NiceMarmot (Level 21)

  

Zodiac is one of the most outstanding Blu-Rays I've ever seen. 

Link my Facebook account to my Screened acount... how do I go about  doing that? 
 
I mean, is it already done? When I posted this the little box is in the corner to share this on facebook, but I'm looking to share my reviews.

@popo:  
 
Hell yeah she can. She & Him is really, really good.

@organicalistic_:  
 
Muh? I agree that she's totally sexy... Hold on, what's the problem?

Agreed, god dammit! 

 I can't figure it out... I was gonna be second! Second, damn you, second! 
 
Anyway, I've tried every film on his page, but the only quest I'm missing for the set is Tale of two Cages. I'm missing one movie... fuck. 
 
It's the one listed right after Bangkok Dangerous in the quest list. 
 
EDIT: Never mind. I didn't try Grindhouse. Didn't think they'd actually count that as a Nicholas Cage bomb.

Red State - Not a huge Kevin Smith fan, but excited to see how this comes out... intrigued, anyway.
Moonrise Kingdom - Know nothing about it, but its Wes Anderson so...
The Goon - Love the comic... also, if Giamatti is still attached then all the better.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 
Punch-Drunk Love

@organicalistic_:  
I didn't even notice that... huh, I have no idea.

@gangly said:

" The world's economy is so interdependent on itself, that another world war is impossible.  Asshole leaders of various countries will still tragically use their power to kill people.  But those events will never again lead to a world-wide conflict. "

Well, I hope not.

@eshchan:  
Thanks a lot; very informative.  

@eshchan said:

" I heard a while ago there is a bomb in Korea where the G20 was taking place and the fact that it is predicted that if US goes to war with North Korea, the result is not good.   "

How so?  
 
I'm not arguing, I just want to know. I posted this thread because I have no idea when it comes to foreign affairs and the like. 

@HandsomeDead said:

" I've never seen Straw Dogs so I can't comment directly but I've never been swayed by the misogyny arguments of movies. If a female character is, like you say here, ogled and bitchy, the world is up in arms but you look at the portrayal of men in these kinds of films and they're usually slimy rapists, meek beyond all reason or ridiculously violent and yet no one claims it to be a misandristic (if that's how it's even spelled) portrayal. Moving tangentially, there's plenty of reasoning behind the idea of poorly written female characters, but then you get movies like Kill Bill or Resident Evil which just flip the gender roles and suddenly everything is OK. "

Great point. Especially in Straw Dogs, you should really watch it, everyone in the film is portrayed as assholes, murderers, rapists or all three.  I generally agree though, most reports of misogyny are unfounded in film.

  @Martin_Blank said: 

" I don't see how it's World War 3. The only country that cares about the North Korean regime is China, and they don't care enough to go to war with their biggest debtor. "

  Hey, that was obviously hyperbole. Just an interesting title.  
 
@HandsomeDead said:

" Do we really need more scaremongering? "

 
Just trying to spark discussion.

How about Straw Dogs, huh? I liked it. Quite a bit, actually. The misogyny was a bit off-putting though, wouldn't you say? A bit much?  
 
Perhaps it's a sign of the time it was made, but, even ignoring the sexism in the rape scene (which I find arguable), there was, basically, only one woman in that film and she is either treated like shit or ogled by every man in it, young and old. 
 
It also didn't help that she's portrayed as an increasingly vapid and self-involved bitch over the course of the film. At the beginning, I was actually invested in the relationship between Dustin Hoffman and Susan George, but as it drew closer to the conclusion, I just wanted her gone so that Dustin Hoffman could A) Do Math and/or B) Kick Some Ass. 
 
Either way, Dustin Hoffman was fucking great. 
 
8.5/10 
 
Thoughts? Other Examples of Rampant Sexism in Films?

I realize that posting a link on a forum of another forum might just be the laziest thing an organism could possibly do and also destroy reality as we know it, but... 
 
Shit's going down in Korea

@ashogo said:

" I feel resentment and hate towards people for the most trivial reasons. And I'm even aware that it's trivial and absolutely ridiculous, then hate on myself for being so immature. Then I feel fine for a while, and it randomly springs back up again. I'm very irrational. "  

This. Just... this. 
 
Except, my reasons for hating people are less trivial than non-existent... also, I never really feel fine.

@TheFreeMan said:

" This is the best I've got:
 

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Wow, that's really great. 
 
Also, here's mine.

"Vee vant zat money, Lebowski."