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Sweatlord_STG
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GP:
Pasta, olive oil and a bit of cheese is Italy's typical ultra-simple dish for a troubled stomach or a fast meal. 80 minutes should suffice to digest it (and 15 minutes to cook), so it is perfect if you're busy and need a quick meal. With tuna you also have proteins, even. Integralist Warning: Italians would never eat tuna, cheese and olive oil together. There is a good reason: one of the ingredients can easily cover the flavour of the other two. I doubt 99.9% of naysayers understand this: I do, and get the balance right (but you like Pecorino? Colour me impressed!).
I dislike acidic olive oil, but as a rule of thumb "acidic"=southern mediterranean regions (Greece, most of Spain, most of Portugal, Southern Italy, Turkey), "mellow"=central mediterranean regions (Northern Spain & Portugal, Southern France, Central Italy, Balkan countries). Rest is a butter/animal fat netherworld with awful taste in just about everything; "nuke from orbit, it's the only way to be sure", to quote Ripley from Aliens. I probably come from East of your sweet half, so anything acidic feels like an attack to the taste buds.
"Cacio e e Pepe" tells me that your sweet half is probably though not necessarily from Rome or its region, Lazio. If yes, you can ask her about Gricia and Carbonara (and Porchetta, which is a pulled pork sandwich). If she is from Rome, at some point you should visit the capital, watch Alberto Sordi's movies, and try to eat "cucina giudea", i.e. sephardi (Jewish) dishes that have become common staple in the city (e.g. filled artichokes and eggplants). Sergio Leone was a great lover of Roman traditional (and very low class) dishes, his family being originally of humble origins, but his parents becoming well-respected professionals in Cinecitta' (=Rome's studios).
...I am almost tempted to commit another sin and watch the new The Naked Gun movie. The idea of Liam Neeson playing an absolutely serious violent cop in a silly comedy sounds almost appealing. Almost.
Pasta, olive oil and a bit of cheese is Italy's typical ultra-simple dish for a troubled stomach or a fast meal. 80 minutes should suffice to digest it (and 15 minutes to cook), so it is perfect if you're busy and need a quick meal. With tuna you also have proteins, even. Integralist Warning: Italians would never eat tuna, cheese and olive oil together. There is a good reason: one of the ingredients can easily cover the flavour of the other two. I doubt 99.9% of naysayers understand this: I do, and get the balance right (but you like Pecorino? Colour me impressed!).
I dislike acidic olive oil, but as a rule of thumb "acidic"=southern mediterranean regions (Greece, most of Spain, most of Portugal, Southern Italy, Turkey), "mellow"=central mediterranean regions (Northern Spain & Portugal, Southern France, Central Italy, Balkan countries). Rest is a butter/animal fat netherworld with awful taste in just about everything; "nuke from orbit, it's the only way to be sure", to quote Ripley from Aliens. I probably come from East of your sweet half, so anything acidic feels like an attack to the taste buds.
"Cacio e e Pepe" tells me that your sweet half is probably though not necessarily from Rome or its region, Lazio. If yes, you can ask her about Gricia and Carbonara (and Porchetta, which is a pulled pork sandwich). If she is from Rome, at some point you should visit the capital, watch Alberto Sordi's movies, and try to eat "cucina giudea", i.e. sephardi (Jewish) dishes that have become common staple in the city (e.g. filled artichokes and eggplants). Sergio Leone was a great lover of Roman traditional (and very low class) dishes, his family being originally of humble origins, but his parents becoming well-respected professionals in Cinecitta' (=Rome's studios).
...I am almost tempted to commit another sin and watch the new The Naked Gun movie. The idea of Liam Neeson playing an absolutely serious violent cop in a silly comedy sounds almost appealing. Almost.
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Sweatlord_STG
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Wait what?Randorama wrote: ↑Thu Aug 14, 2025 3:50 am GP:
Pasta, olive oil and a bit of cheese is Italy's typical ultra-simple dish for a troubled stomach or a fast meal. 80 minutes should suffice to digest it (and 15 minutes to cook), so it is perfect if you're busy and need a quick meal. With tuna you also have proteins, even. Integralist Warning: Italians would never eat tuna, cheese and olive oil together. There is a good reason: one of the ingredients can easily cover the flavour of the other two. I doubt 99.9% of naysayers understand this: I do, and get the balance right (but you like Pecorino? Colour me impressed!).
