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I saw Licorice Pizza yesterday. Meh. I don’t get all the Paul Thomas Anderson love. I’m not a huge fan of meandering stories. Even Boogie Nights I find overrated.
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That’s some damn blasphemy on Boogie Nights. It’s on my all timer list. I also loved There Will Blood and The Master. I think the PTA love is quite justified.
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I wanted There Will Be Blood to be so much better than it was. The trailer was an all-timer for me in terms of building expectations. I was disappointed.
I know many who have Boogie Nights in their all timer lists. I recently went back and watched it again. Again, meh.
Every PTA movie has a few really well-put together, awesome scenes. PTA crafts great scenes, among the best. But I'm never impressed with his overall storytelling and at the end am always asking "what's the point?"
Haven't seen the Master.
Oh man I absolutely love There Will Be Blood. Daniel Day Lewis is incredible
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He is. I hated the last 20-30 minutes of the movie though.
Gangs of New York too. I enjoyed both much more the second time.
How about sports schmaltz as a topic? I just watched “42” and rank it equal with “Hoosiers“. Better than “Breaking Away”, ”Rudy” and the “Rocky” franchise movies, imho.
I considered “ Field of Dreams“ but could not stretch my mind around the improbability of the OP to move my heart and soul.
Stop it. Rocky is in a league of its own. When that music comes on....
Miracle.
Everything else is in a fight for second place.
The Natural rates high in the schmaltz scale.
I really like The Rookie too.
I’m ok with ”Miracle” …it really happened . ”Natural“ and “The Rookie”…inspired fiction.
Yes …best sports music schmaltz academy award…but the turned off by the “must be a dumbass if he’s from South Philly” play.
Dennis Quaid playing Jim Morris in The Rookie is like having Dwayne Johnson play @mcmurtry66 in St. Louis Soccer Tales. 🤣
Hoos Dennis Quaid is my best celebrity story. I was in an elevator in the Omni hotel in Nashville and Quaid got on the elevator smoking!! I was like wtf. And I recognized him immediately; though I didn't say anything. Elevator door shuts and there I am trapped with this guy's smoke.
So when the door opens I get out first and loudly say "F*ucking Cutter!" Behind me I heard an erupting belly laugh from him. I just kept walking....
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How about The Greatest Game Ever Played. Big ol schmaltz but also based on a true story. If you can ignore Shia Lebouf's terrible golf swing (bordering on Matt Damon in Legend of Bagger Vance bad)
Everybody's All-American is a severely underrated sport movie.
I know. No academic credentials at all, but they called him a Professor of Practice or something like that. I wish schools did more of that, at all levels.
Exactly. And that's what you get at COH U. You don't need a Ph.D. Just good ole experience.
Another good schmaltz move; The Perfect Game. A feel good movie.
It has all the elements: baseball, true, the underdog wins, and poor Mexican kids overcoming prejudice.
Any of you running out of stuff to watch I'm watching the Bill Cosby documentary on Prime/Showtime. I'm about halfway through and it's been fascinating. Really good so far. The old Vegas would have been a hell of a lot of fun.
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Agreed re Ozark. Second half is the conclusion. Peaky Blinders is a treat. I'm jealous
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I'm working my way through Ozark. Only in season 2. Also only in season 3 of Yellowstone.
I've never seen Peaky Blinders or Sopranos. I doubt I'll ever have the time (maybe when I'm 70?). If I were to pick one, which should I pick.
Oh my God that's hard. I will say I hadn't seen the Sopranos nor Breaking Bad. About four years ago I binged both. I had started Breaking Bad three times and stopped. This time I was determined to watch it. Without question it is the greatest show I've ever watched. Right after I watched Sopranos. It may have dulled it a bit because of timing but I loved the Sopranos. That many years after it originally aired I still loved it. My stoker didn't care for it as much and she loved both Breaking Bad and Peaky Blinders. So I would say pick Peaky Blinders, but definitely do go back and watch Sopranos because it too is great
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Loved Breaking Bad. Probably in my top 5 TV shows of all time, alongside Magnum PI, Miami Vice, Love Boat, and Fantasy Island 😀
That is crazy. I just pulled up a Youtube last week of Love Boat and Fantasy Island to show my daughter
I’m in the middle of the BBC police procedural “Line of Duty.” It’s a bit older but still very entertaining. Those Brits doing some very good acting.
I will assume you've seen The Wire. If not, start there.
I need to try it again, I just couldn't get into it. But it seems everyone LOVES it.
