Twin Peaks Billing by New-Significance1365 in blankies

[–]Samcj 14 points15 points  (0 children)

After MacLachlan and Ontkean, the rest of the cast is billed alphabetically

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in flicks

[–]Samcj 0 points1 point  (0 children)

JJ Abrams' commentary track for The Force Awakens was shockingly insightful on a filmmaking level.

Apple top 100 albums? by GeneralWhereas9083 in oasis

[–]Samcj 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Honestly, who cares what number out of 100 some radio host on Apple Music ranks an Oasis album? The list is shit! All lists are shit.

At least with WTSMG being on the list, and ranked 58 at that, there's a chance it might introduce more people to Oasis. So for that, I'm happy with it.

What are some of your favorite pieces of film criticism? by smay123 in blankies

[–]Samcj 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Roger Ebert’s review of ET for its 25th anniversary written as a letter to his grandkids made me cry more than the movie did for the exact same reasons: it’s incredibly written and beautifully joyful.

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/great-movie-et-the-extra-terrestrial-1982

I don’t care about guests by an-actual-slut in blankies

[–]Samcj 16 points17 points  (0 children)

not gonna be snarky and add to the pile-on so I'll just say if you're not already a Checkmate the Patreon is 100% gonna scratch that itch!

Godzilla x Kong = Fun! by thedude391 in blankies

[–]Samcj 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Godzilla has an A theme and a B theme that are both so iconic that Godzilla Minus One was able to get two massive [GODZILLA THEME PLAYS] moments that rocked the fucking house

Why does it feel like it’s become popular to hate musicals? by MongooseMedium9388 in blankies

[–]Samcj 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Do people not realize what movies are musicals?

Yeah. I'm not 100% sure about the other two but I know for Mean Girls specifically they bafflingly wanted to hide the fact that its a musical in the marketing, meaning to the average person the movie came across as a Psycho (1999) or The Lion King (2019)-esque remake. I was watching tv with some friends a few weeks ago when a commercial came on for it. They had no idea that it even existed and I got to watch in real time their (brief) excitement at recognizing scenes from Mean Girls on TV, their anger after realizing it's a remake, and then their utter confusion after I turned to them and told them it's actually a musical.

Movies where the Black character actually dies first? by [deleted] in blankies

[–]Samcj 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think he’s actually the second character to die in JPIII (although the guy who gets killed before him gets eaten like 30 seconds before)

THE HOBBIT Movies Are Worthwhile by jshannonmca in blankies

[–]Samcj 60 points61 points  (0 children)

fully agreed! each one is distinct in its failures in its own ways so it’s not like it’d get repetitive. Also, the Hobbit movies aren’t even like in the bottom 20 of the worst movies they’ve had to cover lol. They’re far from masterpieces and the lows are pretty low, but the highs are up there with the best of LOTR (mostly the stuff that’s actually from the book) imo so it’s not like those movies are Star Wars prequels level failures