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- discussion topic Recent Viewing Part IV
- Comment [quote][b]Thor wrote[/b] some....well, I don't know what....heavy metal rock music video? [/quote] yeah there's some ingredient in there that i haven't tasted before. a lot of people have latched onto the heavy metal idea, but it's more than that. A completely unique [i]feel[/i]. There's ...
- Category Film, TV & DVD
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Oct 5th 2018
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- discussion topic Recent Viewing Part IV
- Comment [quote][b]Thor wrote[/b] Films don't HAVE to be traditional and narrative. That's only the Hollywood mindset speaking. They can also be experimental, tableaux, visceral experiences, you name it. I'm looking forward to seeing it this week.[/quote] yeah of course, I should have said, ...
- Category Film, TV & DVD
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Oct 5th 2018
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- discussion topic Recent Viewing Part IV
- Comment [b]Mandy[/b] Loved the atmosphere, music and visuals. Reminded me a lot of Blade Runner 2049, in that each shot and scene is a living painting. Plot is fairly simplistic, which is fine, but there's a feeling at the end - at least for me - of looking for a point. Maybe that's a mistake in this type ...
- Category Film, TV & DVD
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Oct 1st 2018
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- discussion topic Recent Viewing Part IV
- Comment [b]Vantage Point[/b] a decent 24-ish action thriller. didn't make that much of an impression, except for Dennis Quaid's truly spectacular scowl. and alsoo.... [b]Watchmen[/b] The underlying story courtesy of Alan Moore is excellent, but it felt to me that Snyder was doing his best to sabotage ...
- Category Film, TV & DVD
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Sep 30th 2018
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- discussion topic Recent Viewing Part IV
- Comment [quote][b]Steven wrote[/b] There's little generic about Sicario, and certainly doesn't exploit Mexican drug wars for its own gain. It shows it for what it is in an entertaining yet disturbing film.[/quote] I can understand why someone might view it as un-exploitative, but did you not find the John ...
- Category Film, TV & DVD
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Sep 17th 2018
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- discussion topic Recent Viewing Part IV
- Comment The mood was definitely strong, a weird mix between dread and black comedy; I particularly liked the part where Josh Brolin pokes his head out of the hotel room and says, "What's the secret password."
- Category Film, TV & DVD
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Sep 15th 2018
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- discussion topic Recent Viewing Part IV
- Comment [b]Sicario[/b] Didn't like this one at all, which surprised me since I enjoyed Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 so much. This one struck me as a generic action/revenge movie that exploited the drug wars in Mexico to seem more "relevant" and "important" than it really was. Left a ...
- Category Film, TV & DVD
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Sep 14th 2018
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- discussion topic Recent Viewing Part IV
- Comment [b]Adaptation[/b] A movie so good it's almost depressing, because I know I'll be comparing everything I watch for the next month to it's brilliance, and finding them wanting. What a heartfelt, ingenious, original movie. Loved it.
- Category Film, TV & DVD
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Sep 12th 2018
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- discussion topic What's annoying you currently? II
- Comment I wish you the very best Tom, and I'm so sorry to hear about the diagnosis.
- Category Off Topic
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Aug 20th 2018
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- discussion topic Now Playing L
- Comment Lorne Balfe's "Stairs And Rooftops" from Mission Impossible Fallout is easily in my top 5 cues this year. Absolutely terrific musical storytelling, tremendous energy. What a cue. I really underestimated this score during my first listen.
- Category General Discussions
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Aug 14th 2018
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- discussion topic Recent Viewing Part IV
- Comment [b]Isle of Dogs[/b] first wes anderson movie that's disappointed me! this one felt so lifeless and inert.
- Category Film, TV & DVD
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Aug 14th 2018
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- discussion topic Recent Viewing Part IV
- Comment [b]Gladiator[/b] first time seeing this movie! very good, but it seemed at time to me cliched, and I cannot help but wonder if this is because it is indeed cliche, or because it was so influential I mistake it for a copy when it was in fact the original thing.
- Category Film, TV & DVD
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Aug 13th 2018
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- discussion topic Now Playing L
- Comment half expecting D'Souza to just blare the imperial march whenever soros is mentioned
- Category General Discussions
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Aug 9th 2018
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- discussion topic World events
- Comment I haven't seen anything in American news either, but thankfully they're covering more important things, like Trump tweeting about LeBron James.
- Category Off Topic
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Aug 6th 2018
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- discussion topic Recent Viewing Part IV
- Comment [b]Mission Impossible - Fallout[/b] This movie is spectacular. Like the best action movies, it’s energy can’t really be communicated in a few paragraphs. Go watch it.
