• Lord Wiggle@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    People also want to see more after season 1 instead of cancelation and some new junk pushed in their face.

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    Banshees of Inishirin.

    Story of a friendship going sour and one guy having trouble moving on. Some great acting. A dark comedy. Quite refreshing from the Hollywood schlock that is typically in our local thestre

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      This movie sticks with me. Such a brutal, dark, nasty movie, and it made me realize Colin Ferrell had actual acting talent. I’d never seen him in anything before and had this impression that he was just a pretty boy, kinda like McConaughey used to be.

      Like, I completely get why Colm wanted to cut Pádriac off, he was so dull. But he was also so open-hearted, and so I empathized with both characters.

      When Pádraic follows the trail of fingers… you know the scene I mean. I lost it, just fucking bawled my eyes out. That movie pulled no punches. It was amazing but I never want to watch it again.

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        Yep, the film has you empathize with both sides of their story. I though the actor playing the town simpleton did such a spectacular job too, just the right amount of quirk and lack of focus in his eyes.

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      Best I can do is safe and unimaginative with lots of marketing and a big cast of overpaid actors past their prime.

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    I watched The Substance via streaming alone on my birthday night because my wife and partner aren’t into body horror. I loved it! It was really good. Definitely one of the better movies I’ve seen this year.

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    Market it properly. I’ll watch. The way they marketed movies like Transformers One, or the utter failure that was The Fall Guy, I can’t even fathom why they would choose to market it that way…

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    I mean, make fun of me if you want, but I saw The Beekeeper in theaters. Maybe not super original but it wasn’t explicitly marketed as a remake or rehash or whatever.

    No, I didn’t have a free ticket or voucher or anything, I paid full price for the ticket.

    Yes, I snuck in alcohol (they don’t serve).

    As a popcorn flick, I enjoyed my 1.5 hours or whatever.

    Yes, I paid a stupid amount of money for popcorn, it’s a local theater not tied to any mega corps.

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      I didn’t watch Beekeeper in a theatre it because I didn’t know if it was gonna be just a cheap cash grab.

      I watched it via a paid service and enjoyed it very much with my wife in the home theatre I built.

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    I bought a “mystery ticket” for $5 at a Regal and ended up seeing The Order. Pretty intense at times when you abstract to real life, pretty upsetting at times. Remember to be intolerant of the intolerant.