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by Kublai Khan
Sat Sep 23, 2017 8:42 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Movie Podcasts
Replies: 7
Views: 3963

Re: Movie Podcasts

I tend to enjoy podcasts where comedians (or otherwise humorous folks) dissect bad movies, so here's some recommendations along those lines. How Did This Get Made? & Doug Loves Movies - These has already been suggested and I approve. The Flophouse - Hosted by former and current the Daily Show wr...
by Kublai Khan
Sat Apr 30, 2016 2:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: The movie with the highest number of rankings you've never seen
Replies: 36
Views: 11519

Re: The movie with the highest number of rankings you've never seen

Top 5 not seen:

Men in Black (1997)
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002)
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (2006)
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006)
by Kublai Khan
Tue Feb 17, 2015 5:28 am
Forum: Movie-Specific
Topic: "Birdman"
Replies: 38
Views: 9400

Re: "Birdman"

Ugh. Typical dismissal of critique. "You just wanted some dumb melodrama." Boyhood was not lacking in melodrama, it was lacking in drama. All the non-events in my life are boring, but have the added bonus of being able to be moved to the background of my conscious and then I can focus on ...
by Kublai Khan
Sun Feb 15, 2015 3:24 am
Forum: Movie-Specific
Topic: "Birdman"
Replies: 38
Views: 9400

Re: "Birdman"

The story of a boy, a normal boy, normal upbringing (oooh divorced parents), grows up to be a normal dude. A-mazing. I think that's what was so great about it. It was the ultimate slice-of-life movie. Some movies are great because they give you an experience you'd never otherwise have, like City of...
by Kublai Khan
Mon Feb 02, 2015 5:33 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Film like Blow-up's cover.
Replies: 6
Views: 2478

Re: Film like Blow-up's cover. Or "On the aesthesis of viole

I'm not sure I totally understand what you're asking for but something like The Wrestler?
by Kublai Khan
Sun Feb 01, 2015 3:30 am
Forum: Movie-Specific
Topic: Panned in Pyongyang
Replies: 13
Views: 4684

Re: Panned in Pyongyang

Anomaly1 wrote:Did anyone really expect anything different?

*shrug* Could have been another Pineapple Express...
by Kublai Khan
Sun Feb 01, 2015 3:29 am
Forum: Movie-Specific
Topic: "American Sniper"
Replies: 106
Views: 22127

Re: "American Sniper"

While a few of the action scenes in Iraq are quite effective, and Cooper gives a decent performance, the direction is completely unimaginative, the domestic scenes are appallingly clunky, the screenplay is very cliched and the dialogue is really bad. It doesn't engage on any level other than the pu...
by Kublai Khan
Sat Jan 31, 2015 2:03 pm
Forum: Movie-Specific
Topic: "The Grand Budapest Hotel"
Replies: 13
Views: 7957

Re: "The Grand Budapest Hotel"

Meaningful in that there are two engaging stories in the film. The telling of the story and the story itself, neither of which could really exist without the other and both of which can influence how the other is interpreted. Essentially, it's Tom Wilkinson telling the story of an aging Zero tellin...
by Kublai Khan
Sat Jan 31, 2015 1:56 pm
Forum: Movie-Specific
Topic: Panned in Pyongyang
Replies: 13
Views: 4684

Re: Panned in Pyongyang

Well, it's on Netflix now, so I watched it. Man, Franco really tries to play the likeable douchebag, but failed on the "likeable" part. So did the guy who played Kim Jong-Un. So for long stretches you're just left sitting though unfunny, annoying interactions between horrible characters. S...