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Baddestguyp:
By the way, here are some Korean movies I absolutely recommend.

1. The Handmaiden - this in my opinion deserves an Oscar. One of the best movies I've ever watched.

2. Assassination - Spy thriller set in the era of Japanese occupation of korea

3. The Last Princess - about independence fighters set in the same Japanese-korean occupation era

4. The Berlin File - Spy thriller about some North Korean operatives in Germany

Only number one is the proper movie there others are slop. The movie was written by the director's assistant a woman which he took all the credits for.

‎"The Odyssey" (2026)...The long calm before the storm...
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‎Long read...pardon 🙏🏿
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‎Christopher Nolan is arguably one of the best filmmakers in modern cinema, one of the very few auteurs whose films are instantly recognizable through a common set of traits, but I fear his latest foray might prove to be his undoing.
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‎From Memento (2000) to The Prestige (2006) to TDK (2010) , you always knew what you were getting from his movies...exceptionally high technical filmmaking prowess, so much so that people were genuinely fearing that he was going to use an actual atomic bomb! 😩 in Oppie (2023). All these make for great blockbusters, and yet he has also come under criticism for focusing solely on the technical aspects of filmmaking at the neglect of other areas, particularly dialogue, handling of female characters and emotional nuance.
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‎I personally have noticed that he struggles to deliver emotional subtlety through his characters, often making them feel robotic, mechanical, and devoid of spontaneity. There is a reason why Tenet (2020), which I loved by the way, is many people’s least favourite film of his. People simply could not grasp it. The technicalities of the film overshadowed everything else, coupled with an over-convoluted plot that often felt convoluted for the bare sake of being convoluted, serving no real purpose beyond spectacle. Some people even argued that perhaps he made films this way because he wanted that elusive Oscar.
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‎The elusive Oscar finally came, and he picked "The Odyssey" as his next project and, from what we have seen so far, this appears to be the project where he has decided to relax his usual high technical standards and flex a bit stylistically. But I personally think he could not have picked a worse film to do this with.
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‎The Odyssey is perhaps one of the most important literary works from ancient Greek mythos, and if a filmmaker like Christopher Nolan is adapting it, there should be an air of seriousness and originality to it..nobody should think it is a parody. But the trailer and promotional materials released so far suggest otherwise. From the dull cinematography, to the game-like costumes, to the out-of-place dialogue for a period piece like this, everything feels oddly artificial and so so unlike Nolan.
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‎But perhaps the most obvious blunder so far is some of the casting choices, which scream unnecessary DEI. The elephant in the room is the casting of Lupita Nyong'o in the dual role of Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra. The argument can be made that the story is fictional and therefore subject to reinterpretation, but I still think the casting choice is wrong for reasons that are obvious enough not to require extensive explanation. And it begs the question..why do black actors continue accepting these obvious “pick-me-up” roles? What purpose does it serve? It certainly does their careers more harm than good.
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‎Misappropriation in casting used to happen far more often than many people realize, but the world has changed so much that you would never see white actors doing the reverse today. Jenny Slate had stepped down from her role on "Big Mouth", because she felt it was out of place for her, a white woman to be voicing a Black character, and it was recast to Ayo Edebiri. Lupita Nyong'o and Paapa Essiedu have only opened themselves up to vile rhetoric from racists. Elon Musk has been on Christopher Nolan’s case for the better part of a week just because of this casting discourse. Imagine such a charlatan speaking ill of the work of a famed film auteur like Nolan.
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‎Now, whether the film will perform well at the box office is not really in question. The IMAX tickets reportedly sold out months in advance, and mind you, this is largely off the strength of the Nolan brand alone. But it should still be said that no filmmaker is above making a bad film, not even him.
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‎I mean, Asghar Farhadi, one of my favourite directors, had seemingly never put a foot wrong, and yet his latest film was met with severe rebuke at Cannes last week and currently sits at an abysmal 18% on Rotten Tomatoes!. But then again, I would be a terrible gambler if I bet against Christopher Nolan. He has proven his mantle over and over again. Still, I hold far more fear for The Odyssey (2026) than excitement.
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‎Has my GOAT sacrificed his career for scraps from the woke table?
‎Only time will tell.
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‎Side note: On the subject of casting misappropriation, if they eventually make a sequel to "Michael" (2026) and cover the period where MJ transitioned to full on white, do they recast him with a white actor, or do they simply keep Jaafar Jackson and “leather him up” with makeup? 👀

Kaczynski:
Only number one is the proper movie there others are slop. The movie was written by the director's assistant a woman which he took all the credits for.

