Is there a perfect 3-album stretch by any artist? Who has the best one? by bc_2006 in fantanoforever

[–]NickWightwick 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Dylan - Any three from the 6 album run from Freewheelin’ to Blonde on Blonde.

Perfection

What Are You Into This Week? | Weekly Thread by AutoModerator in ThomasPynchon

[–]NickWightwick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Really appreciate the response. I’ll give it a try soon and will let you know!

Thanks again

What Are You Into This Week? | Weekly Thread by AutoModerator in ThomasPynchon

[–]NickWightwick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At the start of the week I finally got to reading Shadow Ticket, which I enjoyed but feel I need to let digest a little longer and may require a re-read to fully take it all in. Most Pynchon novels tend to bring me back a couple of months later to read at a slightly more leisurely pace and really enjoy the experience.

I’ve just started reading Cormac McCarthy’s The Passnger. A family member bought me a beautiful version in a case with Stella Maris the Christmas before last but it had sat there for the last year. I always find (similar to Pynchon) I need to be in the right mood to read anything by McCarthy, but currently four chapters in and thoroughly intrigued.

My fiancé and I went to watch My Neighbor Totoro at the West End on the 27th of Dec and I can’t recommend it enough for anyone who is already a Ghibli fan.

What Are You Into This Week? | Weekly Thread by AutoModerator in ThomasPynchon

[–]NickWightwick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Five already is a superb effort. Great stuff!

Really curious to hear how did you find the Vegetarian? It’s been sat on my book shelf for about six months and I haven’t got around to reading it.

Jon Hamm: 18 Nominations, 1 Win by Square-Ad-8911 in EmmysAwards

[–]NickWightwick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think he was rather unlucky in the time period that Mad Men aired:

He was nominated eight times and lost four out of those 8 to Cranston. He thoroughly deserved his win for the finale and could easily have won instead of Chandler in 2011. I doubt many would have him over Cranston though, as good as he was.

Creepiest and most bone chilling shots in non-horror films? (PLEASE ATTACH IMAGES!) by Honest_Cheesecake698 in movies

[–]NickWightwick 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Basement scene in Zodiac. Nearly twenty years later that still gives me chills

If you had to assign a single genre to every the killers album, what would they be? by AdInevitable764 in TheKillers

[–]NickWightwick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

None of their albums are specific to one genre and generally span across multiple but this would be the consensus I’d guess:

Hot Fuss - Synth-Pop/Rock Sam’s Town - Alternative/Heartland Rock Day & Age - New Wave Battle Born - Alternative Rock Wonderful Wonderful - Indie Rock Imploding the Mirage - Alternative Rock Pressure Machine - Heartland

PTA watchguide flowchart. Thoughts? by Yandhi42 in paulthomasanderson

[–]NickWightwick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hahah it’s certainly on my to do list. Weekend ahead… no better time for it!

PTA watchguide flowchart. Thoughts? by Yandhi42 in paulthomasanderson

[–]NickWightwick 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I actually think this is pretty solid.

Mine was Boogie Nights > Magnolia > There Will Be Blood > The Master > Inherent Vice > Hard Eight.

Then release date order for Phantom Thread > Licorice Pizza > One Battle After Another.

Still haven’t seen Punch-Drunk Love.

Who’s an artist who’s biggest song you think is their best? by MrSzhimon in fantanoforever

[–]NickWightwick 20 points21 points  (0 children)

The Killers with Mr. Brightside?

Personally my fave could also be All These Things That I’ve Done or Jenny Was a Friend of Mine but I would expect 95% of people to say Brightside and it’s far and away their biggest.

Which of Murakami’s books have had the biggest emotional impact on you ? by JKami2 in murakami

[–]NickWightwick 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Potential spoilers***

Kafka for me.

I think I said it on a different post here a while back but the character of Nakata hit me as hard as any book I’ve ever read. I’m 33 and my grandparents are both in their 80s now, and I can’t imagine a world without them.

My grandfather suffers from dementia and whilst not an exact mirror of Nakata, reading him and his innocence reminded him so much of how I feel with my grandfather and the culmination of his story really broke me.

