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Nanook (1951)
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RIP Phil Lesh
At least four couples left my showing tonight, heh. NO SPOILERS
S18E01 dropped on YT!
This *is* a movie forum, correct?
S02E03 question. SPOILERS obviously
Farewell and adieu...
What? No love for S03 yet?
S03E03 Righting the Willow tree £3K?!?
Rewatching for the first time in a while
Saw today. Favorite film of 2023 so far
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It's a rare blend of a western with living, breathing characters delivering poetic dialogue, with elements of brutal horror. Such a great film, especially considering it was a writer/director's first with such a limited budget. Please do let me know his thoughts if you think of it.
Heh. Hardly a day goes by without some Seinfeld reference running through my head. I'm sure I'm not alone in this situation.
I can't find any fault in picking PTA, and Magnolia as my intro to him left me in stunned silence in the theater after the film. He not only has produced some masterpieces, he's made no clunkers I can name, unlike most of my contenders for this thread.
I was going to disqualify my pick simply because every time I check, he hasn't had a film in development in over five years, but I just saw he has two currently in pre-production! So S. Craig Zahler it is! He's the best writer/director to happen to gritty genre films in ages, imo. My favorite is his debut Bone Tomahawk, which as I've said before, is just bursting with cinematic and writing talent. Not to mention the fact he assembled an ensemble cast of such quality as a freshman writer/director to work in likely uncomfortable conditions to shoot for 21 days and create such an assured debut film for $1.8M, maintaining sole creative control just blows my mind.
This is one of my "controversial opinions" too. Nothing against the Duke, but the Coen's version is just more watchable for me, especially their vein of dry humor that doesn't call attention to itself.
He could have been a contender for my pick. Don't forget a favorite black comedy After Hours (1985)!
You put the balm on? Who told you to put the balm on? I didn't tell you to put the balm on! Why'd you put the balm on?
Yeah, it's a goodie alright. Also while not a literal sequel, I consider it a spiritual successor to The Conversation (1974), with Hackman playing a similar character.
Nice to see another fan of The Tick (2001). The 2016 version wasn't bad, but as much as I like Serafinowicz, Warburton was absolutely made for that role. Another lesser known comedy of his I love to mention around here is The Dish (2000).
Dang, most of these look really good. Saw and loved KTNS, so which of the rest are the least heartbreaking?
I ask only because Firefly was an incredibly entertaining and endearing sci-fi show, not to oversell it, and it was unexpectedly axed by the studio, to even the cast/crew's surprise. However, the fan uproar was so great, the studio funded a movie, Serenity (2005), that basically told the rest of the story. And they even made a documentary about that process called Done the Impossible: The Fans' Tale of 'Firefly' and 'Serenity' (2006). Yeah, I'm a fan.
Oh, and make sure you watch them in the proper order. One of the many things FOX screwed up about the show was airing them out of order. It's the fourth FAQ on https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303461/faq/
Enjoy, dude!
Enjoyed that one too, and am happy to inform you we should be getting a second season.
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