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thronedfire2 posted...

it literally isnt objectively good unless you think adding a billion dollars per year to Floridas debt would be a good thing. Because right now Disney pays for ALL the maintenance and upkeep of that area. But if Ronny takes that power away the state will be stuck with those bills. Or just let the entire area crumble out of spite until Disney leaves, which is much more likely

and then floridians will shit their pants and elect democrats who are able to solve their financial issues

huge W

Xatrion posted...

I'm a little out of the loop here. What'd Disney do to piss DeSatan off so bad?

tried to remove their special district status that allows them to self-govern (that no other company in the state (or nation maybe?) has)

apparently people think this is a bad thing

is it only being done as retaliation because desantis is a little baby? yes. is it also objectively good if disney is treated like any other business? yes.

however if you say that you are an LGBT hating republican or sometihng i guess i dunno, not a whole lot of critical thinking going on. if a democrat governor was in charge they'd change their tune im guessing.

thronedfire2 posted...

none, but I live in MA instead of a shithole like Florida

sensing some cognitive dissonance here

thronedfire2 posted...

how is the current Florida administration being in control of the district any better than Disney running it?

ok fine

which conglomerate do you want to take over your city from the local government that you elected?

NoxObscuras posted...

This isn't Florida's will though. Desantis is literally abusing his political power to try and punish Disney for speaking out against him. Desantis didn't care about any of this before that.

wouldnt be the first time a republican stumbled ass backwards into doing something good probably

hopefully florida wins

company towns are bad

government elected by the people > corporations

thanks for reading

i've noticed that at some point in the past couple years filmbro has changed from "dude with surface level understanding of movies who has poster of wolf of wall street, tdk, pulp fiction, fight club, boondock saints, the matrix, v for vendetta, american psycho, etc on his wall" into "dude who doesn't only like current blockbuster movies"

very strange

MrKapowski posted...

No need to flame

I'll leave you alone when you stop gatekeeping

where am i gatekeeping? isn't telling people about cool movies they've never seen or heard of before... opening the gate?

Priere posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/2/8/0/AAFOjXAAEayI.jpg

i dont get it. all of these movies were made by major hollywood studios. in english.

buzzard

other contenders include 12 years a slave, once upon a time in hollywood, drive my car, licorice pizza, the irishman, phantom thread, mad max fury road, mission impossible fallout, the handmaiden, first reformed, call me by your name, coco, the witch

probably some other stuff too

DrizztLink posted...

Congratulations, you've convinced a board full of morons that you're a pretentious jackass.

this goes for all online spaces. can't just be an npc dude.

MrKapowski posted...

But I already know I don't give a shit what you think about "cinema", and reading your opinions isn't likely to change my mind lol

then why are you in here you weirdo

leave me alone to enjoy my movies

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what does it smell like

not reading any of that

thinking about which movies i'm gonna see this week. having some rough deadlines at work so doubtful im hitting 4 again oh well

gonna diversify with time periods a bit probably

Heartomaton posted...

That isn't true, because there are plenty of posters who are known for just being who they are.

sounds like they forged a strong identity/brand

Why do they deserve condescension, because they disagreed with you, or because they marked you? If it's the former, what makes you think that? And if it's the latter, why aren't you doing targeted condescension directly to them instead of just being arrogant in general?

going with both. also did you read the reviews or watch the movies or want to see them after reading the reviews bc youre creating an identity as someone who throws threads off-topic which i do not appreciate so plz back out of my topic thanks

Heartomaton posted...

You really don't. That's superfluous, and even if it wasn't, there are plenty of other options besides arrogance. I'm asking why you chose it.

you do. otherwise you are a faceless poster who people don't know or care about.

and some people just deserve to be condescended to, like everyone who marked me and got me warned for saying that super mario bros is a movie for children.

Heartomaton posted...

I'm not, I was asking a question. But it's been in multiple topics, as well as more than one post in this one, hence the asking in the first place.

you have to establish a strong brand and unique postcraft dude

Heartomaton posted...

Why can't you just review the movies without the arrogant dickishness? I can't help but think that you'd attract better responses if you didn't pretend your movie opinions made you hot shit.

it was like five words. why are you so annoyed by that. there's way more words in the OP that are slightly less annoying if you bothered to read them. also if someone is going to pretend to be annoyed by that i will lean into it and just annoy them more =)

Blue_Inigo posted...

