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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis Link ParentI don't tend to like horror movies in general, but gave Obsession a shot. Spoilers It falls into the trap of making the antagonist too unpredictable/crazy. There's a difference between a thriller...I don't tend to like horror movies in general, but gave Obsession a shot.
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It falls into the trap of making the antagonist too unpredictable/crazy. There's a difference between a thriller where you're wondering what will happen next and a movie where you stop caring because they may as well be rolling dice. And then when they do want to foreshadow something, they have to hit you over the head with it so that you don't dismiss a hint as just the character being eccentric. And a crazy character doesn't really develop after they turn crazy; they stay crazy instead of having an arc.
I felt like a couple of the jump scares interrupted actually interesting scenes. Especially the one at night in the car; it felt like a rug pull of something that could have been an actual plot development. It makes me think about the Hitchcock quote about a bomb under the table. If you show the audience the threat at the beginning, you get five minutes of thrill instead of three seconds of shock.
The humor didn't land for me either, e.g. the billion dollars and Nikki's embarrassing monologue at the party.
And then it generally has a downer ending. I know that they're more common in horror movies, but it still usually isn't to my taste.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis LinkIt's been a while, so I realize that I have an obnoxiously long list. But does anyone want to talk about any of the following? Long list The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005): ★☆☆ I've really struck out...It's been a while, so I realize that I have an obnoxiously long list. But does anyone want to talk about any of the following?
Long list
The 40-Year-Old Virgin (2005): ★☆☆
I've really struck out on comedies lately.
Pressure (2026): ★★☆
Spider Man Homecoming (2017): ★☆☆
Even the abbreviation for this movie is "SMH". /s
Seriously though, it wasn't terrible, and I'm torn between one and two stars. I'm leaning more toward one just because this is a part of my Marvel catch-up, so there's an opportunity cost of watching something else.
Toy Story 4 (2019): ★★☆
The General (1926): ★★☆
Three Ages (1923): ★★★
Vertigo (1958): ★☆☆
Darkest Hour (2017): ★★☆
The Hunt For Red October (1990): ★★★
Drive Away Dolls (2024): ★☆☆
I was looking for something short, and this was less than an hour and a half. Bad decision.
Obsession (2025): ★☆☆
KPop Demon Hunters (2025): ★★☆
Ponyo (2008): ★★★
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Comment on Are there any games that had their development abandoned that you followed where you wish that continued/completed development? in ~games
Perryapsis Link ParentLate to the thread, but chiming in to second Star Wars Battlefront 3. It would have been nice to have that game in 2008-2010 ish as expected instead of the not-quite-the-same reboots we actually got.Late to the thread, but chiming in to second Star Wars Battlefront 3. It would have been nice to have that game in 2008-2010 ish as expected instead of the not-quite-the-same reboots we actually got.
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Comment on What's a game you're dying to play that doesn't exist? in ~games
Perryapsis Link ParentWhere is it in The Stanley Parable? I only played it when it was given out on Play Station Plus, but that was the bonus version. I'm pretty sure I accidentally turned into the "bonus content" door...Where is it in The Stanley Parable? I only played it when it was given out on Play Station Plus, but that was the bonus version. I'm pretty sure I accidentally turned into the "bonus content" door accidentally and never properly finished the game.
The last things I remember are:
The bottomless pit that isn't quite bottomless and The Stanley Parable 2 tradeshow-like area.
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Comment on What's a game you're dying to play that doesn't exist? in ~games
Perryapsis LinkAdmittedly I read this on reddit, so it's not my original idea, but it's something I want to play. You know how every game seems to use yellow paint to guide the player nowadays? How about a game...Admittedly I read this on reddit, so it's not my original idea, but it's something I want to play.
