I think I took care of Joan's dog when I managed a dog kennel, I always liked her.

Anyhow, Show Business is a tough business, and one day you are on top, and the next day you can be homeless, and then the next day you can be on top again. The story of Joan's husband is a story people need to hear, to remind people to hang in there and to keep going, and to keep trying, Joan had huge success later in her life and she wished her husband was there to enjoy the success.

Never give up.

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« Reply #847 on: September 09, 2024, 05:28:35 PM »

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« Reply #848 on: September 10, 2024, 03:50:03 PM »

Fuck. The greatest voice of our times is stilled. RIP Lt.Zogg.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2024/09/09/james-earl-jones-dead-star-wars-lion-king/75149628007/
Just recalled that he played Balthazar in Jesus of Fucking Nazareth, with Robert Fucking Powell.
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« Reply #849 on: September 12, 2024, 06:11:06 PM »

USS Callister is an excellent film in the Black Mirror series.  I like Cristin Milioti in most anything.  She looks like many of the girls in this Italian American community we lived in when I was in middle school.  Makes me think of first crushes.  Something about those street urchin eyes.



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« Reply #850 on: September 15, 2024, 01:44:14 PM »

Tim Burton takes a sentimental journey back to the little model town and its odiously charming bio infestation specialist.  I think he took the opportunity to try out some ideas and weird visuals maybe he couldnt fit into the first movie, with good results.  Nice to see some of the original cast return (where was Jeffrey Jones, I wondered), with some strong newbies like Jenna Ortega as Lydia's daughter.  With a terrific music track and some clever notions of the supernatural updated to the smartphone era, I found Beetlejuice x2 more enjoyable in some respects than the first one.  Keaton's rendition of Macarthur Park was well worth the ticket.
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« Reply #851 on: September 18, 2024, 10:36:16 AM »

Based on the lost Franklin Expedition of 1845-48, The Terror is a wildly inventive telling of the ordeal that left no survivors (or at least none who returned to England), based on the novel by Dan Simmons.

There was an interesting resonance in the stellar performance of Jared Harris with his father's role in the 1971 film Man in the Wilderness.  His father was the noted Irish tenor (see: MacArthur Park, previous post) and actor, Richard Harris. 

The addition of a vengeful Inuit spirit creature, half man half polar bear, makes for some lively moments that nicely break up the routines of heavy drinking, mutiny, cannibalism, suicide, lead poisoning from tinned food, and other standard rigors of Arctic journeys.
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« Reply #852 on: September 19, 2024, 09:47:22 PM »

Dan Simmons novel, btw, is a masterpiece.
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« Reply #853 on: September 20, 2024, 01:28:37 PM »

I turn ed 63 recently64 tomorrow Which, I am sure, gets all of us thinking, what are HairyLimes favorite 6364 movies released in his lifetime? For 1960 movies, they must be released in the US after to my birthdate, which excludes both The Apartment (June 15) and Psycho (June 16), but includes Shoot the Piano Player (October 21 in the UK, 1962 in the US). Movies released internationally prior to 1960 are not considered even if they had no US release until after 1960.

 I am aware that I have, potentially, either 62 or 74 63 or 75 movies on this list depending on how one counts Dekalog and The Lord of the Rings, both of which I treat as one movie.

 And note, these are my FAVORITE movies, which may or may not line up with best. I am aware of the argument that, say, objectively Pulp Fiction is better than, oh, Local Hero. And some haters would want to debate the inclusion of Shakespeare in Love and exclusion of Saving Private Ryan. Suck on it, haters. I know which one I want to rewatch. I should also note that the further down the list you get, the rankings are less certain. I am more interested in identifying the 63 64 movies than worrying about whether This Is Spinal Tap is better than Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

 For those for whom the personal history of directors make a difference, I have multiple moves by convicted or alleged sexual predators on my list. I long ago determined that I did not want to live in a world without Chinatown or Annie Hall. If you feel otherwise, I have no issues with you. I am not going to berate you about the need to separate the art from the artist and humiliate you until your leg starts twitching uncontrollably (on the list, by the way. My fave scene from last year two years ago not involving sentient rocks. Also on the list). On the other hand, earlier iterations of this list would have included Manhattan, a movie I just cannot watch now without thinking about the allegations against Allen. I am aware of the inconsistency.

