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>Which actress would you like to cuddlenap with?
emly stone

What did he mean by this?

bias giving way to bias

How do you know that's what he meant?

The last argument about Lynch was garbage. How far this general has fallen.

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Lynch is entertainment, nobody cares about him.

How Lynchian

Lynch doens't interest me, but the exchanges were so dog damn pathetic.
see:

Brainlet.

what a shame.

>Lynch doens't interest me
lmao

Is this an art film /lbg/?

>tfw machill still isn't following me

Kafka was a j*w

inland empire isn't a good movie

Despite the 60s social climate I have to say still this movie fucking sucks. There’s a nearly 25 minute car chase scene that ends in a motorcycle cop arresting an entire airport?

1/2 star

This another weird one. The kind of smart yet goofy and ridiculous thing you’d only see today on TCM late at night.

I guess that’s the definition of out of date. What does one expect from a 1964 screw ball comedy?

Natalie Wood, Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, Lauren Bacall, the score, the dialogue, and the set pieces at the zoo and the climax race and jumble to the airport. It’s all almost too smart for the subject matter at hand.

Definitely set the scene for things as unrelated as sex and the city.


It’s a bit too much and too long and mixed up but it’s so much fun while it’s at it.

3 1/2 stars

I wasn't even planning on watching this! I just happened upon TCM and it was on. I left it on because of the great cast. Then it turns out to be one of the funniest comedies I've seen in a long time! I don't think I've ever seen a Henry Fonda comedy before and now I have and now I want to find more. Everyone was great in this extremely well-written movie. I really need to watch more comedies from the 50s and 60s

4 stars

An underrated gem, and a wonderful product of it's time.

Between being a sex comedy, a satirical look at the romantic comedies of it's time, a self-aware product of success, and a near-farcical pick-up from the looniness of "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"... you get "Sex and the Single Girl".

This film's very funny and ahead of it's time. While including many clichés of it's time, it still manages to twist and turn it's way around it's obvious story path. It also overplays the acting and dialogue to point out the hilarious and sometime absurd stances modern romances, at it's time, would take.

I think this film flew over the heads of a lot of people in the time of it's release and people today. And I think that's why it's not as popular as it probably should be. People in the 60's probably didn't get the satirical angle of the film, and people today don't get the references of it's time. For instance, everyone point's out the "Some Like it Hot" reference, but did anyone get "The Wrong Man" reference?

This is definitely a film goer's film. Because only true film goer's will "get it". I really want to recommend it, but I'm afraid that a lot of people won't notice the brilliance this film shines; and they might only take it as a second hand comedy of the 60's... but I can guarantee you that it's not.

4 stars

The shit I go through for pretty girls (in this case Natalie Wood)...

Man this is some dated shit. Pretty much 90% of the romantic stuff is either emotional abuse or sexist. Not once, but twice, Tony Curtis threatens to kill himself so that a girl will see him. And he's supposed to be our romantic lead. I know it was the sixties, but still. The entire plot of this film relies on the idea that men are evil and women are stupid and that everyone is attracted to everyone. Just look up clips of Natalie Wood in this because she really is lovely.

1 star

Scarface 2018
Synopsis
An immigrant rises to the top of the criminal underworld in the United States.

whew this is dated
best part of the movie was when people joked that tony curtis looked like jack lemmon in "that movie where he dresses as a woman" so if that tells you anything....

1 star

now post reviews for Wonder Woman 2017

A Griffith. Nigger.

SEX AND THE SINGLE GIRL (Richard Quine) - another entry from the Coen Brothers' favorite movie list; another fine Tony Curtis performance; another movie from "the Other Sixties", in transition between classical Hollywood and the oncoming New Wave. What's interesting here is that, as with NOT WIFE MY WIFE, YOU DON'T!, the film explicitly embraces and calls attention to the fact that it's caught up in this transitional moment, in terms of plot (Natalie Wood's Helen Gurley Brown evangelizing for franker approach to sexuality), casting (Classical Hollywood and the screwball comedy-of-remarriage tradition being represented by Henry Fonda and Lauren Bacall), and form (the film again calls attention to Classical Hollywood by evolving/devolving into the kind of Mack Sennett-style chase that would become de rigeur for the climax of an AIP beach party picture; notably, this callback to silent film is something SINGLE GIRL shares with many of Quine's frequent collaborator Blake Edwards' movies). And I wonder if part of what the Coens are responding to here and in NOT WITH MY WIFE is the way that these movies ARE self-aware of the way they're caught between two eras.

3 stars

trash

who even keeps making this general

Upon reflection this might just be my favorite superhero movie. Not that it has much competition, but it was certainly surprising.

I remember going in with a "this is gonna be interesting" mentality based on the rave reviews on the one hand and DC's reputation on the other. I love the historic setting, and the dialogue. There are points where there is too much CGI garbage flying around which was just annoying in an otherwise pretty beautiful film.

Patty Jenkins, Godot, and the screenwriters really understand the underlying point of the superhero mythos, which many superhero films seem to forget or trade in for some sort of dazzling metaphor on a contemporary issue or a joke twist (which can be all well and good).