The others are definitely not slop.

The number 1 - The Handmaiden is one of the best movies of all time...

The others are really good movies but not on its level.

I could have recommended movies like Oldboy but I assume everyone would have watched them by now

Kaczynski:
slop. anything netflix = slop + south korean propaganda.

Wtf are you even talking about?

Are these Netflix korean movies also slop then?

oyaskii:
‎"The Odyssey" (2026)...The long calm before the storm...
‎
‎Long read...pardon 🙏🏿
‎
‎Christopher Nolan is arguably one of the best filmmakers in modern cinema, one of the very few auteurs whose films are instantly recognizable through a common set of traits, but I fear his latest foray might prove to be his undoing.
‎
‎From Memento (2000) to The Prestige (2006) to TDK (2010) , you always knew what you were getting from his movies...exceptionally high technical filmmaking prowess, so much so that people were genuinely fearing that he was going to use an actual atomic bomb! 😩 in Oppie (2023). All these make for great blockbusters, and yet he has also come under criticism for focusing solely on the technical aspects of filmmaking at the neglect of other areas, particularly dialogue, handling of female characters and emotional nuance.
‎
‎I personally have noticed that he struggles to deliver emotional subtlety through his characters, often making them feel robotic, mechanical, and devoid of spontaneity. There is a reason why Tenet (2020), which I loved by the way, is many people’s least favourite film of his. People simply could not grasp it. The technicalities of the film overshadowed everything else, coupled with an over-convoluted plot that often felt convoluted for the bare sake of being convoluted, serving no real purpose beyond spectacle. Some people even argued that perhaps he made films this way because he wanted that elusive Oscar.
‎
‎The elusive Oscar finally came, and he picked "The Odyssey" as his next project and, from what we have seen so far, this appears to be the project where he has decided to relax his usual high technical standards and flex a bit stylistically. But I personally think he could not have picked a worse film to do this with.
‎
‎The Odyssey is perhaps one of the most important literary works from ancient Greek mythos, and if a filmmaker like Christopher Nolan is adapting it, there should be an air of seriousness and originality to it..nobody should think it is a parody. But the trailer and promotional materials released so far suggest otherwise. From the dull cinematography, to the game-like costumes, to the out-of-place dialogue for a period piece like this, everything feels oddly artificial and so so unlike Nolan.
‎
‎But perhaps the most obvious blunder so far is some of the casting choices, which scream unnecessary DEI. The elephant in the room is the casting of Lupita Nyong'o in the dual role of Helen of Troy and Clytemnestra. The argument can be made that the story is fictional and therefore subject to reinterpretation, but I still think the casting choice is wrong for reasons that are obvious enough not to require extensive explanation. And it begs the question..why do black actors continue accepting these obvious “pick-me-up” roles? What purpose does it serve? It certainly does their careers more harm than good.
‎
‎Misappropriation in casting used to happen far more often than many people realize, but the world has changed so much that you would never see white actors doing the reverse today. Jenny Slate had stepped down from her role on "Big Mouth", because she felt it was out of place for her, a white woman to be voicing a Black character, and it was recast to Ayo Edebiri. Lupita Nyong'o and Paapa Essiedu have only opened themselves up to vile rhetoric from racists. Elon Musk has been on Christopher Nolan’s case for the better part of a week just because of this casting discourse. Imagine such a charlatan speaking ill of the work of a famed film auteur like Nolan.
‎
‎Now, whether the film will perform well at the box office is not really in question. The IMAX tickets reportedly sold out months in advance, and mind you, this is largely off the strength of the Nolan brand alone. But it should still be said that no filmmaker is above making a bad film, not even him.
‎
‎I mean, Asghar Farhadi, one of my favourite directors, had seemingly never put a foot wrong, and yet his latest film was met with severe rebuke at Cannes last week and currently sits at an abysmal 18% on Rotten Tomatoes!. But then again, I would be a terrible gambler if I bet against Christopher Nolan. He has proven his mantle over and over again. Still, I hold far more fear for The Odyssey (2026) than excitement.
‎
‎Has my GOAT sacrificed his career for scraps from the woke table?
‎Only time will tell.
‎
‎Side note: On the subject of casting misappropriation, if they eventually make a sequel to "Michael" (2026) and cover the period where MJ transitioned to full on white, do they recast him with a white actor, or do they simply keep Jaafar Jackson and “leather him up” with makeup? 👀

Nolan is my favorite Hollywood director but i fear he has fumbled with The Odyssey.

