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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.
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.
RegalSin wrote:You can't even drive across the country Naked anymore
RegalSin wrote:You can't even drive across the country Naked anymore
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".
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".
I'm also looking forward to this one.
It'll be worth it.
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?
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
Hahahahaha. Sort of, but I was checking my clock a lot during JW4, not raptly glued to the screen.
Nice, I will also watch it soon.ChurchOfSolipsism wrote: ↑Wed Aug 27, 2025 8:18 pm 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.