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Stringer

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  1. So, you’re pro a nationalized police force? Is that constitutional?
  2. Decision to Leave is good, but pretty mid for Park Chan-Wook, which says more about him than the movie. He makes great movies. Decision to Leave is beautiful looking and that ending is wild.
  3. We are heading to Paris today, so watched Before Sunset last night. I love that movie so much. When Delpy is on the boat, with the sun hitting her hair, I don't know if anyone has ever been more intoxicating. The scene in the car breaks me every time. A true masterpiece.
  4. Hu’s Cooking at Holcombe and Kirby is our go to Chinese when in town at MDA. I always hear a fair amount of chinese being spoken when we’re there, which is always a good sign.
  5. I just got back and I was not a fan. I don't get the high praise it has gotten. I am SO tired of these stories being "can't sacrifice the one for the good of all". Yeah, you can. To be truly heroic, doesn't there need to be a sacrifice from you, either internal or external? Black Widow had it right. And then to go ahead and admit that to the world? No wonder everyone was so pissed at them. There would be riots to get to that tower and take that baby away. And then, Sue Storm makes a pretty lame speech and the whole world is like, "never mind, I love these people and will do EVERYTHING they say." Ridiculous and not in a "the world is on fire right now" kind of way, but that makes no sense in the best of times. But this is Earth 828, not our world! Shut up, nerd. Their big plan at the end was to basically mousetrap a galactic entity into walking to this one spot, after his herald destroyed the rest of the teleports? He would fall for that? And he almost did, which makes it even dumber. I did like Sue Storm using her Mom Strength to push him in at the end. I don't know why you cast two of the most beautiful and charismatic actors on Earth in Vanessa Kirby and Pedro Pascal and make them as bland as white paint on a wall. Silver Surfer was one of my favorite comic characters growing up and I liked her. She looked cool. I hope Natasha Lyonne got well paid for her 3 days on set.
  6. The other problem is with infinite things to watch, we don’t all own the same VHS/DVDs that we wear out.
  7. The 80% is a little misleading as last Friday's included Thursday previews, but it ended at 66%, which is still not great. Basically the same as Brave New World. It's just a paradigm shift. They can't slap a Marvel logo on it and expect $800M+. I think the next one isn't until late 2026 with Doomsday. We'll see where that goes.
  8. Check out Taskmaster on YouTube. It’s a British game show that he loves and basically forced his way on to. He shows up and attempts to burn the entire island to the ground.
  9. Won tickets for MMJ and had a great time. I hadn’t seen them in probably 15 years and not listened to anything new from them in 10. Just fell off my radar. We were second to last row, but dead center so had a great view. I don’t go to many straight up rock shows anymore, but they were terrific. I was surprised at no “One Big Holiday”.
  10. No concept of the "Common Good" these days.
  11. I can’t tell you how much time I have spent being neutropenic over the last 3 years. Outside of my initial in patient chemo and two transplants (about 20 days each), I’ve been to the hospital close to 15 times for 3-4 day treatment and monitoring. It gets real disheartening.
  12. Enough already with the fucking parking apps and QR codes. Solving a problem that doesn’t exist.
  13. Thoughts? I just finished the book and this is next on my movie list.
  14. My daughter chose Mitchells vs the Machines for movie night last week. I love that movie. Probably my favorite of the recent kid's movies. It looks great, is really funny and is heartfelt. Blank Check podcast just started their Coen brothers series. I hadn't seen Raising Arizona in a long time, so I fired it up. I had simply forgotten how great this movie is. Just so funny and top notch filmmaking.
  15. This thing had a few cool sections, but it was just a mess. The family from the boat was terrible. This dude was sailing from Barbados to Cape Town with his 18 year old daughter, her boyfriend and his 10 year old daughter? What? And then as mentioned upthread, but what was with his busted leg occasionally hurting? They should have cut that whole section. So, they are saying that they need blood from the largest dinosaurs because they have big hearts or something. Sounds stupid, but this is a dinosaur movie, so I'll take the ride. That said, if they need the blood of dinosaurs with big hearts, why could they use the fluid from an egg? Makes no sense.
  16. Cameron Crowe wrote that movie, so I am sure that was the joke.
  17. We get the weekend edition and point 1 is pretty much correct. It runs slightly right in the news section but the editorial section is much more right. It’s a good counterpoint to my left wing reading and opinions. They’ve been on Trump’s ass the last month or so for other reasons, particularly the tariffs. I wouldn’t poke that bear if I was him but the man is a walking representation of id, so he’ll do his thing.
  18. Watched some of this last night in HBO. It just LOOKS so good. It shows just how cheap some movies look.
  19. Stringer

    The Wire

    Fuck you mothafuckas for talking shit.
  20. Well, we're taking the plunge and taking our 8 and 5 year old to Europe for their first time. This trip will be Paris and Strasbourg. I've been to Paris enough to be able to navigate and prioritize things, but does anyone have great things for kids in Paris? We are doing a kids tour at the Louvre, but don't have much else planned yet.
  21. Finally got around to seeing it. The story is whatever but I’m truly baffled how they made some of those scenes. Very impressive craftwork.
  22. Outstanding lead actress in a drama series Kathy Bates, "Matlock" Sharon Horgan, "Bad Sisters" Britt Lower, "Severance" Bella Ramsey, "The Last of Us" Keri Russell, "The Diplomat"
  23. They’re excellent but I think Ben Foster almost steals the movie. He’s cooking.
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