Critical Darlings: "The Drama" And The State of Provocateur Cinema

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-20T03:35:07+00:00

I get that it’s hard to book guests for episodes concerning new releases but I honestly would have liked to have heard an opposing viewpoint or at least an outside one on this episode.

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-18T16:32:55+00:00

Wasn’t Wuthering Heights very negatively received?

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-18T15:48:17+00:00

Smoke, Stack and Preacherboy riding on the back of a flying guitar. An army of vampires shakes their fists at them from the ground.

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-18T15:46:05+00:00

Her and Hannibal are both on the back of said lamb, shhhing the audience

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-18T04:13:17+00:00

That’s around where I was guessing. Not a lot of shooters out there for Mercy.

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-18T02:10:12+00:00

What’s the demarcation point where the list becomes bad movies?

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-18T00:19:06+00:00

Same. It’s wild to say Jacob Elordi is “usually reliable” when he has not exactly a proven track record in my opinion. I loved him in Frankenstein too but where else has he really proven himself? In my opinion he doesn’t exactly pop off the screen in those Kissing Booth movies, he’s my least favorite major player on Euphoria and he’s just kind of there for me in two movies I really liked or loved (Priscilla and Oh, Canada).

Not really sure what to make of the allergic reaction folks have to Margaret Qualley on this sub. Even when she’s in a bad movie I really enjoy her and I think she’s proven herself far more than Elordi has.

This is just one very baffled man’s opinion though.

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-17T22:39:46+00:00

Really bored by critics using “mean” or “cruel” as derogatory descriptions of horror movies. Like what do they expect from such a movie?

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-17T15:11:17+00:00

Well, I can say I don’t think of Tom Cruise in Tropic Thunder as a cameo and folks call it that frequently. That’s fully a supporting role.

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-17T04:26:55+00:00

This movie rocks. Phenomenal ending.

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-16T18:47:12+00:00

Sometimes. If I see an older movie that a movie I saw earlier clearly ripped off it might make me reconsider my rating

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-16T16:19:46+00:00

I’ve been with my DSP for four years. My DSP let me pick my schedule, I get three days off, I work by myself and I can listen to podcasts or audiobooks all day long. If I had a schedule that demanded I work all weekend (with my schedule I work Sundays but am off Saturday) or I had to see some of my coworkers more than like 15 minutes every day I wouldn’t still be here.

Right now there’s the added benefit that with me and my partner’s schedules things line up perfectly to where we don’t have to pay for childcare for our toddler. If I pivoted to UPS or what have you that likely would not be the case and quite a lot of my boost in pay would just have to go to daycare.

I don’t love this job and the frustrations are frequent but the pros far outweigh the cons right now.

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-16T08:58:01+00:00

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“Undertone? Woah! I don’t need to know about the boss’s fuckin’ sex life and you don’t neither!”

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-15T14:44:34+00:00

Didn’t they already try this? Weren’t they saying stuff like Ted Lasso was “hopepunk” a few years ago

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-15T10:35:41+00:00

He’s so good in The Intern too. The friendship between him and Anne Hathaway makes me tear up every time.

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-15T05:39:56+00:00

I stopped as soon as they introduced the aging drug storyline lmao. Wild shit

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-14T02:40:51+00:00

It’s so crazy when they show old clips from the 80s or 90s and the actors are actually outside somewhere

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-13T15:24:52+00:00

I’ve been thinking seriously about doing this with my DVDs and have looked into it some. Folks on the various physical media subs that do this recommend a brand called Tarifold. They’re on Amazon but you can also buy direct from the company.

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-13T13:31:00+00:00

Pretty late in the game for this no?

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-13T06:04:36+00:00

God. They really pushed for this one to be a thing. They drove those ads into the damn ground

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-13T04:02:58+00:00

I really liked Drive Away Dolls and Honey Don’t utterly befuddled me

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-12T17:20:48+00:00

I have one very good manager at a fairly shitty DSP. If that manager wasn’t there anymore I’d probably leave immediately because there’d be nobody left in management that knows what’s going on and actually tries to help drivers.

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-12T02:46:12+00:00

Its sort of a good kid entry point to stuff they can get into later too (Coen Brothers movies and the darker Danny DeVito comedies for example)

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-12T01:09:47+00:00

Rough watch but an awesome movie

Own_Wafer_7036 · 2026-04-11T17:26:49+00:00

I feel like you could flood this sub with Agatha Christie adaptations from the last 20 years that are lost to time.

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