 The list also contains something my lists rarely contain, reasonably recent movies, including three from last year two years ago and one from last year. I usually let things percolate before ranking them, but I have become convinced in multiple viewings of each, that there were three four fantastic movies released last year in the last two years. Their respective rankings may alter, but they deserve a spot on the list.

 1. Nashville
2. Chinatown
3. The Godfather
4. Annie Hall
5. Au hasard Balthazar
6. Dekalog
7. Fargo
9. A Separation
9. Raging Bull
10. Lord of the Rings Trilogy
11. Taxi Driver
12. Dr. Strangelove
13. No Country for Old Men
14. Everything Everywhere All At Once
15. The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
16. Chimes at Midnight
17. Labyrinth of the Faun
18. Goodfellas
19. Get Out
20. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
21. Anatomy of a Fall
22. The Double Life of Veronique
23. Hannah and Her Sisters
24. Jaws
25. Paris, Texas
26. All That Jazz
27. Lawrence of Arabia
28.  Grand Budapest Hotel
29. Sideways
30. Yojimbo
31. Knives Out
32. Das Boot
33. Tar
34. Crimes and Misdemeanors
35. A Serious Man
36. In Bruges
37. Adaptation
37. Witness
39.  Sita Sings the Blues
40. Knife in the Water
41. American Splendor
42. Shoot the Piano Player
43. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
44. Apocalypse Now
45. Shakespeare in Love
46. Downfall
47. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
48. The Producers
49. Banshees of Inisherin
50. In the Loop
51. The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964)
52. Inside Llewyn Davis
53. Groundhog Day
54. Andrei Rublev
55. Local Hero
56. Blood Simple
57. About Elly
58. Thelma and Louise
59. This is Spinal Tap
60. The Death of Stalin
61. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
62. The Great Escape
63. Roger and Me
64. 1917

 So, I juggled the order a bit. As I mentioned, the further down the list you get the order becomes more uncertain, tenuous and subject to change, but there were a couple of films it seemed to me were placed at the point I remembered them when typing rather than how I actually rated them. There are a couple of films added, one from last year, Anatomy of a Fall, and four I had missed when creating the list last year, Downfall, In The Loop, Thelma and Louise and The Death of Stalin. Which means after accounting for the additional spot four dropped off. Two were 2001 and Stalker, both great films but I think my admiration for them outstrips my liking of them. Two I dropped after seeing them again this year. Lion In Winter still brings me all sorts of joy in the way Peter O Toole chews the scenery but contains too many moments of striving for profundity that make it seem too written, despite the fun of it. It is a tough competition. The other is LA Confidential, which I had not seen in years and does not benefit from knowing the plot. It also has a couple of scenes where the director assumes I am unable to follow the movie and so shoves things down my throat. Still very good, though.

I should identify one other inconsistency. If I down graded 2001 and Stalker because I admire them more than I like them, why are Raging Bull and Taxi Driver, two great films I assure you I never, ever, want to watch again, doing in the Top 15? Hey, they are my rules and I can break them if I want to.

Note: after posting I made a change very near the top I almost made before I posted but did not. Gutless coward! But I have done the right thing.

Crap! That is another movie I left out! I need to get older.
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« Reply #854 on: September 20, 2024, 05:56:01 PM »

I like the Stallone version of Yojimbo.  Yo, Jimbo!

Sorry.  Will try to compose a more considered response for your hexadecimally significant birthday.  I recently turned 68.  One word of advice: take care of your knees.  Whoever designed knees definitely had a liquid lunch that day.  And breakfast.

Wait, Thelma and Louise was on that list?  That's a puzzler for me.  Maybe I missed something. 
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