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2001 Ocean's 11?
Got it ....
I think it be hard to say it was overrated from my recollection because it was dope. But I try.
Oh I'm sorry, Did I Break Your Conversation........Well Allow Me A Movie Thread by S&T
Got it ....
I think it be hard to say it was overrated from my recollection because it was dope. But I try.
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Cool you think they did enough to build the characters ok ....
Im still trying to figure out why Doc that has so many connections cannot go into a post office but yet can send his nephew that knows the entire job.
I guess ...
Good movie yes ... highly overrated yes ...
Classic movie no ....
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The comparison was elements of each film being very similar....not a comparison of the overall films or which one is better.
But it's funny because Spielberg was involved with both and to me it was palatable.
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Yes that was like the explination they gave at the start and then they gave us glimpse of what happened ...
But in other parts dude has more than tinnitus... like when he has to go back to a part of the song because he is off track to how it suppose to go and when he drives about 5 feet forward for no reason and then 5 foot back to the same spot ...
Like zik said ... it stuff that goes unnoticed and it really doesn't play to much of you just enjoy a movie but for me sometimes explanations to those things can make the movie that much better.
darthska
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I'm particularly curious of your thoughts on character development & character plot holes, using the same criticism and metrics you used with Baby Driver. If you haven't seen it in awhile, all good. Just curious.
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Fellow tinnitus haver that uses music to drown noise out 
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Yeah dead silence can be torturous at times.
lawdog1
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This makes me picture JJ at a white board with Lindelof and Cuse looking on. "Lost” is written at the top. He then proceeds to quickly scribble out "Smoke Monster", "Jacob", "Others", "Hatch", "Dharma Initiative" and a few other things. JJ then turns around and says, " there's some gold for you, boys. Make it happen. You're welcome."Nah he didn't create it.
He's the one that suggested a bunch of mysteries and provided no outcomes,0 solutions or answers
The execution of those ideas were all Lindelof and Cuse.
Bet that's not too far off from what happened.
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Man oh man…
So my thoughts.
I got hella smacked off them edibles before going to the movies. They hit at the right time. First off…great movie. The single shot camera and scenes were thrilling. And trippy. Eggers really is dope at making the supernatural not seem supernatural. But something ppl live alongside of culturally. Which is very realistic. Like, a lot of these could really be visions/interpretations/hallucinations…but real and powerful when passed down and in culture. It didn’t fully strip Myths away for a natural explanation. But have it a sense of realism and levity (similar to the movie NOAH, and Eggers other films). Great stuff.
Second, the flip in the story line was dope. There really is no clear protagonist in this movie. And the movie does that intentionally in great fashion. This could really be a revenge tale and redemption in the eyes of Fjölnir or even Nicole Kidmans character - THE QUEEN. Really up to interpretation. I enjoyed the scene before the final scene with Amleth, Queen, his stepbrother and the King walking in. You could see the horror on Amleth face…and it could be interpreted as defending himself of an ambush from a wild and vengeful mother and child. But from Fiona’s point of view, his nephew just brutally murdered his family in his home. The fight to death and the way it ended was a nice touch.
The beserker raid scene, and them channeling their inner bear wolves or whatever was powerful. The scene with Ethan Hawk character and a young Northman with William Defoe was hard too. I like the elements of them tapping int to indigenous Nordic culture, and not making them look like some caricatures of Vikings we see in tv. Especially in the pre Christian lens (who they subtly call out the Christian’s brutality in that one scene). It’s a look from the eyes of an indigenous European culture - pre Christianity. We don’t see that depiction often. But even them getting further pushed away to remote places and the eventual collapse of their culture is something universal.
I had another thought, that I just lost. But I’ll get back to it.
What I don’t like about the movie is the obvious watering down for the masses. But I get it, since this is Eggars first major studio production. It felt at times like a cheesy action movie. And I know that was a sacrifice that needed to be made.
I don’t know what I’ll rate it (y’all still do scales out of 8?
). But if it was out of 100, it feels like an 87 to me.
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That’s right. The “game scene” was one of my favorites. Really drove home how brutal sports can be, for human entertainment.
That’s the same **** happening in football or boxing, or any other really wild/brutal contact sport.
I was hoping the lil ***** didn’t wake up tho 
. He got SMACKED, running out on that field
That’s the same **** happening in football or boxing, or any other really wild/brutal contact sport.
I was hoping the lil ***** didn’t wake up tho
. He got SMACKED, running out on that field
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At the bottom he reminds me of Charlie doing the butt dance
uncalled4boy
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One Of My Favorite Movies As A Kid.
calibeebee
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You wild for writing this breakdown for a movie this mediocre
Like zik said, it’s def not worth that type of energy.
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el presidente
I'm in on a first viewing Rewatchables. Been scared to watch it cause arachnophobia.
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Baby Driver is meh
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Is IMAX or Dolby theater better?
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Dolby is better.
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lawdog1
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^^^ Is that Dushku?
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Looks like Ana de Armas.
lawdog1
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I think you are correct.
