2 stage hot take.. Il Padrino is not the greatest movie ever made. It's also not Francis Ford Coppola's best movie.
Eh, it's not The Princess Bride, for sure, but it was pretty good. Other than II, I don't know of another Coppola movie I liked very much, including Apocalypse Now.
Here's my hot take: Gangster movies in general are overrated. They have a phony sense of gravitas that draws as much from Shakespearean tragedies as from real gangsters; they glorify the shallow, vicious people that they claim not to glorify; and they endlessly regurgitate the same themes as if they were original.
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Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2019 10:54 am Post subject:
ocho wrote:
panamaniac wrote:
2 stage hot take.. Il Padrino is not the greatest movie ever made. It's also not Francis Ford Coppola's best movie.
If I’m going to a desert island I’m taking Apocalypse Now and The Conversation before I reach for The Godfather.
A very under-rated film. _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow
And everything you built that’s all for show
goes up in flames
In 24 frames
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Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2019 11:17 am Post subject:
ocho wrote:
loslakersss wrote:
Joaquin Phoenix's performance in Joker is overrated and doesn't deserve an Oscar.
Anybody who thinks that movie deserves an Oscar badly needs to see more movies.
Compared to other superhero/supervillain movies it is very good. But compared to all movies in general. I'd give it a 7 out of 10 max.
The supporting characters are ridiculously one dimensional. Borderline cartoonish. _________________ "Every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you better”
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Abbey Road is a band at its absolute peak coming apart in real time. There’s an urgency to it that is missing from all the rest. You can feel the band feeling the end. It is sad, and immediate, and beautiful.
All of that might be true, but the problem with Abbey Road is that the filler is really bad (Maxwell and Octopus), that there's too much mediocre stuff (Oh Darling, Because, I Want You), that the medley, while ambitious, is just a collection of unfinished and forgettable songs, and that there's only a few truly great songs (Come Together, Something, Here Comes The Sun, and maybe You Never Give Me Your Money).
However, if you listen to all the great albums released in the year 1969, it is by far the most modern sounding record. They were years ahead of everyone else. The bass playing is fantastic by both Paul and even George on some of the songs of the medley. The short solo by George on Carry That Weight is both gorgeous and sad (also the first guitar solo I learned to play), as well as the intro to You Never Give Me Your Money. There's a bunch of moments that are just genius, but I don't think it's their best effort overall.
If they had included a couple songs by George that he had already written and would later release on his first solo record, and if they didn't include the terrible filler, it'd be a much better album. But Paul and John would never allow that.
IIRC, Paul liked Pepper the most, George liked Rubber Soul, and John liked the White Album. _________________ ¡Hala Madrid!
Semi-hottake, ace. Least amount possible, foundation if nothing else. It's minimalist art, not Jackson Pollock drip painting like many chics think. That's evident from newscasts and shows with dudes, even. Oily, greezy skin w/ sunspots and whatnot without it. Richard Nixon refused makeup in the Kennedy debate and he sat there all fidgety and pale with a sweaty upper lip and in B/W. One of his handlers knew Jack would translate better with his suntan. Remember that from a JFK documentary. _________________ GOAT MAGIC REEL SEDALE TRIBUTE EDDIE DONX!
If they had included a couple songs by George that he had already written and would later release on his first solo record, and if they didn't include the terrible filler, it'd be a much better album. But Paul and John would never allow that.
IIRC, Paul liked Pepper the most, George liked Rubber Soul, and John liked the White Album.
What of Magical Mystery Tour? Solid album I think. Blue Jay Way is my favorite George Beatles song. Ethereal.
