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(October 19, 2020 at 9:14 pm)Rhizomorph13 Wrote: I recently watched, "The Disaster Artist" it was very interesting and then I thought I'd watch, "The Room" but I haven't been able to find it! I swear it used to be on Netflix, but no more. If anyone knows where to get it I'd gladly pay you Tuesday for that information today.
I think I watched The Room on Kodi.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
(October 19, 2020 at 8:55 pm)Eleven Wrote: I know Amazon Prime has some spectacularly bad movies, but how the heck did you find so many bad ones?
Since it is October, go with this one: 30 Days of Paranormal Activity with the Devil Inside the Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Wherein Craig Moss decides to take the formula pioneered by Seltzer and Friedberg and do it even worse.)
1) I used the same exact source I've been using for the Deep Hurting Project all along: TVTropes' So Bad It's Horrible/Film lists. And, bear in mind, that's just the comedies. Not counting Attack Force, I also have two dramas (although one may just be a dark comedy that's not funny, but the latter is an anti-rock Fundie screed), ten horror movies (with "masterpieces" like Uwe Boll's Alone in the Dark, MST3K alumnus The Beast of Yucca Flats, pseudo-true-crime The Haunting of Sharon Tate, the bizarre moral Own Goal of a movie that is The Life Zone, and one-time I Hate Everything worst movie of all time Shark Exorcist), and six kids' movies (including David DeCoteau's magnum opus A Talking Cat?!). I just like to cycle between genres.
2) Just for the record, the (wherein) subtitles are not actually part of the movie's official title, just a humourous summation of the defining flaws of the movie, although in the case of Lower Learning, I just ended up summarising the plot.
Oh, and I also forgot that the Atlas Shrugged Trilogy is also on Amazon Prime, but I'm thinking of saving that for either the end or when Parts 1 and 3 are available at the library.
Comparing the Universal Oneness of All Life to Yo Mama since 2010.
I was born with the gift of laughter and a sense the world is mad.
A privileged narcissist re-affirms their American-style narcissism, a journey.
We follow the protagonist, Liss, on a journey of self-discovery and love. First being divorced from a man in New York, to the depths of despair and self-doubt, and with a support network of friends among her, to pick her up at every turn. Going from a shallow, superficial marriage, straight into the hands of an ideologically possessed simpleton stage actor. The cracks in their relationship start to show almost immediately, but Liss has grown sufficiently enough that she will not tolerate staying with this actor, while unhappy with him, just to fend off loneliness. She breaks it off, and after some deliberation she decides to cash in her "lottery ticket", and go on a physical and spiritual journey. First to Eat in Italy, then Pray in a ashram in India and finally to Love in Bali - where she truely, with the kindness, empathy and compassion of Ketut's guidance learns to accept her Nature and risk love again, her & Felipe.
I haven't read the book, so I won't (and can't) base it off that - that seems unfair and is the most common & typical mistake most people who review movies based off of books do, sadly. Anyways, the movie is exceedingly emotional, to the point of absurdity, and that fact alone detracts a lot from the story and plot of the movie: self-discovery, acceptance & "balance". My favorite character of the movie, unsurprisingly, was Ketut; while the protagonist had, although romanticized, a flair of narcissism throughout the movie, even right before the credits rolled on the screen. How disappointing, and it might have something to do with Julia Roberts portrayal of the protagonist Liss. But I digress, if you take it as a whole and don't focus too much on the protagonist, it's still a good movie and the actors performance in the movie I found to be stellar. I can recommend as a casual viewing. 3.5/5
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard P. Feynman
(October 21, 2020 at 8:58 am)Sal Wrote: Eat Pray Love - 7/10
A privileged narcissist re-affirms their American-style narcissism, a journey.
We follow the protagonist, Liss, on a journey of self-discovery and love. First being divorced from a man in New York, to the depths of despair and self-doubt, and with a support network of friends among her, to pick her up at every turn. Going from a shallow, superficial marriage, straight into the hands of an ideologically possessed simpleton stage actor. The cracks in their relationship start to show almost immediately, but Liss has grown sufficiently enough that she will not tolerate staying with this actor, while unhappy with him, just to fend off loneliness. She breaks it off, and after some deliberation she decides to cash in her "lottery ticket", and go on a physical and spiritual journey. First to Eat in Italy, then Pray in a ashram in India and finally to Love in Bali - where she truely, with the kindness, empathy and compassion of Ketut's guidance learns to accept her Nature and risk love again, her & Felipe.
