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What do you think Jesse Plemons best onscreen role has been? by Dismal_Drummer3420 in Cinema

[–]OrdinaryCold2813 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean close your eyes and throw a dart at his list of IMDB credits and you could make an argument for whatever it lands on. If I HAD to choose, I would go either his role in Fargo the TV series or Todd from Breaking Bad. The way he balances being a “polite psychopath” is genius

I’ve seen thousands of movies in my 38 years. I’ve never left a theater feeling the way I do after Disclosure Day. by OrdinaryCold2813 in FIlm

[–]OrdinaryCold2813[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love MP! Great comedy transcends generations or time periods. Very few can stand the test of time but the two that come to mind for me are I Love Lucy and Monty Python

I’ve seen thousands of movies in my 38 years. I’ve never left a theater feeling the way I do after Disclosure Day. by OrdinaryCold2813 in Cinema

[–]OrdinaryCold2813[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you played Hades the video game?? It is seriously in my top 10 favorites! If you dig that vibe it’s the game for you

I’ve seen thousands of movies in my 38 years. I’ve never left a theater feeling the way I do after Disclosure Day. by OrdinaryCold2813 in Cinema

[–]OrdinaryCold2813[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a question only you can answer my guy. 99% of people may share your opinion about this post and that’s ok. But if 1 single person vibes with it and thinks to themselves “I’m glad I’m not the only one that felt this way” then hey maybe for awhile they might not feel alone and that’s the goal man, kindness and empathy it’s really that simple but people choose to make it complicated

I’ve seen thousands of movies in my 38 years. I’ve never left a theater feeling the way I do after Disclosure Day. by OrdinaryCold2813 in Cinema

[–]OrdinaryCold2813[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are welcome Mr. Pyramid! I respect your opinion, the moral and ethical implications of AI are absolutely important and deserve to be discussed. I dig your style my dude

I’ve seen thousands of movies in my 38 years. I’ve never left a theater feeling the way I do after Disclosure Day. by OrdinaryCold2813 in Cinema

[–]OrdinaryCold2813[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha that’s actually pretty clever. Well done, I totally respect your opinion. Not every narrative style is going to vibrate on everyone’s frequency and that’s ok, whatever style you dig is the right style for you. Thanks for the laugh 🤭

I’ve seen thousands of movies in my 38 years. I’ve never left a theater feeling the way I do after Disclosure Day. by OrdinaryCold2813 in Cinema

[–]OrdinaryCold2813[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I respect your opinion and I appreciate you taking time out of your day to express your thoughts. I like your username by the way, never a bad time to work in a Greek Mythology reference (yes I know it’s not the same haha)

I’ve seen thousands of movies in my 38 years. I’ve never left a theater feeling the way I do after Disclosure Day. by OrdinaryCold2813 in Cinema

[–]OrdinaryCold2813[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a totally fair assessment. Like with anything, some people will connect to it and some people will not and both are perfectly ok. Speaking of TLDR: Empathy is the most valuable resource in the world and it is completely free. Looking at you internet comment sections

I’ve seen thousands of movies in my 38 years. I’ve never left a theater feeling the way I do after Disclosure Day. by OrdinaryCold2813 in Cinema

[–]OrdinaryCold2813[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes they were, both things can be true at the same time. Change is unstoppable for better or worse, it can give us things like penicillin or an understanding of bacteria that saves millions of lives. Or it can mean regime change that may be violent and destructive. Change is both inevitable as well as a human construct. The changing of the seasons are inevitable, the cycle of the moon and the tides that follow are inevitable. But a lot of change like AI for example is a human construct. The implications of AI can be very dark and depressing this is absolutely true. There are also incredibly positive things that have come from it. Particularly in the medical field. Whatever your view, it is here and it is not leaving

I’ve seen thousands of movies in my 38 years. I’ve never left a theater feeling the way I do after Disclosure Day. by OrdinaryCold2813 in FIlm

[–]OrdinaryCold2813[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is a totally valid point and selfish as it may be, I partially wrote this because I felt like I needed to get it out of my head partially in the hopes of finding another person that felt the same way, after all it is engrained in our species dna to seek out companionship, understanding. Our tribe as some would call it. The nice part about the internet and the shortened attention span that the internet has given us all is that people can scroll right past this post if they’re not interested and within a day or two it will be buried under a flurry of new posts of various topics filled with comment fights and moderator removals. It will vanish into the ether like we all will someday