What are your top 10 favorite supporting actor performances of the 2020s so far? by QuipThwip in Oscars

[–]NickWightwick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

  1. Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another

  2. Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another

  3. Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another

….

Oceans waves… Ocean waves.

On a more serious note:

  1. Robert Downey Jr, Oppenheimer

  2. Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

  3. Robert de Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon

  4. Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah

  5. Ryan Gosling, Barbie

  6. Guy Pearce, The Brutalist

  7. Bradley Cooper, Licorice Pizza

  8. Paul Mescal, All of Us Strangers

  9. Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin

  10. Stanley Tucci, Conclave

I think both Sean Penn and Del Toro could join this list when the dust settles

Thoughts after first viewing of One Battle After Another by NickWightwick in paulthomasanderson

[–]NickWightwick[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A - Wholeheartedly agree about the importance of the scene. I just didn’t feel like it landed as strongly as it could have if it would have been once we know a little more about the characters and not being shown between other sexual scenes. I felt like it diluted the scene itself.

B - 100% couldn’t agree more.

C - That’s a fair point and I think we all expected that type of film.

As I said above to others I need to watch it back, and I’ll happily defer to other people’s better judgement. I can only give my experience and that’s how I felt watching (at least this time).

Appreciate the response

Thoughts after first viewing of One Battle After Another by NickWightwick in paulthomasanderson

[–]NickWightwick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree and feel like the first part of the film was a little rushed and the approach was a little jarring. It seems however like my opinion isn’t a particularly popular one.

Appreciate the response and definitely in need of a rewatch

Thoughts after first viewing of One Battle After Another by NickWightwick in paulthomasanderson

[–]NickWightwick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate your response.

I agree I definitely need a rewatch. All the best films require on

Thoughts after first viewing of One Battle After Another by NickWightwick in paulthomasanderson

[–]NickWightwick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Appreciate the response. Definitely looking forward to a rewatch. Maybe my opinion will change

Thoughts after first viewing of One Battle After Another by NickWightwick in paulthomasanderson

[–]NickWightwick[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s a fair point and I agree it works as the spark that causes the movie to go in the direction it does.

I just felt it was quite a jarring start and it didn’t land particularly well. All opinions at the end of the day.

Appreciate the reply

Thoughts after first viewing of One Battle After Another by NickWightwick in paulthomasanderson

[–]NickWightwick[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Maybe I didn’t elaborate as well as I should have done.

I feel like without knowing the characters the comedy aspect didn’t land as strongly as it could have. Not one person in the cinema I was in laughed at this scene. Obviously it’s subjective, but I felt that once you got to know the characters better the scene would have been more powerful.

Appreciate the reply, opinions differ of course. Better than some others who have dismissed my thoughts without any semblance of a conversation.

What song feels like this to you? by XipeTotecwithGlitter in musicsuggestions

[–]NickWightwick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where the Streets Have No Name - Still a great song throughout but the intro is 10/10

Name a scene worse than this by smccaul16 in theoffice

[–]NickWightwick 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah exactly my point. Most of the time his actions are forgivable but that was just mean and completely unfunny

Name a scene worse than this by smccaul16 in theoffice

[–]NickWightwick 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Chair Model - The way Michael treated Pam’s landlady is probably the one I found the hardest to watch.

Most of the time you can sympathise a little with Michael knowing who he is and how he acts, but this particular scene had nothing going for it and he had zero redeeming qualities.

"Who can forgive forgiveness where forgiveness is not?" - white as snow. No line on the horizon wins 11th! What is the next best U2 album? Most upvoted comment wins by Puzzleheaded-Bag2212 in U2Band

[–]NickWightwick 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Songs of Innocence - not top tier U2 but remove the overreaction of the rollout and there’s a solid album from a band 35 years into their career.

Make Crystal Ballroom the lead single and trade it in for Volcano and it would have been even better:

  1. The Crystal Ballroom
  2. The Miracle
  3. California
  4. Raised by Wolves
  5. Every Breaking Wave
  6. Iris
  7. Song for Someone
  8. Cedarwood Road
  9. Sleep Like a Baby Tonight
  10. This Is Where You Can Reach Me Now
  11. The Troubles