[tw2113]

Originally Posted by Severian

Dude that is NOT how it works.

Not surprising I don't know that, I've never actually watched Seinfeld.

[!@#$%!]

ha ha i thought of american beauty when lester decides to give the cheerleader some soup instead of being a filthy creeper

[Severian]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

ha ha i thought of american beauty when lester decides to give the cheerleader some soup instead of being a filthy creeper

Road to Perdition > American Beauty in my oh-so humble opinion.

American Beauty hasn't aged well. Road to Perdition was underrated from the start. Great film all around. Jude Law showed me he could act, like, for real. And he was terrifying. Nobody ever remembers Road to Perdition.

[Severian]

Originally Posted by tw2113

I've never actually watched Seinfeld.

W-w-whaaaaaa?

[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by Severian

American Beauty hasn't aged well.

In what way? I watched it again recently and, yeah, it's obviously of its time, but not in any kind of limiting way, I'd say.

[tw2113]

Originally Posted by Severian

W-w-whaaaaaa?

I haven't watched the american The Office either. Heresy, I know.

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by Severian

Road to Perdition > American Beauty in my oh-so humble opinion.

what does one have to do with the other? butts and soup there too??

Originally Posted by Severian

American Beauty hasn't aged well. Road to Perdition was underrated from the start. Great film all around. Jude Law showed me he could act, like, for real. And he was terrifying. Nobody ever remembers Road to Perdition.

i sure don't remember. i never saw it in the first place.

butt what does one have to do with the other and in which way?

what soup? and who's butt?

this i must know

i don't care for jude law's butt so better be a good one

[!@#$%!]

Originally Posted by tw2113

I haven't watched the american The Office either. Heresy, I know.

eh. you might be missing on some cultural references but not a great experience as far as i'm concerned.

i found the main fucker mostly annoying. also annoying: people still saying "that's what she said" (please god take them now)

except for dwigth schrutte (sp?). that was a funny character.

[Severian]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

what does one have to do with the other? butts and soup there too??


i sure don't remember. i never saw it in the first place.

butt what does one have to do with the other and in which way?

what soup? and who's butt?

this i must know

i don't care for jude law's butt so better be a good one

Road to Perdition was the next movie Sam Mendes made after the huge success of American Beauty. It was really hyped up, because the guy had just won all these Oscars, and people were excited about what he would do next. It got really good reviews but did not perform well at the box office, and was snubbed at award time.

It's a period piece about an Irish mob enforcer in the late-'20s/early-'30s whose son witnesses a hit and compromises the family's security. The guy has to make a decision... fight the family, give up his son, or bring his son into the bloody family business.

His choice ... well, it's not easy.

Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Daniel Craig. A goddamn excellent and beautiful movie that was much more evolved and well thought-out and challenging than its predecessor. It's actually based on an obscure black and white graphic novel, but I didn't know that until after I saw it, and that's not why I like it.

American Beauty had its moments, but its depiction of teenagers was hilariously out of touch. No teenager has ever talked the way ANY of the teenagers in that movie spoke to one another. Except the teenagers who were literally acting IN that movie. I guess they talked that way, while on the clock.

It was too much. It doesn't hold up for me at all. Kevin Spacey is good, and his plot is interesting, but it takes some really pretentious side-roads and detours to Point-ville.

Road to Perdition is a masterclass. Everything is better. Down to the color palette and score.

[Severian]

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

eh. you might be missing on some cultural references but not a great experience as far as i'm concerned.

i found the main fucker mostly annoying. also annoying: people still saying "that's what she said" (please god take them now)

except for dwigth schrutte (sp?). that was a funny character.

I liked the Andy character. He made me laugh the most. Went from pathetic bully to sensitive anger management issue guy to nicest dude in the world to boss to crazytown, and then I stopped watching. That dude from the Hangover. Ed something? Yeah, I liked him.

[!@#$%!]

oh i'll reply to your message in the movie thread then

just here to ask again if there are soups and butts in road to perdition because that was never clarified

[ilduclo]

so, I keep getting pop ups from Norton about the Equifax data breach, trying to sell "Lifeline" data protection. Ends up, it's owned by Norton and uses Equifax data

http://www.latimes.com/business/hilt...918-story.html

great quote from the article

''.... the consumers whose information is on file at Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion aren’t those firms’ customers—they’re the product."

trump angle? Rethugs are trying to deregulate the credit industry!

http://www.latimes.com/business/laza...919-story.html

great quote from the article

"As a dog owner, I know that you encourage good behavior with treats.

