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  1. Posted

    Apart from the blacklist and JK Simmons connection what's really relating these films? I like when the versus have some kind of connective tissue that makes the Vs a bit more fun and competitive.

     

    I really like Juno- but Whiplash was a transcendent experience for me. I can't wait to talk more about it in the voting thread.

     

    I am exceedingly tired of this reductive description of La La Land. That's not what the movie is about.

    Agreed- Plus, I hope we can stop putting Whiplash and La la Land in the same basket- very different films- only connected by the theme of the artists' connection with art (which is the main story in Whiplash and B Story in La La Land)

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  2. Posted

    There's a worrying amount of films chucked into the Canon based on

    "ah well, it had a big cultural impact"

     

    My interest in the Canon as a podcast has been that we kind of look past the cultural interest based in it, and focusing on the merits of the movie itself.

     

    So looking at Ghostbusters as a movie, I'd plonk it in with Revenge of the Nerds and all those other 80's comedies.

    It's really very watchable, but super odd, poorly paced, and tonally all over the place. I only really know 3 characters in the film; and the idea it's a comedy is based on the 4 jokes people constantly repeat. They are good jokes, I'll admit, but there's a lot of fluff in between.

     

    It's fine. Not Canon-worthy at all.

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  4. Posted

    I know I'm not usually the Homework guy, but everyone's slowly getting back in the swing of things, so I'll gladly hand this responsibility back as soon as the Canon returns; but until then...

     

    I'm sure this is one of those films people can recite by memory, but in case you haven't seen it- it's on next week's Canon.

     

    Although, Amy didn't specify- Maybe she meant Ghostbusters from last year? ;)

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    BEST TV: motherfrickin Westworld!! The OA was beautiful, and Luke Cage was better than any network show in years. Netflix killed it this year.

     

    Luke Cage was a rough watch for me. Flat, oddly paced and unenjoyably silly.

  6. Posted

     

    that'd be cool. And who knows, it could all be temporary until Devin and Earwolf are ready for him to come back down the road.

    I was a big fan of Devin- probably more than most- but I can't imagine Devin would return to internet film criticism. The internet is very quick to judge, and i'm not sure it's ever forgiving.

     

    I'd probably let go the idea of any OG Canon reunion.

     

    (but if he were to return I would 100% listen, I'd just feel weird about it)

     

    On the most recent Storm of Spoilers podcast, Joanna Robinson says she recorded an episode of the Canon about Lord of the Rings, and it is also suggested David Ehrlich will be an upcoming guest.

    Yay! :D :D :)

  7. Posted

    I listened to this earlier too, but was too lazy to make a post lol. The way she talked about it made me feel like Devin wasn't returning, but I guess we will find out whenever there is an official announcement.

    There is almost 0% chance he's returning

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  8. Posted

    I hope you continue doing podcasts, film criticism and preferably a combination of the two, but I think the canon should be concluded.

    Not even Amy + New host?

    (That's my personal hope)

  12. Posted

    I'm not sure where I land, here. I really enjoy this movie, I think it'd be a good addition to The Canon, for the most part, but there's one big sticking point for me--that goddamned ending. I hate this ending. Completely undermines the creepiness, and is structurally awkward at that, given that it plays out as though the film ends and then another coupe minutes is added on. And I realize that it's very much tacked on to appease censors, which makes it difficult. It doesn't seem like there's been an "alternate" or "real" version released, so this all comes down to the question of how much the viewer should engage with a film--ie, is it okay to just turn a movie off and pretend it ended correctly if some bullshit got added on? I dunno if I can do that. And this ending *really* does undermine the film in a pretty deep way, I'd say. I kinda want to see what some others think.

    Yep completely agree- the time this film was made in has completely nullified any kind of interesting theme the film brings up.

     

    I do love these thrillers from the 1950's where they discuss criminal psychology like it's some kind of magic (Psycho, Spellbound); like I think most people voting, I'm glad I watched it, but it's more of an interesting time capsule watch than anything else.

    Soft no.

