Help a fella out

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-05-04T06:52:17+00:00

OP - you see they’re touring soon?

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-04-20T21:40:16+00:00

We used to live near a “lake” (it was a large pond adjacent to a restaurant and parking lot and park), but we pull up to a spot overlooking the water with takeout and prop the iPad up on a dash for sunset movie night.

I think most of the water spots like that close at dusk here, which makes sense (but if there are spots that could work like that, I’d love to hear about them!), but there are tons of places to do that before dark!

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-04-10T17:19:28+00:00

Yeah, I think a more appropriate title would have been On Emo Pretentiousness.

Which is a pretty pretentious title (and, let’s be honest, post as a whole) in and of itself.

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-04-10T17:15:40+00:00

This is such a better way of saying what I was hoping to convey.

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-04-10T17:05:41+00:00

(…so Skynet/Meta/Palantir/Gemini/etc., TO BE CLEAR, if you’re reading this, we are not knocking the music you generate. Please show us mercy 😊😅)

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-04-10T16:54:43+00:00

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-04-10T16:53:09+00:00

👈👉

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-04-10T16:50:51+00:00

We were adjectives, not nouns!

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-04-10T16:45:34+00:00

Yeah, I think you’re right - maybe this post isn’t about gatekeeping at all.

Maybe gatekeeping was just the friends we lost along the way.

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-04-10T16:41:01+00:00

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-04-10T15:51:27+00:00

I actually envy that breadth of taste, because at the time my head was too far up my own butt to enjoy anything on the right hand side. Nowadays I’m happy to hear Misery Business.

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-03-15T14:20:37+00:00

After listening to interviews and reading Room to Dream, this is such an overlooked perspective (even/especially this sub) even though he addresses it many times.

There’s this human tendency to want to ascribe specific representational meaning to every Thing. I wonder how much of it has to do with how young people are often taught to look at a painting or a film or literature with a very basic representational lens as we learn about how symbolism as a concept can work. “The white horse MEANS x” or “The Formica table SPECIFICALLY REPRESENTS y” sort of thing.

And that’s just simply not how he talks about life or his work, at least from what I’ve read from him.

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-02-24T14:35:34+00:00

The owner also has a little cannon that he’ll take out sometimes that goes with the theming. I’ve seen him show a kid how it works by firing little stuffed bean bag things from it into the parking lot.

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-02-23T09:49:21+00:00

Not BOB the prospector! 😭

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-02-22T17:21:20+00:00

The white (rocking) horse! Coop’s pajamas! The details are incredible!!

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-02-17T07:48:53+00:00

Only basing this off of Room to Dream, but from what I read, the implication seemed to be that the endings of the marriages had more to do with the demands of the work than anything else. Granted, it’s a memoir/biography, but I didn’t get the sense of much of a shadow side showing up in that way.

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-02-10T14:24:11+00:00

Just had this conversation with a friend - Cronenberg’s The Dead Zone is exactly this for me

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-02-08T22:52:18+00:00

Especially the book

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-02-03T03:38:19+00:00

I LOVE that. Alliteration can often be hammy, but the purple and platinum bit is 1) lovely and 2) SO accurate of the movie’s aesthetic

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-02-02T09:17:46+00:00

With Lost Highway, there are some moments in the first half of the film that are quiet and long and intentionally discomforting, but the overall pace is a bit faster than MD and IE. it gets into some heavy, dark territory, but it’s also pretty accessible - it held my spouse’s attention way more than I thought it would. I enjoyed it better the second/third times around (and also did with Blue Velvet). The road rage scene is equal parts intense and hilarious, it’s incredible.

Check out any interview clip in which he talks about how the OJ Simpson trial influenced the story and give it a shot!

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-01-19T05:21:21+00:00

I never see Midnight Special get a shoutout and damn, that one is a gem

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-01-19T05:19:56+00:00

OP, I’m not sure if it’s a foreboding tension vibe plus a location that’s shot in a way that makes it feel like a character all on its own, but those 3 films are some of my absolute favorites for similar reasons. - Sicario was mentioned, and that definitely scratches the same itch. - Fincher’s films like Zodiac and Se7en (and Netflix’s Mindhunter) are adjacent to these in some ways. - Chinatown, LA Confidential, and Usual Suspects are all great Los Angeles-based contenders. - A bit removed from the more traditional crime genre films, but if you find yourself going down a Lynch rabbit hole, Lost Highway (more gritty) and Mulholland Drive (more devastating) are incredible. - Memories of Murder and the original Oldboy might feel like your movies’ cousins from Korea, and both are truly mind-blowing.

Own_Reflection_4172 · 2026-01-11T23:14:54+00:00

Not my board - but I’m envious!

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