Early thanksgiving dinner at the communal house. I wanted a thanksgiving/holiday movie that would resonate with everyone, so I put on…Silver Linings Playbook. What a damn fine movie.
I hate the director. But a damn fine movie. I like seeing the main character start to get better once he stays on his meds.
You have created a powerful enemy
Well spill that tea and we can parlay swords
This still holds
And my thoughts on the third act
I just got a Hard Drive pitch approved. Now I have to come up with the jokes.
“Studio Begins Animated Remake of Beloved Live-Action Retelling of Cherished Animated Classic”
I should have a different article published soon. I submitted it a couple weeks ago. I’ll post it in the TV thread when it’s up.
I think it’s all fair, but I also think those complaints fall flat when the story is about people who are unstable and mentally ill. Like Pat’s dad is untreated, and so of course he blames Tiff without reason, and of course he takes the parlay because he’s addicted to the action. I mean his way of showing he believes in his son is to bet heavy on a game? It’s so absurd but fits the character and a story that’s a study of mental illness.
Had my wife, who is not a cinephile, watch My Old Ass and she cried and loved the movie. So it is normie approved.
On re-watch it’s great. The scene that had the best coming of age vibes is at the beginning when they’re cruising on the lake with Nelly Futado playing.
Yes this
Tonight I watched Pieces of April (2003). It’s basically also Fishes. Hell, they both feature Oliver Platt. Solid movie I think, but fucking harrowing.
Definitely a Thanksgiving movie. The dearth of Thanksgiving movies might be that family dysfunction is so tied in with the holiday for many people that there just isn’t the same sort of demand.
On Tubi if anyone wants to sign up to be assaulted with unpleasantness. Though I didn’t exactly mean to do that, the movie did win me over.
I almost put that on yesterday. It’ll be a good watch on the day of. Tomorrow is reserved for Rosemary’s Baby.
Fwiw the trailer on prime makes it look bad. Taking your word for it that it’s amazing.
Just watched the Prime trailer. Happy to report that I agree that the trailer isn’t very enticing, so I’m not too worried about your reaction to that.
Of course, you’re taking the word of me and many, many others with this one. It’s a classic.
this reminds me of Pumping Iron (1977) when arnold gives aspiring young bodybuilders “bad advices” as a way of sabotaging their careers so that only he may be successful
On either Maron or Conan, Arnold also told stories about how he was offered Stop or My Mom Will Shoot, thought, “Wow that’s going to be terrible and it’s going to flop,” then got his agent to suggest to Stallone’s agent that he should go for that role, accompanied by the lie that Arnold would take it if he wasn’t already getting ready to shoot another movie.
I couldn’t help but enjoy the pettiness.
Pretty sure this was already posted, but I couldn’t find it.
By the way, “especially if you love music” is amazing. Lots of people showing up to an animated musical not loving music but definitely enthusiastically singing along to original songs they’re just hearing for the first time. What the fuck, Rock. Dumbass.
Lol this is gonna be great.
Can’t believe I missed these the first time. Stitch creeps into different Disney movie moments. In the Aladdin one he steals princess Jasmine LMAO
Stitch certainly looks a billion times better than the Lion King abominations, but im a bit worried what the scientist guy will look like.
Jumba? Maybe?