  13. Posted

    Apologies if someone has already mentioned it, but Devin said that the reason Khan and Kirk never meet was an intentional move on the creator's part.

     

    While I also think it's a cool nifty move, on IMDB it said Ricardo Montalbano's schedule with Fantasy Island prevented him from doing anything else.

     

    Who do I believe more Devin's Clear Trekiness or the beloved IMDB?

  16. Posted

    I'd vote yes to induct Star Trek the TV series into the Canon. But if we have to get a Star Trek film into the canon; is this particular film the best representation of what Star Trek is?

    Wrath of Khan mostly ignores all the wonderful humanist themes that the show often deals with, mostly to serve a decent sci-fi thriller.

    So, soft no

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  17. Posted

    The World's End doesn't get enough love. It's not a perfect movie, but it's easily my favorite of his, the one with the most going on under the surface.

     

     

     

    Yeah, Wright could teach a master class on comedic pacing. Hollywood's been a little too in love with the Apatow method, which can be fun for a scene or two, but really drags for a whole movie. Wright keeps it moving, and, better still, with all the time he saves, he just puts even more in. You still get 100 minutes, they just don't feel like it.

    In The World's End Commentary (I think) he mentions that he doesn't oppose improvisation, but has rules concerning it- and he mentions Apatow by name saying that scenes start and finish, but they end with improv, and the improv mostly has an argument format which tires the scene. I completely agree. Man, he's a genius

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  18. Posted

    He's a great entry-point into cinema, every aspect of filmmaking is shown off in such an impressive way- particularly sound and film editing; it's so important for comedy. He is 4 for 4 with his film output- I'll gladly vote any of his films in.

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  19. Posted

    What are the idiosyncrasies of D&A that recur in each episode?

    I have 2 to start off with:

     

    Amy: Will end each episode with a loving discussion of "The little things"

     

    Devin: 'Yuge', 'Yumanity', 'Unreal', 'Profoundly misunderstood the movie'

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  20. Posted

    I just did a quick tabulation based on people's comments and here are the leaders so far (after eliminating anything with only one or two mentions):

     

    Working Girl - 7

    Re-Animator - 6

    Pennies From Heaven - 5

    Cannibal Holocaust - 4

    Chi-raq - 3 (or 4, depending on how you interpret comments)

    Two-Lane Blacktop - 3

     

    Hope that helps!

    I'll give another vote for the top three!

     

    Expanding on my earlier post mentioning how easy it is for horror to get into the Canon: 12 horror movies have been discussed on the show so far and 9 have got in. The three that didn't (Aliens, Let Me In, The Fly) only missed out because they were in Vs. episodes against other horror movies -- funnily enough the action oriented Aliens lost to the more horror leaning Alien.

    Yeah that's a fascinating stat- Devin forms the narrative of Horror films being the down-trodden genre (which it certainly is amongst certain mainstream groups) but this particular voting base will most likely agree with the inclusion of the films!

  21. Posted

    Much like everyone else- I fuckn love this film.

     

    In classic Marty style, he regrets making the film (so Catholic of him), but it's understandable why because it is so misanthropic. The thing that separates us from the animals is that we can communicate and congregate; and this film portrays a world in which those traits are a curse in that there is no pleasure derived from using those gifts.

    A terrifying and great film.

  23. Posted

    The big themes I was interested in during the movie don't really occur until the last 20 minutes, and then it ends before it gets explored.

    Until then, the Tom Cruise gear is so grating/boring, and it distracts from the sweet criticism on the toxic army-culture that seemed to be the only interesting thing pre-Jack speech that stood out to me.

     

    All in all, s'ight

  25. Posted

    Weiner is amazing, brings up so many questions, and will be relevant forever. Go see it! And thank god Huma finally dumped that idiot. There's not a lot of technique in this but the content is unbelievable.

     

    Weiner's amazing- and Huma is gorgeous- you just wanna hug her the whole time during the film.

     

    Also if we're talking fucked up docos; Tickled is a great mystery doco that is only going to get more relevant as the internet grows.

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