Recommend some good movies!

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is it me or does this sound like an epic train wreck in the making

Greta Gerwig will next collaborate with Noah Baumbach in co-writing and potentially directing a live-action Barbie film, starring Margot Robbie in the title role.

I know those two are supposed to be critical darlings, but I haven't liked a single film either of them have made.

Well but you kind of hate everything and everybody

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is it me or does this sound like an epic train wreck in the making

Greta Gerwig will next collaborate with Noah Baumbach in co-writing and potentially directing a live-action Barbie film, starring Margot Robbie in the title role.

I know those two are supposed to be critical darlings, but I haven't liked a single film either of them have made.

Well but you kind of hate everything and everybody

Not true, I have posted many films I liked in this thread.

[sweetcell]

a barbie movie can only go one of two ways, and both are indeed awful:

1) they'll continue with barbie's 1950's era fantasy: a vapid blond that just wants to have simplistic fun.  awful for obvious reasons.

2) they attempt to rehabilitate barbie's image as a supposedly modern, intelligent, empowered woman - ignoring her history of fostering horrible mental and physical stereotypes of women.  i suspect this is the tact they'll take.


you have to wonder who this movies is targeting.  neither my 7 y.o. daughter nor any of her friend have any interest in barbie.  as far as i know they don't even own any (i can confirm this after spending the past week of winter break supervising play-dates).  if they're going to tap into mom's nostalgia for her childhood toys... not sure how that is going to work.

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I had read originally Amy Shumer was to play the role and it was going the #2 route
but now that hottie Margot is in it, not sure that works

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I had read originally Amy Shumer was to play the role and it was going the #2 route
but now that hottie Margot is in it, not sure that works

The number two rou....OH the number two route! Yes, yes.

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Jesus and the Black Messiah on HBO Max. So good.

[Cock Van Der Palm]

The Hunt for the Wilderpeople.  On Netflix.  Same director as did Jojo Rabbit, and What We Do in the Shadows.  Also documentary on HBO called Class Action Park, about a water park in NJ in the 1980s is excellent; especially for us older guys who grew up without the parental/adult supervision we see today.

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Class Action Park

went to Action Park a bunch in my youth...honestly was surprised there weren't more deaths/injuries
Haven't see that doc yet

[Cock Van Der Palm]

You should def check it out since you went through it first hand. I'm sure it will bring back tons of memories.

Class Action Park

went to Action Park a bunch in my youth...honestly was surprised there weren't more deaths/injuries
Haven't see that doc yet

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The Hunt for the Wilderpeople.  On Netflix.  Same director as did Jojo Rabbit, and What We Do in the Shadows.  Also documentary on HBO called Class Action Park, about a water park in NJ in the 1980s is excellent; especially for us older guys who grew up without the parental/adult supervision we see today.

Thumbs up on all three of those.

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

I may have said this before but Nomadland is a tour de force.

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I may have said this before but Nomadland is a tour de force.

Why do you think that? I didn't hate it , but for me it was disappointingly only pretty good. I felt like I was watching a decent documentary, I wanted more of a plot and less character study.

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Class Action Park

went to Action Park a bunch in my youth...honestly was surprised there weren't more deaths/injuries
Haven't see that doc yet

Tell us your stories!!! That doc was nuts.

[notme]

first cow

[Julian, Bespoke SEXPERT]

first cow

This was great. Love Kelly Reichart. Certain Women was my favorite film from . . . whatever year it came out.