Was discussing with some colleagues at work who are also fans of his and no one is holding out any hope for the movie.

I have not seen a single positive thing about the movie. From the trailers to the costumes to the casting...everything feels so wrong and out of place for someone like Nolan.

I don't know if he was pressured or what? But right now I have zero hopes for the movie.
It has all the tellsigns of a terrible movie so far

Baddestguyp:
Wtf are you even talking about?

Are these Netflix korean movies also slop then?

Yes .

Baddestguyp:
The others are definitely not slop.

The number 1 - The Handmaiden is one of the best movies of all time...

The others are really good movies but not on its level.

I could have recommended movies like Oldboy but I assume everyone would have watched them by now

Oldboy is one of the best. The last best korean film is burning 2018.

Baddestguyp:
Wtf are you even talking about?

Are these Netflix korean movies also slop then?

Yes .

Kaczynski:
Oldboy is one of the best. The last best korean film is burning 2018.

I've seen Burning years ago.

Kaczynski:
Yes .

None of these movies are slop.
You don't know what you're talking about.

abduleez1:
The Drama...... 8/10

I pretty much watch and I like the unique idea of the storyline. I just love the kind of projects Robert Pattinson dabbles in. Dude has so much depth. But I can't believe that scrawny legs I saw on Batman.

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I will not forgive you, Oyaskii and Baddestguyp for misleading me 😭

samistry:
I will not forgive you, Oyaskii and Baddestguyp for misleading me 😭

🤣🤣🤣

samistry:
I will not forgive you, Oyaskii and Baddestguyp for misleading me 😭

Misleading you how?
The movie is good.

Everyone has different tastes and you cannot like every single movie people like here...

Typical example of eat the rich.


8/10.

Baddestguyp:
Wtf are you even talking about?

Are these Netflix korean movies also slop then?

You know ball

oyaskii:
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‎Side note: On the subject of casting misappropriation, if they eventually make a sequel to "Michael" (2026) and cover the period where MJ transitioned to full on white, do they recast him with a white actor, or do they simply keep Jaafar Jackson and “leather him up” with makeup? 👀

I remember telling abduleez that Michael will make a billion definitely and he said no 😂😂, the movie already has 700 million and it hasn't even opened in some of its key markets yet

Baddestguyp:
Nolan is my favorite Hollywood director but i fear he has fumbled with The Odyssey.

Was discussing with some colleagues at work who are also fans of his and no one is holding out any hope for the movie.

I have not seen a single positive thing about the movie. From the trailers to the costumes to the casting...everything feels so wrong and out of place for someone like Nolan.

I don't know if he was pressured or what? But right now I have zero hopes for the movie.
It has all the tellsigns of a terrible movie so far

The same was said about the Matrix, flight club and others. Calm down, I'll be watching a screening in two weeks. People have always underestimated Nolan anytime he was doing something new and he has always clapped back with performance, I honestly don't see anything wrong with the costume, my only problem is the casting

Illusioneffect:
I remember telling abduleez that Michael will make a billion definitely and he said no 😂😂, the movie already has 700 million and it hasn't even opened in some of its key markets yet

Lol, maybe this would be one of my misses in a long streak of getting box office predictions right.

Still, I'm holding on to my hopes it comes short at $900mn+.

The only key markets missing is Japan, bruv and Russia. It's already opened in 84 markets globally.
There's been no BIG summer movie yet after it's release that's why it's still getting good legs.
Waiting to see how it holds pre Mandalorian and Grogu.

Interstellar (2014).......9/10

Finally got to watch this after redownloading in 2022... one of the few films that have been on my watchlist for almost a decade. Phew........

It was a fantastic watch. I would have given this a higher rating if not for the few space and physics jargons that I had to slowly digest to fully understand cos it's been a while I dabbled in spatial physics and its phenomena.