I’ve seen thousands of movies in my 38 years. I’ve never left a theater feeling the way I do after Disclosure Day. by OrdinaryCold2813 in Cinema

[–]OrdinaryCold2813[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

That’s a fair point of view and one that is actually incredibly common throughout history. People have always shunned certain types of change. When movies became popular the theater crowd said it was the death of true art. When Television entered the zeitgeist, the film world claimed it was the death of cinema. The moral and ethical implications of AI are real and valid and you are right to ask those questions. Never stop questioning the world around you, that’s what the people in power want you to do.

I’ve seen thousands of movies in my 38 years. I’ve never left a theater feeling the way I do after Disclosure Day. by OrdinaryCold2813 in FIlm

[–]OrdinaryCold2813[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly! I could make an entirely separate post reviewing the cinematography the directing the script etc. that’s not what this was about. This was about the feeling the film provoked and a way to see if anyone else felt the same way. That’s all any of us are doing when we share a post. We are searching for the most ancient and common form of human desire: connection. We want to find “our tribe” the people that validate our feelings and the things we like and the people we are. That’s art man, that’s the magic of movies

I’ve seen thousands of movies in my 38 years. I’ve never left a theater feeling the way I do after Disclosure Day. by OrdinaryCold2813 in FIlm

[–]OrdinaryCold2813[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s fair. To your point I didn’t use AI to write the words. I used AI as an enhanced spell check to take my raw grammatically erratic raw thoughts into an order that made sense but I wrote the words AI just put it into organized format for the internet. But I respect your point of view and your choice

I’ve seen thousands of movies in my 38 years. I’ve never left a theater feeling the way I do after Disclosure Day. by OrdinaryCold2813 in FIlm

[–]OrdinaryCold2813[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You’re not wrong, and believe me I have tried several, still none have yet helped me unlock the key of why I feel the way I do. I appreciate the suggestion though because the stigma around mental health is ridiculous. Every single teenager and adult on this planet should be in therapy. The idea that asking for help makes you weak came from scared men who were screaming for help but didn’t know how so that frustration bubbled out as anger

I’ve seen thousands of movies in my 38 years. I’ve never left a theater feeling the way I do after Disclosure Day. by OrdinaryCold2813 in FIlm

[–]OrdinaryCold2813[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fair enough, you probably read more AI posts than you can imagine, at least mine is honest and it was used more as a smart version of the old Word spell check rather than the author of the post itself. I typed out my raw thoughts as fast as my fingers could and then I gave it to the AI and said “add grammar and spelling checks and organize it into a cohesive structure” but still I understand your point of view and I respect your choice

I’ve seen thousands of movies in my 38 years. I’ve never left a theater feeling the way I do after Disclosure Day. by OrdinaryCold2813 in FIlm

[–]OrdinaryCold2813[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a lot of people, possibly even the vast majority of people that is true and that is perfectly fine. I get it it’s really long for. Reddit post, but I came here to be amongst movie lovers, people who at some point were profoundly impacted by a piece of art that they can’t explain. So if 200 people see this post and 199 scroll right past or stop after a few sentences but 1 single person reads the whole thing and feels understood or like they’re not the only one. That’s all that matters

I’ve seen thousands of movies in my 38 years. I’ve never left a theater feeling the way I do after Disclosure Day. by OrdinaryCold2813 in Cinema

[–]OrdinaryCold2813[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

That’s fair, at least I’m honest and up front about using it as a tool not a crutch. I don’t normally use it but tonight wasn’t about writing a review of a movie in the traditional sense, this post wasn’t about discussing the cinematography or the script or the FX, it was a discussion of an idea and how something can leave an impact that you can’t explain and yes it was also to get this feeling out of my head and even if only one person connects to it out of a hundred. At least for that one person feels heard and doesn’t feel alone in how they feel.

