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Little_Socrates (Level 12)
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If this Mortal Kombat reboot IS coming out June 1, is it a wide-release, or an online release? What's the deal with this?
6 days, 13 hours ago
Little_Socrates
had a submission approved for
Pain & Gain
and earned 2 points (for a total of 31 points).
Drive and Pain & Gain are both films about violent crime in beautiful locations with an emphasis on sparse, intense violence. Both films also share a highly neon color palette.
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Little_Socrates
had a submission approved for
Spring Breakers
and earned 2 points (for a total of 29 points).
Drive, Spring Breakers, and Pain & Gain are all color-based films with intense cinematography, an emphasis on low-profile crime, and an emphasis on the corruption of those who take what they want regardless of the cost. Spring Breakers and Pain & Gain also both take place in Florida.
3 weeks, 2 days ago
Born in '92, and The Breakfast Club is still essential.
1 month, 1 week ago
Little_Socrates
commented on
mchasewalker's
blog post
"The Fault Lies Not In Our Host, Dear Oscar...".
I thought Seth was a decent host at the wrong show, though I stand by the extensive reports that his misogynistic/racist quips were offensive and simply unfitting of the Oscars. The Oscars don't need to be taboo or risque, and said direction seemed like a total and complete misstep. Considering this year's awards were so much closer to accurate than they'd been in several years, it's frustrating for their show ...
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Little_Socrates
commented on
staceywi's
article
The Academy Awards Recognize, Argo, Life of Pie, Les Miserable and a Variety of Films.
To avoid writing an essay, I'll simply point out that "Suddenly" was performed (at least in part) before "One Day More" in the musicals montage. That fits the narrative my friends outlined, unable to describe the song as anything other than "a short trifle."
2 months, 4 weeks ago
Your scores continue to baffle me, but I'll be sure to avoid this one.
3 months, 1 week ago
SORRY, but Call Me Maybe is a fine song. It won't win anything (obviously) but it's totally fine and we'll be living with it forever.(just kidding it's okay to dislike the song i'm a goofball)
3 months, 2 weeks ago
@VioletEyedDragon said:@Little_Socrates said:@rem25: In regards to being a better critic, let me say this; how you say something is just as important as what you say. IGN has a massive problem with everyone taking its Top ___ lists seriously because it uses qualitative language rather than personal language. It's without identity, which is problematic because it causes people to not understand why, for example, Lost is above Firefly and TNG ...
3 months, 3 weeks ago
@rem25: In regards to being a better critic, let me say this; how you say something is just as important as what you say. IGN has a massive problem with everyone taking its Top ___ lists seriously because it uses qualitative language rather than personal language. It's without identity, which is problematic because it causes people to not understand why, for example, Lost is above Firefly and TNG on the ...
3 months, 3 weeks ago
@Tylea002: At some level, my philosophy is "you gotta tear them down to build them back up." rem's a good writer, so I'm asking hard questions. We post things in a forum because we want responses. My response is to provide criticism, and today I suppose it's to provide context for said criticism. I'm also still trying to gauge the number of responses and people in the Screened forums, as ...
3 months, 3 weeks ago
@VioletEyedDragon: I saw something like twenty or thirty movies, I just liked the vast majority of them. The worst-regarded movie I saw was probably Underworld, there were just a lot of great movies in 2012. I totally agree that pointing out how terrible The Devil Inside is can absolutely be necessary. But by saying it's just one spot worse than Casa de mi Padre kind of makes that less valuable, ...
3 months, 3 weeks ago
@rem25: Right, but my point is that it begs the question, "Why make this list?" Like, the worst movie I saw this year was Underworld, which was legitimately bad; numbers two and three would be Bourne Legacy and The Expendables 2, which are totally competent. If I had to write a longer list than that, I'd probably have to start writing about movies I actually liked. Maybe The Hunger Games?It ...
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Yeeeah, it's hard to justify calling any of these other than The Devil Inside any of the "worst movies of the year." If this were a "What's wrong with you people?" Worst Hit Movies of the Year list (see: Todd in the Shadows' regular Worst Year-End Hit Pop Singles lists) I can definitely justify The Lorax and Bully for extreme mismanagement of good ideas. Haven't seen Casa or Gringo, but ...
3 months, 3 weeks ago
It could be brilliant. It could be awful. It could be too early to decide.Pretty much my thoughts exactly! I'm dying to see it, though. It's one of those "if this sucks, this could really suck, but it might be incredible" kind of films. It helps that I think Selena Gomez is a total babe. (Also, she's like, twenty years old now. Plenty of people will want to see Gomez ...
4 months ago
Little_Socrates
replied to the topic
Showcase Submission Thread for Jan. 21st
on the Editing & Tools board.
I reviewed Gangster Squad, Silver Linings Playbook, and Rounders.
4 months ago
Little_Socrates
reviewed
Rounders.
Rounders is an easy watch that plays it safe.: Texas Hold'Em is a dramatic game. There's a reason that the World Series of Poker is actually on ESPN pretty regularly, and it's because poker is long, sustained tension leading to a touchdown-like reveal at the end of a completed hand. Film largely exaggerates the large plays of poker, exemplifying straight flush after straight flush.Rounders isn't that movie; the stakes are high in its poker-focused world due to narrative reasons ...
4 months ago
Little_Socrates
reviewed
Silver Linings Playbook.
A Sweet Home: David O. Russell’s a filmmaker I ought to have paid more attention. His 2010 film, The Fighter, is one of my recent favorites, and I have read that The Fighter is the least experimental and unique of his previous films, including I Heart Huckabees and Three Kings. He has a talent for working with actors and for fantastic pacing, and his scripts feel more natural than most non-independent scripts.Well, those ...
4 months, 1 week ago
Little_Socrates
completed the Freshman Orientation quest.
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4 months, 1 week ago
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jakob187
10 months ago
It breaks my heart to see what Screened has become. It's virtually a dead site, and it drives me insane.
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11 months, 1 week ago
I don't actually use Origin and don't really intend to if I don't have to, but man. Even the verification email process is broken. What.
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Alex
1 year ago
New Cage! This week, it's the super rom-commy rom-com It Could Happen To You. The least Cagey Cage movie yet. http://t.co/Dwethru3
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1 year ago
Just watch the FINAL Season 1 episode of Once Upon a Time! I want season 2 NOW! http://t.co/HD4RE4t8 @GetGlue @OnceABC
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