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blazza18 wrote:The Brothers Sun was a pretty decent and enjoyable show on Netflix. A shame they gave it the flick after one season.

Ron Swanson wrote:Poor Things was a weird, often times uncomfortable movie that I'm ultimately glad I watched, but not necessarily because I thought it was actually a great movie lol. The performances (Stone and Ruffalo) were clearly the highlight. I actually felt this way about most of the Oscar nominated flicks I watched this year (Holdovers, Saltburn, Maestro, Rustin, etc.). Was much more about the actor performances than the quality of the movies themselves. And yeah, I'll say it.....

Oppenheimer has officially become overrated.....

Ron Swanson wrote:Poor Things was a weird, often times uncomfortable movie that I'm ultimately glad I watched, but not necessarily because I thought it was actually a great movie lol. The performances (Stone and Ruffalo) were clearly the highlight. I actually felt this way about most of the Oscar nominated flicks I watched this year (Holdovers, Saltburn, Maestro, Rustin, etc.). Was much more about the actor performances than the quality of the movies themselves. And yeah, I'll say it.....

Oppenheimer has officially become overrated.....

emunney wrote:

Ron Swanson wrote:Poor Things was a weird, often times uncomfortable movie that I'm ultimately glad I watched, but not necessarily because I thought it was actually a great movie lol. The performances (Stone and Ruffalo) were clearly the highlight. I actually felt this way about most of the Oscar nominated flicks I watched this year (Holdovers, Saltburn, Maestro, Rustin, etc.). Was much more about the actor performances than the quality of the movies themselves. And yeah, I'll say it.....

Oppenheimer has officially become overrated.....

SO relentlessly discomfiting. Feature not a bug.

emunney wrote:

Ron Swanson wrote:Poor Things was a weird, often times uncomfortable movie that I'm ultimately glad I watched, but not necessarily because I thought it was actually a great movie lol. The performances (Stone and Ruffalo) were clearly the highlight. I actually felt this way about most of the Oscar nominated flicks I watched this year (Holdovers, Saltburn, Maestro, Rustin, etc.). Was much more about the actor performances than the quality of the movies themselves. And yeah, I'll say it.....

Oppenheimer has officially become overrated.....

SO relentlessly discomfiting. Feature not a bug.

Prez wrote:I’m just glad Cillian got one. He’s been so freaking good for a long time and I’m really happy for dude.

MoreTrife wrote:Dune, so so epic. Villeneuve is a got damn maestro. Visuals are mind blowing. As a middle aged man deep in the CGI age, tough to impress me, but when you're clenching your leg muscles in multiple scenes, you've done it.

Licensed to Il wrote:The Iron Claw

Spoiler:

I think this movie won't be super popular, because it is sort of over the head of meatball wrestling fans (emotionally), but also a thoughtful person looking for a period drama is not going to be interested in a pro wrestling backdrop. So I guess this movie was made for an audience of one, and that audience is me. I loved the zubaz and mid 80's windbreakers. Cars and crowds and lighting had the right retro feel. Probably wasn't as "Texas-y" as it should have been. Casting was weird (Zac Effron, Jeremy Allen White as roided up wrestlers) but it worked in every way but scale (they were both short, so hard to see as "larger than life" as the real guys were). But what blew me away was the ending. Kevin grew up under the watch of an abusive father, lost four brothers to early deaths (three to suicide), was deep in depression, and pulled out of it with the realization that he couldn't recapture the wonderful camaraderie he had with his brothers but could be a part of that same thing through his sons.

The last second swerve from "some people are cursed and die" to "break the curse with intentional love" was unexpected and wonderful.