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What MOVIE(s) have you been....seeing? watching?
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But professional unions that gatekeep their member quality are awesome because then i know that the union plumber i hire for my remodel knows their stuff and didn't just watch some youtube videos and hang their shingle.
Im also mixed on amazon as well, despite being a somewhat reluctant prime owner.
Think i can find some stuff on netflix this week....
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jason10mm wrote: ... the union i deal with mostly exists to take money from employees...
The power of established unions is not in what they do, but in what they prevent.
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ChristopherMD wrote: I can't imagine anyone rage-quitting the site over a union thread. Can we split this off?
Sorry I mentioned it. Just let it die.
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As the non plus ultra of thread derailing, I expect to be PM'd about these things before they play out, come on.
Anyway, I also saw I CARE A LOT and it is infuriating and mean in a deeply American way. It is just so deeply cynical about ... everything. It's like GET OUT's mood without the charm. Horrible people doing horrible things to other people and each other. There's no one to like here, contrast to FARGO, which also has this mean streak about everything. The score/music is amazing, though. Like, I added two tracks to my playlists, which is curated within an inch of its life. The performances are excellent, but to my thinking Weist is a little too doddering to be what she is in the story. I also want to send kudos to the hair/makeup crew, everything there is flawless.
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The soundtrack was indeed interesting, one of the final montage pieces kept reminding me of Blade runner 2049.
Edit - probably the greatest element of interest to me was seeing Macon Blair, who I recently was stunned by in Blue Ruin when I first watched that a few months ago.
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I went in expecting "Taken" or "Home Alone" with an old lady dueling her 'captor' or somesuch. This film ain't that.
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Made my kids cheer and cry quite a bit. Barnes, if he grew up in Atlanta, might remember Ivan. I think i recall stories of him as well.
The little girl in the film, who i thought MUST be a daughter or niece of Dwayne Johnson but my wife says she isnt, is also in Love and Monsters which is a pretty charming coming of age film about a painfully PTSDd young man searching for his first (and only) love in the giant bug apocalypse. It has the plot you'd expect with a few twists. Every awkward boy has been there. Michael Rooker as a grizzled survivor and the aforementioned little girl as his protégé steal the film. It is chock full of weird stuff, to include near sentient dogs and joyful but morose robots of all things. It doesn't quite stick the landing but it is a fun ride. It also has Jessica Henwick, nice to see that Iron Fist hasn't taken her down with it.
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The first film doesn't feature big name actors, but has that trademark Carpenter score. It's not a great film, but watchable.
The remake, NOT directed by Carpenter, is loaded with stars. Unfortunately, none of them have anything good to say, and the film is pretty weak. It shares a general plot and a title with the original, but not a lot else. There are a few nods to the original but they definitely don't spoil each other.
Final verdict... neither film is good, but the Carpenter original is superior.
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The Thing 2011 is more of a prequel. Carpenter did his own subpar sequel with Escape from LA..
If they ever try to remake Prince of Darkness I'm gonna riot!
Though if it was set in the dark future showing the attempt to change the past.....maybe. Just do it now while Alice Cooper is still around...and the radiologist with glasses
I watched Death of Me on netflix. Kind of a weird blend of supernatural/cult/religious film. When you put Maggie Q (of La Femme Nikita fame, no, the american one, no the tv series and a Hemsworth in a film (no idea if this Hemsworth is related to Chris and Mr. Miley Cyrus but im sure he is) i expect a lot of ass kicking but this is more of a horror film vibe so despite being literally twice the size as anyone else in the film it has very little action (but what it does is very shocking).
I'd say it is a thai version of Midsommar mixed with The Wicker Man but it is much more surreal and supernatural than those films. It has a really nice scene where some thai folks are asking Maggie where she is from, clearly expecting her to be from an asian country. She responds "I'm american!" and they immediately dismiss her and start speaking in thai with no concern that she might understand what they are saying. I've dated several BIPOC women including my wife and seen this very scene play out several times. Brings to mind the seinfeld episode with costanzas dad and the korean nail salon
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jason10mm wrote: Oh, oh, do The Fog next!
Final verdict... neither film is good, but the Carpenter original is superior.
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So a quick stroll through IMDB, damn that guy had a stellar run! Christine is definitely prime for a revisit IMHO and They Live, more relevant today than when it was made!!!
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