I remember exactly what I wore to see this too: a white blue striped shirt under a khaki blazer, with white pants, a red belt, and red-white-blue barber shop socks. And if I didn't come out feeling like Wonder Woman.

3 1/2 stars

fuck off ugly cunt

thrash

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you

this, also a namefaggot

it's snowing
i hope the snow piles up around me and crushes me under the weight of it

men should just stop directing

4 stars

BILLY

How can Griffith hope to compete

Wonder Woman has made superhero movies inspiring again. Built around Gal Gadot's magnificent Diana Prince, Patty Jenkins and company has perfectly updated one of history's most integral superheros for a complex, in many ways horrifying new world. It's not good vs evil anymore, it's cloudier than that, and Wonder Woman has shifted the hero to an ardent advocate for compassion; someone who acts on what she believes is just and fair. She's a goddess well-worth celebrating, a hero that is tough not to love. I'm excited for a generation of young people, particularly young girls, to once again embrace the most famous superheroine of all time. To buy Wonder Woman lunchboxes, sweatshirts and comic books; and hopefully begin to believe in and emulate what she stands for. A message of equality and feminine integrity that has and will always be needed. Wonder Woman is back, and it's about damn time.

5 stars

True feminism does not raise its head in this movie. When Helen suggests to "Frank" that he should bring Sylvia to work at his company, it's not because Helen feels Sylvia needs something more than just sitting around the house in order to make her feel fulfilled as a person. It's so she'll feel needed, which is clearly what she really wants. We find out that Helen has no intention of keeping her job after she's married; she refers to being "supported." There's talking about talking about sex, but no one really openly just talks about sex. Helen suggests that she should be working with Sylvia, but when "Frank" starts outlining his problems, she decides to work with just him. Couples' therapy is apparently not a thing. Toward the end of the picture, Weston's girlfriend, Gretchen, is basically handed around like a party favour, and his secretary, Susan (Leslie Parrish), goes with the office. As in, when someone else gets the office, she also starts making out with her new boss.

Has the movie's Helen Gurley Brown had sex? Given the era, I doubt it. She's also not much of a psychologist. As soon as she felt herself getting romantically interested in her patient, she should have cut off therapy, for one. But the movie seems to me to make it quite clear that it would be equally angry with her either way. If she's a virgin, she has no business preaching sexual freedom. If she isn't a virgin, she's a slutty slut leading women astray and has no business resisting the advances of a man who clearly loves her. And she's just as likely to run away to Fiji with a man she has never been involved with before as not, because of course she is. Even if it means the end of the institute she's been devoting her time to. Even if it means abandoning patients who might legitimately have problems. They don't count; they're not Tony Curtis. And for the love of all that is holy, why do people keep calling Frank ugly? He looks like Henry Fonda. Okay, so even younger Henry Fonda was no Tony Curtis, but he wasn't exactly a troll, either. A troll with no real redeeming features who keeps ogling other women's legs, even if it's for business purposes, seems unlikely to end up with Lauren Bacall.

2 stars

Directed by Patty Jenkins, she knows the burden she has to bring a female superhero on the big screen. A superhero many of have dreamt of since watching Justice League animation or read the comic books. Jenkins carefully nurtures Diana's origin story, how she wanted to be a warrior, fight in a war, save innocent lives.

It is also about Diana's discovery to become Wonder Woman, knowing of her powers and who she really is and what responsibility she has towards the world.

The battle sequences are gorgeously shot, especially the one in Themyscira.

Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman/Diana Price is just flawless in her role. She is fearless and knows the responsibility she has. She perfectly captures the evolution of Diana into Wonder Woman. I loved the scene in the final act between Diana and Steve. Gal is just perfection as Wonder Woman.

Chris Pine as Steve Trevor plays the perfect support to Diana, helping her in the new world. Connie Nelson as Queen Hippolyta, Robin Wright as General Antiope, play the strong women inspirations to Diana.

Wonder Woman is magnificent, incredible, one of the best superhero origin story ever. Patty Jenkins with Gal Gadot nurture the character with care and bring her onto the big screen with pride. As a viewer you can't help but cheer and cry for the moments you feel connected and when the credits start to roll in you stand up and clap. Last time I felt like this was during the Dark Knight trilogy watching my favorite superhero getting a movie he deserves. And Wonder Woman has got one.

I seriously hope now more Female Directors are hired to make blockbusters.

5 stars

I honestly thought I was done with superhero movies. Thought I'd aged out. Could never get behind the bleakness of Nolan's vision or the quip-heavy global catastrophes of the Avengers and Co. But Wonder Woman got me. Reeve's Superman will always be my model for the superhero ideal, but damn if Gadot doesn't nearly match Reeve with a performance that is defined by its sincerity and moral strength. This movie shares plenty of issues with its genre bretheren, but it's also got its share of powerfully iconic moments that just made me grateful that the movie exists. The Amazon fight on the beach, Diana in No Man's Land, anytime Diana does the thing where she crosses her wrists. It wasn't just exciting, it was moving. And it's been a hella long time since a superhero movie did that.

