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Movie Recommendations - not necessarily too hot

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by goodlife, May 24, 2021.

  1. wgbgator

    wgbgator Premium Member

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    Ladykillers was bad, but I barely count that as one of their movies. If you think No Country was "pure garbage" I really have to question your taste.
     
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    Saw it when I was 10 and cried it was so funny.
     
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  3. g8trjax

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    :emoji_joy:
     
  4. GatorRade

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    Thinking about sci-fi rom coms (I didn’t realize this was such an extensive genre), I recommend Love and Monsters from last year. It’s entertaining and hits the right notes.
     
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  5. Orange_and_Bluke

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    Ending didn’t sit well with me for No Country.
     
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  6. wgbgator

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    I like the ending. And its how the book ends which I had already read when I saw it, so I wasnt one of the people in the theater that was like "huh, that's it?" Between that and True Grit, they were almost perfect adaptations of the source material.
     
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  7. HallGator

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    I was around 14 and went with my older sister and some of her friends. It was non-stop hilarious from beginning to the end.
     
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  8. PITBOSS

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    curious, why didn’t you like “no country”?
     
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    I don’t push back if disagreement on a movie. just different tastes. there are exceptions for obviously bad movies.
     
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  10. anstro76

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    I watched this King Wu masterpiece last night on Criterion. The restoration was exquisite. The cinematography pops off the screen.
     
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  11. 92gator

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    Hell yeah bro!

    I love me some cheesy ass kung fu theatre!

    I scored a 47 movie pack (13 DVDs) like 2 weeks ago, for a $1.00.

    I could get lost in that mess. In fact, if you happen to detect a conspicuous absence in my posting...just means I prolly displaced too hot with hours of really sketchy kung fu flickage for a spell. :D
     
  12. GatorRade

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    You might like a new movie, The paper tigers. It’s not a traditional Kung fu movie -more like a comedic the karate kid of king fu- but I thought it was enjoyable.
     
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  13. g8rjd

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    No love for Raising Arizona? Or does the 80’s baby movie get it excluded? ;)
     
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    Absolute tour-de-force by Sam Rockwell.
     
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    I liked that it was a chase movie where none of the main characters every actually caught one another. Kind of a different result on an old take. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
     
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  16. citygator

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    I didn’t really like it either but as I’m seeing everyone’s lists I realize I like polished movies more than gritty movies. Quite a few on here are the opposite. I also hate downer endings. No Country was gritty and had a downer ending thus no love from me.
     
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  17. citygator

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    Less popular movies I like:
    - Adjustment Bureau
    - Amelie (French subtitles)
    - Baby Driver
    - Cabin in the Woods
    -Deep Blue Sea
    - Defending your life
    - Dredd
    -Free Solo
    -Good Boys
    -Green Room
    -Happy Death Day
    -I Tonya
    -The Impossible
    -Molly’s Game
    -Pandorum
    -Plus One

    Most repeat watches for me:
    -Edge of Tomorrow
    -Infinity War
    -Endgame
    -Rogue One
    -My cousin Vinnie
    -Wind River
     
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  18. 92gator

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    Ill keep an eye out for it.

    I got one for you, if you appreciate thst kind if humor: Shaolin Soccer. Had me n my boys rolling....

     
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  19. anstro76

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    This may disappoint. It's not really in the same category as a cheesy Kung Fu flick. There is a purposeful use of comedic bits in this, but it's not one of the silly Saturday morning cable karate marathon flicks.
     
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  20. anstro76

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    Love the downer endings and the sudden fade to black endings.
     
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