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Smallville
01/27/23 11:52:40 AM
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i really liked this movie. It should have done much bigger box office than it did.

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viewmaster_pi
01/27/23 11:54:21 AM
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i like it a lot, yeah. it has a weird, washed out, almost dreamlike feel to it. particularly in the fast food place, for example

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Questionmarktarius
01/27/23 11:54:55 AM
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I'm the bad guy?
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Heavy_D_Forever
01/27/23 11:55:53 AM
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That movie gives me strong GTA vibes

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Questionmarktarius
01/27/23 11:57:11 AM
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Heavy_D_Forever posted...
That movie gives me strong GTA vibes
That movie gives me strong Spongebob vibes for some weird reason.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/3/5/3/AAEhCpAAEIPx.jpg
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KainWind
01/27/23 12:02:32 PM
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Is this the sequel to Up?

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Autocraticus
01/27/23 12:12:09 PM
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"D-FENS"!
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SuperExcitebike
01/27/23 12:12:22 PM
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My dad thought I'd like when I was pretty young and I couldn't figure out who exactly the movie was for

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Smallville
01/27/23 12:13:56 PM
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Autocraticus posted...
"D-FENS"!
who was that? in the movie? haven't seen it in a while

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Autocraticus
01/27/23 12:19:00 PM
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Smallville posted...
who was that? in the movie? haven't seen it in a while

That was Robert Duvalls reaction when they had an ID on the license plate.

Edit: to this day I still say, "yeah, think abbat-it"
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Foppe
01/27/23 12:20:54 PM
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A classic.

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El_Marsh
01/27/23 12:24:02 PM
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Isn't it required viewing for certain extremist factions?

Seems right up their alley

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rivers
01/27/23 12:26:31 PM
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yes, in fact Autocraticus lent his copy of the DVD to me around 22 years ago

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rivers
01/27/23 12:31:52 PM
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seems falling down's global box office take was around $96 million, or around $200 million in 2023bux
that's pretty high for the kind of movie it was, honestly a movie like that would get a lot less today...
unhinged is the most recent example i can think of and that did 44 million globally as one of the few major pictures to debut in late 2020--not an ideal period, but tenet cleared 365 million around the same time. and fd surely made insanely more than unhinged in the home video market. i am certain the studios were well compensated for that picture

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viewmaster_pi
01/27/23 12:32:04 PM
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El_Marsh posted...
Isn't it required viewing for certain extremist factions?

Seems right up their alley
shut the fuck up

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Autocraticus
01/27/23 12:52:51 PM
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rivers posted...
yes, in fact Autocraticus lent his copy of the DVD to me around 22 years ago

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El_Marsh
01/27/23 12:54:57 PM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
shut the fuck up
Eat a dick

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SHRlKE
01/27/23 12:56:27 PM
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Its great. If you like this film would definitely recommend he was a quiet man as well.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NGTopZruSDo
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viewmaster_pi
01/27/23 12:57:09 PM
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lol, mask right off, and this dude will suffer no consequences because he's a ? block

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A5modeu5
01/27/23 1:06:03 PM
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Multiple times.
Absolute classic.

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Giant_Aspirin
01/27/23 1:07:33 PM
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it's a good movie. fucked up though.

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Lost_All_Senses
01/27/23 1:08:31 PM
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No. I just found out the Cunninlynguists song called Falling Down was inspired by it last year. That song is harder to chew these days. It was before people breaking and mass murdering the public was a common thing. Either way, it's kind of weird it was ever a fun song to me. I just didn't think into it that deep it's sold as fun.

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VampireCoyote
01/27/23 1:09:52 PM
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Yes its very entertaining

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Aressar
01/27/23 1:12:02 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/4/6/5/AACq3xAAEIRh.jpg

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eggcorn
01/27/23 1:13:11 PM
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El_Marsh posted...
Isn't it required viewing for certain extremist factions?

Seems right up their alley
Seems like you never watched it.

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EbonTitanium
01/27/23 1:19:52 PM
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Ive seen this movie and thought it was pretty good, but unfortunately the alt-right has kinda adopted the movie.

The creepy amount of comments about how they identify with the lead and wish they could do the things he does in the movie.

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DuneMan
01/27/23 1:20:55 PM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
particularly in the fast food place, for example
I've had that exact set up occur to me before: waiting in line, when I get to the register the employee says breakfast is no longer being served and the employees behind them are literally throwing eggs and other items into the trash. Obviously Micheal Douglas' character overreacts, but damn if the business isn't being stupid as hell for that.

