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  1. 3 episodes into season 2 and I'm still liking it.

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      • Adult Shauna is nuts in the best way - her monologue in ep 3 about peeling the skin off of someone might be my favorite scene in the show so far. They also do a good job contrasting her with high school Shauna.
      • I like how they are leaning into the supernatural stuff. I don't want things to veer into lots of deus ex machina situations, but it's working so far.
      • Coach Ben will be the next body they eat, right?
      • "Ben...you good bro?" had me lol

       

  2. It was definitely anxiety-inducing and entertaining. Gave me the same claustrophobic vibes as The Descent, but up a radio tower and minus the monsters.

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  3. 5 hours ago, wild_turkey said:

    CODA was great.

    Power of the Dog was awful.

    While I can see why PotD was Oscar bait, to me it was a slog until, you know, the end. CODA was a lovely, feel-good movie, and it was so nice for something like that to win. 

  4. Am I understanding correctly that, within a span of a few minutes, Ellie's mom was bitten, after which she kills the attacker, gives birth, cuts the cord, and cordyceps from that bite found its way into the newborn and somehow granted her immunity? In a couple of minutes? And why would cordyceps care that it was in a newborn? Could it really distinguish a baby host from a child or adult host? I'd understand it more if Ellie's mom was immune and infected but asymptomatic, and the cordyceps grew along with Ellie from conception.

    And yes, I realize dystopian tv shows require a suspension of disbelief. I'm just wondering if I missed something in the timeline when Ellie's mom got bitten, and if I'm misunderstanding how it's transmitted.

  5. I don't think Gaga was even wearing makeup - she has come a long way from her meat dress days. Still think the Bollywood song will win, but Gaga has proven herself as a serious singer/actress the last few years.

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  6. 7 hours ago, RomaVicta said:

    From the above:

    Excellent summation and interpretation. Your point about using the title as a weapon to dismiss what women have to say has been supported more than once on this thread. I think you know how I feel about white men surrendering control of our world from other threads on the board whose name we dare not speak aloud.

    I think the movie is a great example of having so many excellent parts for creation ranging from a great idea, a fabulous cast (Roony Mara more than held her own amid a sea of proven actresses), a proven director (Sarah Polley's Away from Her is a gem), to a very capable writer (Polley, again) can miss the mark.

    I'm glad I saw it, but I got bored. Every speech and gesture was set up and shot like it was of utmost significance. This acted acted as a narative metronome rather than a melody/medley.

    I also felt this movie would have been monumental if released in 1975 where over-explanation would likely be necessary to carry points that were new back then. They are valid and important points today, and they are under assault. Although the status of women and persons of color are overtly challenged, the Me Too movement revealed to me how complacent I'd become to things going on all around. Those sexual abuses and harrassment are subtle enough that they revealed how law has not been protecting women from pussy-grabbers and sexists.

    I think a more subtle approach would have made the picture more current and even profound. Polley uses the children playing to illustrate in action the points being made in the barn. I think a little more actual experience of men brushing past women revealing in ways other than rape and beatings just how total male command is would have benefitted the narrative.

    One point that is diminished especially towards the end was the urgency of acting quickly before the men returned. 

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    Once a decision is made to leave, the women dither. The goodbyes are long. The point was escape from something truly abominable, but movie continues on its slow pace.

    Losing that sense of urgency really cost the movie in terms of emotional connection.

    Again, the content and perspective in the film I agree with. But that's not enough for me in a movie.

    Rooney Mara herself is a proven actress and has been in many great films - off the top of my head I'm thinking The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Carol, and Nightmare Alley. She may not have the name recognition of some of the others, but she's far from untested. Not sure how spoilery this is but just in case:

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    To your other bolded point, I'm not sure how much faster they could've gone - they decided to leave just before sundown, and their established meeting time was an hour past sunrise the next morning. Unless I got the time wrong? They had to pack up their lives and gather everyone in just a few hours.

    On 3/3/2023 at 10:56 AM, Mrs Whiggins said:

    I hope you watch it. More men watching and listening (instead of talking) about this topic is not a bad thing in this world.

     

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    You mention above that you saw it, and I agree that it is dialogue heavy, but I am a proponent of this movie. While the film is based on the novel by Miriam Toews and many viewers are aware that it is indeed based on a *true story of what happened in Bolivia at the Mennonite "Manitoba" Colony, what is groundbreaking (to me) in some way is what it represents. Not an isolated religious community where women w/o agency manage to gather and discuss their situation but what were to happen if ALL women (sans men) in any community were to gather and make decisions about male crimes against women and girls. As the men are bailing out the other men, the women are talking to each other and w/o the noise of the men. In some ways, I think the title is actually a two fold weapon--one that is used against women in society, and one that is inversely a threat to men (dismissed and belittled by them as of no such importance) but representing one half of the community--not a small number when united.

    Ultimately, the film will not win the award for Best Picture, and against some of the other nominees it is not too surprising--some good films among the contenders this year. But I do hope more folks give it a chance and really think about the broader commentary with respect to the topic.

     

     

    *over 100 women and girls ranging in age from 3 to 65  were raped for years by a group of men who used a tranquilizer spray meant for cattle. A reporter (for Time magazine then) stationed in Bolivia at the time of the arrests that reported on the events later did a follow-up and discovered that none of the victims ever received any therapy or other aid.

    One story here: https://www.vice.com/en/article/4w7gqj/the-ghost-rapes-of-bolivia-000300-v20n8

     

     

    Overall, it was heartbreaking and extremely well-acted. I just finished it an hour ago and need more time to organize all my thoughts. I wouldn't name it Best Picture, but it should win Adapted Screenplay by a landslide.

  7. 45 minutes ago, Liquor and Poker said:

    Fascinating.  I hadn’t heard that theory but it also makes sense.
     

    That movie is getting better and better with further reflection.  It’s obviously a nod to Kubrick - he was sort of Field’s mentor (Field played Nick Nightengale).  So maybe it’s meant to be dissected rather than watched. 

    Yes, exactly. 

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    I think it starts at the part where she goes to the abandoned building to bring Olga whatever it was that she left behind. When she face-planted running up the stairs, I started to think something was up. It was so out of character for this tightly wound, perfectionistic woman. What would embarrass her the most? Everything that happened from then on out.

    I think I'm talking myself into liking it more and more, lol.

  8. I think EEAAO will win Best Picture, but Banshees was slightly better.

    For Actor, I haven't seen The Whale because I wasn't interested enough to see it in a theater and I'm not paying $20 to stream it just because Aronofsky thinks all movies should be watched in theaters. I keep reading that people don't like the movie but like Fraser's performance (which is how I feel about Austin Butler in Elvis), and that it is a portrait of a fat person as imagined by thin people. At this point I'll probably pick Butler as the winner, since his performance really was great and biopics do well at the Oscars, but it's probably neck-and-neck between those two.

    Michelle Yeo will win Actress for all the reasons everyone else has said, and also Cate Blanchett already has two acting Oscars. I thought she was great in Tar, though, even though the movie itself was meh and

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    part of me thinks the last third wasn't real and was Lydia Tar's fever dream about the worst way everything could possibly go down for her.

    So who's going to jump out of the audience and slap Jimmy Kimmel? Matt Damon? I kind of expect that to turn into an Oscars bit from here on out. 

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  9. 1. Pub trivia team name this week was "Cocaine Bear Stare"

    2. Saw it tonight and it was exactly how I figured 95 minutes of a movie called Cocaine Bear would go. Much like Bullet Train in terms of violence/cursing/ridiculous. It was a great time if you go in knowing what you're getting.

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