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Post by Parchandri on Jul 19, 2016 9:21:43 GMT -5
On Writing is by far my favorite King book. That's followed closely by The Dark Tower series and The Stand.
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Post by Parchandri on May 7, 2016 11:46:17 GMT -5
Once Upon a Time in America arrived from Amazon.
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Post by Parchandri on May 7, 2016 11:45:43 GMT -5
The Hateful Eight -- 3/4
Great, snappy dialogue. But sometimes that snappy dialogue hangs around too long, to the point of feeling like self-indulgence.
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Post by Parchandri on May 7, 2016 11:43:39 GMT -5
I have quite a few of these. Perhaps most notable are Memories of Murder, Rififi, Mystery Train, Brick, High and Low, and The Lady from Shanghai.
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Post by Parchandri on May 7, 2016 11:40:44 GMT -5
I like them in order of their release.
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Post by Parchandri on Apr 10, 2016 18:02:48 GMT -5
Hardcore Henry - 3/4
I went expecting a ridiculous, paper-thin plot fused with violent visual splendor. It delivered. This is a fun 93 minutes.
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Post by Parchandri on Apr 3, 2016 17:48:59 GMT -5
Mystery Train - 4/4
Brilliant. One of my new favorites.
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Post by Parchandri on Apr 2, 2016 17:07:48 GMT -5
Sicario - 4.5/5 Stranger Than Paradise - 4/5
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Post by Parchandri on Mar 30, 2016 15:44:09 GMT -5
Dawn of Justice - 1.5/4
That was pretty atrocious.
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Post by Parchandri on Mar 25, 2016 22:29:22 GMT -5
I've watched 70 movies so far this year, but here are the last seven:
Major League - 2/4 Super 8 - 2.5/4 Lady Snowblood - 2.5/4 Blade Runner - 4/4 10 Cloverfield Lane - 3.5/4 The Third Man - 4/4 Duck, You Sucker - 3.5/4
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Post by Parchandri on Mar 22, 2016 17:50:55 GMT -5
This is something a threw together. I hope it works. I can improve upon it later.
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Post by Parchandri on Mar 22, 2016 17:22:56 GMT -5
Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, Playstation Plus, Film Comment magazine, and Dollar Shave Club.
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Post by Parchandri on Mar 21, 2016 21:33:33 GMT -5
Great idea, bro. Love it.
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Post by Parchandri on Feb 10, 2016 0:30:53 GMT -5
Hail, Caesar!
Underwhelming for a Coen brothers' picture.
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Post by Parchandri on Jan 20, 2016 19:07:20 GMT -5
She didn't "walk" into it. She was seduced into it and used as a pawn. She was given the option not to participate. She willingly walked into something. She just didnt like the operation. She was a soccer mom in the world of cartels, what did she think was going to happen. But the beginning of the film -- the explosion, two dead -- sets up the reason why she won't refuse. She was "a soccer mom in the world of cartels" because she was purposely positioned as such. She willingly went, yes. But she was essentially enticed to do so. These guys saw a vulnerable woman and pounced in a way that was completely self-serving and neglectful of her as an individual.
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Post by Parchandri on Jan 18, 2016 17:50:07 GMT -5
The story is essentially told from her perspective. How the do you get rid of her? Her character walked into a world where she had no business. The story would have been fine following Benecio del toro. They should have killed Kate mid way through the movie. She didn't "walk" into it. She was seduced into it and used as a pawn.
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Post by Parchandri on Jan 15, 2016 10:07:00 GMT -5
Sicario 3 out of 5 The movie would have been better if they had done away with the Kate character. The story is essentially told from her perspective. How the do you get rid of her?
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Post by Parchandri on Dec 15, 2015 10:11:05 GMT -5
Scorsese should have got the gold for Goodfellas, not for The Departed. Also, Forrest Gump robbed Pulp Fiction of its Oscar. Tarantino made the defining film of the decade and somehow doesn't win. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring should have beat out A Beautiful Mind. Also, Rocky over Taxi Driver, Network, and All the President's Men? 2001 not even nominated (although it was reviled by many critics at the time).
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Post by Parchandri on Nov 23, 2015 20:26:48 GMT -5
I find it comical how people in this thread post why they work. Everyone knows why we work. What the original poster is getting at--and correct me if I'm wrong--is an existential crisis. It's the idea that the society and culture we live in have our paths mapped out for us: go to school, go to college, get a job, buy a house, have a family, etc. It's the idea that we have no choice, no control. It's regretful, for example, that we live in a society that scoffs at the idea of someone wanting to become an artist because it's not lucrative--unless the art is marketable in some fashion. Generally speaking, the only way anyone can be who they want to be is if they can make a decent living doing it or have enough money to allow them to do it. Otherwise you have to balance who you want to be with who you don't want be.
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Post by Parchandri on Nov 23, 2015 16:47:47 GMT -5
You need to read Karl Marx's The Communist Manifesto, seriously. What's it about? Essentially it's about how the working majority serve those who control production, who also are the minority. It also talks about revolution and what not--which may or may not be pertinent to your ideologies. Also read Charles Bukowski. He's a brilliant writer and shares the same sentiment as you. In fact, here's a quote from Bukowski: "The nine-to-five is one of the greatest atrocities sprung upon mankind. You give your life away to a function that doesn't interest you."
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