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I only pick stuff I haven't seen. We like bad movies, so I don't think quality is a concern! (Though I do think MM has more freedom to try to find good things)

The only movie I've picked that I've seen before was Rockula - but that was a special circumstance. Like @AlmostAGhost said, I'm mostly interested in watching new things, and I enjoy discovering them all with you. I don't really think you can have a "bad" pick. The only weeks that I find to be disappointing are the ones where there's not much to talk about (See: Pippin or this week's HDTGM). I like to be surprised by what generates conversation (Like The Guest). But again, I'm not so deliberate about choosing a movie for that purpose either. Sometimes we get an amazing movie, sometimes it's a bad movie that's worth discussing, and sometimes there's just not that much to talk about. It's all a part of why I enjoy doing this with you all.

While we wait I would like to take a mini-poll. If you haven't seen the movie you're considering do you try to watch it first or just go ahead and pick it? I have several titles on my list that I want to see but am "nervous" about them being really bad. Since I still have a couple months I was thinking of trying to start watching my top possibles.

OK, what do you have for us this time?

It looks like JammerLea or someone else is maintaining the Google spreadsheet if people want to see past picks.

Looks like I've done about 70% already-seen to 30% first-time. I like the idea of only picking ones I haven't seen and will do that from now on. Then how about the second question: If a watch party is scheduled do you watch the movie beforehand?

Yeah, I looked at it the other day to see if I could mine it for anything to discuss in the thread. It was basically all the same stuff. Now, if HDTGM would do Rockula, then I would be happy.

Found it.

I love that we "beat" the podcast to LLL. It seems like we had a decent amount to discuss. I'll have to find the thread.

Actually that's not true, I did pick a movie I had seen on one of my picks. But I think that was my first one, and since then I'm more interested in finding new things than I am in a rewatch of something.

and yes, i already messaged that to Paul

while we wait

Where's the enthusiasm, the spunk, the integrity of the good old days? I remember when I could rant about something political and PFT himself would tell me I'm a grubby shit person, right here in the forums! Where is the magic, where is the connection, where is the foam corner? I was doing dishes and accidentally shattered my CBB pint glass about three years ago, and I feel like this place has never fully recovered.

On a related question, if you're going to join a watch party (like Kast or others), do you watch the movie ahead of time so you can discuss it more or do you wait to discover it fresh with others? With others would be more like a real movie theater. When The Guest was selected I disappointed (not really, I know) my watch partner because I hadn't seen it. The partner graciously refrained from commenting so they wouldn't spoil it. I feel like we could have had a lot of fun if I had seen it before hosting the Kast showing.

He touched her breast, tenderly. "Oi!" She shouted. "Get your own KFC bucket!"

taylorannephoto bowed out for this week so CakeBug Tranch is on the clock!

you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take, but 50% of those shots say it’s for the best and to stop calling

It was all confusing, but I couldn't stop think about one moment in particular... in the library scene, one character goes to kiss a taxidermy bear, from behind Matthew Lillard opens the bears head by tipping it to the side and kisses the man instead. Then they both act really surprised that that happened. WHAT!? So many questions: Why did Lillard tip the bear head? Was he going to kiss the back of the bear then changed his mind? Why was he surprised when he kissed the other man? What did he expect to happen? Why the <bleep> does the bears head tip sideways??

Wow! I’ll bet on that.

They say love is blind, which explains why there’s so much groping involved.

I watched this movie around the time it came out, I think later on DVD (not in a theater, because it didn't last long there), and remember thinking it was okay but some things didn't work. On this rewatch I thought the same, but it did seem worse than I remembered. I don't hate it, because I like the kind of big swing Branagh takes here, but in practice it's more like you're going along and getting into the Shakespearean dialogue and then the whole thing stops so they can do a song. The songs don't emerge from the story, they stop it. That's probably not what you want out of a musical, unless it's Gene Kelly and the dance numbers are so good that you want to watch them on their own (spoiler: they aren't). I would say that it would have been better if they'd just done a straight Shakespeare adaptation without the musical numbers, but the problem is that as a play Love's Labour's Lost is extremely similar to Much Ado About Nothing, which Branagh already did and is a much better movie. So I dunno, it's just a weird movie that does some weird stuff and doesn't quite hold together. Also, yes, Gilderoy Lockart was pitch-perfect casting for Branagh.

I wish more people posted here! I think there is more going on on Reddit, which I think I've aged out of learning how to use.