tell us about the last Film you saw

[caramel sea salt]

I watched Thor Ragnarok. It was life affirming.

Needs a bit more fat-c*** and fat-sow calling though. And stabbing homeless people. Unless they ask for cash nicely, in which case they get a fiver.

 

[Truth]

Needs a bit more fat-c*** and fat-sow calling though. And stabbing homeless people. Unless they ask for cash nicely, in which case they get a fiver.

Are you still following me around and being fauxffended? That's where you pretend to be offended by something in order to gain some kind of moral ground. I may have said those things once or twice but you've repeated them dozens of times. And all this at the expense of your friend?
I mean if those words actually hurt her feelings then being reminded of them wouldn't be nice.
And if they didn't hurt her feelings then what's the point?

You want to pretend I'm a troll but I'm just trolling back. You have followed me around for two years now. I used other names to avoid you. I got tired of it and of you. You're probably used to that though so it probably doesn't really hurt you much to hear it.
But you're like a toddler. Your insults aren't really very clever. You just want to stamp your feet and get some attention. And since ignoring you didn't work, since you went out of your way to talk about me on the main part of the site while being too cowardly to present any evidence of what you said about me, I decided if you're going to mark every post "troll" I might as well reply.

And I've had far better and more worthy opponents back when you were probably asking your mum to buy you the latest Britney Spears CD. One of them, Belligerent Ghoul was about as relentless as you are but at least he was always creative and clever about it. Do you know he once pretended to be his own teenage cousin and tried to talk to me about Twilight in the chat room, back when this place had one? I think he was hoping I'd say something to "her" that he could do something with. I don't know. But I can appreciate that kind of creativity. Simply following me around rating every post, again, for TWO YEARS, and then repeating the same tired old nonsense really shows that you're not very bright or clever.
And that's how you want to be perceived. Badly. So that when I argued with you TWO YEARS AGO about Hillary Clinton and made you feel stupid you decided to never let go of it.
It's all here. I left for months.
I came back using names like Judge Judy and Dr Phil because when I signed in as Calamine Lotion I'd always have notifications about you. And I did not want to think about you.
But you realized it was me having fun with those other names, trolling no one, commenting on the posts, and you started rating those posts and saying "Calamine Lotion" because, again, you want to be perceived as clever.
You're not.

And you know what? This post is life affirming!

 

[Vesper Nocturne]

Are you still following me around and being fauxffended? That's where you pretend to be offended by something in order to gain some kind of moral ground. I may have said those things once or twice but you've repeated them dozens of times. And all this at the expense of your friend?
I mean if those words actually hurt her feelings then being reminded of them wouldn't be nice.
And if they didn't hurt her feelings then what's the point?

You want to pretend I'm a troll but I'm just trolling back. You have followed me around for two years now. I used other names to avoid you. I got tired of it and of you. You're probably used to that though so it probably doesn't really hurt you much to hear it.
But you're like a toddler. Your insults aren't really very clever. You just want to stamp your feet and get some attention. And since ignoring you didn't work, since you went out of your way to talk about me on the main part of the site while being too cowardly to present any evidence of what you said about me, I decided if you're going to mark every post "troll" I might as well reply.

And I've had far better and more worthy opponents back when you were probably asking your mum to buy you the latest Britney Spears CD. One of them, Belligerent Ghoul was about as relentless as you are but at least he was always creative and clever about it. Do you know he once pretended to be his own teenage cousin and tried to talk to me about Twilight in the chat room, back when this place had one? I think he was hoping I'd say something to "her" that he could do something with. I don't know. But I can appreciate that kind of creativity. Simply following me around rating every post, again, for TWO YEARS, and then repeating the same tired old nonsense really shows that you're not very bright or clever.
And that's how you want to be perceived. Badly. So that when I argued with you TWO YEARS AGO about Hillary Clinton and made you feel stupid you decided to never let go of it.
It's all here. I left for months.
I came back using names like Judge Judy and Dr Phil because when I signed in as Calamine Lotion I'd always have notifications about you. And I did not want to think about you.
But you realized it was me having fun with those other names, trolling no one, commenting on the posts, and you started rating those posts and saying "Calamine Lotion" because, again, you want to be perceived as clever.
You're not.

