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mechaiineramen t1_jedzsie wrote
Happy Together is phenomenal
PennStateInMD t1_jedyzau wrote
Reply to comment by MrCaul in Margin Call by transformerjay
The Big Short was an ELI5 documentary. Margin Call is a great and often underappreciated film.
Pleasent_Pedant t1_jedyp87 wrote
The Waterboy, great cast, film has a heart and it ticks all the sport movie boxes to boot.
G_Liddell t1_jedyj8g wrote
Love this, she's got such a great voice that's well suited for a cartoon.
1daytogether t1_jedybe4 wrote
Reply to Cynthia Rothrock was the best Martial Arts female movie star and yet she almost never gets any credit by Lili_Danube
It's because she started out in a niche industry that was relatively unknown to western audiences, and when she did crossover to the west finally, she didn't make good career choices/ wasn't offered good opportunities to show off what she was capable of.
You also have to understand her skills were a perfect match for the way of filmmaking in HK at that time, and the way they worked with her and shot/edit her fights were not solely her achievement but the genius choreographers and stunt coordinators in that industry. Just look at her abysmal American output after that. It was just the stars aligning at the right time.
Rothrock was talented but there were also other talented actress/screen fighters from Hong Kong who were her peers but they get even less credit than her. Moon Lee, Yukari Oshima, etc are better female action stars than any Hollywood actress who ever lived. Let's be real here, the world just isn't fair.
And that stealth diss of Jet Li, smh, please tell me you've seen more than his American trash. Go watch Fist of Legend and his Once Upon a Time in China movies, and show me someone who did it better.
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Reply to comment by Xenomorph_kills in Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Will Have World Premiere at Cannes Film Festival by MarvelsGrantMan136
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elfmanrl t1_jedy9ix wrote
Welp another reason to use close captioning.
PennStateInMD t1_jedy6ao wrote
Reply to comment by ignore_me_im_high in Cynthia Rothrock was the best Martial Arts female movie star and yet she almost never gets any credit by Lili_Danube
Hmmm. It's hard to think of any actor that would not benefit from multiple takes.
Xenomorph_kills t1_jedxy9h wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Will Have World Premiere at Cannes Film Festival by MarvelsGrantMan136
It’s actually more of a reason it’ll be great. At least worthy to win Oscars. That’s when all the Oscar potentials usually come out
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Reply to comment by Xenomorph_kills in Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Will Have World Premiere at Cannes Film Festival by MarvelsGrantMan136
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another_busted_robot t1_jedxuc1 wrote
Reply to Opinion - SS Rajamouli (director of RRR) should be considered for the next remake of the Jungle Book. by Pappadum-Kuttan
Rudyard Kipling was a white, British dude born in British Colonial India. It's not an ethnically and culturally accurate Indian story in the first place.
SteveFrench1234 t1_jedxp13 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Cardi B Joins Voice Cast Of 'Baby Shark' Movie by Sisiwakanamaru
Cardi B is a woman. Women are not capable of sexual abuse. He should be grateful someone took an interest in a guy like him. \s
Petal_Chatoyance t1_jedxoed wrote
Reply to Hollywood’s Covid Protocols Get Expiration Date; Vaccine Mandate Will End by LordHyperBreath
The pandemic is not over. People are still being crippled and dying.
It's just like the flu in 1917. They just 'believed' it was all over. They were done with it.
Then came 1918.
MysteriousTelephone t1_jedxmll wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Hollywood’s Covid Protocols Get Expiration Date; Vaccine Mandate Will End by LordHyperBreath
And in 2021 that was a serious concern, but the disease has mutated to a point where it is basically “The Sniffles” for most people. And while it still could take an actor off work for a week, it’s now a lot lower risk than injury etc.
1daytogether t1_jedxln9 wrote
Reply to comment by Mudders_Milk_Man in Cynthia Rothrock was the best Martial Arts female movie star and yet she almost never gets any credit by Lili_Danube
Depends on how you look at it. Michelle Yeoh is subjectively prettier, more charming, and a better overall actor... but objectively, when it comes to actual martial arts, Cynthia Rothrock is second to none, she was bona fide champ in multiple disciplines from a young age. And I think watching her fights during her peak, she was better at it than nearly all the Chinese action actresses (most had dance backgrounds) in the same category as her.
Boney__Danza t1_jedxgij wrote
I'm pretty sure not knowing is kinda the point since Jay is an idiot loudmouth. I used to be like that and I would say all kinds of dumb shit, true and false.
Xenomorph_kills t1_jedxeg9 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Will Have World Premiere at Cannes Film Festival by MarvelsGrantMan136
Oscar season release. Makes sense
xanaduuu OP t1_jedxc3o wrote
Reply to comment by CrackerGuy in Remembering Hong Kong icon Leslie Cheung in seven unforgettable films by xanaduuu
And what an incredible film career he had. Just absolute top-tier stuff, some of these films. Farewell My Concubine, Rouge and Happy Together... masterpieces of the highest order.
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Reply to comment by Xenomorph_kills in Martin Scorsese’s ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Will Have World Premiere at Cannes Film Festival by MarvelsGrantMan136
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Awsart83 OP t1_jedxatf wrote
Reply to comment by Gary_Vigoda in The Men Who Stare at Goats by Awsart83
Interesting, I served in the Navy for 6 years, and had a lot of fun! There were some sketchy moments I had during my time in, but for the most part it was some of the best times of my life.
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Gary_Vigoda t1_jedx779 wrote
Reply to The Men Who Stare at Goats by Awsart83
Fun movie. I remember reading somewhere that the movie itself is a propaganda film.
The movie makes the military more inept and silly seeming rather than scary evil which is what those MKUltra experiments were.
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Pleasent_Pedant t1_jedx1ir wrote
Reply to Jamie Lee Curtis in TRADING PLACES: What was the point of having her in it aside from exposing her breasts? by Lili_Danube
You could say the same thing about Arnie.
Crafty-Antelope1244 t1_jedzt4v wrote
Reply to Cardi B Joins Voice Cast Of 'Baby Shark' Movie by Sisiwakanamaru
Casting aside dear god a baby shark movie hasn’t that song tortured us enough