You know how every game seems to use yellow paint to guide the player nowadays? How about a game where you are the painter? So the player would be dropped into a level designed with basically no affordances except a clearly marked entrance and exit. The player has a can of yellow spray paint that they can apply to arbitrary surfaces until it runs out. Once you run out of paint, an NPC (or other human? How could you make it fun and avoid trolls?) navigates the level based on the paint. Then the player is scored based on how easily the NPC navigated the area and how many secrets they found.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis LinkI don't tend to like horror movies, but the word of mouth for Obsession has me intrigued (and to a lesser extent, also Backrooms). Without spoilers, could someone please give me the last kick of...I don't tend to like horror movies, but the word of mouth for Obsession has me intrigued (and to a lesser extent, also Backrooms). Without spoilers, could someone please give me the last kick of persuasion I need to actually go see them?
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Comment on Midweek-ish Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis Link ParentSpoiler It would have been a way to add some variety to the conflict as well. Instead of fourteen different interpersonal conflicts, there could have been something outside the characters'...Spoiler
It would have been a way to add some variety to the conflict as well. Instead of fourteen different interpersonal conflicts, there could have been something outside the characters' control. E.g. have a balloon fail to send data from some critical location due to a mechanical failure or operator error. Then you could make Stagg stand by his predictions in spite of missing some of the data that he complained they weren't collecting at the start.
I understand that they may have been trying to stay relatively historically accurate, so maybe they didn't want to invent a complication that didn't really happen. But it's still interesting to think about how it would have made the story more interesting.
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Comment on Midweek-ish Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis Link ParentI also thought that Pressure was all right. I do think they had a bit too many conflicts and could have been better by focusing more deeply on two or three of them. I also noticed some bad line...I also thought that Pressure was all right. I do think they had a bit too many conflicts and could have been better by focusing more deeply on two or three of them. I also noticed some bad line deliveries from Fraser, which surprised me because I thought he was good in Rental Family. And as someone whose job used to be repairing weather stations, I wish they had actually gone into the meteorology itself at all. But overall, worth watching.
Edit: Brady Haran made a video about the actual D-Day weather map.
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Comment on Movie fatigue in ~movies
Perryapsis LinkNow listen here kiddo ... Never mind, you're cool! I'm a bit late to the thread, so many of my suggestions have already been said. At the risk of mentioning some that you have have seen before, I...older movies, lets say 2010 and older.
Now listen here kiddo ...
i really enjoyed 12 Angry Men.
Never mind, you're cool!
I'm a bit late to the thread, so many of my suggestions have already been said. At the risk of mentioning some that you have have seen before, I recommend:
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A Separation (2011) (This is just outside your time range, but it's good enough that I want to include it)
The Kid (1921)
City Lights (1931)
It Happened One Night (1934)
Modern Times (1936)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Charade (1963)
Back to the Future (1985)
The Princess Bride (1987)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
My Cousin Vinny (1992)
Ponyo (2008)
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Comment on Midweek-ish Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis LinkUpdated calendar view Does anyone want to talk about: The Sheep Detectives (2026): ★★☆ I was intrigued by positive reviews. The movie is okay, but I really noticed the made-for-streaming directive...Does anyone want to talk about:
The Sheep Detectives (2026): ★★☆
I was intrigued by positive reviews. The movie is okay, but I really noticed the made-for-streaming directive of explaining every little plot development out loud.
Toy Story 3 (2010): ★★☆
Catching up before Toy Story 5 comes out. This was okay, but I didn't particularly like the change in setting.
Wedding Crashers (2005): ★☆☆
Tried a comedy, but this didn't land.
Guardians of the Galaxy 2 (2017): ★★★
I much preferred this to Civil War from last week. This one also has a large number of characters, but it's a completely different set of characters, and I'm able to keep these ones straight for whatever reason. It's interesting that it's the same "cinematic universe" with completely different characters and an unrelated plot. I suppose I have to keep going to see how they eventually tie together. The opening joke was funny.
Labyrinth (1986): ★☆☆
This was a blast from the past with most characters being practical effect puppets and occasionally really bad green screening. I knew that this was one of Jennifer Connelly's first movies, but I didn't realize just how young she was. She doesn't do a great job of delivering quite a few of her lines. The jokes mostly land, but the premise and story never really sucked me in.