I dislike acidic olive oil, but as a rule of thumb "acidic"=southern mediterranean regions (Greece, most of Spain, most of Portugal, Southern Italy, Turkey), "mellow"=central mediterranean regions (Northern Spain & Portugal, Southern France, Central Italy, Balkan countries). Rest is a butter/animal fat netherworld with awful taste in just about everything; "nuke from orbit, it's the only way to be sure", to quote Ripley from Aliens. I probably come from East of your sweet half, so anything acidic feels like an attack to the taste buds.
"Cacio e e Pepe" tells me that your sweet half is probably though not necessarily from Rome or its region, Lazio. If yes, you can ask her about Gricia and Carbonara (and Porchetta, which is a pulled pork sandwich). If she is from Rome, at some point you should visit the capital, watch Alberto Sordi's movies, and try to eat "cucina giudea", i.e. sephardi (Jewish) dishes that have become common staple in the city (e.g. filled artichokes and eggplants). Sergio Leone was a great lover of Roman traditional (and very low class) dishes, his family being originally of humble origins, but his parents becoming well-respected professionals in Cinecitta' (=Rome's studios).
...I am almost tempted to commit another sin and watch the new The Naked Gun movie. The idea of Liam Neeson playing an absolutely serious violent cop in a silly comedy sounds almost appealing. Almost.
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Four Flies on Grey Velvet
An unidentified adversary persecutes a remarkably harmless rock drummer.
While he tries, quite ineffectively, to figure out what deranged psycho hates him (and, even more difficult, why), other characters manage to know too much and are brutally killed; a final revelation and confrontation resolves the mistery.
Not a story about animals: flies are present in the first scene, as a tease, but the four important ones that the title promises appear late and suddenly and, as they reveal the identity of the killer, are explained even more suddenly.
A stepping stone towards Deep Red, with a simpler and very silly plot, a similar chaotic attitude (anything can and will happen, including gratuitous special effects at the very end), and even more comedy (including several witty friends, a coffin trade show and unjustified violence between the protagonist and the postman).
An unidentified adversary persecutes a remarkably harmless rock drummer.
While he tries, quite ineffectively, to figure out what deranged psycho hates him (and, even more difficult, why), other characters manage to know too much and are brutally killed; a final revelation and confrontation resolves the mistery.
Not a story about animals: flies are present in the first scene, as a tease, but the four important ones that the title promises appear late and suddenly and, as they reveal the identity of the killer, are explained even more suddenly.
A stepping stone towards Deep Red, with a simpler and very silly plot, a similar chaotic attitude (anything can and will happen, including gratuitous special effects at the very end), and even more comedy (including several witty friends, a coffin trade show and unjustified violence between the protagonist and the postman).
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A lot of Jacob's Ladder is strangely comforting to me. The protagonist's apartment and girlfriend (much more my taste than his old house and wife). His chiropractor. His post office. They're messy, but GOOD messy, you know?neorichieb1971 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 10, 2025 3:40 am Jacobs Ladder 1984 - Wasn't in the mood for this, got 42 minutes in. Its quite a depressing movie and its appeal is lost on me. I didn't care about the characters or the psychological reasoning behind its weird and strange flips from reality to whatever it was he was going into. I looked at the timeline it was way too long for me to bear. I Won't score this because Its not my thing to score and I didn't finish it.
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Jacob's Ladder 1984?
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Well, this is as embarrassing as the time I though I was watching the Halloween Season of the Witch when it was actually the Romero Season of the Witch
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Final Destination
Not a first. The first was some 20 back, and I'm sure I didn't saw the ending. Maybe I saw it a little later together with the sequel, from the video store days. I am certain I caught the third in the cinema, as I am positive I never saw more than those. The movies itself are very foggy in my memory banks, since there is no monster who kills and maims, and yeah, all the cool kids loved that, and would never admit to dig watching horror flicks. Surprised of the grim tone, and the only burst of levity is provided by the mortician Tony Todd plays.The way I get it now is that one dude breaks the cosmic rules, and becomes a modder of reality. Funnily enough we are told that after the incident all sitting shiva for over a month, before the wave of danger zones start coming up at most opportune times. Realization is when things begin to turn sour, recognizing and formulating a "design" a.k.a. the movie script gets peeps into these Home Alone death traps. All the theorizing about who skipped the line and who is next up I can only view as too human, to get a handle on things that are beyond handling, though this may not be implied by the makers. The most horrid scene for me had nothing to do with the little dominoes starting to move to execution. No, it's when the designated a-hole of the pack inflates his tiny mind that he is lord and master by resorting to road rage driving, while having passengers. As someone once said; horror: it's other people.