1. Magical Mystery Tour
2. The Fool On The Hill
3. Flying
4. Blue Jay Way
5. Your Mother Should Know
6. I Am The Walrus
1. Hello, Goodbye
2. Strawberry Fields Forever
3. Penny Lane
4. Baby, You're A Rich Man
5. All You Need Is Love _________________ GOAT MAGIC REEL SEDALE TRIBUTE EDDIE DONX!
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Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2019 12:57 pm Post subject:
non-player zealot wrote:
Huey Lewis & The News wrote:
women are more attractive when not wearing makeup
Semi-hottake, ace. Least amount possible, foundation if nothing else. It's minimalist art, not Jackson Pollock drip painting like many chics think. That's evident from newscasts and shows with dudes, even. Oily, greezy skin w/ sunspots and whatnot without it. Richard Nixon refused makeup in the Kennedy debate and he sat there all fidgety and pale with a sweaty upper lip and in B/W. One of his handlers knew Jack would translate better with his suntan. Remember that from a JFK documentary.
I get what you are saying....sure light makeup "improves" looks outside the house....but I find a female to be most beautiful or "hot" on a Saturday morning in sleep shorts, a WVU tshirt and zero makeup.
Joaquin Phoenix's performance in Joker is overrated and doesn't deserve an Oscar.
Anybody who thinks that movie deserves an Oscar badly needs to see more movies.
Compared to other superhero/supervillain movies it is very good. But compared to all movies in general. I'd give it a 7 out of 10 max.
The supporting characters are ridiculously one dimensional. Borderline cartoonish.
I thought it was bad without qualification. And he was bad in it but mostly because the movie he was in was very bad. _________________ 14-5-3-12
If they had included a couple songs by George that he had already written and would later release on his first solo record, and if they didn't include the terrible filler, it'd be a much better album. But Paul and John would never allow that.
IIRC, Paul liked Pepper the most, George liked Rubber Soul, and John liked the White Album.
What of Magical Mystery Tour? Solid album I think. Blue Jay Way is my favorite George Beatles song. Ethereal.
1. Magical Mystery Tour
2. The Fool On The Hill
3. Flying
4. Blue Jay Way
5. Your Mother Should Know
6. I Am The Walrus
1. Hello, Goodbye
2. Strawberry Fields Forever
3. Penny Lane
4. Baby, You're A Rich Man
5. All You Need Is Love
I'm lukewarm on Magical Mystery Tour. It feels like it's an artistic footnote between two great albums, Sgt. Pepper and The White Album, and that the highlights are songs they couldn't squeeze into the Sgt. Pepper LP.
I'm not surprised at Wilt's post. I've always thought that Sgt. Pepper was mostly Paul, at his very best. The White Album is so very John, it's a collection of jarringly simple songs at times paired with satirical lyrics, much like his writing in In His Own Write/A Spaniard in the Works. In particular, I love Blackbird which is beautiful in its powerful message and simplicity. On the other hand I hate "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" which is absolute, unadulterated crap.
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Posted: Wed Nov 06, 2019 2:26 pm Post subject:
loslakersss wrote:
Lebron would've been the face of the league in the 80's.
I think any toddler playing in the '80s would be the face of the league. _________________ You thought God was an architect, now you know
He’s something like a pipe bomb ready to blow
And everything you built that’s all for show
goes up in flames
In 24 frames
If they had included a couple songs by George that he had already written and would later release on his first solo record, and if they didn't include the terrible filler, it'd be a much better album. But Paul and John would never allow that.
IIRC, Paul liked Pepper the most, George liked Rubber Soul, and John liked the White Album.
What of Magical Mystery Tour? Solid album I think. Blue Jay Way is my favorite George Beatles song. Ethereal.
1. Magical Mystery Tour
2. The Fool On The Hill
3. Flying
4. Blue Jay Way
5. Your Mother Should Know
6. I Am The Walrus
1. Hello, Goodbye
2. Strawberry Fields Forever
3. Penny Lane
4. Baby, You're A Rich Man
5. All You Need Is Love
I'm lukewarm on Magical Mystery Tour. It feels like it's an artistic footnote between two great albums, Sgt. Pepper and The White Album, and that the highlights are songs they couldn't squeeze into the Sgt. Pepper LP.
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