Rock wrote:

Are you saying Yoda is not moderating with any real consistency?

He took down all of my offending posts but I think only took one down from Siddon. I don't even remember exactly what he said that set me off, but I saw red.

And I'm upset over how many amazing fuck yous I wrote but didn't post because...I recognized they were probably way over the line and would probably make everyone hate me.

They were really mean. But very funny. And no, I don't remember them either

Has anyone else watched the Knives Out sequel?

Would anyone else like to kick its teeth out of its face with me?

Brechhaff!FFFFFFF
 

Meshes of the Afternoon?

I demand points.

crumbsroom wrote:

Has anyone else watched the Knives Out sequel?

Would anyone else like to kick its teeth out of its face with me?

Brechhaff!FFFFFFF

I was thinking of watching it.  I thought the first one was diverting fun.  Although I seem to be the only one terribly annoyed by Daniel Craig's horrible nawlins drawl.

I would recommend Inarritu's Bardo instead.  I should get around to writing a review for it (or anything actually).  It's intriguingly divisive, just the way I like them.  Strong notes of Malick's Knight of Cups, lots of hip-high steady-cam and modern indulgences.  The worst reviews blame it for the typical anti-artist reasons - self-indulgent, pretentious.  And obviously it is, because that's the point of the character, played by Daniel Gimenez Cacho (known from Zama, Cabeza de Vaca, Memoria).

I also like how the film deals with the ethnic ambiguities of Latin America.  Like Roma, it's more about the affluent, educated (white) strata of Mexican society, though the main character (Silverio) is at one point accused of being "darker", and blamed for being something equivalent of an Uncle Tom.  In what I'm sure is an intentional convolution, Silverio blames the US for stealing half of Mexico in the 1800s, but then accosts his son for not speaking Spanish, the tongue of those who happened to steal the entire country in the 1500s.  Clearly, Inarritu is reflecting some of his own wrestling with his perceived ethnic and poltical obligations in the face of his own success, and wrestling with his more personal obligations as a lover, father and artist.  So, again, obviously and necessarily self-indulgent and at least facially pretentious.

crumbsroom wrote:

I wish I could remember if I've seen Knight of Cups. I did recently watch To The Wonder which I think might be my favorite post Days of Heaven Malick. Yes, I'm sure a not terribly popular opinion.

To The Wonder has that effect.  I rewatched it a couple of years ago, wondering if I had overrated it.  Nah, it's still great.  But I love all the Malicks.  The last one, A Hidden Life, I thought was weakest because his montage style hindered its first half.  It's the first Malick film that I wished he would just use some long shots and let the scenes breathe.  In some cases, this may not have been aesthetic decisions but a need to trim for time, but it made it harder to really immerse in that particular setting.

Santa Claus: The Movie?

On second thought, maybe not.