Not a first. The first was some 20 back, and I'm sure I didn't saw the ending. Maybe I saw it a little later together with the sequel, from the video store days. I am certain I caught the third in the cinema, as I am positive I never saw more than those. The movies itself are very foggy in my memory banks, since there is no monster who kills and maims, and yeah, all the cool kids loved that, and would never admit to dig watching horror flicks. Surprised of the grim tone, and the only burst of levity is provided by the mortician Tony Todd plays.The way I get it now is that one dude breaks the cosmic rules, and becomes a modder of reality. Funnily enough we are told that after the incident all sitting shiva for over a month, before the wave of danger zones start coming up at most opportune times. Realization is when things begin to turn sour, recognizing and formulating a "design" a.k.a. the movie script gets peeps into these Home Alone death traps. All the theorizing about who skipped the line and who is next up I can only view as too human, to get a handle on things that are beyond handling, though this may not be implied by the makers. The most horrid scene for me had nothing to do with the little dominoes starting to move to execution. No, it's when the designated a-hole of the pack inflates his tiny mind that he is lord and master by resorting to road rage driving, while having passengers. As someone once said; horror: it's other people.
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Equilibrium - Blu ray
I am in region B and this is region A locked so out came the USA PS3 YAY!
Cristian Bale and Sean Bean are in this. I've seen it before but I didn't remember Sean Bean in this.
Distopian future, post apocalytic nuclear disaster. To remedy this happening again a drug called prozium is produced which suppresses your ability to FEEL (emotionally). Without emotion you cannot hurt anyone.
A police force called Clerics go about said city making sure you do not feel. And destory all means of expression whether that be a book, painting, audio equipment etc.
This is one of those movies with an interesting idea, but you don't find it that interesting. Its not entirely without merit, it has action and substance and is worth at least one watch.
Skyline - Blu ray
After reading a facebook post "A hated movie you actually like".
Skyline is one such movie that applies to me. And I honestly don't know why imdb score it 2.9/10.
Blue lights fall onto a US city, turns into aliens, blue lights are basically fish nets to catch you/lure you in. Some folks hide in a rich mans penthouse apartment figuring out what to do next.
This is an alien invasion movie with a touch of Die hard. Loads of action, loads of effects and audio booms for any AV system. It was all done on a low budget but I couldn't tell from the effects. I suppose there are elements of TV show style actors, but its quite gripping. It borrows from war of the worlds, Battle LA and Independence day a bit, but holds its own.
I suppose I am going to get creamed over this one
. I'll have 20 shmuppers on this forum giving me hell now 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3NrX5IMoNc
I am in region B and this is region A locked so out came the USA PS3 YAY!
Cristian Bale and Sean Bean are in this. I've seen it before but I didn't remember Sean Bean in this.
Distopian future, post apocalytic nuclear disaster. To remedy this happening again a drug called prozium is produced which suppresses your ability to FEEL (emotionally). Without emotion you cannot hurt anyone.
A police force called Clerics go about said city making sure you do not feel. And destory all means of expression whether that be a book, painting, audio equipment etc.
This is one of those movies with an interesting idea, but you don't find it that interesting. Its not entirely without merit, it has action and substance and is worth at least one watch.
Skyline - Blu ray
After reading a facebook post "A hated movie you actually like".
Skyline is one such movie that applies to me. And I honestly don't know why imdb score it 2.9/10.
Blue lights fall onto a US city, turns into aliens, blue lights are basically fish nets to catch you/lure you in. Some folks hide in a rich mans penthouse apartment figuring out what to do next.
This is an alien invasion movie with a touch of Die hard. Loads of action, loads of effects and audio booms for any AV system. It was all done on a low budget but I couldn't tell from the effects. I suppose there are elements of TV show style actors, but its quite gripping. It borrows from war of the worlds, Battle LA and Independence day a bit, but holds its own.
I suppose I am going to get creamed over this one
. I'll have 20 shmuppers on this forum giving me hell now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3NrX5IMoNc
This industry has become 2 dimensional as it transcended into a 3D world.
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I believe it was the 1984 version. I was watching a lot of movies in one day that folk recommended over the years and just got them out of the way in one day. I wasn't in the mood for this movie, it wasn't bad. I just felt I was sinking into depression over it. Like you do with movies like "Platoon".
This industry has become 2 dimensional as it transcended into a 3D world.
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Well, if you're watching the 1990 one then I encourage you to finish it.neorichieb1971 wrote: ↑Sun Aug 17, 2025 8:51 pmI believe it was the 1984 version. I was watching a lot of movies in one day that folk recommended over the years and just got them out of the way in one day. I wasn't in the mood for this movie, it wasn't bad. I just felt I was sinking into depression over it. Like you do with movies like "Platoon".