And you know what? This post is life affirming!

Belligerent Ghoul is gonna sue you!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[caramel sea salt]

Are you still following me around and being fauxffended? That's where you pretend to be offended by something in order to gain some kind of moral ground. I may have said those things once or twice but you've repeated them dozens of times. And all this at the expense of your friend?
I mean if those words actually hurt her feelings then being reminded of them wouldn't be nice.
And if they didn't hurt her feelings then what's the point?

You want to pretend I'm a troll but I'm just trolling back. You have followed me around for two years now. I used other names to avoid you. I got tired of it and of you. You're probably used to that though so it probably doesn't really hurt you much to hear it.
But you're like a toddler. Your insults aren't really very clever. You just want to stamp your feet and get some attention. And since ignoring you didn't work, since you went out of your way to talk about me on the main part of the site while being too cowardly to present any evidence of what you said about me, I decided if you're going to mark every post "troll" I might as well reply.

And I've had far better and more worthy opponents back when you were probably asking your mum to buy you the latest Britney Spears CD. One of them, Belligerent Ghoul was about as relentless as you are but at least he was always creative and clever about it. Do you know he once pretended to be his own teenage cousin and tried to talk to me about Twilight in the chat room, back when this place had one? I think he was hoping I'd say something to "her" that he could do something with. I don't know. But I can appreciate that kind of creativity. Simply following me around rating every post, again, for TWO YEARS, and then repeating the same tired old nonsense really shows that you're not very bright or clever.
And that's how you want to be perceived. Badly. So that when I argued with you TWO YEARS AGO about Hillary Clinton and made you feel stupid you decided to never let go of it.
It's all here. I left for months.
I came back using names like Judge Judy and Dr Phil because when I signed in as Calamine Lotion I'd always have notifications about you. And I did not want to think about you.
But you realized it was me having fun with those other names, trolling no one, commenting on the posts, and you started rating those posts and saying "Calamine Lotion" because, again, you want to be perceived as clever.
You're not.

And you know what? This post is life affirming!

The fact that you are still playing the roll of the harassed... YOU got banned for harassment, not I.

It's amazing how you little coward spin the truth. I never once gave you a troll rating before you started harassing me anonymously. Sometimes you'd come at me under several different guest user names in one discussion, quite an unfair method (but I guess some people do anything to "win" an argument). It was THEN when I figured out that it was all you that I started giving your registered user Calamine Lotion troll ratings - much more effective and it got you to admit it was you. You harass someone anonymously, you get troll ratings. See how this works yet? Then you get warned. Then you get banned. You got banned. Twice. I believe you went anon because you wanted to be a Schwein to people but didn't want the negative ratings to your registered user. Unlike you, I have never engaged in any unfair methods, I have never posted lies about people, harassed people anonymously, always said everything I felt I wanted to say under this user.

You can run with this "I am so harassed, I just occasionally strike back" meme until the cows come home, it doesn't make it any more true. Just like repeating endlessly that I take nude selfies and post them to various social media accounts or posting repeatedly that I got dumped by my bottom boyfriend doesn't make it any more true. But if posting these things makes you feel good, makes you feel better about yourself, then I'm happy for you. Really, I am. Whatever gets you through the day.

And what is this malarky about me being outraged "on behalf of a friend" over your stabbing-the-homeless story (unless they ask you for money in a nice manner)? What friend? I don't have any homeless friends, I'm not that cool. I think you are an idiot for posting that you stab homeless people and will occasionally laugh at your f***ing idiocy and repost it when provoked, but outraged? More lies courtesy of "Truth".