One of the few technicalities I liked in the film was the silence in scenes in open space, probably cos sound can't travel in space. I think.

I remember back then when this particular movie (if I remember correctly) was hotly discussed and debated that it took like 3 days for that topic to die down on this thread. Intellectual argument...that was back when we had a good number of geeks on this thread. Highly intelligent peeps in their own right. Top tier stuff for or against why they think space depictions in films were realistic or not.

Well, that has always been the power of Christopher Nolan's influence with his movies. He usually steers your mind and cognitive capacity watching his films. Seeing his brother Jonathan Nolan co-writing this film just showed how talented a filmmaker Jonathan has always been; this is remembering his ambitious Sci-Fi adventures like HBO's Westworld.

Matthew McConaughey... brilliant actor. Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway and the rest of the cast delivered superbly. A stacked cast with so many well respected actors.
Interesting seeing a young Timothee Chalamet in here. Seems dude has always been positioned in a place of greatness all his life.

Top top film.... a splendid watch. The cinematography and the CGI in the scenes depicting the Blackhole was just pure mastery. I don't know what inspired that Blackhole looks but it was cinematic.....I don't know why I look at it, it reminds me of Saturn. Maybe because of the massive ring around the Blackhole that makes it look like light orbiting around it.

Great twist at the end.

I noticed a few visial inspirations taken in Project Hail Mary borrowed from this film.

abduleez1:
Lol, maybe this would be one of my misses in a long streak of getting box office predictions right.

Still, I'm holding on to my hopes it comes short at $900mn+.

The only key markets missing is Japan, bruv and Russia. It's already opened in 84 markets globally.
There's been no BIG summer movie yet after it's release that's why it's still getting good legs.
Waiting to see how it holds pre Mandalorian and Grogu.

Oga you haven't hit any target this year, and we are already in May

🤔🤔

abduleez1:
Interstellar (2014).......9/10

Finally got to watch this after redownloading in 2022... one of the few films that have been on my watchlist for almost a decade. Phew........

It was a fantastic watch. I would have given this a higher rating if not for the few space and physics jargons that I had to slowly digest to fully understand cos it's been a while I dabbled in spatial physics and its phenomena.

One of the few technicalities I liked in the film was the silence in scenes in open space, probably cos sound can't travel in space. I think.

I remember back then when this particular movie (if I remember correctly) was hotly discussed and debated that it took like 3 days for that topic to die down on this thread. Intellectual argument...that was back when we had a good number of geeks on this thread. Highly intelligent peeps in their own right. Top tier stuff for or against why they think space depictions in films were realistic or not.

Well, that has always been the power of Christopher Nolan's influence with his movies. He usually steers your mind and cognitive capacity watching his films. Seeing his brother Jonathan Nolan co-writing this film just showed how talented a filmmaker Jonathan has always been; this is remembering his ambitious Sci-Fi adventures like HBO's Westworld.

Matthew McConaughey... brilliant actor. Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway and the rest of the cast delivered superbly. A stacked cast with so many well respected actors.
Interesting seeing a young Timothee Chalamet in here. Seems dude has always been positioned in a place of greatness all his life.

Top top film.... a splendid watch. The cinematography and the CGI in the scenes depicting the Blackhole was just pure mastery. I don't know what inspired that Blackhole looks but it was cinematic.....I don't know why I look at it, it reminds me of Saturn. Maybe because of the massive ring around the Blackhole that makes it look like light orbiting around it.

Great twist at the end.

I noticed a few visial inspirations taken in Project Hail Mary borrowed from this film.

I have just seen Christopher Nolan's 60 minutes interview for "The Odyssey" (2026) promotional tour, and i was just in awe, the way he talks about film and filmmaking. There isn't that many filmamkers around that is as passionate about film, currently as he is and I think "Interstellar (2014)" is probably is "magnum opus".

All the things people like about his filmmaking process, he turns up to the very maxx here. The technicalities...The science...so much so, it spurned into a book, written by famed physicist , Kip Thorne, who was the science consultant on the film, to explain all the science that went on during the film and how very close they were to what physicists have postulated about "Black holes, Time Warp and Interstellar travel".

The story itself was very very simple in hindsight but the technical brilliance lifted it up. A travesty that it wasn't up for major cates at the Oscars the following year. Academic voters found it overly ambitious and too hard a sci fi, but it doesn't take away the fact that, this was just a brilliant brilliant film.

