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The Flood / 2024 films reviewed
« on: December 28, 2024, 10:19:10 PM »
Making a thread in the same vein as last year's because blogging about movies is fun and I don't have a Letterboxd account.

This is every movie I saw in theaters with a quick review. Movies I watched later on streaming don't count.

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Argylle: The first movie I saw this year was probably the worst. Had no interest in seeing this one (trailers did not look good to me), but the roommates convinced me. I remember actually hating this one. It's Vaughn's style at it's worst. Some of his trademarks have become really stale. Still it's hard to believe this is even the same guy that made the first Kingsman. 2/10

Started getting more selective with which movies I went out to see after this.

Dune: Part Two: The second movie I saw this year was probably the best. Easily my most anticipated movie this year and it did not disappoint. I've seen it three times now and think I've liked it better every time. Didn't quite reach the level of something like the LOTR trilogy for me, so that's the only reason I'm not giving it a perfect score. 9/10

Late Night with the Devil: I was really enjoying it, but, like many horror movies, the ending is just stupid. I'd like to keep this spoiler-free since this is probably the most low key movie on my list. Worth a watch on streaming if it looks interesting to you. 6.5/10

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire: A film that makes you say "well, that was a movie". Feel like it says quite a bit when I can remember the plot of the previous installment, which came out three years ago, better than this one. 5/10

Civil War: I thought it was a well-made and intense movie about war photographers, but the choice to call it "Civil War" and release it in an election year was distractingly odd, and it's hard not to knock it for that. 6/10

The Fall Guy: Mainly went to see this because I heard it was a good movie that didn't deserve to bomb. I remember liking it and finding it funny. 6.5/10

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes: Easily the weakest of the new Apes series. 6/10

Furiosa: Certified banger™ 7.5/10

Longlegs: Similar story to Late Night with the Devil. Most of the movie is very strong, but I would say the ending was only mildly disappointing, rather than outright stupid. 7/10

Twisters: Decent movie about tornadoes. Keeping these reviews short when you already know what it is, and there's not much to say. 6/10

Deadpool and Wolverine: Possible hot take? I may have hated it. And this is coming from someone that liked the first two Deadpools (and have no issue with Ryan Reynolds). It just wasn't funny and the plot sucked. Why do Fox superhero movies from 20 years ago need some big nostalgia-bait sendoff? This is all getting gratuitous. 3/10

Alien: Romulus: One of those movies that starts off pretty strong, and begins to unravel as it goes along. I actually didn't catch all the nostalgia-bait in the movie until I saw the RLM review. Disney really is a one-trick pony. 6/10

Transformers One: Another movie that I went out to see because people were saying it didn't deserve to bomb. Maybe a little overhyped. Keep looking for that animated movie that blows me away like the first Spider-verse, but haven't been able to find it yet. 6/10

Gladiator II: Pretty good. Not sure it justifies its own existence. Some of the stuff with one character's rise to power seems a little implausible to me. 6/10

The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim: Decent little animated film. I'm not upset that they made it by any means (I'll save that for the Gollum movie), but the story didn't have much juice. Some of the stuff with Helm Hammerhand got pretty ridiculous and I question some of the seige tactics. 6/10

Nosferatu: Feel like this deserves a decent score for the craftsmanship, but it kind of tests the limits for me of how many times you can see the same story without it feeling stale. For anyone unfamiliar, it's basically just Dracula again. I thought it might feel unique enough, to justify its existence, but I'm not sure that it did. Obviously just saw this one a couple days ago. Probably need to give it a second watch in fairness. 7.5/10

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Please review movies you saw this year, if you feel like it. Format doesn't matter.

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The Flood / Post your election predictions
« on: November 04, 2024, 04:10:41 PM »
https://www.270towin.com/

President:

Senate:



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Serious / Macron vs. Le Pen - Requiem
« on: April 21, 2022, 12:48:30 PM »
help me I can’t decide who to support

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The Flood / donald trump thread
« on: November 12, 2021, 07:03:59 PM »
YouTube


another brilliant display from MY president 😌

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The Flood / What is the first movie you remember looking at critically?
« on: October 30, 2021, 02:16:39 PM »
In my mind this would be a movie you saw at a young age, that you were excited for, and didn’t just blindly enjoy after watching it.

For me, it’s x men the last stand

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The Flood / Coffee maker recommendations
« on: August 20, 2021, 08:34:22 AM »
Hello,

I am looking for a good coffee maker. I see technivorm moccamaster comes highly recommended but not sure if I’m tryna spend that much, but I might.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

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The Flood / I’m worried...
« on: June 04, 2021, 04:43:44 PM »


starting to think putin cut the bot program after the election 😔

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The Flood / What is the worst sitcom ever
« on: June 02, 2021, 04:45:13 PM »
Two and a half men

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The Flood / Ian
« on: April 16, 2021, 10:05:22 AM »
did you put the money in dogecoin partner?

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The Flood / Does anyone here play March madness?
« on: March 18, 2021, 01:50:07 PM »
who did you pick?

I need to plagiarize

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The Flood / MY NECK
« on: February 09, 2021, 12:13:01 PM »
MY BACK

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Serious / Donald Trump impeached (again)
« on: January 13, 2021, 03:43:57 PM »
do you think the senate will convict this time?

