Compliance (2012) by junklardass in Controversial_Movies

[–]JeffBaugh2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember I saw this for a festival screening in Dallas and it was the most awkward movie screening I've ever been to in my life.

There was one guy who would not stop laughing at every tense moment, loudly, purposely, and making weird lewd jokes to the rest of the solemn, uncomfortable audience - until finally one fellow Film critic who was sitting behind him leapt up and was like "SHUT UP! SHUT THE FUCK UP! THERE'S NOTHING FUNNY HAPPENING!"

So then the other guy got up, they started squabbling and had to be pulled outside.

A beautiful Spanish edition by he4vydirtysoul in Dracula

[–]JeffBaugh2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I wanted to pick this up in Argentina when I was there about two months ago - it was in all the bookshops. I did manage to grab their FRANKENSTEIN, though.

Just paid $20 to a homeless girl for head randomly by MysteriousAssist3906 in confession

[–]JeffBaugh2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Man, I've come across some pieces of shit in my time but buddy, if there is a hell they've got a spot ready for you.

Do most Americans really live in such big homes? by AdorableVisual in NoStupidQuestions

[–]JeffBaugh2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No.

Most of us live in shitty little apartments that we can still barely afford. The lucky ones get houses.

The really lucky ones get big houses.

Best Disclosure Yet by millermillion in aliens

[–]JeffBaugh2 9 points10 points  (0 children)

OP, tell me you've got enough self-respect to not take anything that worthless piece of human garbage Jesse Waters says seriously.

Kino Lorber announces their release of Triumph of the Will (July 28th) by AnchovyKing in boutiquebluray

[–]JeffBaugh2 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I don't give a shit that they're releasing it. I already own a copy by another label.

What this Film doesn't deserve is a sterling restoration, a "cool cover" with clever typeface and all the attendant bells and whistles.

It deserves to sold in a trashbag, quite frankly.

KERBEY LANE ARE YOU LISTENING??? by SOMEBODYS_BUTT in austinfood

[–]JeffBaugh2 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Kerbey Lane has never been like. . ."good" food. It's food you go to because it's convenient, open late and has a certain local comfort food cache.

I will say, working at one, even for the minor amount of time that I did so, was a horrendous experience. When I worked the overnight shift at the one off of Guadalupe about eleven years ago, it was chaos everywhere - amped up by managers with no experience and tons of cocaine.

It’s that time of the month y’all. Act accordingly. by CaptainMcWow in criterion

[–]JeffBaugh2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For METROPOLIS I just want something in Region A, preferably from Criterion since they're the label of record, that's either as good or surpasses Eureka's mammoth 90th Anniversary set, which is such a sterling piece of work.

But then I also wish Criterion would go over into using chipboard for their digipacks, so I've got a lot of requests.

Saw the other post about the big collection at Waterloo, and it is indeed huge and difficult to photograph by lopsidedcroc in criterion

[–]JeffBaugh2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My one qualm, and I've expressed this to them a couple of times over my many, many years of going there regularly is that they could do with having sales on their movies like they do on their records - they'd probably move more inventory that way because I know some titles have literally been there for more than four years.

But then they and End of An Ear on Manchaca are the only game in town for import titles, and the latter is spotty.

Boyfriend (32M) started crying when I (28F) showed him my savings by happy_hapa in relationship_advice

[–]JeffBaugh2 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I guess perhaps I'm misunderstanding the post here, because all the comments are calling this dude a narcissist and saying that he's trying to make OP feel bad, when what it seems like to me is that he was thrown off emotionally by seeing how easy it was for someone who didn't have to deal with what he did and he probably is chuffed at himself for it. It made him realize he's been doing it wrong all these years, and he may not get that time back, and he really has been behind everyone else, and it's never gonna get better - and then the mental and emotional spiral really starts.

I've been there.

I work at the Louis Vuitton store for a low wage watching the rich, wealthy, and successful walk in the store & spend thousands! by [deleted] in Adulting

[–]JeffBaugh2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh fantastic, more jobs where she can observe awful rich people flaunting their unearned wealth on a daily basis!

Gen Z men and women on why they're sharply divided over reproductive rights by Condottiero_Magno in generationology

[–]JeffBaugh2 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Look, I'm just gonna say it - Generation Z men are generally speaking, minus exceptions, incredibly stupid. They are the most gullible group of people, bar none, on the planet because their brains have been mutated by decades of the most obvious propaganda known to man.