4 stars

Top-tier entertainment, Patty Jenkins' "Wonder Woman" is an ideal blockbuster treat. Rousing action, cogent emotions, attractive color, and cinematic charm mesh stirringly for a film that injects life into its particular canon's moribund cycle.

Told with smart yet unironic zeal, "Wonder Woman" follows the narrative beats of the most likable superhero fare: a hero, blessed with gifts that may or may not be known to said hero, rises in a time when that hero is needed most. Here, that hero is Diana, Amazon princess, and that time is the early 20th century.

It is an exemplary comic book tale, layering the origin of its protagonist in out-sized myth and allowing her to take action against a historical backdrop. The thematic core is straightforward: good must win out in the face of abject evil, and alliances make the mightiest of weapons.

Jenkins builds the narrative into a gem of action cinema. Told with sure-handed grace, riveting action flows from character moments in a mostly controlled, lavishly designed manner that weds electricity with period and genre color.

Jenkins' cast is terrific, led by the remarkable Gal Gadot. Seemingly born to play the role of Diana, Gadot handles the necessary action, heart, and fish-out-of-water comedy with skill as her costars lend efficient, stand-out support.

A comic book actioner that engages with an expected narrative and technical strength, "Wonder Woman" works because of what is unexpected. In a perceived era of empty blockbusters, Jenkins, Gadot, and company provide a piece of entertainment bristling with joyful spirit, a robust soul, and necessary lessons.

4 1/2 stars

Topping Man of Steel as the champion of the DC Extended Universe, Wonder Woman, like The LEGO Batman Movie, Logan, and Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 before it, is more proof that 2017 is looking to be one of the best years for superhero films in a long time, with dazzling visual effects, memorable and pulse-pounding action sequences, gorgeous cinematography, excellent set designs, fantastic performances, beautifully written and developed characters, strong storytelling, dynamic direction from Patty Jenkins, a terrific musical score, and a great deal of heart.

5 stars

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what am I in for?

it's hella f*cking epic

nice dude, I’ll go watch it asap

You read the book?

no, I planned on reading it but they just had Three stigmata, ubik and other things. I don’t like reading on screens either. I’ll read it eventually

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Here's Victor Seastrom's first talkie. Compare it to LINCOLN!

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Watching Escape from New York is like playing MGS V: Ground Zeroes.

The Last Hard Men (1976) is good background noise. Those steel drums, man.

are you watching any series?

they do this every year and it always looks awkward as fuck

Television sucks.

Megan, tell him that Television sucks.

I may not be a fan of Seastrom, but I DO wish I could see Tower of Lies and Name the Man

You do.

what about those film reels that only you possess

Those look GOOD. His other stink of Dreyer "arthouse" bullshit. Very novelistic (bad) and concerned with ancient times

why did someone photoshop varda in there

I do.

I'm ACTING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peasants, farmers, and medieval times do not interest me

BOURGEOISIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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I like this one. Trash compared to Lincoln though. Might as well be different mediums

what is good sociological representation?

Pic-related. Can see a layered trace from WWI to mid-Depression

DESTRUCTIVE MODERNITY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What makes them better than the others though? Junk like Disaster Movie could be considered sociological representation.

You just predicted one of my upcoming lists. To answer your question read this . The ideas can largely be encapulated inside DeMille's pictures and outside. There is a tug of war occuring on multiple fronts. You have this longing for past sobriety and naievete but repackaged as smut and vulgarity. You can see a distinct trace from humble and dumbfounded American overstepping his boundaries on the list to predictions of riches that modernity can bestow to abandonment of prior morals with winking desperation to outright MADNESS and HYSTERIA. Sexpots with allusions and comparisons to the devicancy of prior centuries as either justification or scorn. Now the youth are going mad, violence bursts, self-destruction, then questioning of who is pulling the strings, who's forcing who. A cheeky madness that is aggressively relentless and enters into self-critique.

LOOK AT THIS LADY, SHE'S ABOUT TO KILL A MAN AND KILL HERSELF BUT SHE DOESN'T CARE! THE REAR PROJECTION ONLY INTENSIFIES THE EFFECT

Jeanie Macpherson wrote The Ten Commandments 1923

George Lucas' Star Wars (1977)

WELL this is our last night together before the show
and I know that you haven't improved since we began.....

>griffithgoy watches cartoons
huh.....

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is physical media worth it?

physical existence isn't worth it

Only for books, IMO.

then die

you die

I get blu-rays for capitalist purposes.

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loool

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and the jewel of my collection

keeek

roooofl

I want to go back to 30+ years ago when no one cared who this faggot was

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Is DW Griffith avant-garde?

Is Sergei Eisenstein avant-garde?

Is Avenue Q avant-garde?

If /lbg/ is so patrician, why don't I hear of anyone ITT going to theater, or going to art galleries?

Machill goes to special screenings, and that's it.