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I have it on good authority that the new boards will have tags.
 
ImTheCaptain said:
i watched citizen kane because of a film class at Wake. i enjoyed it but probably only because the class specifically discussed what made the movie great and groundbreaking.
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I can appreciate the groundbreaking aspects of it, I just didn't like the story.
 
If anyone hasn't seen Once Upon a Time in the West, I couldn't recommend it more.
 
I've also never seen Chinatown and keep talking myself out of it because Polanski is a shit, but I should probably watch it

I also really dig Woody Allen movies, but stopped watching those for the same reason

I'm sure kory will follow up with some art-artists critical theory to set things straight
 
wfudkn said:
If anyone hasn't seen Once Upon a Time in the West, I couldn't recommend it more.
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The opening scene at the train station is one of my favorite parts of any movie in history.
 
I didn't love Chinatown. Watched it within the last year or so and was kind of underwhelmed. But I know I'm defs in the minority there.
 
wfudkn said:
I didn't love Chinatown. Watched it within the last year or so and was kind of underwhelmed. But I know I'm defs in the minority there.
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I agree with this take. Like lots of movies about LA, it’s sort of precious about itself and the city.
 
On the Waterfront. Vertigo, Treasure of Sierra Madre

Just for silly fun, The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming and Dr. Strangelove.
 
it's set there, but is it precious about LA?

isn't the point of the movie that LA is a corrupt and gross city and Jake should write it off?
 
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La La Land is the most LA-precious movie I've ever seen and it's also one of the worst movies I've ever watched
 
They Live is set in LA and about LA but it is absolutely not precious about LA
 
JuiceCrewAllStar said:
La La Land is the most LA-precious movie I've ever seen and it's also one of the worst movies I've ever watched
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My eternal love for Ryan Gosling vehemently disagrees with this take.

Quick, top 5 Gosling movies. Go!
 
Gosling is trash in La La Land

I dig Lars and the Real Girl and Half Nelson, also like Drive well enough
 
ImTheCaptain said:
it's set there, but is it precious about LA?

isn't the point of the movie that LA is a corrupt and gross city and Jake should write it off?
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I think it's a reflection on trying to fight corruption in general with the water wars as a historical backdrop, but the antagonist who is a powerbroker in LA does some truly heinous shit so I don't know how shows any reverence of the city at all
 
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