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Posts posted by veritas aequitas
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Probably not an true adaptation since the book wasn't all that great and didn't have all the connected stories but this story should be made into a movie.
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1 hour ago, Spider2YBanana said:
I don't think he was as great of a man as people perceived him to be. Wasn't he mentioned as the other man in a divorce?
Better not mention anything of the sort I got piled on pretty good back when he was hired for questioning why everyone was saying he was a great guy.
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2 minutes ago, sushihorn said:
Fact: Mack Brown never had a losing season at Texas. Charlie Strong had nothing but losing seasons at Texas.
Fact: South Florida was a program on the rise. Then they hired Charlie Strong and crashed.
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5 minutes ago, PsychMike said:
The food, however...Riscky’s BBQ?
Should have gone with Heim's
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So you spend $99 to save $69? This sounds like something my ex-wife would do.
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22 hours ago, henrygandorf said:
are you saying that dalton becomes jake gittes?
Yep, and then Polanski wouldn't get caught banging a 6th grader at Jack Nicholson's house.
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3 hours ago, henrygandorf said:
my issue wasn't the time though, it was the plot. not even the plot, as much as "what is this movie about?" i know tarantino isn't "by-the-book" but traditionally, movies need to be about something, and they need to be about only one thing. and once you figure out that one thing, every scene should further the story you're trying to tell about that one thing. each scene should be looked at and judged on its own merit. and if it doesn't accomplish the goal, it either shouldn't be in there, or it should be tweaked and made better. tarantino obviously doesn't do this, and has earned the right to not do this, but it's scenes like these that make people walk out and say, "what was the fucking plot of that movie?"
to me, the movie was about a 1950's western tv actor trying to adapt to 1960's hollywood (movies, hippies, whatever). the game was changing, and dalton and booth were having trouble keeping up and staying relevant. hollywood changes every 20 years or so, so this story isn't that unusual, and it was interesting to watch, especially during leo's scenes of frustration. i might be in the minority, but i thought he was head and shoulders above pitt from a pure acting perspective. he crushed this. and i'm a huge brad pitt fan.
anyway, the issue i had was that tarantino took his story about rick dalton, and then shoe-horned a second story about sharon tate/the manson family, so that he could have some fun and revise history, like only he can. and while the tate aspect represents the changing hollywood that dalton would have to adapt to in order to survive, i don't think it deserved (or received) enough screentime to warrant being a real "subplot" of the movie. someone brought up the playboy mansion - which i agree was an odd choice. he put this scene in to explain to the viewer about the relationship between tate and sebring. while a cool looking scene, it wasn't necessary. i didn't care that she had a male friend who was still hung up on her.
I thought the intertwining of the 2 stories was the point of the Once Upon a time in Hollywood ending. Rick Dalton was fading into obscurity but then his career was saved by the Manson family failed murder attempt leading to him getting the invite up to the Polanski house he had dreamed about. So now he is in with the in crowd and since Sharon Tate wasn't murdered then Polanski doesn't get ran out of town for banging kids and goes on to make some big block busters.
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4 hours ago, Drew said:
You can make stats say whatever you want if you work hard enough. Ugh.
You can aggie up anything.
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On 8/4/2019 at 3:33 PM, Prepuce of Doom said:
Also, you can't smoke LSD. Kind of surprised that Tarantino fucked that one up.
I mean, I guess you *can* smoke it, but it doesn't do anything for you.
I thought it was just the paper was soaked in it so it would be similar to those little tabs of paper which would provide the desired effect prior to being burned.
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3 hours ago, Trey3216 said:
Well, Burt's blind now as well...
No, you're the blind one.
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The Boys was great, took until the end of episode 1 to get started but from then on it was a mix of Deadpool and Preacher as far as entertaining violence goes.
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Adjusted for inflation these will be the lowest performing Bond films ever if it makes it past the intro.
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I'll go with Joe Don Looney.
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On 5/21/2019 at 9:26 AM, Red Five said:
I find the concept of fast forwarding through a show you enjoy totally fucking bizarre.
I am guilty of fast forwarding porn shows at times. Sometimes the acting, story lines and character development are not all that great but I still enjoy the show.
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Without the Fonz this show will lose a lot of appeal for me.
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That was wild
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All of this goes away. Great ending.
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1 minute ago, Hornius Emeritus said:
Damnit! I need to start listening to the Ticket online. Was it the Farrah "Midnight Plane to Houston" story? Because I told that story to Corby in an email exchange.
Yeah heard that this afternoon. Was the first time i had heard that story.
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On 4/5/2019 at 4:33 PM, Neonmoon said:
My wife turned on new Kevin Hart special. I just don’t find his standup funny. He can be funny in movies, but his standup is not for me. He just screams a bunch of regular stories. I don’t get it.
He and Rob Riggle basically have the same act yell something then start laughing and everyone else will think it's funny. But it actually sucks.
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I'll just stick to watching "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" on a near weekly basis and listening to the unbeatable soundtrack.
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50 minutes ago, Brew said:
It’s kind of weird though that they keep coming up. There are a lot of QB’s who fell apart but this one stays in the news.
I don't know, Ryan Leaf seems to pop again and again with every drug bust.
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Just now, Catdaddyhorn said:
You say that as though it's some sort of scarlet letter or something.
You would have to ask Dale about that. I just say that as Dale prior to that versus Dale today. He is not the same guy at all.
Joaquin Phoenix as Joker
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It was an ok movie but Joaquin Phoenix killed it (though he looked near death) and really think that guy may be actually disturbed.