Nobody should get a Milk Bone for peeing on the floor."

[Rob Instigator]

american beauty sucked. it was pedo porn for the sickos in hollywood,

[!@#$%!]

wrong thread rob

demasiada mota! xD

[Rob Instigator]

I wish. no hay suficiente mota!!!!!!

[Severian]

Originally Posted by Rob Instigator

american beauty sucked. it was pedo porn for the sickos in hollywood,

*does shakey-hand thing that basically means "ehhhh kinda" but in a way that is inoffensive to everyone*

Re: Equifax

FUCK! I forgot about that!

[ilduclo]

so, who's the Russian spy sitting behind Melanoma here?

 

why, holy fuck! It's ROSA KLEBB (from Russia with Love) The spy with the "shoe dagger"

 

[tesla69]

After five months in jail, Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, the Detroit-area Muslim doctor accused of mutilating the genitalia of “countless” young girls, was released on a $4.5 million unsecured property bond Tuesday.

Despite the horrifying charges Dr Nagarwala faces, she has supporters - 17 of which have offered to put their own homes and assets on the line to free the doctor from jail until trial, a trial by the way – that is being watched closely all over the country.

“They have uncovered an underground network of human mutilators that are trafficking their children across state lines,” she says.

http://www.wxyz.com/news/region/detr...?autoplay=true

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/u...m-cutting.html

[Severian]

Originally Posted by tesla69

After five months in jail, Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, the Detroit-area Muslim doctor accused of mutilating the genitalia of “countless” young girls, was released on a $4.5 million unsecured property bond Tuesday.

Despite the horrifying charges Dr Nagarwala faces, she has supporters - 17 of which have offered to put their own homes and assets on the line to free the doctor from jail until trial, a trial by the way – that is being watched closely all over the country.

“They have uncovered an underground network of human mutilators that are trafficking their children across state lines,” she says.

http://www.wxyz.com/news/region/detr...?autoplay=true

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/13/u...m-cutting.html

^ yeah this was definitely a deeply unsettling thing, and I have no idea how to talk about it. But it’s certainly fucked up, and it’s the kind of story that makes me question the degree to which I actually understand how different cultures do/should interact. I’m not qualified to speak on this shit. But of course my (possibly naive) opinion is that it’s horrifying.

I’m not sure what this has to do with Donald Trump though.

ETA: WOW that WXYZ story is piss-poor!! Holy mother of Jesus, it’s just too bad for words. But, like, it IS words. Checkit:

Originally Posted by WXYZwhateverthefuck

DETROIT (WXYZ) - A shocking decision came in federal court Tuesday to release a Detroit-area doctor accused of mutilating little girls until trial.

So basically, A) WXYZ is saying the decision is “shocking” and the act is “horrifying,” and you know you’re reading a good unbiased source when you see value statements and modifiers all over the goddamn place instead of quotes. Right?
And B) she’s accused of “mutilating girls ... until trial.” That is a charge I have never come across myself. And a weird one at that. Not to be indelicate, but this story is its own kind of mutilation.

(There’s more crappy writing in the “article,” so take a look if ya want a larf.)

[h8kurdt]

Originally Posted by Severian

^ yeah this was definitely a deeply unsettling thing, and I have no idea how to talk about it. But it’s certainly fucked up, and it’s the kind of story that makes me question the degree to which I actually understand how different cultures do/should interact. I’m not qualified to speak on this shit. But of course my (possibly naive) opinion is that it’s horrifying.

I’m not sure what this has to do with Donald Trump though.

ETA: WOW that WXYZ story is piss-poor!! Holy mother of Jesus, it’s just too bad for words. But, like, it IS words. Checkit:



So basically, A) WXYZ is saying the decision is “shocking” and the act is “horrifying,” and you know you’re reading a good unbiased source when you see value statements and modifiers all over the goddamn place instead of quotes. Right?
And B) she’s accused of “mutilating girls ... until trial.” That is a charge I have never come across myself. And a weird one at that. Not to be indelicate, but this story is its own kind of mutilation.

(There’s more crappy writing in the “article,” so take a look if ya want a larf.)

You've read a newspaper before, right?

And tbh, I don't know how you can be unbiased about FGM. Just other cultures do it doesn't mean you can't denounce it to hell and back. Cunts who do this shit should be strung up.

One of the worst excuses I ever hear anyone say is "oh, but that's their culture". As if that absolves anyone of this sort of thing. These people think they're being liberal and open-minded when actually they come across as total fucking morons.