Movies (and occasionally face slaps) (Part 2)

Barbarian was the runner up to Hereditary last year, but it was an arbitrary choice, as we followed the advice not to look into either movie. I somehow hadn’t heard of Doctor Sleep, but it sounds like it’s in my wheelhouse based on the one sentence IMDB pitch.

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My work is already done. You should double feature Barbarian and Doctor Sleep (director’s cut). Those were INCREDIBLE.

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Or Doctor Sleep paired with Psycho II for sequels to horror classics that have no business being so good. Yes I’m gonna keep pounding the table for Psycho II.

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Alas, I’m only going to get 1.

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Alas!

I’d go with Barbarian because it’s so original and full of surprises.

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@CanadaMatt3004 Hopefully the lack of update just means you didn’t get to The Godfather at the planned time. Or that you’re so stunned by the greatness that you can’t form the words. But since 2001 got a grade of “not great,” I’m nervous that it could be something else.

Barbarian was awesome. Highly recommend. Also not that scary and I am a horror wimp.

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You’d take that over No One Will Save You?

I loved both but would give barbarian the edge. One is scifi one is sort of a monster movie.

Barbarian had my favourite moment in a film last year though. Still smile thinking about it. It’s a film nerd thing though.

I would take watching Barbarian twice over seeing No One Will Save You once.

The latter is well made and I’m not saying it’s anything but good, even great, but it is not the home run Barbarian turned out to be.

Fortunately I don’t have to choose :grin:

Absolutely choose Barbarian over No One Will Save You if those are your two options.

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THEY FOLLOW

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Oh hell yeah this is gonna be good

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After watching Anatomy of a Fall and Killers of the Flower Moon in the same week, I’m ready for some snappy movies

An orgy results in the community transmission of slow-moving killers.

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Revolutionary Road is still amazing. The Michael Shannon scenes are just epic.

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I love that one too. It’s based on an excellent Richard Yates novel. His other novels didn’t hook me nearly like this one, but if you’re also a reader, your tastes would be well served by his short stories.

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I’m jealous if you got Anatomy of a Fall at a local AMC. Totally bypassed all the AMCs here, and it looks like I’ll just have to wait months for a Hulu drop.

Yeah my local theater is in the middle of the city with a ton of screens so we get everything, throwbacks, foreign films, etc.

https://www.amctheatres.com/showtimes/all/2023-10-30/amc-boston-common-19/all