One the best movies about being careful to not piss some people off.

"it's a thin line between love and hate" someone sang

https://youtu.be/Pdov7l1V8xk

I started watching The Batman, but aborted after fifteen minutes or so.
That voice-over, the one that's talking to himself, makes me nauseous, it's just unbearable, that continuous groaning.

oh, capes!

bien sûr

I enjoyed it when it first came out, but I attempted to rewatch it last year and I, too, couldn’t make it through 15 minutes of that melodramatic nonsense.

I found that Batman movie boring tooo.

I know I bang on about Dark Knight (and it may be the only Nolan Batman film that stands the test of time), but man that thing really does COOK. Two and a half hours, but it’s all so urgent and immediate and somehow tactile and consequential.

The Batman, by comparison, feels like WORK — and work for not much payoff. Work I’m frankly not willing to do more than once.

I’m too goddamn old to be putting in work for a comic book movie with the type of voiceover that made the theatrical release of Blade Runner shit the bed.

They're no Batman Forever...

I have issues with the Nolan batman films, but one thing they got right (and the early Tim Burton films too) is the feeling that the "world" Batman inhabits is UNHINGED.

This is why, despite the many issues with it, I LOVED the GOTHAM TV show. That shit got weirder and more insane every season.

The latest batman film felt like some sad sack decided to create a film with the superficial trappings of batman, but none of the actual detail that provides such heft and long-lasting quality to the Batman comic series.

Batman is a FUCKING DETECTIVE for Jeebus' sake. The last Batman film treated him more like a force of nature, something better suited for a superman, or a Hulk character

Love Lies Bleeding (2024). Come for Kristen Stewart eating another girl out, stay for the multiple bloody murders. I had a lot of fun.

I thought this was fucking great!

I meant to watch this movie so many times before. You always read about how good it is. Finally managed to watch it, and it's great!

“non zero sum game”

It’s a lazy Thursday and I just finished watching, Arrival
Amy Adams was sorta blah trying to cypher all those Sigur Rós album covers
The music/soundtrack was beautiful

I've been meaning to watch that for years too,

Possibly the funniest movie I've ever seen, especially John Goodman - every line out of his mouth is an absolute delight. I teared up a bit at the end, too.

"I love to drive."

"You can say that again."

"I LOOOOVE to drive."

Star Trek 3: The Search for Spock


Road Trip.

Guardians Of The Galaxy, 1, 2 and 3

Tokyo Gore Police. Delightful.

RE: BATTLE OF ALGIERS: OH YES!!

RE: RAISING ARIZONA: INDEED!

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my most recent watch was THE TAKING OF PELHAM ONE TWO THREE (joseph sargent, 1974)



FUCKING GREAT!!! not a deep anything, just nonstop action fun with no capes, no cgi, and no pretense