Now piss off, your prose smells of wee.

 

[Truth]

Belligerent Ghoul is gonna sue you!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL! that would be life affirming!

 

[Deleted member 25370]

ende der schonzeit - end of the closed season

only available in german, it seems. a fully satisfying movie about a young man visiting israel in 1970 to find his "begetter", albert, and delivering a letter written by his deceased mother, emma. in a flashback the story unfolds in 1942 in baden-wuerttemberg on a remote farm, the married couple emma and her husband hiding albert, a jew trying to escape to switzerland, on their farm. as it turns out, the couple are unable to get children, the husband feeling ridiculed for that by others, the wife feeling like an apple tree unable to bear fruit, so the husband asks albert to beget a son and heir for his farm together with his wife. emma and albert only reluctantly agree but after awhile they take a liking to their regular meetings which become more and more passionate... i found the idea of transferring the "indecent proposal" plot on a rustic farm during national socialism quite funny, at the same time alberts story is very tragic, but both sides of the narrative kind of intertwine beautifully and in a well-balanced way.
here is the full movie:

 

[Anonymous]

The fact that you are still playing the roll of the harassed... YOU got banned for harassment, not I.

It's amazing how you little coward spin the truth. I never once gave you a troll rating before you started harassing me anonymously. Sometimes you'd come at me under several different guest user names in one discussion, quite an unfair method (but I guess some people do anything to "win" an argument). It was THEN when I figured out that it was all you that I started giving your registered user Calamine Lotion troll ratings - much more effective and it got you to admit it was you. You harass someone anonymously, you get troll ratings. See how this works yet? Then you get warned. Then you get banned. You got banned. Twice. I believe you went anon because you wanted to be a Schwein to people but didn't want the negative ratings to your registered user. Unlike you, I have never engaged in any unfair methods, I have never posted lies about people, harassed people anonymously, always said everything I felt I wanted to say under this user.

You can run with this "I am so harassed, I just occasionally strike back" meme until the cows come home, it doesn't make it any more true. Just like repeating endlessly that I take nude selfies and post them to various social media accounts or posting repeatedly that I got dumped by my bottom boyfriend doesn't make it any more true. But if posting these things makes you feel good, makes you feel better about yourself, then I'm happy for you. Really, I am. Whatever gets you through the day.

And what is this malarky about me being outraged "on behalf of a friend" over your stabbing-the-homeless story (unless they ask you for money in a nice manner)? What friend? I don't have any homeless friends, I'm not that cool. I think you are an idiot for posting that you stab homeless people and will occasionally laugh at your f***ing idiocy and repost it when provoked, but outraged? More lies courtesy of "Truth".

Now piss off, your prose smells of wee.

Embassy kids always end up rootless and angry feeling sorry for themselves. Funny how the offspring of those trying to make the world function are hard at work doing the opposite. This explains why americans are always so angry because they are as we know these constant rootless nomads travelling across dusty fields to find something they can call a home despite it being either a desert or a swamp but never both unless a tornado decides otherwise.

 

[Anonymous]

ende der schonzeit - end of the closed season

only available in german, it seems. a fully satisfying movie about a young man visiting israel in 1970 to find his "begetter", albert, and delivering a letter written by his deceased mother, emma. in a flashback the story unfolds in 1942 in baden-wuerttemberg on a remote farm, the married couple emma and her husband hiding albert, a jew trying to escape to switzerland, on their farm. as it turns out, the couple are unable to get children, the husband feeling ridiculed for that by others, the wife feeling like an apple tree unable to bear fruit, so the husband asks albert to beget a son and heir for his farm together with his wife. emma and albert only reluctantly agree but after awhile they take a liking to their regular meetings which become more and more passionate... i found the idea of transferring the "indecent proposal" plot on a rustic farm during national socialism quite funny, at the same time alberts story is very tragic, but both sides of the narrative kind of intertwine beautifully and in a well-balanced way.
here is the full movie:

Holocaust believers are in for a rude awakening this year.

