Posts by Patrick Martin

Maybe Blanka should chill out with the tanning sessions just a little bit

Well, look who finally decided to crawl out of bed 😂

You guys are wasting the whole damn night
Don't you have anything better to do?

The locals are just talking trash.
I don't know, man... I feel like I'm getting absolutely wrecked out here. Just totally blindsided. It’s like when you’re driving down a highway in a beat-up Ford and some guy in a brand-new Tesla just cuts you off without even blinking. You're just sitting there, staring at the bumper, wondering where it all went wrong. Everything's hitting me at once. Total chaos.
Whatever, man. Let's just let that little punk have his way.
Barça kicks off tonight.

Honestly, with how many bureaucrats have been piling into D.C. lately, both at the federal level and down at City Hall, those folks are gonna be sitting pretty on a mountain of tax dollars and endless contracts. They’ll have plenty of business to keep them busy.

I’m out here buying furniture on credit right now just so they’ve got something decent to burn for heat this winter when the food runs out and everyone’s starving.

Matthew Young35 said:Is she actually unwell?

Man, I don't know, someone should probably check if she’s running a fever ☕

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just pudding

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Man, there is absolutely no way this one belongs in the Hall of Fame.☕

First, I hit the forum's internal search for The Past and—surprise, surprise—absolutely nothing pops up. Just as I was about to throw in the towel and head over to the review section, my stubborn ass decides to click on The Pass (2013) and lo and behold! I find this little gem! And hey, looks like my buddy analogbear40 already beat me to it by posting ☕
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Yeah, honestly? I think A Separation is better, even if this one has its own brilliant highlights. I’m talking specifically about the lead acting, especially Marion Cotillard. Pauline Burlet is also an absolute dream to watch, and that kid is just phenomenal. Seriously, everyone killed it.

But damn, I gotta say, the director's subtle leaning toward male chauvinism really rubs me the wrong way here. I caught hints of it in A Separation too, but at this point, it feels less like a coincidence and more like a pattern where all the guys are framed as the smarter, calmer, more innocent, or just generally "more important" characters.
I mean, let's face it, the director is just a patriarchal American. It’s kind of an eyesore, if you know what I mean.

Also, he stepped away from that "extreme close-up" style that worked so well for him in A Separation; here, the camera stays a bit further back from the leads.
He spent a decent amount of time focusing on the cozy apartment interior, while we barely feel the outside world at all. To me, that feels like a reflection of the director's "small-mindedness"—just total provincial vibes.

And yeah, fair point, Ahmad definitely gives off some serious douchebag energy.

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Man, those damn trumpets from Dragačevo were absolutely brutal.

those guys from the Bronx 🤣

what an absolute legend

Eric Fox7 said:Has anyone caught this one yet: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1613750/?ref_=rvi_tt

Honestly, I can't recommend it enough. 👍

What even is that?

But seriously, it’s actually pretty educational. Maybe those guys who obsess over Real Madrid could learn a thing or two from it. ☕

it’s actually pretty decent that she even made it through

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Exactly. Picking a sex worker with a teenage daughter on her back as their vampire archetype? Total bullseye.
And then there’s this kid... he’s got leukemia.

NRMan said:Byzantium

Look, you really have to sit there and pay close attention to this one if you actually want to follow the threads. At least, that was my experience. Honestly, there were moments where I was sitting there thinking, "Did the director just lose the plot entirely, or was this chaotic mess actually intentional?" The vibe is spot on, though, I'll give it that. I did find myself wishing they’d leaned harder into more 18th-century period pieces, though.
The acting was decent enough, nothing to write home about, really. It's not exactly going to stay burned into my brain forever, but hey, the concept itself was pretty cool.

Rating: 6/10

Lost the plot? What do you mean by that?

Honestly, the whole thing could just blow up in our faces at any second.

Matthew Young35 said:This argument carries barely more weight than claiming the ancient Illyrians have a right to modern-day America.

Hold up, so you're telling me the Russians just happen to be the majority because of some massive government-mandated relocation program after WWII?

Is that really enough ammo to justify a total breakup based on a referendum?

And what about everyone else who's been living there since forever, people who have always coexisted in these multicultural communities?

They should've had their heads screwed on straight when the USSR fell apart and they were busy carving out new borders. Too little, too late now.

What are you guys even yapping about?

If anyone actually has a right to be making noise and demanding their rights, it’s the Crimean Tatars—they’re the indigenous people there.
The vast majority of Russians were just moved in through some massive planned settlement after World War II, and during that whole post-war era, they basically steamrolled everyone else out of existence.

Besides, Crimea has huge autonomy within Ukraine, so what the hell is their problem?

Amanda Evans2 said:Aside from the fact that these points don't really have anything to do with one another...

no shit, Sherlock

Ukraine’s got its own set of perks that the Russians just can't seem to quit,

just like how those guys over in Mexico couldn't stay away from us either.

it's as simple as that ☕