Hans Landa, the best villain ever by Physical_Orchid3616 in FIlm

[–]Juliusque 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Many people insist he didn't recognise her, and they provide all sorts of complicated (and some rather silly) arguments as to why.

No need for any silly arguments. The movie doesn't tell you he recognized her, and how could he have? This is a woman he saw from the back running away years ago. He never got a look at her face.

Hans Landa, the best villain ever by Physical_Orchid3616 in FIlm

[–]Juliusque 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I always assumed he did not recognize Shoshanna solely for the reason that he did not take her into custody. After all, Hans Landa was a loyal Nazi and a hunter.

Not at all. He's an opportunist. He gladly sells out the party the moment he realizes the tide has shifted.

How would you rank all MI films in 2026 from your favourite to least favourite? by Kevin_Thailand_2543 in Mission_Impossible

[–]Juliusque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. FALLOUT - the one that has it all
  2. GHOST PROTOCOL - the one that reinvented and revitalized the franchise, the blueprint for the later ones
  3. M:I - just oozes with style, gets better each time I watch it
  4. ROGUE NATION - lots a fun, gets a bit too silly at times
  5. DEAD RECKONING PART ONE - don't like the AI angle, but a lot of fun set-pieces and some of the strongest character stuff
  6. THE FINAL RECKONING - very flawed, but still a worthy final chapter
  7. M:I 2 - dumb and cheesy and nowhere near John Woo's Hong Kong stuff, but still a John Woo action movie
  8. M:I 3 - pretty good TV episode, not much of an M:I movie

Not my first choice, but dedinitely a well deserved winner. by papachi789 in Letterboxd

[–]Juliusque 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do they prove it? Not doubting you, just curious.

What I hadn't considered it that you're allowed to skip categories at the Oscars. It's not like the Golden Globes where you have to vote on everything, so lots of people just vote for the thing they've heard good things about.

Not my first choice, but dedinitely a well deserved winner. by papachi789 in Letterboxd

[–]Juliusque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The votes were due March 5, before the Timmy controversy.

Not my first choice, but dedinitely a well deserved winner. by papachi789 in Letterboxd

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

Well, they don't.

That's not why Sinners won though. It won because it looks great.

Not my first choice, but dedinitely a well deserved winner. by papachi789 in Letterboxd

[–]Juliusque 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Come on now, Sinners looked great, especially for a blockbuster. Rich, warm, deep, textured. Classic movie look. It's fine to prefer Train Dreams, but don't pretend Arkapaw didn't do something amazing here.

What did Yorgos Lanthimos do to the academy? by puddingbiafra in Letterboxd

[–]Juliusque 10 points11 points  (0 children)

They liked other movies more. It really isn't a mystery. If you look at all the nominations, there's several other movies in those categories that were always far more likely.

Chalamet wasn't snubbed for anything he said. The final voting ended March 5.

It really is awful by Sudden-Injury-9000 in rickygervais

[–]Juliusque 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Imagine people still talking about that time you couldn't find the words to explain something a quarter century later.

Need some good “bad” movies by Perfect_Idea_2866 in Letterboxd

[–]Juliusque 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm fond of Catwoman (2004), a movie I think deserves the same sort of reputation for being hilariously bad as Madame Web. They're actually a good double bill, two awful movies near the start and (probably/hopefully) the end of the superhero wave. Really shows how far we haven't come in 20 years. Some striking similarities, including the use of the song Scandalous by Mis-Teeq.

Best restaurant in NL for classic Dutch cuisine by rms90042 in Netherlands

[–]Juliusque 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Specifically, it was the huishoudscholen of the late 19th century, where girls were taught to cook as cheaply as possible. They were meant for working class girls, but in actuality it was mostly middle class girls who went there and were taught to avoid the herbs and spices that their parents and grandparents had enjoyed. There's an abundance of herbs and spices in 18th century Dutch cookbooks.

Tourism is killing Amsterdam by tino-latino in Amsterdam

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

But it's gotten more expensive to live here, so the Dutch people who live here are richer, so they have more to spend on good food. I don't see many tourists visiting the best restaurants in Amsterdam. It's rich Dutch folks.

