I saw Trap. AMA
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Name 5 characters in the movie
Cooper
Lady Raven
Cooperâs daughter
Merch guy
Mean Girl
Mean Girlâs Mom
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Evading capture imo
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um what size popcorn did you get
Large popcorn
It was free because itâs my birthday later this month (perks of being an AMC A-lister)
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How many different characters did M Night play?
One, and it was almost too long to call a cameo. He played the uncle of his real life daughter, so it was a pretty big acting stretch for him. The movie is basically a vanity project for his daughter to showcase her music.
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Was the music good?
Also, are there any Shamayalan movies that arent vanity projects?
Better than I would have guessed if all I had to go on was that it was written and performed by M Nightâs daughter. It wasnât brat or anything, but it was passable for fake movie concert music.
I used to be a Mitch Hedberg fan.
I still am, but I used to be too.
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Iâve been watching old Siskel and Ebert episodes on YouTube and just came across thier review of Silence of the Lambs in which Siskle argues itâs a terrible movie and Ebert thinks it ok but not great! Ebert says the chase through the house at the end is bad!
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Yup. Itâs amazing how often movies that turn out to be cult classics were initially poorly received. Makes me see why people disregard Rotten Tomatoes.
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Watched another one that I guess would have also been a worthy answer to eyeboogerâs recent âyou havenât seen that?â question, Kramer vs. Kramer. Great movie, worthy Best Picture winner in a vacuum if you set aside the fact that it defeated a superior movie in Apocalypse Now that year for the honor. Of the BP winners Iâve seen (about 2/3 of them), Iâd put it around the middle of the pack, which is a compliment given that the list obviously skews toward really strong work.
Honestly, the only Best Picture winners Iâve seen that I regard as below-average films are Nomadland and The English Patient, both having committed the grave sin of being boring.
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Ebert whiffed a couple of times, I think he famously didnât like The Thing when it came out.
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I was recently trying to think of classic films that I really enjoy (Casablanca, 12 Angry Men, The Sting) vs classic films that I respected but didnât actually like that much (North by Northwest, 2001 quickly come to mind). Somehow despite its very depressing premise, I love Kramer vs Kramer.
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Man, I can get my mind around not really enjoying North by Northwest (though I really do), but 2001? Thatâs rough.
Within the subcategory of emotional family dramas from the late 70s/early 80s that the Academy absolutely loved, I think Iâm inclined to put Kramer vs. Kramer above both Terms of Endearment and Ordinary People. All three really work for me though.
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meryl streep going from 0 to full waterworks as sheâs doing her monologue in court 
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Itâs admittedly been a very long time since Iâve seen 2001. I owe it a rewatch.
Ordinary People was very good, too. The only downside was realizing that Good Will Hunting ripped it off quite a bit, which was a bummer because of how much I love GWH.
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