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Questionmarktarius
01/27/23 1:21:09 PM
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EbonTitanium posted...
wish they could do the things he does in the movie.
Beat his wife, move in with mom, and fake going to work for several months?
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shironinja
01/27/23 1:21:46 PM
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Smallville posted...
who was that? in the movie? haven't seen it in a while

it was his license plate.

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ScazarMeltex
01/27/23 1:33:18 PM
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It's a weird movie for sure. It's kind of like Fight Club in that certain people took entirely the wrong message from it. It's a film about the alienation caused by capitalism and lashing at everything around you because you are blind to the real enemy.

Dude is the perfect example of the "white dude who dude everything he was supposed to" and yet the system completely failed him. The "good guys" won the cold war and yet he lost his job. His "traditional" approach to managing his family cost him said family. Because our society is structured the way it is he is alienated and isolated, left adrift in a world he no longer understands.

When confronted by the white supremacist in the shop he rejects the ideology despite and at that point begins to understand what is happening, both to himself and the world around him. You are meant to empathize with the character, but not sympathize with him.

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NecroFoul99
01/27/23 1:42:10 PM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
lol, mask right off, and this dude will suffer no consequences because he's a ? block
You just wrote Shut the Fuck up to the guy and now youre doing a gatcha!

Why isnt he being punished?!?!

Classic grade school shit.

I remember this kid slugging me in the face in grade school, I took a swing, missed, and clubbed his arm. I got detention because he cried.

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viewmaster_pi
01/27/23 1:47:58 PM
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NecroFoul99 posted...
You just wrote Shut the Fuck up to the guy and now youre doing a gatcha!
...and? is it suddenly moddable to tell someone to shut the fuck up? his reaction was definitely not comparable.

also who the fuck are you, and why go up to bat for this dude? shut the fuck up

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Foppe
01/27/23 1:49:18 PM
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Get a room.

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NecroFoul99
01/27/23 1:55:20 PM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
...and? is it suddenly moddable to tell someone to shut the fuck up? his reaction was definitely not comparable.

also who the fuck are you, and why go up to bat for this dude? shut the fuck up
Haha. Such a tough guy.

Im about as important around here as your are, so not at all.

its not moddable to be extremely rude in a certain way, so youre okay with being extremely rude in that certain way.

If they push back outside of that special way, you cry foul and want them busted

Thats a childish dick move and its also a type of gaslighting.

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FortuneCookie
01/27/23 1:56:47 PM
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Schumacher's best film.

Lost Boys is great as well.
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MabusIncarnate
01/27/23 1:59:19 PM
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Yeah i've seen it a few times, pretty great movie with a disturbing and relevant tone

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Heartomaton
01/27/23 1:59:44 PM
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I saw it because I heard it inspired one of my favorite Iron Maiden songs.

https://youtu.be/cYPWPkeQqeY

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viewmaster_pi
01/27/23 2:01:02 PM
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NecroFoul99 posted...
stop trying to derail the thread further. go watch the movie or something

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NecroFoul99
01/27/23 2:04:57 PM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
stop trying to derail the thread further. go watch the movie or something
Im cool with moving on.

I saw this movie back when it was new and not since, so I dont remember much of it. Liked it well enough and like Michael Douglas quite a bit too. One of his better performances, I thought.

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saffronne
01/27/23 2:06:45 PM
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White male rage porn

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viewmaster_pi
01/27/23 2:09:50 PM
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saffronne posted...
White male rage porn
see, these are the low effort posts from cowardly alts that deserve to be told to shut the fuck up. either actually watch the movie or, well... shut the fuck up

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NecroFoul99
01/27/23 2:20:10 PM
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viewmaster_pi posted...
see, these are the low effort posts from cowardly alts that deserve to be told to shut the fuck up. either actually watch the movie or, well... shut the fuck up
Sorry for picking on you. I dont know you. Im pretty fatigued seeing STFU in every thread tho. It was just one of those moments.

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viewmaster_pi
01/27/23 2:22:25 PM
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i forgive you

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sutree
01/27/23 2:26:28 PM
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Haven't seen it in a long time but I loved it.

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FortuneCookie
01/27/23 4:16:21 PM
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That kid knew how to use a bazooka from watching Beverly Hills Cop 2.
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CreekCo
01/27/23 4:18:50 PM
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Great movie that makes more sense the older you get

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Mearcstapa
01/27/23 4:54:25 PM
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I love the scene on the golf course.

fuck golf

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Shotgunnova
01/28/23 7:59:16 AM
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Have it on DVD somewhere, but haven't watched in a long time. Generally liked it, though.

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