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  2. Posted

    Oh my, I started watching this the other night.... I was ASTOUNDED at how this movie starts off. Just, beyond flabbergasted. And it really spins out of control from there. I had to stop watching (for other life errands, not because of the movie) right after the first group therapy session (I say first because I assume there are others). Holy shit, it reminded me of Mark Borchardt's Coven short film, and the group therapy session in that. Only Bordchardt's take on an eclectic therapy session was done about a million times better.

     

    I would have also loved for Mike Shank to have been in this movie.

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    https://drafthouse.com/movies/fateful-findings

     

    There are Hollywood movies. There are indie movies. And then there are movies made by outsiders, people with no place in the system but with their own stories to tell. Neil Breen is just such an outsider, and FATEFUL FINDINGS, his latest film, is without a doubt the next cult classic that will play midnight screenings for years to come.

    We don't even know how to explain this film. One part bizarre romance, one part bizarre paranormal movie, one part bizarre government conspiracy film, FATEFUL FINDINGS is like a direct portal into the mind of Breen, who directed the film, produced the film, edited the film, stars in the film and who has a credit both for the story and the screenplay. Dylan (Neil Breen) is a successful novelist and computer guy who rediscovers his forgotten childhood psychic powers after getting hit by a car. While in the hospital he is reconnected with his childhood girlfriend, and their rekindled connection begins to get between Dylan and his current, drug-addled girlfriend. Meanwhile, Dylan starts hacking into every government database and learns terrible secrets about the world. This all leads up to one of the most bravura conclusions in the history of cinema.

    This is a movie that operates on no previously known level, that obliterates the very concept of absurdity. It's the ultimate midnight movie for a post-THE ROOM world. It may not be the most polished movie you've ever seen, but goddamn does FATEFUL FINDINGS go for broke, and goddamn is it full of heart and special vision.

    If you like the odd, the offbeat, the unique then we guarantee you will love FATEFUL FINDINGS. (Devin Faraci)

     

    March 22nd, March 28th, and April 4th at the Alamo Ritz.

     

    It finally happens... I've got MY tickets!

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    This isn't a good movie, but I don't know if its "HDTGM" bad. Its really just kind of boring and tepid. Maybe the funnest part of the movie is Travolta's accent.

     

    The outro music over the Appalachian woodland scenes is really good, though. Very relaxing.

     

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  10. Posted

    Asshattery is hilarous. This podcast has given me more joy over the years than I have any right to ask for, especially considering that I don't pay for it. If Paul et all wanted to kill the show altogether, it would be wll within their rights to and I would totally understand and be okay with it. I'd be sad as fuck, but I'd be okay. I ain't puttin baby in the corner.

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    From IO9's clearly not sarcastic review:

    http://io9.com/300-rise-of-an-empire-is-like-shakespeare-for-the-inte-1538992740

     

    "If you are looking for a shallow, rapey movie that undercuts its amazing battle scenes with boring monologues, then I'm afraid you're out of luck when it comes to 300: Rise of an Empire. This movie is going to be remembered for centuries, the same way Shakespeare's plays have been, for its complex treatment of political enmity in a changing world. With its sympathetic, well-rounded characters and thoughtful allegorical references to current events, 300: Rise of an Empire is probably Snyder's greatest triumph. That's right — it's even better than Sucker Punch."

     

    This instantly made me think of the HDTGM Sucker Punch episode. It seems like everything that Zack Snyder does is rapey. I am beginning to get the sense that HE is just a rapey fellow.

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    A lot of these guys are easy to make fun of, but we know who they are for a reason; at some points in their career, they exhibited serious chops. Woody chief amongst them, though I don't think he's ever been involved with anything as bad as Wicker Man, Failure to Launch, or From Paris With Love (nevermind, I just saw that he was a part of Free Birds).

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    I think my favorite experience with this film was when I was watching this with my friend in the theater.... at the time when the horse and Peter were being ganged up on on the bridge, there is some mega acting going on between Peter and the Horse. As Paul noted, there are some good close ups on the horse's face. During one such moment in this scene, I hear my friend whispering to himself under his breath "...talk......talk...!"

     

    To which I think to myself "There is NO way this fucking horse is about to start talking...... is he????"

     

    And for a brief, magical moment... I was ready and willing to partake in the horse's first lines of the movie. Alas.... he flew off into the ether, instead.

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    I STILL do not understand the world of this movie. Does everybody know about the angels and demons hanging around? Is it a poorly kept secret? I guess the gangsters had to have known about Russell Crowe.... They certainly didn't seem surprised when the fucking flying horse showed up (was that horse someone important to the history of Crowe's character? He kept referring to it as "THE" horse, and as a dog...).

     

    Surely Colin Ferrels character knew that Crowe was a demon, right? I mean he raised him.,.. he had to have known at some point. Why didn't Peter Lake share this crazy information with anyone else? Everyone in the modern time seemed very okay with the existence of an immortal, amnesiac hobo from the turn of the century. Nobody seemed to care much at all about it. When he was at the new york times, I thought for sure the reporter was taking him in to record his story for an article... but no, no interest at all. The editor in chief of the NYT's mantra is, apparently, "Question Nothing! Accept Everything!" She was VERY willing to accept that Peter was the same from her childhood, having not aged even 1 second.

     

    What is this world?? Did the book explain the relationships between the supernatural and normal world more?? This movie felt like a shitty Dogma meets Titanic if it was written by Stephanie Meyer. The cameo is, honestly, the only interesting part of this movie. As insane as some moments were, the movie was largely just BORING. Very slow and uninteresting.

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  22. Posted

    Saw this in theaters today and I was the only one in there. Do NOT look up the actors involved in this movie and you will have an amazing surprise about 30 minutes in.

     

     

     

    **SPOILERS**: This movie is fucking crazy. It's all about miracles and destiny and "angels vs demons" except the angels are kind of assholes. Everyone in New York in 1920's had Irish or English accents.

    Oh and Colin Farrel straight up slits a dudes throat in the first 5 minutes of the movie.

    Quotable:

    "Hes got de got damn horse."

     

     

    The cameo character also gives the most INSANE monologue I have ever heard, and they try their hardest to act their damned hearts out too. It.... its nutsorama.

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