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[klezmer electro-thug beats]

Python's another thing that was totally formational to me at like age twelve, and comes up a lot as cultural references, but I'm not sure I'd be laughing anywhere near as much now. Like, I owned the books of the scripts, I repeatedly rented the TV series, all the movies, etc. I was a teenage superfan. Hell I wrote sketch comedy as a teen that was none too far off of straight Python plagiarism. But I think my taste for the style of humor they created has probably transformed enough that I'm not sure it's still the funniest thing ever. Interested what you think as a latecomer to them. Does it seem obviously influential or like an evolutionary dead end?

Friends, though, still not funny to me. God damn. Also (as somebody near to me is rewatching it lately) its gender and sexuality politics have aged BADLY. I'd forgotten how edgy they'd tried to be in that direction. It had always seemed so milquetoast.

Anyway there's probably something to older millenials like myself having less predeliction to 80s shit because we came of age when it was too recent to be retro and was just lame. There must be a measurable number of years old cultural artifacts have to be before 20 year olds get back into it.

 

[Electrode]

klezmer electro-thug beats said:

Interested what you think as a latecomer to them. Does it seem obviously influential or like an evolutionary dead end?

Not laugh-out-loud hilarious, but situations where the relatable quickly merges into the surreal, dark and ridiculous makes me smile. I'm sure I would have enjoyed it more had I discovered it when I was much younger, less mature and still smoked weed. They definitely paved the way for sketch comedy to come afterward, namely anything Lorne Michaels related. The least funny Python gag is probably still better than anything that Saturday Night Live has done in the past two decades, in my opinion.1917: interesting how it was made to simulate as if it were done in a single shot (cuts hidden with darkness or movement). Roger Deakins deserved yet another cinematography award for this. Requires some suspension of belief (a special mission to save 2,000 men when hundreds of thousands were already thrown into the meat grinder, the well placed plane crash, our hero seems to escape and survive explosions better than everyone else, etc) but entertaining. .

 

[klezmer electro-thug beats]

Agreed re: SNL, totally.

1917 was on my list until the baby kiboshed cinema trips for a while. Sad I don't get to see it on the big screen, but not heartbroken. I love long takes and used to seek out Russian Ark, the first true one-take film, Mike Figgis' Timecode (splitscreen 4 simultaneous one-takes!), Hitchcock's Rope (like 1917, but with less trickery to hide the cuts) and so on. That plus Deakins' photography sways me even though the plot sounds like an excuse.

I did finally stream Uncut Gems. I generally love the other films by the Safdies that I've seen - The Pleasure of Being Robbed, Heaven Knows What and Good Time. I think Uncut Gems fell in the middle of the ranking for me, even with Heaven Knows What, behind Good Time, and ahead of Being Robbed. All are worth watching though. The Safdies know how to ratchet tension and also make movies about convincingly endearing low-lifes, which I like. Sandler was not irritating in his role as a total degenerate check-writer, and the character actors are perfectly cast. You see faces in those movies that you don't see on Hollywood casting call lists, I'll put it that way.

 

[ketan]

klezmer electro-thug beats said:
I did finally stream Uncut Gems. I generally love the other films by the Safdies that I've seen - The Pleasure of Being Robbed, Heaven Knows What and Good Time. I think Uncut Gems fell in the middle of the ranking for me, even with Heaven Knows What, behind Good Time, and ahead of Being Robbed. All are worth watching though. The Safdies know how to ratchet tension and also make movies about convincingly endearing low-lifes, which I like. Sandler was not irritating in his role as a total degenerate check-writer, and the character actors are perfectly cast. You see faces in those movies that you don't see on Hollywood casting call lists, I'll put it that way.

Watched Uncut Gems last night - that's what I would call a very satisfying movie. Entertaining, great acting and dialogue, solid ending. I've missed the entirety of the Safdie's career due to having kids syndrome (my oldest is 8), but I will do my homework.

 

[ketan]

just saw the witch (the vvitch or whatever) and it was great. not as crazy as the lighthouse, but really enjoyable. class ending.