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This year is the 40th anniversary of John Hughes' classic Gen-X "Brat Pack" movie of "The Breakfast Club" (circa 1985) is definitely back on the big screen theatrically, stateside, on September 7th & 10th, 2025 respectively. Some notable young Hollywood actors & actresses whom auditioned for the student roles of TBC include Jodie Foster, Robin Wright, Nicolas Cage & John Cusack but they did not get the coveted roles anyways.
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Jacob's Ladder (circa 1990) has some cool & awesome practical special EFX with the huge demon creature in the notable & memotable "sexy dance scene sequence." Plus, there's a major revelation revealed towards the eventual conclusion of JL indeed.
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Jacob's Ladder (circa 1990) has some cool & awesome practical special EFX with the huge demon creature in the notable & memotable "sexy dance scene sequence." Plus, there's a major revelation revealed towards the eventual conclusion of JL indeed.
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Ready or Not
First. Missed it on release. Hearing about a sequel coming next year got me to look it up. Ahem. Among the set-up is of course the social connotation of the mere situation: a game of hide 'n seek. Golden gal versus richy residents, and what all of this implies. With all the digital glossy lights the inside look much like a video game, all in favour of overall atmosphere. If I may me be allowed to contrive a comparison with Knives Out, which is obvious in aiming to make a rather similar point about elitism and tradition, the former is a elaborate bore to reach a maximum in viewership, whereas this is nasty and subversive and downright fun. I laughed out loud at the climax. Not so much at the surprise entailed, more of the reaction of the heroine to it. Love Me Tender version for the credit roll. Now ready for sequel, indeed.
First. Missed it on release. Hearing about a sequel coming next year got me to look it up. Ahem. Among the set-up is of course the social connotation of the mere situation: a game of hide 'n seek. Golden gal versus richy residents, and what all of this implies. With all the digital glossy lights the inside look much like a video game, all in favour of overall atmosphere. If I may me be allowed to contrive a comparison with Knives Out, which is obvious in aiming to make a rather similar point about elitism and tradition, the former is a elaborate bore to reach a maximum in viewership, whereas this is nasty and subversive and downright fun. I laughed out loud at the climax. Not so much at the surprise entailed, more of the reaction of the heroine to it. Love Me Tender version for the credit roll. Now ready for sequel, indeed.
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Nobody 2 was good fun!
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John Wick 4 6/10
More than anything, I felt like John Wick exemplified the trend towards overly long action films. 2 hours and 45 for an okay action film is just way too fucking long.
Positives? There were some good action scenes. I want to emphasize the "some" here though; it wasn't all that great, and much of it just felt repetitive. I really got the sense that Keanu wasn't into the role anymore. Not that he wasn't out there pushing himself, but it felt so flat regardless. It was an exercise in "more is less" in that there was an awful lot of fighting, but none of it was all that interesting, and the photography wasn't very good. It's as though they purposefully made the copy dark to hide their sins.
Probably the best action sequence happened in the Osaka scene. There were some well choreographed sequences there that I felt some tension around. The part in Berlin was another high point with some interesting gimmicks, but it was a step down from Osaka, and it just fell off from there. Eh, I guess the part in Paris when he's heading to the church had some good moments. I'd say this movie was at it's best when it tried to imitate a video game.
Biggest negative was a stupid plot and bad characters. The extra bounty hunter guy with the dog was completely pointless. I get what they were trying to do with him, but it was an utter failure. The big bad guy sucked. Not sure what else to say.
I don't understand why people seemed to like this film. It was super mediocre. Slightly above average at best. I felt dumb for spending so much time watching it when I could have been doing anything else.
More than anything, I felt like John Wick exemplified the trend towards overly long action films. 2 hours and 45 for an okay action film is just way too fucking long.
Positives? There were some good action scenes. I want to emphasize the "some" here though; it wasn't all that great, and much of it just felt repetitive. I really got the sense that Keanu wasn't into the role anymore. Not that he wasn't out there pushing himself, but it felt so flat regardless. It was an exercise in "more is less" in that there was an awful lot of fighting, but none of it was all that interesting, and the photography wasn't very good. It's as though they purposefully made the copy dark to hide their sins.
Probably the best action sequence happened in the Osaka scene. There were some well choreographed sequences there that I felt some tension around. The part in Berlin was another high point with some interesting gimmicks, but it was a step down from Osaka, and it just fell off from there. Eh, I guess the part in Paris when he's heading to the church had some good moments. I'd say this movie was at it's best when it tried to imitate a video game.