 

[Try Anything Twice]

i'm not sure whether allen himself is sad about this footnote, but at 85, i guess, one knows that leaving behind an immaculate legacy is probably a vain project. maybe he has also learned over the years not to care so much about people's judgement whose main focus is the gossip part of his private life

I get the sense this really bothers him. Every time he is up for something, this seems to become the primary focus now instead of his work or legacy. In the current climate, I think it might impact whether he wins something or is chosen for an honor. I do not think he did anything so it makes it grossly unfair. After decades of brilliant work, he isn’t able to enjoy his accolades as he should. Kind of thing that turns someone bitter.

 

[Try Anything Twice]

i'm pretty sure there is, but i prefer not to look out for it twice. i remembered watching brother where art thou and fargo, but cannot remember a single scene or any reaction of mine to these movies. george clooney was acting in one of them, or maybe both. i watched brother together with a us american who afterwards was completely excited about the film. i never understood why.

Not every thing is for every one. Sounds like you’re just not a Coen Girl, Lanterns. Maybe try them again in a few years and see if you enjoy it more? Humor can be very hard to translate and I don’t mean just language. I think their movies may depend on some common context and experience to fully “get.”

 

[Try Anything Twice]

Finally got around to watching tiny furniture yesterday. I liked it for the most part. I think it’s pretty extraordinary what she was able to accomplish with such a small budget and using so many non actors. A movie about bubbles sorta contrasted by the ageless universal feelings of the search for purpose and place and the expectations that they are easier to find than hey really are. I really liked how it poked fun at the silly ungrounded pretentious art community bubble that exists in certain places like New York. A very undramatic film in a lot of ways as it aims for more realism which can seem boring to many watchers I think. Most people complain about lack of a plot but most people’s lives don’t mimic movie plots. People don’t al aye grow or progress and this seemed more like a movie about what’s it’s like to know that you’re not progressing or growing, regressing even, and trying to deal with the emotional fallout of that

Yup. That was me. Boring. Don’t think I finished it. But I think we talked about that a few weeks ago? Glad you liked it though.

 

[Anonymous]

Yup. That was me. Boring. Don’t think I finished it. But I think we talked about that a few weeks ago? Glad you liked it though.

I liked it well enough. It was her first project. Oh man I could quote oh brother where art thou all day. I say the phrase we're in a tight spot a lot. I think it true that a lot of there movies do involve a lot of insight into American culture but to me the fact that the movie told the story of the odyssey extremely hilarious and well done (like the movie theatre scene that had the dead/incarcerated warn them). While I do think you correct that context does help there some of there work requires less. A serious man while bleak was excellent and I don't think leans on context all that much. Same with Barton fink which is my fav of there films. Blood simple is just a fantastic thriller

 

[Deleted member 25370]

I get the sense this really bothers him. Every time he is up for something, this seems to become the primary focus now instead of his work or legacy. In the current climate, I think it might impact whether he wins something or is chosen for an honor. I do not think he did anything so it makes it grossly unfair. After decades of brilliant work, he isn’t able to enjoy his accolades as he should. Kind of thing that turns someone bitter.

i agree that the public's focus on his private life and its scandal compared to his grand oeuvre seems unfair.but then, i dont think he has ever aimed at satisfying the below-average, gossippy mainstream taste, so probably what these types of people know about him is indeed limited to what they read about him in the tabloids. the others who dont care about the gossip just continue watching his films and applaud him. as i said above, dragging this scandal into the public gossip limelight again is audacious as the court case was closed long ago, and this should be respected.
at 85 i hope one has learned to cope with such things as public shaming, and also gained a lot of self-confidence and a cool indifference from dealing with it emotionally, and still enjoy life and the accolades, probably even more so, as one knows that there is not much that can bring one down again. he seems to be worried about his children from the second marriage and his relationship to them.