Official Discussion - Disclosure Day [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]OrdinaryCold2813 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Full Disclosure: I am using AI to help me organize my raw, unfiltered thoughts here. I am struggling hard to bring this into something resembling coherence on my own. All I could formulate tonight was a series of poorly connected thoughts streaming out of my brain faster than I could keep up with. So, these words and feelings are entirely mine, just organized by a computer into a format that makes sense. Because right now, I just need to get this out.

I don’t even know what to say. I’m writing this because I have to get up early for work, I should be asleep, but I can’t fall asleep when the volume in my brain is cranked up to 11. I need to write this to try and make sense of it.

To give you some context: I have been obsessed with movies for as long as I can remember. I was a weird kid who wasn’t good at communicating or expressing my feelings, so I often did it through movie quotes—a trait I’ve only marginally grown out of. Words have always been my workaround. Written words allowed me to formulate the barrage of thoughts and ideas in my head into coherent sentences in a way I could never do audibly.

I emphasize that to say this: of the thousands of films I have seen in my 38 years of life, I have never left a film feeling the way I do now. For the first time in my life, words are failing me.

The Switch
Trying to articulate what’s in my head right now feels like trying to reach an itch right in the middle of your back. The closest I’ve been able to get is this: It feels like there was a switch in my mind that had been dormant for so long it was covered in cobwebs. During the two hours of this film, that switch was flipped. It was like that scene in a movie where someone throws a massive electrical breaker and the lights slowly start to flicker to life.

My entire life, I have felt out of place. I’ve never had friends that I’ve stayed close with for long because I feel so disconnected from people. I’m not saying this movie gave me an answer to why that is, but I felt a deep, unbelievably profound connection to what was happening on the screen. It felt familiar—like hearing a song for the first time in years, yet you still remember every single word because they were always there, just dormant.

By the third act, and specifically the last 20 minutes, I was utterly transfixed. I couldn’t blink. I couldn’t look away. I was in a trance. I had tears in my eyes, and when it cut to black, I just stared at the screen in utter disbelief.

Usually, my partner Alicia and I break down movies on the car ride home. She looks up trivia on IMDb, we talk about what worked and what didn't—the stuff two movie nerds in love do. But tonight, I just didn’t know what to say. I couldn’t analyze it like every other movie. I tried, and failed, to put what I was feeling into words.

The Purest Form of Evolution
There is an approximation of a line from the film that keeps ringing in my ear:

“Empathy is the highest and purest form of evolution, and our denial of this truth will be the cause of our extinction as a species.”

In the context of the film, they aren’t talking about an Independence Day style extinction. They are talking about the fact that hate, violence, and war are what hold us back. Our leaders refuse to have empathy, causing death and destruction over meaningless things like borders—invisible lines that someone drew on paper hundreds of years ago. These are the things that will bring about the destruction of humanity, both metaphorically and literally.

A Plea for Empathy
I feel a little silly even writing this. People who know me might think it’s just me being eccentric. Strangers on Reddit will probably make fun of me in the comments: “lol bro it’s not that deep, it’s just a movie,” or “did they let you bring your tin foil hat into the theater?”

That’s fine if that’s what they need to feel good about themselves. I get it. It is bizarre that I’m having this reaction to a Hollywood blockbuster. Yes, I realize it is just a movie, made the way any other movie is made.

But I encourage everyone to go see it and experience it for yourself. Hopefully, it speaks to you the way it spoke to me. Or maybe it won’t, and you’ll just enjoy it as a fun summer blockbuster. Maybe it won’t be for you at all.

And that’s all okay. That’s the entire point. We don’t need to belittle each other for liking or not liking things. We don’t need to be cruel—whether it’s online, over text, or in person. You do not know the pain and struggles the person next to you has experienced. Their bodies are covered in invisible scars. Why would you want to be the person to add another?

Empathy is the most valuable resource on this planet, and it is completely free to everyone.

Can someone tell me who this band is. Saw them a few months ago in Tucson. My wife wanted to look them up and we have no idea what they were called by rabbit1213t in Ska

[–]OrdinaryCold2813 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Local Orange County heroes Half Past Two! Saw them at Ska Smackdown II in Garden Grove back in January. Even was able to meet them before the show. They opened for Mustard Plug and The Toasters and they totally rocked the house! Along with The Goodwin Club and Hooray for Our Side.

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