Biggest negative was a stupid plot and bad characters. The extra bounty hunter guy with the dog was completely pointless. I get what they were trying to do with him, but it was an utter failure. The big bad guy sucked. Not sure what else to say.
I don't understand why people seemed to like this film. It was super mediocre. Slightly above average at best. I felt dumb for spending so much time watching it when I could have been doing anything else.
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Sweatlord_STG
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I'm also looking forward to this one.
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It'll be worth it.
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I've just watched Going In Style with Morgan Freeman & Michael Caine, I thought it was lovely
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Makes it by definition "popular" in the now-now, doesn't it? Say, isn't that a candidate then for the "running-in-back" type of flick? Reduced attention that finds its match?
I never watched a one of them, and the way you describe it above sounds very Bond to me, which I can't abide at all. Yeah, no fave Bond face. Or B girl.
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The Fury
First. The film that followed Carrie, with some same faces, and some same themes. I know very few flicks with Kirk Douglas, this one confirming my impression that the man would want to control every aspect of the character he portrays, including stunts, sans the emotional crying. Though with all the cinematic finesse this production possesses, he plays it sorta tacky Old Spies Dad. Maybe that comes off wrong from the attempts of interjection of humour. The first one is welcome, if off-beat, with Ma Nucklles. The two or three more are superfluous at best, and feel as tacky as jokes in Bond movies. I was surprised with the ending, giving off parallels with the subject matter to Cronenberg's Scanners, only there the ultra-violence comes fairly early on. A bit messy overall, I know now what cineasts may call a mid De Palma.
First. The film that followed Carrie, with some same faces, and some same themes. I know very few flicks with Kirk Douglas, this one confirming my impression that the man would want to control every aspect of the character he portrays, including stunts, sans the emotional crying. Though with all the cinematic finesse this production possesses, he plays it sorta tacky Old Spies Dad. Maybe that comes off wrong from the attempts of interjection of humour. The first one is welcome, if off-beat, with Ma Nucklles. The two or three more are superfluous at best, and feel as tacky as jokes in Bond movies. I was surprised with the ending, giving off parallels with the subject matter to Cronenberg's Scanners, only there the ultra-violence comes fairly early on. A bit messy overall, I know now what cineasts may call a mid De Palma.
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Weapons 8.5/10
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Fantastic Four 7.5/10
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Yes, but "popular" movies don't have to also be bad. Some of them are really clever, and really well produced. John Wick 4 was bad. I might reevaluate it to a 5/10 after sleeping on it for a few days.
It wasn't passive enough for this, JW4 is a bad movie that demands your attention.Say, isn't that a candidate then for the "running-in-back" type of flick? Reduced attention that finds its match?
Yes, in a way. I did think about that while I was watching it, but I wasn't exactly sure how I felt about it at the time. In retrospect, I think the similarities are mostly superficial; mostly because of the length and the somewhat "secret agent" vibe to the world. In content though, it lacks the overt humor of the Bond films. The Bond flicks (up until Dalton) were comedies that were driven by sporadic action sequences. JW4 is a martial arts film.the way you describe it above sounds very Bond to me
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Hahahahaha. Sort of, but I was checking my clock a lot during JW4, not raptly glued to the screen.
So why exactly was this a bad movie to "watch in the background?" Because it lacks the qualities which would make it conducive. For starters, the photography is extremely dark; the movie takes place almost entirely at night (over the course of a single night), and they really leaned into the dark filters on the camera. The intent with this was pretty clear; they had a specific aesthetic in mind that embraced thick, black lines and pops of neon color. Think something like Cyberpunk 2077 (another KR property in a way). But the result was that you absolutely have to watch this movie in a dark room. That alone made it pretty much impossible to casually watch JW4 while hemming a pair of pants or filling out an excel sheet. But there are plenty of other issues. It's just not good background material.
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Eddington - barely 8/10
From another director, I would have enjoyed it a lot more I think, IMO it's Aster's weakestfilm by far. It's decent in how it shows how values, ego, and politics are connected, but that's not really a groundbreaking insight. Film looks great though and many scenes (particularly the gun fights) are excellently shot and put together. Joaquim Phoenix is great as always.
From another director, I would have enjoyed it a lot more I think, IMO it's Aster's weakestfilm by far. It's decent in how it shows how values, ego, and politics are connected, but that's not really a groundbreaking insight. Film looks great though and many scenes (particularly the gun fights) are excellently shot and put together. Joaquim Phoenix is great as always.