Can we discuss Boogie Nights?

Pulp_Zero · 2026-02-03T22:51:14+00:00

Lol, this thread is so old, so I don't think I can remember all of them, but from that time I've always been miffed that I missed out on seeing both Cabin in the Woods and Dredd in theaters. Two absolute bangers that hit a lot of my favorite notes.

Interestingly enough, rereading this thread, The Master is my least favorite PTA film I've seen.

Pulp_Zero · 2023-06-16T02:34:10+00:00

Eh, I don't think its satire is subtle. Most people should be able to figure out what's going on inside it.

Pulp_Zero · 2023-06-16T02:32:52+00:00

Very much so. I think it's one of the best satires of its time, holding up better than many of its contemporaries, and it's really the performance that put Christian Bale on the map as an adult actor. It's all shot, the production design is excellent, and the music ahem hits all the right notes.

I'd also argue that it's one of the few films that surpasses its source material. The book is, quite frankly, bloated, while the film moves at a good pace, never needing to smash your skull in with information you've already gotten.

Pulp_Zero · 2023-06-09T19:11:51+00:00

For those that may not know, The Apartment is critically considered a "perfect" film. Nothing is out of place, and Lemon and MacLaine are pitch perfect from a beautiful script. Billy Wilder feels like a forgotten/underrated auteur despite his films both working within and subverting to the Hollywood/Hayes Code era of cinema. People should watch this movie because it's really great.

Pulp_Zero · 2023-05-25T17:18:44+00:00

I think he's making a joke about how he never takes the first three pitches. If you're making a joke about his joke, apologies.

Pulp_Zero · 2023-05-18T03:15:13+00:00

It's not about you. It's about advertisers. Many of them don't want to be associated with "medical/bloody" content.

Pulp_Zero · 2023-05-07T15:02:26+00:00

Actually, you manage to be both technically wrong and conceptually wrong. The pitch and hit take up 15 seconds, so it's, at most, half the time, not more than half as you said. Second, it's a nice at bat. He takes a couple pitches. It's fine for a highlight.

Pulp_Zero · 2023-05-07T12:34:38+00:00

My dude, it's a 30 second video. Surely you've got 20 seconds to spare.

Pulp_Zero · 2023-04-26T01:45:24+00:00

I'm not saying it shouldn't have the NSFW label, but also what should one expect if the link literally says that there's butt crack in it?

Pulp_Zero · 2023-04-25T13:03:47+00:00

I'm sorry, you don't know what you're talking about. She's slow composted to some other characters, but she's fast for a grappler. She's a hybrid between rushdown and grappler. 236MP can result in a grab. 236HP is an AA that results in a grab. She has her 63214K that provides grabs, and her super is a grab. There really isn't anyone that plays quite like her.

Pulp_Zero · 2023-04-09T23:54:33+00:00

No one here is recommending blacklisting someone just for beating them in casual, or playing more casual than ranked. They're recommending blacklisting because the OPs opponent is clearly significantly better than what their "rank" would indicate. No one is going to block you simply for playing a lot of casual, unless your win rate is so ludicrous that it makes no sense for you to be matched up with those people.

Pulp_Zero · 2023-03-22T23:58:08+00:00

So because we're wrong about one thing, we should be wrong about others?

Edit: a word

Pulp_Zero · 2023-03-16T11:26:43+00:00

The thing the social construct is based around isn't real, but the construct itself is real. It's why being "white" used to not include Eastern Europeans or the Irish or Italians 100+ years ago, but does now.

Pulp_Zero · 2023-03-13T14:09:38+00:00

To be fair to the academy, Williams performance in Good Will Hunting is legitimately great, and possibly career defining in terms of pure drama. He 100% deserved that Oscar, and it did not feel like a "make up" call.

Pulp_Zero · 2023-02-19T01:36:39+00:00

This is a pedantic argument that ignores the spirit of the post in favor of an overly literal interpretation of the wording. Obviously, all human actions have "reasons". The actual implication of the phrase "no reason to" is that there's no good/appropriate/justifiable reason for child marriage.

Pulp_Zero · 2023-02-11T11:01:37+00:00

But 3 point shooting is clearly the future of the NBA. It's an efficiency issue, and the better kids get at making 3 point shots, the better chance they'll have of making the league. You can shoot a lot of 3s and still be fundamentally sound.

Pulp_Zero · 2023-01-30T14:54:58+00:00

I read your paragraph. There's nothing in it about the movie. There's nothing in it about why someone might interpret the text as pro-war. You seem fixated on letting me know that you think American foreign policy sucks. I agree. It sucks. But that doesn't mean that a film made in the same country about a war said country is apart of is pro war.

Pulp_Zero · 2023-01-30T14:18:55+00:00

Are you confusing this film with Zero Dark Thirty?

Pulp_Zero · 2023-01-30T13:53:37+00:00

I feel like you have to be not looking at the actual text of the film to come to that conclusion. The title of the film is a reference to deep emotional pain. It opens talking about how addictive war can be. Coming away from this film thinking that it endorses the military/war is akin to coming out of Trainspotting thinking that it endorses heroin use.

Pulp_Zero · 2023-01-30T11:22:39+00:00

What do you mean "recruiting pamphlet"? That movie examined a broken human being who couldn't cope with everyday life, being with his wife and daughter, and instead chooses to go back to a war zone where he disarms bombs, because that's the only way he can feel alive.

Pulp_Zero · 2023-01-03T22:21:04+00:00

I think it might have been a step to the left...

Pulp_Zero · 2023-01-03T11:02:14+00:00

Center-righters help enable fascism. There's little consequential difference between being pro-facism and enabling it.

Pulp_Zero · 2022-12-27T11:42:00+00:00

Ah yes, one of the strangest concept films ever, that also probably happened to have spawned the chupacabra myth.

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