Fair enough. I don't disagree with you.Quoting Qrazy (view post)
Fair enough. I don't disagree with you.
Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
I just don't like Lady Gaga's music, and I find her act terribly forced.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Moving day.
Hottest day of the year. So, so hot.
And I wrenched the hell out of my back.
But who cares? I'M IN MY NEW HOUSE!!!
...and the milk's in me.
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ritch:
I actually think her music is quite politically minded. As a total package (that is, her statements, her fashion, her performances, her videos, music, etc) she's got more politik in her little finger than those artists you claim she's in the same vein as have in each of their breast implants combined.
The severed arm perfectly acquitted itself, because of the simplicity of its wishes and its total lack of doubt.
What bugs me is that her fashion is an act stolen from a foreign singer, and her act is pretty much Madonna 2010.
I don't see what's so original about her.
Though, while I'd never purchase any of her music, I do find her tunes pretty catchy and funky.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
Who's arguing originality?
Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
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most great music is unoriginal.
Yeah, I noticed that too. I worded poorly.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that it's music I don't find painful to listen to when it's on the radio; I don't change the station when it's on, but it's nothing I eagerly seek out. Like I said I would never buy her music, but it's a step away from Backstreet Boys-quality sappy love songs to a more David Bowie sense of fun and funky rhythms.
However, I don't find her nearly as ingenious and creative as Bowie. I can't see her having as experimentally weird an album as "Low" and still maintaining a very public, loyal following.
"All right, that's too hot. Anything we can do about that heat?"
"Rick...it's a flamethrower."
For argument's sake, who here prefers Gaga when she was doing this:
[youtube]NM51qOpwcIM[/youtube]
As opposed to her now? Because me, I prefer her style and music to be the way it is now.
Movie Theater Diary
I'd post this in the thread for the show, but I'm avoiding spoilers as much as I can.
Lost > Me
Last Five Films I've Seen (Out of 5)
The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and the Horse (Mackesy, 2022) 4.5
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish (Crawford, 2022) 4
Confess, Fletch (Mottola, 2022) 3.5
M3GAN (Johnstone, 2023) 3.5
Turning Red (Shi, 2022) 4.5
Tokyo Story (Ozu, 1953) 5
615 Film
Letterboxd
don't be so hard on yourself.
This is real.
Last 5 Viewed
Riddick (David Twohy | 2013 | USA/UK)
Night Across the Street (Raoul Ruiz | 2012 | Chile/France)*
Pain & Gain (Michael Bay | 2013 | USA)*
You're Next (Adam Wingard | 2011 | USA)
Little Odessa (James Gray | 1994 | USA)*
*recommended *highly recommended
“It isn't easy to accept that suffering can also be beautiful... it's difficult. It's something you can only understand if you dig deeply into yourself.” -- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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So is this:
In Natoma, Kansas, it's illegal to throw knives at men wearing striped suits.
Last 5 Viewed
Riddick (David Twohy | 2013 | USA/UK)
Night Across the Street (Raoul Ruiz | 2012 | Chile/France)*
Pain & Gain (Michael Bay | 2013 | USA)*
You're Next (Adam Wingard | 2011 | USA)
Little Odessa (James Gray | 1994 | USA)*
*recommended *highly recommended
“It isn't easy to accept that suffering can also be beautiful... it's difficult. It's something you can only understand if you dig deeply into yourself.” -- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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Where you at?
...and the milk's in me.
I thought this short week (off yester) was gonna be so easy. I was mistaken. Bugger fuck all...
"How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home wine-making course and forgot how to drive?"
--Homer
The word of the day is "bailiwick." Everyone who says it in casual conversation today gets rep.
...and the milk's in me.
This type of post is most certainly your bailiwick.
Fine, REP, but I meant say it to a real person. Like a co-worker. No giggling.
...and the milk's in me.
Okay, in order to deserve the rep you've given me, I just told my youngest son that eating cereal (he eats at least two bowls a day) is his bailiwick. His response: "Yep."
You're raising good people.
...and the milk's in me.
I try.
Done and done Mara. Too easy for my maintenance job where people will nod at what I say even if they have no idea what I'm talking about. Just like here.
"Eric, it seems hot in the office. Are the A/Cs working?"
"Of course they are. It's my bailiwick."
No response as I think they thought I was talking about an A/C part.
Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
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