 

[Deleted member 25370]

Not every thing is for every one. Sounds like you’re just not a Coen Girl, Lanterns. Maybe try them again in a few years and see if you enjoy it more? Humor can be very hard to translate and I don’t mean just language. I think their movies may depend on some common context and experience to fully “get.”

yeah, could be, i guess there are worse things than not being a coen girl...
at the moment i prefer biting into juicy stuff, the above-mentioned movie was more a dust cloth in comparison, in my eyes

 

[Anonymous]

Casino

 

[Try Anything Twice]

i agree that the public's focus on his private life and its scandal compared to his grand oeuvre seems unfair.but then, i dont think he has ever aimed at satisfying the below-average, gossippy mainstream taste, so probably what these types of people know about him is indeed limited to what they read about him in the tabloids. the others who dont care about the gossip just continue watching his films and applaud him. as i said above, dragging this scandal into the public gossip limelight again is audacious as the court case was closed long ago, and this should be respected.
at 85 i hope one has learned to cope with such things as public shaming, and also gained a lot of self-confidence and a cool indifference from dealing with it emotionally, and still enjoy life and the accolades, probably even more so, as one knows that there is not much that can bring one down again. he seems to be worried about his children from the second marriage and his relationship to them.

Agreed on who his audience is and whose opinion he cares about, in general. I do think, however, that the allegation is hurting him in receiving future honors. I think it effected he last Oscar run. The social climate has changed significantly and even implications can make people nervous to be seen supporting someone.

 

[Try Anything Twice]

I liked it well enough. It was her first project. Oh man I could quote oh brother where art thou all day. I say the phrase we're in a tight spot a lot. I think it true that a lot of there movies do involve a lot of insight into American culture but to me the fact that the movie told the story of the odyssey extremely hilarious and well done (like the movie theatre scene that had the dead/incarcerated warn them). While I do think you correct that context does help there some of there work requires less. A serious man while bleak was excellent and I don't think leans on context all that much. Same with Barton fink which is my fav of there films. Blood simple is just a fantastic thriller

And then there’s the soundtracks, too. I listened to the Oh Brither soundtrack obsessively when it first came out. I remember I was visiting my brother in Athens, GA right as the movie was opening, in fact we went and saw it together. But I can clearly remember walking into a record store there and hearing Oh Brother being played and feeling like something significant had just happened. So much about that movie is just perfect, right down to the Dapper Dan.

 

[Deleted member 25370]

Agreed on who his audience is and whose opinion he cares about, in general. I do think, however, that the allegation is hurting him in receiving future honors. I think it effected he last Oscar run. The social climate has changed significantly and even implications can make people nervous to be seen supporting someone.

i see your point with regard to the awards. could be true as nowadays it's all about avoiding bad press and online shaming. the virtual mob has taken power over the weak representatives in our institutions. i can only hope that there are alternative awards given away by patrons of the art and integrity that are still independent thinkers and that offer a haven to artists like allen whose contribution to our society and well-being can never be overestimated

 

[Anonymous]

And then there’s the soundtracks, too. I listened to the Oh Brither soundtrack obsessively when it first came out. I remember I was visiting my brother in Athens, GA right as the movie was opening, in fact we went and saw it together. But I can clearly remember walking into a record store there and hearing Oh Brother being played and feeling like something significant had just happened. So much about that movie is just perfect, right down to the Dapper Dan.

Yeah I had mixed feelings about the soundtrack. Obviously great but I was working at a blockbuster at the time and had to listen to it constantly so that killed some of the joy of it

 

[Try Anything Twice]

i see your point with regard to the awards. could be true as nowadays it's all about avoiding bad press and online shaming. the virtual mob has taken power over the weak representatives in our institutions. i can only hope that there are alternative awards given away by patrons of the art and integrity that are still independent thinkers and that offer a haven to artists like allen whose contribution to our society and well-being can never be overestimated

Would be nice but I’m not holder no my breath