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  1. afb

    afb Spoiler Alert: Pawnee, IN may not be on a map.
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    I have no idea how, but The Substance makes Babylon look minimalist
     
  2. joey jo-jo jr shabadoo

    joey jo-jo jr shabadoo you know for me, the action is the juice

    I didn’t know it was gonna be so damn funny

    or have some of the best ass shots I’ve ever seen

    and though I enjoyed it, it certainly didn’t need to be 140 minutes
     
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  3. dump

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    I’ve never seen margaret qualley look so good in a movie before
     
  4. The Blackfish

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    Ughhh hate body horror but I do love MQ
     
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  5. i am a bammer

    i am a bammer Ben Eblen>Jamychal Green
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    The substance is incredibly good
     
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  6. afb

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    I went into it assuming it would be way too long but not really sure there are any scenes i'd cut

    I would...

    make the finale NYE party shorter

    I get it, but I didnt need it for 12 minutes or whatever
     
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  7. afb

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    it's like if Neon Demon & Basket Case had a child
     
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  8. The Blackfish

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    Fucking FINE I’ll watch it
     
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  9. i am a bammer

    i am a bammer Ben Eblen>Jamychal Green
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    I was thinking more like The Fly meets Portrait of Dorian Gray
     
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  10. RoderickJaynes

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    Basket case rocks so hard
     
  11. GrizzliesDrew

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    [​IMG]
     
  12. Space

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    The Substance has the juice
     
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  13. i am a bammer

    i am a bammer Ben Eblen>Jamychal Green
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    The Substance really baited me into thinking it was going to explore some deeper themes. Then the last 30 minutes was refreshingly funny and deranged. It's a tad long though.
     
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  14. i am a bammer

    i am a bammer Ben Eblen>Jamychal Green
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    Demi Moore is actually much, much better than that movies deserves. Probably my favorite performance of the year so far.
     
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  15. dump

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    we get an Ana assassin movie in the Wick universe

     
  16. Clown Baby

    Clown Baby Daddy’s #1 Candy Baby
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  17. bro

    bro Your Mother’s Favorite Shitposter
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  18. joey jo-jo jr shabadoo

    joey jo-jo jr shabadoo you know for me, the action is the juice

    this was on my please upgrade to blu-ray list for a long damn time

    [​IMG]
     
  19. i am a bammer

    i am a bammer Ben Eblen>Jamychal Green
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    Megalopolis is much funnier than I thought it would be, though I don't think that was intentional. Baffling movie. Highly recommend.
     
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  20. Tex

    Tex Week 0 Enthusiast
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    What is Megalopolis about?
     
  21. i am a bammer

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    America, greed, loss, the future, great men, betrayal, freedom, power idk
     
  22. dump

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    The Roman Empire
     
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  23. i am a bammer

    i am a bammer Ben Eblen>Jamychal Green
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    It's honestly pretty hollow and incoherent but I've never seen anything like it and had no idea what was going to happen next.
     
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  24. Space

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    When you give a theater rat The Substance, he's gonna ask for a glass of A Different Man.
     
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  25. dump

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    Probably will do a cool little animated double feature of Transformers One and Wild Robot tomorrow
     
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  26. southlick

    southlick "Better Than You"
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    Melanie Griffith is so hot in Body Double
     
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  27. i am a bammer

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  28. afb

    afb Spoiler Alert: Pawnee, IN may not be on a map.
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    megalopolis was....whatever

    happy it exists but probably won't ever watch it again
     
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  29. Charles DeMar

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  30. i am a bammer

    i am a bammer Ben Eblen>Jamychal Green
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    There were several walk-outs in my Megalopolis screening

    Auntie Wow scene was the final straw for them
     
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  31. afb

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    that scene is my dream

    but in reality, I just wish it had a more focused screenplay
     
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  32. i am a bammer

    i am a bammer Ben Eblen>Jamychal Green
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    The aspect that really keeps me from taking it seriously is that every single actor is acting like they're all in different movies. Driver is completely sincere(except for his sassy little "go to the club" line), Shia is in a comedy stage play, Aubrey Plaza is in The Room, Nathalie Emmanuel is in a princess movie, Jon Voigt should have triggered a silver alert.
     
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  33. afb

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    agreed

    also, that "go to the club" line was an instant classic
     
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  34. Arrec Bardwin

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    Megalopolis at 6:30

    :baby:
     
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  35. dump

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    I am here to report that the Wild Robot is magically magnificent my goodness

    if I had to find a fault I would say some of the latter part of the movie is not really needed. Like they could have ended at a specific part and it would have been just as good imo
     
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  36. i am a bammer

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  37. Lyrtch

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    watching brawl in cell block 99 for the first time

    how is this movie so highly rated on RT. its....fine?
     
  38. i am a bammer

    i am a bammer Ben Eblen>Jamychal Green
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    There's your problem
     
  39. spagett

    spagett Got ya, spooked ya
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    Watched Wanted for the first time in a while

    Of all the unbelievable things in the movie, the most unbelievable is when the main character googles his name and there are zero results

    His name is Wesley Gibson
     
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  40. dump

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    Transformers One was cool

    first part was a bit clunky but once the action starts it really picked itself up

    as always animation is always better. But we’ll always have Linkin Park and Megan Fox, Michael Bay
     
  41. Shinzon

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    Siap. But I saw this trailer for the first time today, and it looks worth the watch.

     
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  42. Sanjuro

    Sanjuro Not a co-conspirator
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    It was entertaining but it looks like no Transformer project will ever top the original Transformers the Movie from 1986.
     
  43. LeonardWashington

    LeonardWashington Leader of Tuanon
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    what's a pretty reliable rating system?
     
  44. LuPoor

    LuPoor Cuddle with the homies watching Stand By Me
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    Just figuring out the reviewer you jive with. Mine is David Sims of the Atlantic, who needs to come back from parental leave.
     
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  45. LeonardWashington

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    Damn. I'm going to need to find one that is disappointed by everything. Maybe Jay Sherman will come back.
     
  46. LuPoor

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    Sounds like David Ehrlich of IndieWire to me
     
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  47. Arrec Bardwin

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    Megalopolis met all expectations of being psychotic, wildly pompous, and entertaining. Visually a 10/10 and probably should win an Oscar for costume design.

    Fucking died at Voights little mini bow and arrow
     
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  48. Arrec Bardwin

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    Oh also Nathalie Emmanuel

    :lovelove::lovelove::lovelove::lovelove::lovelove::lovelove::lovelove::lovelove::lovelove::lovelove::lovelove:
     
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  49. i am a bammer

    i am a bammer Ben Eblen>Jamychal Green
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    Letterboxd is pretty good. RT is the worst by a mile
     
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  50. afb

    afb Spoiler Alert: Pawnee, IN may not be on a map.
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    the "fresh meter" is a waste of time

    but if you click that logo, it will give you the actual movie ratings

    so in the case cell block has 90% but is a 7.6 out of 10 so dont treat the 90% as in it's elite or anything it's just that 90% of critics gave it a 6.0 or better (which is not really a great score imo)