- Category Film, TV & DVD
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Jul 28th 2018
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- discussion topic Upcoming CDs
- Comment I just learned that Joe Kraemer scores the new Sam Elliot movie “The Man who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot” and the review I read described it as “traditionally orchestral”, so I’m pretty excited :-)
- Category General Discussions
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Jul 24th 2018
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- discussion topic Recent Viewing Part IV
- Comment [quote][b]Thor wrote[/b] I disagree. I think it's all highly visionary. Nothing "standard" about it at all, which is a rather bizarre claim to have for a director who never resorts to standard genre tropes.[/quote] I guess while a shootout in a building with unpredictable gravity is a ...
- Category Film, TV & DVD
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Jul 23rd 2018
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- discussion topic Recent Viewing Part IV
- Comment [quote][b]Thor wrote[/b] OK. I disagree with that, as I actually think his execution is often more interesting than his premise, even though they're mostly all ambitious premises (in the case of INSOMNIA not his own, though).[/quote] I think the most prominent example would be inception, which ...
- Category Film, TV & DVD
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Jul 23rd 2018
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- discussion topic Recent Viewing Part IV
- Comment [quote][b]Thor wrote[/b] MEMENTO is great (although do watch Gaspar Noë's IRREVERSIBLE for a more gruelling take with the same narative mechanism). Nolan hasn't made a bad movie thus far.[/quote] He’s probably a bit better than your average Hollywood director, but I find most of his movies fall ...
- Category Film, TV & DVD
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Jul 23rd 2018
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- discussion topic Recent Viewing Part IV
- Comment [b]Memento[/b] really, really good. So many movies botch a good premise with bad execution, others do their best to salvage a bad premise with good execution, Memento is one of the few that takes a brilliant idea and fulfills it's promise. A completely satisfying movie. I wish Nolan still made ...
- Category Film, TV & DVD
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Jul 22nd 2018
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- discussion topic Now Playing L
- Comment [quote][b]Steven wrote[/b] If you go in expecting wonder, like I foolishly did on my first listen, you will be disappointed. What it is is epic, end-of-the-world music. The big theme for the volcano/island/indo-raptor (??) is fantastic. This is one of Giacchino's best.[/quote] i'd get that if ...
- Category General Discussions
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Jul 19th 2018
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- discussion topic Now Playing L
- Comment the soundtrack to the first Jurassic World is one of my favorites of the 2010s, so when I cued up the fallen kingdom album tonight I expected a lot. I made it 40 minutes before I turned in the towel. The soaring melancholy beauty of the original only returned once or twice and in between was ...
- Category General Discussions
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Jul 19th 2018
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- discussion topic LORNE BALFE
- Comment great post Lars, I gave up on the score early and you've convinced me to give it another go
- Category General Discussions
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Jul 17th 2018
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- discussion topic Now Playing L
- Comment [b]Mission Impossible: Fallout[/b] “Ethan! Ethan! Why is he running, Dad?” “Because we have to chase him. He’s the hero the IMF deserves... but not the one it needs right now.”
- Category General Discussions
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Jul 17th 2018
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- discussion topic Recent Viewing Part IV
- Comment [quote][b]Thor wrote[/b] A film I rank even higher than Annihilation. Stunning![/quote] Yeah I just watched it again and I think I underrated it first time around. Very, very good. The second half of the movie is relentless.
- Category Film, TV & DVD
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Jul 15th 2018
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- discussion topic Now Playing L
- Comment [quote][b]Steven wrote[/b] In fact, I feel a list coming on... Best scores*: 1) [b]Solo[/b] - John Powell (& John Williams) 2) [b]Ready Player One[/b] - Alan Silvestri 3) [b]Jurassic Park 5: Jurassic World 2: The Lost Fallen Kingdom World[/b] - Michael Giacchino 4) [b]Ant Man & The ...
- Category General Discussions
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Jul 14th 2018
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- discussion topic Recent Viewing Part IV
- Comment [b]A Quiet Place[/b] ok, but too similar in tone and style to countless other dystopian movies. it made me want to watch "I am Legend" again.
- Category Film, TV & DVD
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Jul 14th 2018
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- discussion topic Recent Viewing Part IV
- Comment pretentious? it was downright pulpy at times. "pretentious" would seem to indicate that the movie had nothing to back up it's aspirations, that it is only pretending to be thoughtful. I think the thought is definitely there. It's definitely not a "humans destroy stuff" movie.
- Category Film, TV & DVD
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Jul 14th 2018
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- discussion topic Recent Viewing Part IV
- Comment Wouldn’t that slowness itself count as a challenge?
- Category Film, TV & DVD
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Jul 13th 2018
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- discussion topic Recent Viewing Part IV
- Comment [quote][b]Edmund Meinerts wrote[/b] A very well-made movie but I must confess it lost me in the last third. (Or perhaps I lost it.)[/quote][quote][b]Steven wrote[/b] It was very weird and very boring. No wonder they didn't want to release it in the cinema outside of the US.[/quote] the third act ...
- Category Film, TV & DVD
- Written by Aidabaida
- Added Jul 12th 2018