“Isle of Dogs”

Fucking delightful and glorious.
I kinda get the issues some Japanese Americans had with its portrayal of a cartoonified Japanese culture — some unintentionally stereotypical stuff was in there to be sure — but I can’t say I found it offensive. I think had it been about Americans, it would have been just as over the top (it is a cartoon after all), but with a less interesting culture to work with.

I found it reverent, honestly. The fact that Japanese actors (like Yoko Ono!) participated and had no issue with it made it easier on the old conscience.

Beautiful film, though. Honestly.

I am terrible with actors names. Tom Hardy....

Last night I watched A Most Violent Year, with Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain. The Sopranos-vibe is all over this movie. So much so I had to see if this was written by anyone who wrote for The Sopranos. It wasn't, written and directed by J.C. Chandor. The Sopranos comparsion isn't a bad thing. After that I watched Free Fire. I thought it was just okay. I like Ben Wheatley, and was really looking forward to this movie after seeing the trailer, and maybe I just wasn't in the mood or I don't know what it was, but didn't have as much fun with it as I was hoping. Its a 90 minute movie and even that felt too long. The movie should have felt like it flew by. I don't know, anyone have any thoughts on Free Fire?

^ I think that Ben Wheatley is really going downhill. Free Fire was better than High Rise, which isn't saying much. Now Down Terrace is one of my favorite movies ever, and Sightseers and Field in England are pretty good, too...Happy New Year, Colin Burstead is coming out soon, lets hope it's a return to better things.

i tried watching van damme’s “cyborg” from 199...2? something? and it was cheesy and i wasn’t in the mood lol

Did you Bloodsport, Kickboxer and Lionheart first? That’s the trinity, baby.

the whole van dam damn fam trilogy?

first i did no retreat no surrender (lol) where he plays “the russian”

then i did the one with his meathead brother, they go to thailand, etc? which one is that one. kickboxer i think? or bloodsport? lol. “van damme does thailand”.

twas hilarious

Did anyone see his "art film" JCVD?

i havent but im working my way up to it hahaha

but lissen: his amazon show, jean claude van johnson, i thought was great

unfortunately canceled, which suxx

but i started w. the moobys so i could get more jokes/references in that show

truth

maybe look at it—it’s generic in a way but the self deprecation is hillaire

Saw Isle of Dogs and was horribly bored, should have walked out, kept him thinking it might improve, but no....

Friday the 13th (orig)

Hard to imagine how this could've spawned such a huge franchise, given Jason barely features and offers no real hint at what he'd become. It has a certain period charm and the eventual Jason reveal is still a stone classic, but it hasn't really stood the test of time overall. If anything, it feels older now than it actually is. still a million times better than the remake though.

Yeah, the popularity of that whole franchise is a bit weird. Jason is an incredibly boring villain, no? A lumbering, unkillable killer with no personality at all.

I've seen them all, though, for whatever stupid reason. There are one or two that are acceptable, but most are just very, very slow. They aren't even very good as cheesy campy fun.

Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, the one with Corey Feldman, is okay.

Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives has hints of self-aware humor.

I kinda like the space one.

(I can't believe I just wrote all that.)

The hockey mask was what sold it, I'm convinced. I can't remember if it was 2 or 3 when he 1st wore it but I remember seeing the posters for it and thinking what a cool image, and I started becoming interested in him. But where there's a big personality behind say Freddy's glove, Jason really is just the hockey mask.

You convinced me. Hockey mask is genius in it's own, minimalist way. Whoever thought of that detail deserves a prize.

Well, he started out as just a “Ghost” or not even that... like, a memory or something. I forget. Then he became this unstoppable killing machine which rendered better in the remake than it did in the originals, all of which suck, some more than others.

But yeah, in the hierarchy of ‘80s horror movie villains, he was dead last in terms of imagination.

He’s basically Michael Meyers with a shittier backstory and a more confusing paranormal “status.”

The same could be said about Jaws. I love Friday the 13th series.

was visiting the inlaws and evil dead 2 was on tv and we laughed our asses off for a bit

Why?

(Kind of a serious question)

I'm sure you already know you can go on youtube and watch clips of all the kills. No need to suffer through the tedious dialogue and "build up."

Dude, clear out some PMs.

Sorry everybody!