I haven't read the book, so I won't (and can't) base it off that - that seems unfair and is the most common & typical mistake most people who review movies based off of books do, sadly. Anyways, the movie is exceedingly emotional, to the point of absurdity, and that fact alone detracts a lot from the story and plot of the movie: self-discovery, acceptance & "balance". My favorite character of the movie, unsurprisingly, was Ketut; while the protagonist had, although romanticized, a flair of narcissism throughout the movie, even right before the credits rolled on the screen. How disappointing, and it might have something to do with Julia Roberts portrayal of the protagonist Liss. But I digress, if you take it as a whole and don't focus too much on the protagonist, it's still a good movie and the actors performance in the movie I found to be stellar. I can recommend as a casual viewing. 3.5/5
Still haven't seen that one. Probably won't.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
(October 21, 2020 at 8:58 am)Sal Wrote: Eat Pray Love - 7/10
A privileged narcissist re-affirms their American-style narcissism, a journey.
We follow the protagonist, Liss, on a journey of self-discovery and love. First being divorced from a man in New York, to the depths of despair and self-doubt, and with a support network of friends among her, to pick her up at every turn. Going from a shallow, superficial marriage, straight into the hands of an ideologically possessed simpleton stage actor. The cracks in their relationship start to show almost immediately, but Liss has grown sufficiently enough that she will not tolerate staying with this actor, while unhappy with him, just to fend off loneliness. She breaks it off, and after some deliberation she decides to cash in her "lottery ticket", and go on a physical and spiritual journey. First to Eat in Italy, then Pray in a ashram in India and finally to Love in Bali - where she truely, with the kindness, empathy and compassion of Ketut's guidance learns to accept her Nature and risk love again, her & Felipe.
I haven't read the book, so I won't (and can't) base it off that - that seems unfair and is the most common & typical mistake most people who review movies based off of books do, sadly. Anyways, the movie is exceedingly emotional, to the point of absurdity, and that fact alone detracts a lot from the story and plot of the movie: self-discovery, acceptance & "balance". My favorite character of the movie, unsurprisingly, was Ketut; while the protagonist had, although romanticized, a flair of narcissism throughout the movie, even right before the credits rolled on the screen. How disappointing, and it might have something to do with Julia Roberts portrayal of the protagonist Liss. But I digress, if you take it as a whole and don't focus too much on the protagonist, it's still a good movie and the actors performance in the movie I found to be stellar. I can recommend as a casual viewing. 3.5/5
Still haven't seen that one. Probably won't.
If you like a conceited exposé of American "exceptionalism" and canned stereotypes of Italian, Indian, Bali, Swedish & Brazilian cultures through that lense, this is the movie for you. I had a whole love to hate thing going on the whole movie.
"The first principle is that you must not fool yourself — and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard P. Feynman
(October 21, 2020 at 9:07 am)Eleven Wrote: Still haven't seen that one. Probably won't.
If you like a conceited exposé of American "exceptionalism" and canned stereotypes of Italian, Indian, Bali, Swedish & Brazilian cultures through that lense, this is the movie for you. I had a whole love to hate thing going on the whole movie.
"Join the Navy and see the world." Challenge accepted when I was 18. Over the next twenty years I rented hotel rooms in 72 countries. I had three hundred or so pen pals when I retired. I drove all the way around the Med. I traveled from Cairo to Cape Town. Circumnavigated South America. I loved meeting new people. One thing I learned from all that was that almost everybody thinks their home country is the best place in the world to be. So American "exceptionalism" is just the American version of the general "exceptionalism".
October 21, 2020 at 11:05 am (This post was last modified: October 21, 2020 at 11:06 am by onlinebiker.)
(October 21, 2020 at 9:29 am)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote:
(October 21, 2020 at 9:22 am)Sal Wrote: If you like a conceited exposé of American "exceptionalism" and canned stereotypes of Italian, Indian, Bali, Swedish & Brazilian cultures through that lense, this is the movie for you. I had a whole love to hate thing going on the whole movie.
"Join the Navy and see the world." Challenge accepted when I was 18. Over the next twenty years I rented hotel rooms in 72 countries. I had three hundred or so pen pals when I retired. I drove all the way around the Med. I traveled from Cairo to Cape Town. Circumnavigated South America. I loved meeting new people. One thing I learned from all that was that almost everybody thinks their home country is the best place in the world to be. So American "exceptionalism" is just the American version of the general "exceptionalism".
The best example I heard was a guy who fled Albania... For years they had a fence that the governm6ent insisted was to keep "the outsiders out"..... Most people believed it.
The dude said - "Why would anyone try to sneak in here? What are they going to steal? My shit cart?".
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