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Monkey_Driven · **Posted:** Thu December 13, 2018 4:14 am

theplatypus wrote:

I am genuinely curious how much longer the superhero genre can dominate. Every year since around 2013 I've been thinking "ok, we've got to be reaching a tipping point now", but every year proves me wrong.

I give it at least a few more years.

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42097

i'm swearing them off

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Thu December 13, 2018 4:17 am

I'm done after Avengers 4. I swear.

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42097

BurtReynolds wrote:

I'm done after Avengers 4. I swear.

are your fingers crossed?

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Thu December 13, 2018 4:23 am

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

I'm done after Avengers 4. I swear.

are your fingers crossed?

no I really dont have any interest left I think. Seems like a good place to jump off.

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42097

BurtReynolds wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

I'm done after Avengers 4. I swear.

are your fingers crossed?

no I really dont have any interest left I think. Seems like a good place to jump off.

who's your favorite marvel character?

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Thu December 13, 2018 4:43 am

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

I'm done after Avengers 4. I swear.

are your fingers crossed?

no I really dont have any interest left I think. Seems like a good place to jump off.

who's your favorite marvel character?

Captain America. because he's white.

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42097

BurtReynolds wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

I'm done after Avengers 4. I swear.

are your fingers crossed?

no I really dont have any interest left I think. Seems like a good place to jump off.

who's your favorite marvel character?

Captain America. because he's white.

totally with you on that one

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Thu December 13, 2018 5:08 am

tragabigzanda wrote:

Crazy Rich Asians

Not really my thing, but glad it exists and got tons of buzz, hopefully it'll help Hollywood move past the superhero gangbang era...

Awkwafina is an undeniable star though. Between this, Oceans 8, and SNL, she's owned every frame i've seen her in.

Ehh, I think I’d probably deny that

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42097

hot tub time machine

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Thu December 13, 2018 5:44 am

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Crazy Rich Asians

Not really my thing, but glad it exists and got tons of buzz, hopefully it'll help Hollywood move past the superhero gangbang era...

Awkwafina is an undeniable star though. Between this, Oceans 8, and SNL, she's owned every frame i've seen her in.

Ehh, I think I’d probably deny that

i have the conch now!

bada · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:53 pm **Posts:** 12081

Monkey_Driven wrote:

theplatypus wrote:

I am genuinely curious how much longer the superhero genre can dominate. Every year since around 2013 I've been thinking "ok, we've got to be reaching a tipping point now", but every year proves me wrong.

I give it at least a few more years.

Westerns dominated for like 40 years.

bune · **Posted:** Thu December 13, 2018 4:07 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Crazy Rich Asians

Not really my thing, but glad it exists and got tons of buzz, hopefully it'll help Hollywood move past the superhero gangbang era...

Awkwafina is an undeniable star though. Between this, Oceans 8, and SNL, she's owned every frame i've seen her in.

Ehh, I think I’d probably deny that

*Pikachu shocked face*

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42097

ooooh the proposition is on amazon prime :luv:

lennytheweedwhacker · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 3:21 pm **Posts:** 42097

margin call

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Sat December 15, 2018 4:23 am

Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far On Foot

I found it to be very impactful for personal reasons. Your experience will vary depending on your interest in overcoming substance use, negative thinking, stuff like that. Very glad I watched it though. Want to give a special nod to Beth Ditto for turning in a surprisingly good minor role.

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Sat December 15, 2018 5:45 am

My ranking of the Ingmar Bergman's Cinema box set so far:

Masterpiece:
-Wild Strawberries (Rewatch; I used to HATE this movie. How wrong I was. Truly a work of art I was not prepared to understand when I saw it in high school.)

Great:
-Summer with Monika (Rewatch; I've heard Godard called this "The Birth of a Nation for modern cinema," and I think there's something to that. It feels incredibly vital and contemporary in terms of style, and it's hard to reconcile that it came out in 1953 considering what American cinema looked like at the time.)
-To Joy

Good:
-The Seventh Seal (Rewatch; I'm not crazy about Criterion's new 4K restoration for this one. Kinda wish I hadn't preemptively sold my old Blu-ray.)
-Port of Call

Okay:
-Smiles of a Summer Night (Rewatch; I used to LOVE this movie. Didn't hold up super well this time.)
-Summer Interlude
-A Ship to India
-Dreams

Mediocre:
-Crisis
-A Lesson in Love
-Waiting Women
-Thirst

Bad:
-Sawdust and Tinsel (Good lord this was unpleasant.)

I've been ignoring Criterion's "festival order" and watching them chronologically. Very interesting to watch his progression as an artist. So many of his early works are bogged down in the trappings of melodrama and his preoccupation with relationships and infidelity; the existential themes he became known for are undercurrents at best. Summer with Monika and To Joy stand out as young masterworks, but it's not until he began to confront E X I S T E N C E and P H I L O S O P H Y head on with the 1-2 punch of The Seventh Seal and Wild Strawberries in 1957 that he truly became B E R G M A N as we know him.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36080

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Masterpiece:
Rewatch; I used to HATE this movie. How wrong I was. Truly a work of art I was not prepared to understand when I saw it in high school

We can finally use this for so many movies. Im glad you are growing up.

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Sat December 15, 2018 3:49 pm

oh shut up

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36080

Guys guess who wrote this

Blade Runner 2049

Masterpiece:
Rewatch; I used to HATE this movie. How wrong I was. Truly a work of art I was not prepared to understand when I saw it LAST YEAR

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