 

[klezmer electro-thug beats]

Looking forward to Kelly Reichardt's new movie First Cow - an actor I know well (have worked on several things he was in) is one of the leads and it is getting really good reviews. Now to figure out how to see the damn thing.

 

[ppadilha]

Bacurau is finally opening in the US (and I think the UK). I highly recommend it, it's like a tropical George Romero movie.

 

[klezmer electro-thug beats]

Whoa that was not on my radar and looks cool as hell. It's playing in London but I'm hesitant to hit cinemas at the moment for obvious reasons. Feel bad for venues, pubs, cinemas etc. cause I know I'm not the only one.

 

[Jimster]

Klez, are you USAman based in London? May end up working in town shortly, hit a mug up for beers and such.

 

[klezmer electro-thug beats]

correct! DM me, but be warned I'm not getting out the house much at the moment, newborn has screwed my social life but good

 

[ppadilha]

klezmer electro-thug beats said:

Whoa that was not on my radar and looks cool as hell. It's playing in London but I'm hesitant to hit cinemas at the moment for obvious reasons. Feel bad for venues, pubs, cinemas etc. cause I know I'm not the only one.

yeah, I saw when it was playing in Brazil last year, and now I wanted to take some friends to go see it here in Los Angeles but looks like we'll have to postpone that

 

[ketan]

klezmer electro-thug beats said:


I did finally stream Uncut Gems. I generally love the other films by the Safdies that I've seen - The Pleasure of Being Robbed, Heaven Knows What and Good Time. I think Uncut Gems fell in the middle of the ranking for me, even with Heaven Knows What, behind Good Time, and ahead of Being Robbed. All are worth watching though. The Safdies know how to ratchet tension and also make movies about convincingly endearing low-lifes, which I like. Sandler was not irritating in his role as a total degenerate check-writer, and the character actors are perfectly cast. You see faces in those movies that you don't see on Hollywood casting call lists, I'll put it that way.

Watched Good Time. It's more unconventional than Uncut Gems - more interesting, for sure. I think I still enjoyed UG more, but would like to watch this again.

 

[SPlDEY]

Since a lot of us are stuck at home streaming shit right now. Can we get more recommendations here, and less reviews. Movies are subjective, and not all of us have the same taste. Recommendations allow us to make up our own mind, and highlight the best.
For example:




https://fantasticfungi.com/

- spidey

 

[SPlDEY]

My friends hated it, but I enjoyed it.
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss By Passing Through the Gateway Chosen By the Holy Storsh

- Diego

 

[dizzybull]

Wife and I couldn’t finish uncut gems. Got half way through and just couldn’t be bothered. Trying to teach the joe exotic show and we are half way through episode two and bored. Why do they stretch these shows out so long? The pace is dreadfully slow.

 

[Duderonomy]

dizzybull said:

joe exotic

Loved this, car-crash tv at its best. A cast of duplicitous weirdos leaves you wondering who really is telling the truth. The only certainty is that people shouldn’t be allowed to own these animals. All of the fucking idiots deserve to be eaten.

 

[ketan]

dizzybull said:

Wife and I couldn’t finish uncut gems. Got half way through and just couldn’t be bothered. Trying to teach the joe exotic show and we are half way through episode two and bored. Why do they stretch these shows out so long? The pace is dreadfully slow.

We just re-watched Beetlejuice the other day and it holds up - you can always watch that again.

 

[Jimster]

SPlDEY said:

My friends hated it, but I enjoyed it.
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss By Passing Through the Gateway Chosen By the Holy Storsh

- Diego

That looks like something up my street. Thanks D***o!

 

[dizzybull]

Jimster said:



SPlDEY said:

My friends hated it, but I enjoyed it.
Seven Stages to Achieve Eternal Bliss By Passing Through the Gateway Chosen By the Holy Storsh

- Diego

That looks like something up my street. Thanks D***o!



Jesus I thought you were calling him dildo for a second.

 

[Mondeyano]

This was amazing. On Netflix (most regions). Got watching Neverending Story for the first time as a child vibes.