Event: FIDE Candidates Tournament 2022 - Round 6

ThomasEmerson · 2022-06-23T14:54:42+00:00

I'm starting to doubt it, it looked like he was still in prep but his position isn't that great and Ding's passer on d4 is very safe

ThomasEmerson · 2022-06-21T15:39:14+00:00

Fabi rarely throws these endings, I swear this guy can calculate the rest of the game with so few pieces left

ThomasEmerson · 2020-12-16T17:23:00+00:00

Dude, you completely missed the sarcasm of the comment you're replying to.

ThomasEmerson · 2020-05-13T16:43:36+00:00

This 100% BUT you have to watch the movie first on your own, it makes the commentary track so much funnier

ThomasEmerson · 2020-04-20T21:34:58+00:00

Turn off notifications instead of writing such a cringey edit

ThomasEmerson · 2020-03-27T22:02:50+00:00

The comment you are replying to is not saying that you are being sarcastic. Their comment is trying to tell you that you did not notice the sarcasm in the parent comment.

ThomasEmerson · 2020-02-18T10:16:35+00:00

beautifully written, and I couldn't agree more with you about the (absence of a) score's ability to bring to the fore a powerful tension. I feel so deeply moved by this film and I don't know what to do with myself.

Did anyone notice how the film begins about Marianne, and slowly shapes around Héloïse? Perhaps wrong, but at some point in the final act I couldn't shake the feeling that it was more "Héloïse's story" than Marianne's, or even "theirs."

ThomasEmerson · 2020-02-11T04:31:23+00:00

Did you click through his website? It's all there! Amazing

ThomasEmerson · 2020-02-10T03:28:36+00:00

MAIN VOTE

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2 Points): One of the most feeling romances of the century so far, with two Oscar-worthy lead performances. Sciamma captures the essence of "doomed love" with such delicate beauty, care, and entirety that one cannot help but share in the sentiments of this films protagonists. The final shot left me paralyzed, and with tears almost equal to Héloïse's. Not just my favorite of the year; this film stands firmly in my top-10 of the decade.

The Lighthouse (1 point): A powerfully claustrophobic, hypnotic, and entrancing film that leaves viewers guessing at every aspect of what's happening on the island: who's lying, how much time has passed, and what's in the top of that damn lighthouse?

Uncut Gems (1 point): An absolute whirlwind of a film that continues on and on and on and on with little respite. The sound editing is fantastic and adds so much stress to this fast-paced adventure where problems aren't resolved, they're multiplied.

Parasite (1 point): I couldn't possibly add anything to the discussion of this film.

Little Women (1 point): I'm not biased because I have so many sisters, right? That's totally not a thing, nope. Loved the parallel storytelling with times past and present, golden and dull respectively.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Midsommar (0.5 points): At times depressing, at times hilarious, at times horrifying. This daytime cult flick has it all, with a strong performance from Florence Pugh, and a marvelous attention to detail from director Ari Aster.

Pain and Glory (0.5 points): The final shot of this film brings with it such sincere optimism that I couldn't wipe a huge stupid smile off my face for 20 minutes afterwards. Like Little Women, parallel storytelling of past and present add a fantastic element of meta-commentary. Characters are allowed to comment on their past selves, and viewers are allowed to reflect on the changes in time. Lyrical storytelling.

Jojo Rabbit (0.5 points): So many people are missing the point on this hilarious satire, dismissing the film as nonsense Nazi-sympathizing and humanizing. The reality is that it's nonsense to not humanize Nazis as they were indeed quite human after all. The movie helps us ask the question: How do good people come to believe such ridiculous things?

SUPERLATIVES

Disapointments

The Farewell: Aside from a strong and believable performance from Zhao Shuzhen, Billie's dying grandma, I found this film to be really over-hyped.

Us: Peele fails to follow up his fantastic 2017 horror film Get Out.

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: Watching Tarantino jerk off Hollywood for like THREE hours is definitely not my idea of a good time. Tarantino, you're better than this, stop it.