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The Flood / Can I tell you something naughty?
« on: November 14, 2020, 12:50:49 PM »
we need roman to pop in and give us a life update tbh

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The Flood / Take your bets
« on: November 07, 2020, 12:05:21 PM »
How long until Melania leaves the Donald

edit: starting Jan 20

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The Flood / What is the worst emoji?
« on: September 10, 2020, 06:27:30 PM »
😜

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The Flood / can i get uhhhhh some netflix recommendations?
« on: July 20, 2020, 07:42:22 PM »
i will recommend the movie Good Time

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The Flood / if you could own any vehicle in the world
« on: June 27, 2020, 12:47:04 PM »
what would you get and why

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The Flood / Bring Me The Child
« on: May 06, 2020, 08:52:32 PM »
YouTube

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Gaming / Playing through Dark Souls
« on: April 18, 2020, 11:21:24 AM »
Hello friends,

I have never actually beaten the first Dark Souls. I got the game back in 2012, made it about half way into the game, and then just quit and never picked it up again.

I got my brother and cousin into it and I recently discovered that they had both beat the game. So because I no longer want to be the beta cuck of the family, I just picked up Dark Souls Remastered and am going in.

WHICH CLASS DO I PICK

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Serious / Why don't people care about the Biden allegations?
« on: April 15, 2020, 02:28:07 PM »
Seemingly only a fraction of people that were outraged about Kavanaugh care about the Biden allegations.

https://www.jacobinmag.com/2020/04/joe-biden-tara-reade-sexual-assault-allegation-media
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/04/new-york-times-unequal-coverage-sexual-assault-allegations-against-joe-biden-brett-kavanaugh/

The links describe the very different reactions in media coverage but it can really be extended to everyone. All week I've been seeing progressives described as "privileged" for if they won't support Biden. We'll see if trying to cover this up and basically gaslighting their own voterbase will be a winning strategy.

tl;dr:
>Kavanaugh is accused of assault when he was a teenager
>National outrage
>Biden is accused of rape when he was a Senator
>Error 404: Not Found

Imagine wondering why conservatives don't trust the media.
Imagine wondering why conservatives don't care about issues like this.

But I guess the ends justify the means :-)

edit: great video:
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The Flood / so
« on: March 19, 2020, 12:09:31 PM »
when can we expect a bunch of “holy shit this place still exists??” threads

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Serious / whom is going to win
« on: February 11, 2020, 08:49:42 PM »
Joe Biden:1217
Benie Sanders:914
Elizabeth Warren:81
Mike Bloomberg:55
Pete Buttigieg:26
Amy Klobuchar:7
Tulsi Gabbard:2

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Serious / Thought I'd share this
« on: December 12, 2019, 07:33:59 PM »

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The Flood / El Camino trailer 1
« on: September 24, 2019, 03:37:54 PM »
YouTube


Still don't know much about the plot but I'm sure it will be great. Better Call Saul does really well on its own without indulging on Breaking Bad nostalgia.

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The Flood / I finally found closure on Clockman
« on: September 03, 2019, 11:34:18 PM »
Not sure if you guys have seen this already but I can't recall there ever being a thread or anything on it. I was watching a couple "creepypasta" type videos over the weekend and just found this in my recommendations:

YouTube

Cameo by Jive @5:32

Turns out Clockman was actually real the whole time.

And here's the actual clip:

YouTube

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The Flood / Book thread 2k19
« on: May 14, 2019, 12:10:17 PM »
Recommend books to read and why (if you want)

Thank you

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The Flood / forum game
« on: March 21, 2019, 07:15:31 AM »
Type into google: “florida man” followed by your birthday (ex: “florida man january 16”) and post the results.

“Florida Man Confesses to Cops, Says ‘Jesus Told Me To’ Drive Ferrari 360 Off Pier”

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Serious / Some key statements from Michael Cohen
« on: February 27, 2019, 05:05:20 PM »
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"He was a presidential candidate who knew that Roger Stone was talking with Julian Assange about a WikiLeaks drop of Democratic National Committee emails."
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"Mr. Trump did not directly tell me to lie to Congress. That's not how he operates."
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"Trump knew of and directed the Trump Moscow negotiations throughout the campaign and lied about it. He lied about it because he never expected to win the election. He also lied about it because he stood to make hundreds of millions of dollars on the Moscow real estate project."
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"Mr. Trump would often say, this campaign was going to be the 'greatest infomercial in political history.'"
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"He once asked me if I could name a country run by a black person that wasn't a 'shithole.' This was when Barack Obama was President of the United States."

"He told me that black people would never vote for him because they were too stupid."
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"This $35,000 check was one of 11 check installments that was paid throughout the year -- while he was President. The President of the United States thus wrote a personal check for the payment of hush money as part of a criminal scheme to violate campaign finance laws."
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"Questions have been raised about whether I know of direct evidence that Mr. Trump or his campaign colluded with Russia. I do not."
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"I have never been to Prague."
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"What he didn't want was to have an entire group of thinks tanks run through his tax return ... and then he'll end up in an audit and eventually have taxable consequences."
CNN

A lot to unpack here. Republicans seemed to focus on his lack of credibility but his statements seem believable to me.

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The Flood / cmd is the latest user to abandon us
« on: February 22, 2019, 12:47:43 PM »
Please discuss and thank you.

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The Flood / NSFW Lickitung in "Detective Pikachu"
« on: February 15, 2019, 07:01:45 PM »
Spoiler

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