Why isn't Chain Gang streaming anywhere

gotta get the turner classic movies dude

WBC_Injury posted...

Yes!

wrong

Phantom_Nook posted...

Chain Gang is fantastic. Haven't seen the others.

yeah im glad chain gang held up. one of the more haunting endings i can remember seeing. and it shows how evil cops and capitalism are which is always cool

MrKapowski posted...

I mean, I read the first bit and decided the rest wasn't worth bothering.

This isn't difficult.

maybe if you read my reviews you would realize how smart i am wrt cinema. ever think about that?? huh???

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why would he click on the topic if he doesnt care about what i think about movies wtf!!

bump

watch the old movies ce

Accolon posted...

I'm thinking about watching All Quiet on the Western Front

Should I watch the old ass original or the new one on Netflix?

new one is terrible. original is good.

primetime bump

averagejoel posted...

I recently watched Trouble in Paradise; this seems quite similar. how do you think they compare?

trouble in paradise is way better. i like roy del ruth but he doesn't really compare to ernst lubitsch, who is one of the GOATs.

i would save roy del ruth for when you've become fully pre-code pilled and need to start going deeper.

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thanks. latter two are both 8+/10 i think if you enjoy arbitrary numerical ratings. do the $4 rental bro. theyre both 92 minutes i think. which is longer than the first two movies :O

MrKapowski posted...

I stopped reading at my previous quote

i apologize for offending you and hope you can find it in your heart to forgive me. and i hope you enrich your life by viewing some of these movies. take care.

MrKapowski posted...

Have you thought about selling your bottled farts? Or do you just huff them all yourself?

what did you think of the reviews pal

btw @blue_inigo

are they actually old if you havent seen them

MabusIncarnate posted...

Next week review Ant-Man, Shazam 2 and Dungeons and Dragons

honestly i might stream d&d when it hits. same directors made game night. saw it get compared to some past swashbuckling blockbuster type deals like the mummy, pirates of the caribbean, national treasure, and whatnot. that sounds kinda fun.

not fun enough to see in the theater tho.

hello CE. here are stray thoughts on some films that i, the arbiter of taste in all things cinema, saw this week.

black legion (1937, archie mayo)
humphrey bogart pre-stardom plays a regular guy factory worker... but then he is passed over for a promotion by a polish immigrant. he joins a hate group called the black legion (a very obvious stand-in for the kkk - they even run around wearing hoods and setting shit on fire) and loses control of his life. its a powerful story that is (cliche incoming) sadly still relevant today. there's quite a bit of grating moralizing in this, so i wish it had been made a few years earlier, before the hays code had come into effect. it could have a little more lurid and gritty like some other films i'm gonna be talking about. mayo was a very workman-like director who got the job done but it would have been nice to see a bit more panache. highlight of the film is probably when bogart has to take his vows to the legion and swears that he understands the devil will roast his heart over the fires of hell if he ever betrays america. fun! comes with a light recommendation and hey its on hbo max right now!

blonde crazy (1931, roy del ruth)
after hankering for a pre-code after black legion i decided to throw this on. james cagney is a broke bellhop who meets broke cleaning lady joan blondell and they became con artists together, traveling around swanky hotels in various cities to find marks. cagney and blondell have pretty electric chemistry (see also: footlight parade) which carries the film, as it's not exactly the most plot-heavy movie. there's a lot of innuendo which is fun and watching cons succeed or fail is basically inherently dramatic, right? as usual with pre-code films about economic hardships, despite it being a generally breezy movie, it gets pretty upsetting! which i enjoy, to be clear. comes with a light recommendation and can be rented digitally just about anywhere.

point blank (1967, john boorman)
lee marvin plays a mobster who is shot in the back by his partner during a heist and gets his revenge. this was boorman's second feature and marvin had total creative control on the film but deferred everything to the director. he was young and had come over from england and was apparently influenced by lots of european films of the time because there is a whole lot of sense-memory stuff and elliptical editing going on this, which i wasn't really expecting. also a lot funnier that i expected. marvin is terrific, he kicks a lot of ass in it, you get to see angie dickinson's boobs, there's great location shooting in SF/LA, and so on and so forth. highly recommended. rentable on all digital platforms.

