@TheCinesthetic Have to grit your teeth through a couple of things, but otherwise a near-perfect film. The Tiny Dancer scene is enchanting, and Kate Hudson's performance is unbelievable.
This discourse is exhausting.
Actors can go out of favour very quickly. An MCU contract sets Inde Navarette up for life, and allows her to do any project she wants afterwards.
Heat 2 won't do that. Heat is one of my all time favourites, but it doesn't guarantee her anything.
Oppenheimer (2023) dir. Christopher Nolan - intense trial hearing with intense lights, featuring Robert Downey Jr, Cillian Murphy, Jason Clarke and Alden Ehrenreich
The longer I go without watching The Dark Knight, the lower my opinion of it drops. Then, after a while, I'll give it a rewatch and realise I was right the first time. Pure entertainment from the first frame.
No idea if I want us to keep Tuchel tbh. Can't say I've been encouraged by this showing.
28 is an opportunity. We're firmly the third best team in Europe right now (behind Spain and France), and we're hosting. Need it to click in the next two years.
Squad wasn't good enough in 18, just happy not to get humiliated again. 21 and 22 we were genuinely one of the world's best teams and were a bit unlucky not to get more.
24 and 26 were a huge step back. Didn't dominate games, got by on moments, and eventually ran out of luck.
Grew up watching every English superstar disappoint in major tournaments. These two are an absolute privilege. Hope people finally stop criticising them and start to appreciate what we have.
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40s: It's A Wonderful Life
50s: 12 Angry Men
60s: Harakiri
70s: The Godfather
80s: Back to the Future
90s: Schindler's List
2000s: In the Mood For Love
2010s: The Social Network
2020s: The Father
MGW had a good season, but so did Rogers. Foden and Palmer have been out of form for ages. Palmer is the only one with a bit of credit in the bank for England.
But more importantly, they're all 10s. None of them are competing with Gordon. Tuchel explained this very clearly.
I love the hype of a major tournament, but the England discourse is always exhausting. Every time we hear:
1) Every player left out of the squad would've been our saviour.
2) Conversations about how/if Kane should play.
3) "I'd rather my club win a corner...."
Insufferable.
imagine being Gibbs-White, Palmer and Foden yesterday watching Gordon running into players and basically just being a workhorse and wondering why you're not going to the World Cup because a German manager is basically being a dickhead and picking players on favouritism. Shocking.
Huge fan of PTA, absolutely LOVE Philip Seymour Hoffman, and even enjoy Adam Sandler well enough. However, I simply do no see what everyone sees in Punch-Drunk Love.
Seen it twice, both times left thinking "eh, it's fine, nothing special". The phone call scene is funny, though.
Was certain I wouldn't watch a better film all year, but scratch that. Harakiri is possibly the most entrancing film I've ever seen.
Amazing what happens when I include "considered among the greatest ever" in my watch list criteria, instead of just "features an actor I like".
Having heard great things about it, I finally got around to watching In the Mood for Love. And...yeah, masterpiece.
Probably the most beautifully shot film I've ever seen, alongside a moving story, great music, and phenomenal chemistry between the leads.
Film of the century.