Black Hawk Down (2002): ★★☆
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Comment on Lost in a sea of HVAC in ~life.home_improvement
Perryapsis Link ParentDifferent guy than who had been on this chain, but I just wanted to chime in on: I'm not sure where exactly you are in New England, but this still wouldn't be enough where I live (in the Midwest)....Different guy than who had been on this chain, but I just wanted to chime in on:
With heat pumps rated down to -32 now
I'm not sure where exactly you are in New England, but this still wouldn't be enough where I live (in the Midwest). We are all but guaranteed to get several nights every winter that get below -32.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis Link ParentAh, so both Spider Man and Black Panther were new additions for this movie. That makes me feel better about not knowing all the characters. It's also interesting to be watching it years later...Ah, so both Spider Man and Black Panther were new additions for this movie. That makes me feel better about not knowing all the characters. It's also interesting to be watching it years later knowing that Black Panther gets his own (two?) movies that came later.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis Link ParentAh, so I'm just the odd one out for being a decade late. That's an interesting point, the difference in experience of going in blind vs. following weeks or months of trailers and hype.Ah, so I'm just the odd one out for being a decade late. That's an interesting point, the difference in experience of going in blind vs. following weeks or months of trailers and hype.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis Link ParentYeah, my issue mostly isn't with the filmmaking (besides the strobe-light-speed cuts in some fights), and mostly that there were too many characters to keep track of. Was that really Spider Man's...Yeah, my issue mostly isn't with the filmmaking (besides the strobe-light-speed cuts in some fights), and mostly that there were too many characters to keep track of.
Was that really Spider Man's introduction (in the Marvel universe)? The way they did it, it felt like Ant Man where you were expected to recognize him from a previous movie.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis Link ParentSome of them, but not all of them. I asked for recommendations at the start of the year and put together a 1-2 movies per month plan to catch up in time. It had been going pretty well up until...Some of them, but not all of them. I asked for recommendations at the start of the year and put together a 1-2 movies per month plan to catch up in time. It had been going pretty well up until this point, and I hadn't felt like I was missing something important until now.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis LinkUpdated calendar view Does anyone want to talk about: A Beautiful Mind (2001): ★★☆ Shrek (2001): ★★★ (rewatch) It was back in theaters for its 25th anniversary. It's a movie I watched a million...Does anyone want to talk about:
A Beautiful Mind (2001): ★★☆
Shrek (2001): ★★★ (rewatch)
It was back in theaters for its 25th anniversary. It's a movie I watched a million times as a kid, so I had to catch it on the big screen when I got the chance. This time I noticed how much profanity they managed to sneak into a family movie.
Top Gun (1986): ★★☆ (rewatch)
Top Gun Maverick (2022): ★★★ (rewatch)
Watching the original and the sequel on back-to-back days, it really highlights how they totally did just make the same movie with the same story beats twice, but did it better the second time.
Captain America - Civil War (2016): ★☆☆
This is the first dud I've encountered on my road to getting current on Marvel. It kinda represents what I want to avoid when the next major movie comes out late this year.
There are too many characters whose motivations intersect too many different ways, and I got confused about who was on whose side at times. There were characters who I hadn't seen at all even in the previous movies that I did watch, and although you can piece things together from context, the movie just assumes that you can immediately match each person's full name with their superhero name and their in-group nickname and their face and their costume at a distance. It didn't help that I took a month-long gap between my last Marvel movie and this one, so my memory was rusty anyway.
I also noticed the fight sequences in two bad ways. First, there are melee sequences that cut so fast that it's hard to follow along. They even change camera angles significantly back and forth between strobe-light-paced cuts. I mean, most action sequences in most movies have quick cuts, but I've never had trouble with them like I did in this movie. Second, there's a big fight about two-thirds of the way through movie that just dragged on forever. It's a long sequence that feels like it's going to be the climactic fight for the entire movie, but there are still 40 minutes left after it ends. So I lost my suspension of disbelief for a bit just waiting for things to get moving again. It's not good when your big spectacular set piece is boring by the end.