i am a fugitive from a chain gang (mervyn leroy, 1932)
another pre-code, woo. had seen this one before, probably ten years ago. a man returns from WW1 and leaves his home town to make a life for himself. after constant failure he gets roped into a robbery and is convicted to ten years of hard labor. and you can probably guess what happens next based on the title. this is what i was hoping black legion would be more like, just down and dirty and depressing. it begins a bit creakily but once he winds up on the gang it really improves. and it ends with an incredibly hard-hitting, visceral moment. it gave me chills even though i knew it was coming. HIGHLY recommended. rentable on all digital platforms.

tune in next week when i'll review idk yet.

worst time for movies for sure

it is a movie for children

who cares

Smashingpmkns posted...

Also Sicario is better than anything Nolan has ever made

weird thing to say bro since the only good villeneuve movie is enemy......

BurmesePenguin posted...

Denis Villeneuveuovo is the savior of our generation.

I forgot he made Blade Runner 2049, though.

he's like an even more boring french canadian version of chris nolan

he sucks

can someone tell the generic film bros who love denis villeneuve/ryan gosling movies to leave my topic. grownups are talking.

Doe posted...

I'm sorry movies don't need to be this long. You've gotta be as immaculately paced as BR2049 to pull this off

that movie isnt good so idk what youre on about

i dont think you know what oscar bait is

MrKapowski posted...

Tell us more about these "respectable audiences"

they get back into the theater before the intermission ends.

people going to be sitting in the wrong seats and getting back late, arguing over proper seats and whatnot, going to be a huge mess if you introduce intermissions to amc/regal. most audiences there can't even not look at their phone for two hours dude.

TheLiarParadox posted...

There's no real reason for movies to be more than 90 minutes. That's for bad storytellers and arrogant folks.

movies should be as long as they need to be probably

which means most movies coming out today should be shorter

Kim_Seong-a posted...

If nothing else, intermissions could tick up concessions sales, so Im mildly surprised the theaters and studios havent worked anything out lol

you do not want to do an intermission at an amc with a bunch of loud buffaloes who don't go back to their assigned seat. everyone would be arriving late too.

intermissions are probably only acceptable at arthouses where you have respectable audiences

__aCEr__ posted...

My bladder can't sit in a movie theater that long. They should bring back intermissions.

i managed to sit through i heard you paint houses which is even longer and didnt have to pee

get a new bladder imo

the president of the cannes film festival, where the move is premiering, said it was nearly four hours

i am disappointed it is not even 3.5 tbh

https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/NzUF3j0PHqa0mLqxLoOP4FmXypR6sSRWOtsbPdZZmAU/https/pbs.twimg.com/media/FuBuiGYaEAAHfqF.jpg

is ce HYPED for the newest masterpiece from the GOD of cinema, martin scorsese?

can't wait until a new still is released!!!

some like it hot
to be or not to be
young frankenstein
blazing saddles
bad santa
sherlock jr

btw if any of you have ootp 23 i have an online league with 3 openings so shoot me a dm bros

MaxEffingBemis posted...

And anytime these bums are good they fail to win it. Just gets frustrating to root for them so thats part of the reason I just dont engage with baseball anymore. Not to mention the good players get traded after a few years because the team is so poor

not sure if youre aware of this but baseball is incredibly random and luck based and the best you can really hope for is that you make the playoffs and things fall your way

the difference between those 80s and teams and the 2023 rays is analytics probably. this team is gonna be way more reliable and likely to succeed bc of that.

anyway rays were already projected for 85-88 wins and will probably glide past 90. regression to the mean is coming but i mean having this kind of win streak to start the year (or anywhere in the season) is a tremendous boost. hopefully springs isnt out too long bc it looked like he was on his way to becoming an ace.

mlk is a24/neon

mario is the fbi

blow up is great. one of the all time great endings too.

movies i watched in my film history class:
modern times
double indemnity
band of outsiders
the enigma of kaspar hauser
stranger than paradise

oops i dont remember any others

alan pakula

i thought it was pronounced pak-you-la like dracula or spatula

but its more like pa-cool-uh apparently, which i find very disturbing

dude - those are good movies