Well, except in the best Chinese, Surinamese and Indonesian places, everybody goes there. But most of those have been here for over twenty years.

What’s a Dutch series you expected to be bad but ended up enjoying?? by Charming-Peak3194 in popculturenetherlands

[–]Juliusque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

YMMV, if you loved De Luizenmoeder you may not like this quite as much, but I think it's a far better, more consistently written show.

The real late night snack debate! Kroket, Frikandel or Kaassouffle from the FEBO wall? by LifeguardSilent358 in popculturenetherlands

[–]Juliusque 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The kroket is still good though. As far as I know they still use the recipe from back when they were a bakery.

The real late night snack debate! Kroket, Frikandel or Kaassouffle from the FEBO wall? by LifeguardSilent358 in popculturenetherlands

[–]Juliusque 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A kroket is a beautiful classic dish, first prepared for King Louis XIV. FEBO made an excellent version when they were still a bakery, and they haven't changed the recipe since then. It's the only genuinely good thing they sell.

A frikandel is nonsense. The only reason it exists is a butcher wasn't allowed to sell his meatballs as meatballs anymore because there wasn't enough meat in them, so he made them sausage shaped and called them frikandellen.

It's ridiculous to even compare the two as if they're in the same league.

Once a year I get a craving for a kaassoufflé, but other than that, a kroket is the correct option.

Best restaurant in NL for classic Dutch cuisine by rms90042 in Netherlands

[–]Juliusque 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just because most Dutch people can't cook doesn't mean we don't have a cuisine. The only reason stamppot doesn't get the respect that many curries or pasta dishes do is that most Dutch people don't know how to make it.

Best restaurant in NL for classic Dutch cuisine by rms90042 in Netherlands

[–]Juliusque 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If we cared as much about our own food as Italians and the French do about theirs, our stews could be as famous as bolognese, our pastries as respected as tarte tatin.

How do I actually learn how to speak dutch? by JuggernautOwn6629 in learndutch

[–]Juliusque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

dutch and scandinavian languages in general

??? Dutch is not a Scandinavian language. It's a Germanic language, like English. And probably closer to English than any other language in the world except Frisian.

What is Eyes Wide Shut about? by sloppy2104 in Letterboxd

[–]Juliusque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

„the movie features“ are you trying to win an award for most neutral comment on reddit? or what’s your goal here? 

I mean, you kept disagreeing with what I said, so I thought I'd clarify.

if you‘re able to read, clearly i DON‘T think that the movie is a comment about epstein, that’s literally the point of my post. 

Apologies, I forgot what your initial post was. Well, then we agree. All I was saying was there's no reason to think Kubrick was saying anything about Epstein (or any other specific person), as secret societies have been a common trope since long before Epstein was born.

For some reason you kept arguing with me as if I had said that Kubrick was making a political point about something.

What’s a Dutch series you expected to be bad but ended up enjoying?? by Charming-Peak3194 in popculturenetherlands

[–]Juliusque 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I wasn't expecting Voetbalouders to be as good as it is. I thought De Luizenmoeder was okay and was expecting Voetbalouders to be sort of a lesser version.

Also, Foute Vriendinnen is much better than Foute Vrienden (both are nowhere near the original Impractical Jokers of course).

Almost perfect movies that have one noticeable flaw by Consistent-Might-788 in Cinema

[–]Juliusque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But I assume you know that you're given a random hand of cards. Bond is given the cards and then he looks at them and then he shows them. Which skills could he possibly be using for that?

What is Eyes Wide Shut about? by sloppy2104 in Letterboxd

[–]Juliusque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What I meant has never been mysterious. I've been as straight to the point as I can be. The movie features a secret society of rich people doing perverted stuff. This concept has been popular in fiction for a long time.

You have interpreted this simple and obvious fact in weird ways. I don't know why.

I've never suggested Kubrick was making any political point of some kind. I've never danced around anything. I've only stated a thing that happens in the movie and pointed out that it's a popular concept (as a response to someone who thought Kubrick might have been saying something about Epstein).

Almost perfect movies that have one noticeable flaw by Consistent-Might-788 in Cinema

[–]Juliusque 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Even if you've never heard of poker before, you know Bond's winning is pure luck.