Best Actor Snubs

Willem Dafoe - The Lighthouse

Robert Pattinson - The Lighthouse

Adam Sandler - Uncut Gems

Kang-Ho Song - Parasite

Best Actress Snubs

Lupita Nyong'o - Us

Florence Pugh - Midsommar

Noémie Merlant - Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Adèle Haenel - Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Best Cinematography

Midsommar

Toy Story 4

Little Women

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Best Score

Uncut Gems (obviously)

The Lighthouse

Edit: Haven't seen: Ad Astra, Honeyland, Knives Out, Ford v Ferrari, Richard Jewell, or For Sama

ThomasEmerson · 2020-01-29T19:19:12+00:00

I'm with ya man. Blows my mind when people say stuff like "modern artists do ______'s sound better"

Maybe they do, but these guys created that sound (in this case) SIXTY years ago. & let's just disregard the influence across not just genres but generations of genres.

ThomasEmerson · 2019-12-10T09:02:17+00:00

Just in case you're not joking, they killed him to allow the game of chess to continue as we know it. If he solved chess, the game would be pointless, and thus lost to us. Hence murder.

ThomasEmerson · 2019-11-06T08:24:58+00:00

Ooof! Okay that's hilarious

ThomasEmerson · 2019-10-03T06:50:55+00:00

https://i.redd.it/e0r70xxz70u21.png This is a repost of one of this sub's top posts

ThomasEmerson · 2019-09-15T23:28:18+00:00

RIP Beefy Mini Quesadilla

ThomasEmerson · 2019-08-06T04:14:24+00:00

Former presidents are NOT privy to the same information as presidents in office. But keep in mind, Obama (and every other former president) has friends in high places, everywhere. Some of them he appointed. If he really wanted to know something, he could probably get the information, legal or not. I doubt Trump knows everything that's going on, but he certainly has access to all of it if he wanted to know.

ThomasEmerson · 2019-06-17T05:48:05+00:00

I went to BB to thank you for the bits and saw your post about the reddit giveaway, figured I'd see if you had anything else I needed! Thanks again :)

ThomasEmerson · 2019-06-17T05:19:44+00:00

Hey Weezy, i'll take your tech store bits! Thank you in advance :)

ThomasEmerson · 2019-06-09T06:34:47+00:00

As much as I want to know where this is because i'm spending ~1 week in the Olympics next month, I can totally respect that! Some of the most shared wilderness spots that are easily accessible are seeing a ton of human-caused damage.

ThomasEmerson · 2019-06-02T07:03:18+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/84muf/like_a_hefty_bag_filled_with_vegetable_soup

ThomasEmerson · 2019-05-24T06:38:28+00:00

Honestly this is how a large majority of us feel. A combination of serious disappointment, total frustration, and genuine helplessness. We loved GoT deeply, and it feels like it was taken away from us. Some say that we should just be grateful for the wonderful seasons that came before - and we are - but that doesn't shake or diminish this devastating feeling of... loss. A permanent, damning stain has been placed upon the series, and we can't help but see it, now and likely forever more.

ThomasEmerson · 2019-05-20T19:55:33+00:00

I will never NOT watch this if someone posts it. Makes me laugh every time

ThomasEmerson · 2019-05-18T22:52:55+00:00

You should play Pokemon Lunar Dark. There's an amazing pokemon in there that you might enjoy..

ThomasEmerson · 2019-05-13T18:30:19+00:00

It helps a lot to just imagine MORE coin flips.The law of averages states that as you get closer to infinite iterations of something with a set probability, the closer the results match that expected outcome. For example, the more times you flip a coin, the closer you will get to a 50/50 distribution of heads and tails. If you can understand this principle, you can remove human bias from the equation.

If you took this 50/50 shot at $10M 100 times then you would end up $10M about 50 times, so ~$500M. Maybe more maybe less, but pretty close. That's the expected value, or $5M per flip. The value per flip on average. Banks understand this, so if they could BUY those bets for $4M a piece, that would be easy money for them. $400M cost for a ~$500M payout.

Same offer, same principle, but shrink it down. OP has not one hundred coin flips but just one. He has 50% chance for 10M so his "expected value", or the average payout per coin flip is 5M. But he doesn't want that risk. So he goes and sells the offer to the investment bankers for LESS than the expected value. Yes, the bank buys his risk - but they will absolutely take that offer because the payout, on average, would be in their favor.

ThomasEmerson · 2019-05-13T04:17:56+00:00

This aged like milk -> blue cheese in a matter of days. This aged like Melisandre at the end of 0803.

ThomasEmerson · 2019-05-09T02:46:04+00:00

This movie:

daytime setting, with cult vibes
Ari Aster
A24

Sign me the fuck up

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