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Thackeraye said:
That Natalie Portman subplot though. Eww. Not even having Suffering by Satchel in the soundtrack can save that...
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Yeah, I don’t know if the Portman subplot was completely successful. Demme knew he was walking a fine line based on including the dialogue where Wille’s friends, Mo and Paul separately give him shit about being fond of the 13 year old Marty, but I think it more has to do with the idealization of the perfect woman than anything. Their relationship represents the same thing that Paul’s super model photo wall and Uma Thurman’s character represent and what Rosie O’Donnell’s character directly speaks to. Basically the idea that it’s hard to for these men to commit because they are afraid they are gonna miss out on something better. I don’t think Timothy Hutton’s character is attracted to a 13 year old Marty, I think he’s attracted to an idea of what she could potentially become, this imaginary ideal woman. It still can’t help but feel a bit creepy at times though and it’s probably supposed to.
 
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Well that was an interesting page. For something completely different, Finding Ohana is some pretty fun family entertainment.
 
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar is my favorite movie about Barb and Star going to Vista Del Mar to come out this year.

Really, it was a fun watch. My upstairs neighbors are in m'bubble and we rented it together. It was refreshing to just giggle at a mid-budget comedy. Had this come out in the 90s, there'd be at least 2 more Barb and Star movies, and a Lil' Barb and Star Adventures WB Kids morning cartoon.
 
Nomadland is deserving of all the accolades it receives this awards season. Francis McDormand is amazing. The movie was giving off some serious Terrence Malick vibes in the way Chloé Zhao captures the Naturalistic beauty of the American West. I could just stare at those images all day. The contrast between the wonderment of the natural world with the struggle that these nomads have to go through just to eek out an existence captures the slow decline on the American dream better than anything I’ve seen recently. A marvelous film.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Nomadland is deserving of all the accolades it receives this awards season. Francis McDormand is amazing. The movie was giving off some serious Terrence Malick vibes in the way Chloé Zhao captures the Naturalistic beauty of the American West. I could just stare at those images all day. The contrast between the wonderment of the natural world with the struggle that these nomads have to go through just to eek out an existence captures the slow decline on the American dream better than anything I’ve seen recently. A marvelous film.
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Definitely check out Zhao’s The Rider if you haven’t. Nomadland is great but I liked The Rider even more.
 
Nomadland is indeed gorgeous. I don't know if it's a real trend, or just a style of film I'm growing fond of, but I really feel like there's this quiet cinema that's popping up, where there's barely conflict beyond the comings and goings of people and happenings in one's life. I'm all for it.
 
Bull Shannon said:
Nomadland is indeed gorgeous. I don't know if it's a real trend, or just a style of film I'm growing fond of, but I really feel like there's this quiet cinema that's popping up, where there's barely conflict beyond the comings and goings of people and happenings in one's life. I'm all for it.
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Agreed. Like someone could put together a cinema verite cut of this movie, removing the much of beautiful imagery and sweeping score (The score deserves credit too it was perfect) and it would still have made for compelling (though it would have made for a much more dour in tone) movie.
 
Ear Wax said:
If any of you music lovers are considering watching The United States vs. Billie Holiday on HULU, be forewarned. It is an awful film IMO.
I know the woman lived a hard life, but this was over the top.
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Pretty much have heard nothing good about this, aside from Day's performance. I'll probably watch it at some point, but I'm in no hurry.
 
gouis said:
Nomadland: it’s fine.

It sure is pretty. But is also kind of individualist prideful boomer shit.
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Yeah, the fact that at least a few of these folks still have a safety nets; Francis McDormand and David Strathairn characters both had seemingly well off families that were there for them when things got rough. Which made it seem as though this lifestyle was more of a choice than a necessity and that felt a bit off, it gave it more of an Into The Wild vibe than I would say a good portion of these older Americans on which this story is based would fall under. I think most of the “Nomads” don’t have the money to retire and have a really tough time due to age-ism finding jobs where they can meet their basic living needs so they become a nomadic migrant workforce. I think that point is alluded to but the film bails out the character any time the situation appears to be too desperate. Which is a bit of a cop out.
 
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Ear Wax said:
If any of you music lovers are considering watching The United States vs. Billie Holiday on HULU, be forewarned. It is an awful film IMO.
I know the woman lived a hard life, but this was over the top.
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Sometimes it’s tough to tell on streaming platforms which movies are good prestige type films and which are turds as they promote each the exact same way.
 
TenderLovingKiller® said:
Yeah, the fact that at least a few of these folks still have a safety nets; Francis McDormand and David Strathairn characters both had seemingly well off families that were there for them when things got rough. Which made it seem as though this lifestyle was more of a choice than a necessity and that felt a bit off, it gave it more of an Into The Wild vibe than I would say a good portion of these older Americans on which this story is based would fall under. I think most of the “Nomads” don’t have the money to retire and have a really tough time due to age-ism to find jobs where they can meet their basic living needs so they become a nomadic migrant workforce. I think that point is alluded to but the film bails out the character any time the situation appears to be too desperate. Which is a bit of a cop out.
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Yes, and I don't always criticize movies for having muddled politics, but this movie practically invites it. I don't need movies to be "woke" but this is worse the more I think about it. A movie about the ACTUAL nomads (and not the ones that choose it because of pride or whatever) would have been much more interesting.
 
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