Looks like a good popcorn movie.
This was so much better than I expected, only because a review at some point convinced me the aesthetic would be hyperstylized reality, like a Jon Waters or Tim Burton movie. But this was mostly realistic and a real pleasure to laugh with.
Not nearly as good as Booksmart, but I donāt think many movies ever will be.
Eta: my viewing experience was somewhat marred by Prime interrupting the movie for ads ugh
I remember you saying that, and since it sounded like you were going up watch it anyway I didnāt bother with āWTF no, thereās zero Wes Anderson sensibility here,ā but yeah whoever said that was way off. Glad you dug it. Begging the powers that be to give me a new Marshawn Lynch comedic supporting role every year.
He was really funny. As big a surprise as Lebron James in Trainwreck.
The Jump street movies are the two best imo.
So, Iāve now seen the food porn movie in question, The Taste of Things. It defies easy comparison to Anatomy of a Fall since theyāre very different movies, but I will now say: happily, France did not just submit some bullshit. This is a beautiful, well-made movie, and I personally would definitely rather see it in the Best International field than The Society of the Snow (which Iām not a huge fan of; it was alright). Itās shitty if Justine Trietās anti-Macron speech was any sort of real factor, but if it was decided purely on the merits I find this to be a very defensible decision.
At about the halfway point in this film, my reaction was that the cooking scenes justified their hype, but I was pretty iffy about the film overall. By the end, it was clear to me that I just needed to live in this world for a while longer and let it fully grow on me. Even without any significant plot acceleration, it really began to land for me and I was really happy with the experience by the end.
Iāve now caught up on all of these. The Taste of Things and The Zone of Interest would likely have both made my top 20 for 2023, though Iāll reiterate that I donāt really know how the hell to rank The Zone of Interest. And Fallen Leaves was also good and probably would have fallen just outside.
I guess Iāll need to watch these; I havenāt yet. I added 21 Jump Street to my watchlist.
Flop House just did an episode on Cobra, which Iād only been vaguely familiar with before. Going in blind and itās fantastic, peak 1980s garbage cop movie. A+. Soundtrack absolutely slaps.
Loved that movie when I saw it in as a kid? In the 90s
āYouāre the disease, and Iām the cure.ā
One of the best opens to an action flick ever.
22 Jump street has my favorite comedy movie scene/moment of recent years.
The Macgruber āgetting the team togetherā scene is the other that instantly comes to mind.
Cobraās good. Excellent villain.
Go ahead, I donāt shop here.
I donāt deal with psychos, I put āem away
This is old, but for fans of the new movie, Amy Poehler makes a great Barbie. Lol Britney Spears as her daughter.
Cobra rules school. Itās like Taken, I completely hate the movieās politics but it slaps so hard that itās just undeniable.
Madame Web at 14% now. Yikes.
Thats a funny way of saying āThis movie is godawful and I will never watch a single frame.ā
Somehow 50 shades did not rocket her to A list I see