The film score was peak Christopher Nolan/Hans Zimmer collabo before they side stepped.

On the subject of sound in space movies and sound not traveling in space, I think no other film has done it better this side of the century than..."Gravity" (2013), Brooooo it was crazy crazy work!! 😩😩.... duly won best sound design and best sound mixing at the 2014 Oscars.

abduleez1:
Interstellar (2014).......9/10

Finally got to watch this after redownloading in 2022... one of the few films that have been on my watchlist for almost a decade. Phew........

It was a fantastic watch. I would have given this a higher rating if not for the few space and physics jargons that I had to slowly digest to fully understand cos it's been a while I dabbled in spatial physics and its phenomena.

One of the few technicalities I liked in the film was the silence in scenes in open space, probably cos sound can't travel in space. I think.

I remember back then when this particular movie (if I remember correctly) was hotly discussed and debated that it took like 3 days for that topic to die down on this thread. Intellectual argument...that was back when we had a good number of geeks on this thread. Highly intelligent peeps in their own right. Top tier stuff for or against why they think space depictions in films were realistic or not.

Well, that has always been the power of Christopher Nolan's influence with his movies. He usually steers your mind and cognitive capacity watching his films. Seeing his brother Jonathan Nolan co-writing this film just showed how talented a filmmaker Jonathan has always been; this is remembering his ambitious Sci-Fi adventures like HBO's Westworld.

Matthew McConaughey... brilliant actor. Matt Damon and Anne Hathaway and the rest of the cast delivered superbly. A stacked cast with so many well respected actors.
Interesting seeing a young Timothee Chalamet in here. Seems dude has always been positioned in a place of greatness all his life.

Top top film.... a splendid watch. The cinematography and the CGI in the scenes depicting the Blackhole was just pure mastery. I don't know what inspired that Blackhole looks but it was cinematic.....I don't know why I look at it, it reminds me of Saturn. Maybe because of the massive ring around the Blackhole that makes it look like light orbiting around it.

Great twist at the end.

I noticed a few visial inspirations taken in Project Hail Mary borrowed from this film.

Why this long write up for a 2014 movie.

abduleez1:
🤔🤔

Mando in Big 2026 uno, as if that S3 wasn't bad enough 😩😩

samistry:
I will not forgive you, Oyaskii and Baddestguyp for misleading me 😭

👀👀 🤣🤣🤣.

On a serious note, what is y'all that said it is a bad movie, critic of it? 🤔 because honestly i stand by it, that it is one of the very best flick i have seen this year. 👍🏿

phr0nesis:
Oga you haven't hit any target this year, and we are already in May

Lmao.... I haven't rated much films box office for first half of this year.
Ones I remember talking much about is Wuthering Heights and Michael. I talked about Project Hail Mary briefly doing $550-650mn+.

I missed Wuthering Heights prediction. Michael is still playing..... I'm betting less than a billion.
Not opening my account this year on solid ground, but who says there can't be a turnaround?

Most of the films I'm interested in their box office comes later this year. I'm still to adjust some predictions based on anticipation closer to release and data collection. There's many more films to look at later this year I'm yet to talk about.

samistry:
🤡

This has got to be some kind of joke

GloriousGbola:
troll time - why not expendahos

for those who like pixel gaming there is a free game on steam which was a to in to the original expendables movie - the expendabros

also this


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udxgrqIRjBw


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZFmL0nYYCY

maybe they can resurrect the chick

Smh

Ishilove:
This has got to be some kind of joke

the expendaboobs

or the expanded boobs

Ishilove:
Smh

in boarding school we watched rambo 2 god knows how many times

so much that movie is burned into my memory

so i remeber the scene where Rambo says hes expandable

also where he says his knife give s him good luck

we laughed our heads off

GloriousGbola:
the expendaboobs

or the expanded boobs



in boarding school we watched rambo 2 god knows how many times

so much that movie is burned into my memory

so i remeber the scene where Rambo says hes expandable

also where he says his knife give s him good luck

we laughed our heads off

Must have worn that VHS tape thin

oyaskii:
Mando in Big 2026 uno, as if that S3 wasn't bad enough 😩😩

That S3 was dog shite. 😭😭