I just watched another movie that literally begins with a quote from Mao: Sergio Leone’s Duck, You Sucker It’s expiring from the Criterion Channel this month for anyone who has it. Pretty interesting/fun action flick about to guys getting caught up in the Mexican Revolution. Worth checking out.

I read “How to Be an Antiracist” too and credit where credit is due, Kendi does dedicate a chapter each to both imperialism and capitalism and how both have borne racist policies/instilled racist values. I mean, you won’t see him calling for the government to be overthrown, but he doesn’t not call for it lol. It was better than White Fragility for sure, which is just self-flagellation.

Only speaking from personal taste, but it was a show I didn’t so much enjoy as much as I appreciated the subject matter. I never really found it that funny (I think the only time I laughed out loud was the last season where Todd builds a robot to head his company and it’s made of dildos and is hyper sexual iirc) and a lot of the jokes were the same setup and delivery: “ I’m Bojack and I observed this shitty behavior, good thing I’m nothing like that.”

Just got old for me fast. I appreciated them trying to tackle shitty behavior in the entertainment industry, but didn’t quite land most of the time (I think they mentioned representation and it was kind of weird given the criticisms of a white actress voicing a Vietnamese character in the show). Don’t know what other chapos think about it.

“Tell me what the Nazis did but with a nicer tone and less of a shitty attitude, please.”

You nailed the bs the doc pulls in those final moments about trying to shame the viewers for the shit the filmmaker did. The story didn’t have to be told that way motherfuckers. And I really really really wish they didn’t show any of the footage. Maybe just closeups of any identifying features that the interviewees are talking about. But by showing large chunks of the videos, they’re basically giving the murderer the kind of attention he wanted. But yeah, wish I could wipe some of those images from my brain as well as the songs he used during them as well, hopefully I can forget those.

Can’t say he’s made anything bad, but Hateful Eight is definitely one of my least favorite of his. It’s just so long and doesn’t really engage me the way his other movies do and kind of stays in one gear the whole time. I’ll gladly rewatch anything else he’s done, but I don’t think I’ll want to watch Hateful Eight again for a long time.

Wow, I completely forgot I watched this movie years ago. The only thing I remember is that hard cut to the shot of her head...very disturbing. Felt pretty exploitive to me, and I’d probably still see it that way. Fortunately I forgot most of it.

You trying to say AOC should have snapped Manchin’s neck instead?

Been seeing a lot of Buttigieg love circulating on Twitter for going on Fox and saying they are wrong about things in the most uninspiring way. Makes you sick that a lot of these same people were furious at Bernie Sanders for going on Fox and actually making proposals that even Dems found too radical and having the Fox News audience actually agree with him. It’s all so stupid all the time.

Let’s frack, Jack! :dem:

Hardware

It got Cain. I’m guessing Trump, Christie or maybe even Barr could go down. 🤞

Oh boy, she sure had plans didn’t she?

Awesome, love Rammstein as well. I was supposed to see them in concert again this year but nope! Pretty bummed about that.

On the most recent episode they mentioned Sons of Anarchy again, so that sounds like a must have.

I was considering going on Twitter and messing with all the Warren stans by telling them I’m writing in her name cause “If you vote for her, she will win.” But this is also pretty good.

Not sure how familiar you are with the horror genre but hopefully you haven’t seen some of these.

• Martyrs: the original French one, not the remake. Some called it the 2001 of horror movies and I might have to agree with that. Pretty graphic and not an easy watch, but it goes to some interesting places
• In a Glass Cage: from Spain, it’s pretty disturbing and has some good atmosphere and is well made. It stuck with me since I saw it in college.
• Black Christmas: the original. The first real slasher movie (precedes Halloween). Well made with decent writing and some good scares. Probably my favorite ending to a horror movie, getting chills just thinking of it.
• Suspiria: more well know but thought I’d mention it anyway. Both the original and the remake are good in this case. They’re both atmospheric but with wildly different intentions and conjure up different feelings.
• Hausu: batshit insane Japanese horror movie. Just a good time all around.
• Audition: Might be considered more well know but definitely worth checking out.
• Toby Dammit: cool horror short directed by Fellini.
• Woman in the Dunes: more of a psychological movie, but definitely has some horror vibes to it
• Don’t Look Now: also more of a psychological slow burn but an incredible ending and can definitely be considered horror
• The Descent: this one seems to get forgotten about, but worth checking out especially if you are claustrophobic
• Hour of the Wolf: Bergman’s horror movie. Some good atmosphere in this one
• Let’s Scare Jessica to Death: another good atmospheric horror movie
• Sleepaway Camp: notoriously bad but also entertaining
• Session 9: A good psychological horror movie
• Tenebre: another Argento but my favorite giallo of his
• Antichrist: this is a tough watch but beautifully filmed. Also very fucked up and graphic.
• The Strangers: an effective home invasion movie Eden Lake: fucked up but worth a watch. Also has Michael Fassbender.
• Lastly, Society and The People Under the Stairs are fun social commentary horrors

I lasted all of 5 minutes for the Jay and Silent Bob reboot. I wanted to like it, but it was so bad it hurt to watch.

It’s the opposite of Bee Movie.

They are destroying our values from Jerusalem and Athens!