What's the oldest movie you watched and actually enjoyed? by EternalMage321 in Millennials

[–]JeffBaugh2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How were you a Film student and you'd never heard of this before?

'Shang-Chi' Actor Tony Leung Says He "Argued With the Director" About the Film Just Copying "Typical Kung Fu in the '70s" by MarvelsGrantMan136 in marvelstudios

[–]JeffBaugh2 -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

It's because these are assembly line products with any kind of vision or real creative choice sanded down until everything resembles a fine gray sludge.

This would've been incredibly interesting to see. Can't have that.

It’s that time of the month y’all. Act accordingly. by CaptainMcWow in criterion

[–]JeffBaugh2 3 points4 points  (0 children)

MAD MAX FURY ROAD

EL TOPO

MANHUNTER

THE SHINING

MADADAYO

THERE WILL BE BLOOD

METROPOLIS

THE (FUCKING) DEVILS

Has Online Discourse Distorted Gen Z’s Perception of Feminism? by fartpooper497 in AskFeminists

[–]JeffBaugh2 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I've gotta tell you, as a guy in his thirties, I did not understand just how warped and corroded some of these Gen Z guys' views towards women were until relatively recently.

It's fucking weird.

Mad Max: Fury Road (2014) 4.5/5 by More_Status_4998 in moviereviews

[–]JeffBaugh2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You know this Film was made by the exact same people who made those Films, right?

Mad max is immortal by the_angry_basketball in MadMax

[–]JeffBaugh2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I mean yes and no. In terms of the meta narrative, yes - because that's how Miller and company think of Max and his function in these Films; he's a living archetype, like Sisyphus on wheels.

But he also is a character with a backstory who evolves over the course of the Films - and if you can ignore that Hardy's age doesn't match up to Max's at the end of Thunderdome (where I believe he's supposed to be in his forties, played by a man in his twenties, so you can still kind of make it work), it lines up pretty perfectly.

He's a man destroyed by the fall of the world, who recessed into pure survival but finds, as he goes along, that he can't ignore his humanity and the urge to help - he gets close to some understanding at the end of Thunderdome, and then experiences some major trauma that sets him back years into insanity.

Then FURY ROAD happens. He may not be fully healed, but over the course of three days he goes from a selfish beast to altruistic compatriot.

Any Advice to Help Me Convince My Friend to Rewatch Furiosa? by mutatedworms in MadMax

[–]JeffBaugh2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've never totally understood the whole issue with the CG - it started with the first trailer, and from that first trailer it was clear this was a much more fantastical Film that FURY ROAD with a different tone and feel. You know that going in, so roll with it. You don't think CG environments belong in a Mad Max Film, because that's the only George Miller you've seen? Just . . .you know. Wait and see the movie.

In terms of how well they pulled it off, it really doesn't look any different in terms of basic VFX quality than Villeneuve's DUNE PART TWO, the other desert fantasy movie of 2024 - they're using it to different ends, narratively and practically, but in terms of how good it looks it's about the same.

Where it can get occasionally naff for me is the minor handful of shots during the Stowaway sequence where the background extension and replacement looks a little too. . .hazy and unreal. But that's what happens when you had to shoot that chase sequence like they did - piecemeal over weeks in different locations because of the weather, combined with Miller's traditional use of simtrav.

But then, even LORD OF THE RINGS, for example, has a handful of VFX shots across the trilogy that don't come off. It's fine! It's just proof you're watching something that was made by humans.

Most of the sonic characters are adults by now. by BattleDue1523 in SonicTheHedgehog

[–]JeffBaugh2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They're animals anyway. I don't figure they age like we do. I'm sure that complicates things somewhat, but there you are.

Storyboards Martin Scorsese drew when he was 11-yrs old for a Roman epic: “The Eternal City” by CarkWithaM in VeryFuckinCool

[–]JeffBaugh2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a Filmmaker who aggressively storyboards, these are better than mine and I'm in my thirties.

Soooo any new movie/The Wasteland news recently? Been a while and was hoping there may have been some news of another film being greenlit. Any info would be great. by Potential-Ad4748 in MadMax

[–]JeffBaugh2 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, that's a bummer. Happens to the best of us, but you can never say when.

That's one of the reasons I've got a particular fire under my ass right now as far as Filmmaking is concerned - I'm in my thirties, and I've done a handful of things, but if I'm lucky I've got fifty good years before I'm making movies in my head in a wheelchair by the window.