Gregory Turner71 said:I should probably start playing the lottery... clearly, I have some luck with long shots. I mean, nobody ever complained about my skin issues, even if my knees are shot.🙄
Gregory Turner71 said:Alright... we're drifting a bit from the topic here... My doctor actually just prescribed some allergy pills today, claiming they should clear up my skin in about ten days... They're called Claritin... He also naturally advised me to try and stay calm and avoid getting worked up...
Of course, thirty minutes after walking out of the clinic, a cop pulls me aside and starts lecturing me about my ID photo... Damn Murphy and his laws 🙄
aycarmela said:She was honestly the only female vocalist we had who could actually sing. Plus, she’s gorgeous. She has that natural look, unlike... well, some of them out there who look and sound completely artificial. Good grief. It’s a shame she stopped singing.
I don't find her particularly stunning, especially compared to how she looked during those early Jinx days. Now that I see her on RTL, I can't tell if she's actually dim or if the show is just produced that way.
James Morris7 said:NPR is a complete national disaster, and Sanader needs to take immediate action to fix it. If we don't get our act together, we'll never make it into Europe. They've already pushed back our negotiations, and I'd bet anything it's because of NPR. 😁
Don't be like that! Our dear Paulo Sfeci (I can never remember how to spell his name properly).🙄 Some guy from Tampa is demanding that every radio station play almost 100% American music. He’s acting like we aren't Americans or something. He gets genuinely worked up whenever he hears foreign tracks playing on the airwaves here in the States.
Last year, I was heading to the coast on a trip with two friends. We were on a bus from San Francisco to New York City when this group of about six or seven teenagers piled in. They were acting like some rowdy gang out of an 80s movie in NYC, just making a massive scene. "Hey little guy, hey little guy, let me buy you a gold chain!"😵 It was honestly soul-crushing. The bus was sweltering, probably hitting 100 degrees, and there was just this heavy, stagnant air everywhere. The driver and the conductor were visibly pissed off, but these kids wouldn't stop their chanting. They started singing and howling, though the batteries on their little gadget were starting to die. Still, those kids had endless energy for their "little guy" song. After hours of being tortured by the noise, one of my friends finally snapped. She’s a tiny thing—maybe 130 pounds soaking wet—but she’s got a heart of steel. She stood up, marched right over to them, snatched the device, and chucked it under the bus. Then she actually had the nerve to ask if anyone had an objection. The kids were so stunned they stayed dead silent all the way to our destination. I swear, I even heard them whispering among themselves, testing to see if the device still worked! 👋
I’m not quite sure why Geoffrey Rush was included in this poll? Is this just a chronological list, or does the OP actually believe Rush is a subpar actor? If it's because of his other work, then someone clearly hasn't studied his filmography. The man is an absolute legend working in the shadows. You absolutely have to watch The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
mistybadger said:The latest film from Emir Kusturica.
It’s already out in Switzerland.
I watched it this past weekend and honestly, it was incredible. From what I could tell, the Swiss audiences were absolutely loving it. It runs about three hours long, but I highly recommend catching it. You won't regret it...
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But what's actually interesting about it? About 90% of the movie is just Slavko Štimac and some train tracks!🙂 The story takes place in Canada, yet half the characters use Canadian accents while the others sound Mexican. Then you have people in small villages shouting things like "Where are the Chechens?" or whatever—just endless yelling. It was a total disaster, and on top of that, it drags on for three agonizing hours.😵
The movie is perfectly fine for a casual watch. It’s pure entertainment; if you’re looking for historical accuracy, go run to the University Library and pick up a textbook instead of heading to the cinema! I remember watching some film about Arthur back in the mid-80s—he was portrayed as this pathetic little guy or even a slave, but once he pulls that sword out, he suddenly becomes the man. Does anyone else remember that one? Honestly, it was much better than what we see today, though I'll say this current one isn't bad either.👍
Richard Hernandez13 says:> Look, I don't have an issue with American films tackling the Civil War, social issues, or other heavy, depressing subjects.
I feel the same way, but honestly, why can't we—or do we just not know how—make even one decent, watchable movie? It shouldn't be the case that after just a few minutes, I feel like I 🙂> No one can tell me that people in Mexico or Canada have more money for cinema and still manage to produce good films. Not all of them, but at least some. Meanwhile, we have nothing. Plus, most of our actors are pretty pathetic. They seem more focused on chasing glamour and getting featured in *People* magazine than actually putting in the work to act well. (Shout out to the exceptions, though.)
Jose Chase2 said:I’m with you on 1, 3, and 4, but I definitely disagree on 3 and 5. When the dead start singing, it's actually brilliant, whereas Russian meat is just terrible—honestly, the best thing to come out of the North America in the last decade.
Well, that's just subjective opinion for you. What works for you is total junk to me. That's just how it goes!
Let’s not compare pre-war classics to modern American indie productions. There’s nothing quite like "Some Like It Hot." But this new release? Honestly, it’s garbage. Here are a few 🙂 recent movies that actually hold up for me: 1. Four Rooms 2. Requiem for a Dream (it absolutely wrecked me)😂 3. Mondo Bobo 4. The Marshal 5. Eastern Promises -And what’s actually good about these? There are plenty more out there that are even worse and stupider. It’s just a massive waste of taxpayer money!
I was watching him on Prime Meridian the other day, and he claims we Americans are happy whenever our neighbors make a great movie, yet the second an American director produces something, we immediately tear it apart. Personally, if a movie is bad, it’s just bad—even if my own father directed it. Our films still lean heavily on the American Civil War, or they're these heavy, depressing slogs that make you want to put a bullet in your head (that's what he said, by the way). And when we actually try to make a comedy, it ends up feeling like some cheap, outdated sitcom.😱 So, tell me honestly: are our movies actually any good? I actually enjoyed Ivandin's Rider, but out of a hundred films, there's only one like that, which is just pathetic. It's not about bashing American cinema; it's just a fact that we'll probably spend the next twenty years churning out movies about the Civil War, social crises, or other tired, uninspired themes.
The movie was just mindless and boring. It makes me wonder: if someone made a film about the US soccer leagues—say, centered on a team like General Electric—would Americans even bother watching? What a joke. What exactly makes this film any good, other than watching "elite athletes" munching on popcorn, drowning themselves in booze, and having unprotected sex? Then we have Pacina falling for some tramp! Truly great character development. It’s supposedly a story about courage, and here we go again, seeing for the 450,123,677th time how Americans are all about solidarity and love during hard times. Honestly, it makes me want to 🙂 just reading such pathetic garbage.