Next up is Guardians of the Galaxy 2. I liked the first one, so hopefully the second one is similar.
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Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies
Perryapsis LinkUpdated calendar view Bigger list than usual. Part of that is me missing last week's thread, and part is because our family got together for late Easter and watched some movies together. So some...Bigger list than usual. Part of that is me missing last week's thread, and part is because our family got together for late Easter and watched some movies together. So some of them wouldn't be my normal picks, and my score is more about how much I enjoyed watching them more so than an objective rating of the movie. But with that being said, does anybody want to talk about:
Fight Club (1999): ★☆☆ (rewatch)
I enjoyed this less on a rewatch. Knowing the secrets changes the vibe of the whole movie and it just didn't sit right with me.
To Catch A Thief (1955): ★★☆
Jesus Revolution (2023): ★★☆
Field of Dreams (1989): ★★★ (rewatch)
Jack Jack Attack (short) (2005): ★★★ (rewatch)
We also watched the director's commentary for this. They talked about how this was rewritten so that all of Jack Jack's stunts were things real kids couldn't imitate by themselves.
Flow (2024): ★★★ (rewatch)
My parents talked less than usual during this movie; they were locked in. Surprisingly, their cat didn't react at all to any of the animal noises.
That Thing You Do (1996): ★★☆
The Silence of the Lambs (1990): ★★★ (rewatch)
Chicago (2002): ★☆☆
For a best picture winner, I was disappointed. It was more sleaze than style, which is doubly bad since it was made by Miramax. And then the plot was simple and had no real surprises.
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Comment on What's your dream job? in ~life
Perryapsis Link ParentYeah, that's what I'm getting at about separating the work from the job. There are a lot of things where the work is enjoyable, but the job sucks.Yeah, that's what I'm getting at about separating the work from the job. There are a lot of things where the work is enjoyable, but the job sucks.
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Comment on What's your dream job? in ~life
Perryapsis Link ParentCows get out and use them as scratching posts. Curious dogs will try to play with them. Birds try to nest in the top of them. Spiders build webs over them and inside them. Various kinds of animals...Cows get out and use them as scratching posts. Curious dogs will try to play with them. Birds try to nest in the top of them. Spiders build webs over them and inside them. Various kinds of animals will dig up and chew through the wires. Etc etc. We know that these things happen sometimes, and it's almost always better to let us know than to try to fix it yourself and make up a story later.
Vandalism isn't usually a problem. Rain totals from thunderstorms vary wildly over even a mile or two, so farmers appreciated having an accurate reading from their exact field. As for the elements, well... they're weather instruments. They're built to deal with the elements. But animals are always the wildcard.
And the last line is tongue-in-cheek because you would think so, right? :| While proofreading, I realized that I never actually said what my degree was in the comment, so that's a funny way to bring it up.
I liked Steve Carrell in The Office, but not this movie for whatever reason.
The General has a couple of his famous stunts. It's also interesting to think about how it's loosely based on a real story that would have still been just barely in living memory at the time it was made. I only had Three Ages because it was a 2-pack with The General from Kino Lorber, but I'm glad it was.
I watched Vertigo with my parents, and all three of us ended with a feeling of "huh?" It would take spoilers to go into detail, but I was disappointed because of the film's reputation.
I also watched Red October with my parents. It's my dad's favorite movie ever, so part of my high score is probably the experience of watching it with him. He likes thrillers with a slow burn and not a ton of action. I didn't notice any issues with Sean Connery's performance, but I'm no acting expert either. What issues did you have with it?
Neither of Pressure nor KPop are amazing, but it sounds like I enjoyed them at least a bit more than you. I was mostly interested in KPop after its Oscar wins and probably wouldn't have watched it otherwise.