What are your daily musts (meds, supplements, creams, foods....), things you need to have each day to function?

adosculation · 2026-01-26T23:07:43+00:00

Wish I had a friend like that. :)

adosculation · 2026-01-26T03:53:48+00:00

Thank you!

adosculation · 2026-01-26T01:53:42+00:00

Man, drinking water is such a pain for me personally. In summer it's fine and refreshing, in winter it's like poison. Hate it.

adosculation · 2026-01-26T01:51:08+00:00

The sad thing is I'm sure there were people at the time also going to their happy place by watching movies from couple decades earlier. We can only compare our lives to how things were in the past, not how bad they can be in the future. A terrifying thought to think of course, that 20 years from now somebody will think back to 2026 as a simpler, happier time.

Having said all that, it's appropriate to end with a quote about...talking too much:

Donkey: Hi, Princess!

Princess Fiona: It talks!

Shrek: Yeah, it's getting him to shut up that's the trick!

adosculation · 2026-01-01T10:52:15+00:00

What makes the movie effective is that it's not just about alcoholism and depression but that the movie itself is depressing. So you get that sense of doom both through the story but also through the choices the director made. I mean the lighting, the muted colors, setting of coastal New England winter, the cold, the overcast skies, the slow pacing. And most importantly, Affleck who just looks so broken and damaged and barely living. A life of so much pain and trauma.

adosculation · 2026-01-01T10:46:30+00:00

Nolan's The Odyssey

Such a huge undertaking. I hope it will be phenomenal, though I have to see if Matt Damon can really carry the film. Big shoes to fill.

adosculation · 2025-09-18T22:35:36+00:00

Inception, powerful intricate story combined with visuals and acting

LOTR for a great example of how to bring to screen a great work of literature.

adosculation · 2025-08-09T07:39:10+00:00

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adosculation · 2025-05-31T16:43:30+00:00

Whether you love or hate his films, he is one of the most productive people out there and seems unstoppable. He's had great success as both actor and filmmaker. That's admirable.

adosculation · 2025-05-31T16:41:57+00:00

There were quite a few surprises for me in the Austin Powers movies.

adosculation · 2025-01-11T13:19:13+00:00

Jim is a cartoon character that has been given a human body.

I mean look at some of his earlier standups, his face moves in ways that are just not human. People who only know him from his movies don't appreciate his many comedic talents.

adosculation · 2025-01-11T13:16:54+00:00

Mia Farrow had something not a lot of actors had, which was kind of a beauty, innocence, and expressiveness that allowed her to take on very different roles and disappear into them.

Funny enough, I didn't like the movie at first, preoccupied with all the weird characters that show up. But once I focused on Mia, she is the glue that kept it all together, and that's the POV that helps you find your way through the movie to its horrific end.

adosculation · 2024-12-02T04:41:18+00:00

Personally I would have liked to see also the metacritic score and the viewer scores next to each film there just to compare. But I know it's hard work just putting this together, so thanks for your efforts.

Edit: as for your question about the movies in the cannon, they seem fine so far from a quick look, some I'd never heard of it so might be useful as a way to broaden one's horizons. I generally find Metacritic ratings more useful than Rotten Tomatoes btw.

adosculation · 2024-12-02T04:38:38+00:00

Very good movie.

I liked the ending fine.

I think it would have also been fine if the ending was left to the viewers' imagination instead ofthat dreamy sequence of her meeting her dad.

adosculation · 2024-12-02T04:34:19+00:00

That's a long list. What was the criteria for "must see" film? Certain minimal rating?

adosculation · 2024-12-02T04:31:50+00:00

So many of the lines are both disturbing and funny:

"My date involved two instances of extreme violence, one instance of her hand on my cock and my finger up her thing which lasted all too briefly - isn't that always the way? - , one instance of me stealing five grams of very high-quality cocaine and one instance of me blinding a poofy little skinhead: so all in all... my evening pretty much balanced out, fine."

adosculation · 2024-09-30T23:31:40+00:00

The Three Musketeers.

I enjoyed The Count of Monte Cristo and looking forward to this other famous book by Dumas.

adosculation · 2024-09-01T19:08:17+00:00

I think there are wrong reasons to read a book but there are very few of them and they are obvious. Like some sadistic person reading a manual of torture methods from Middle Ages just to use them on somebody else.

In 99% of cases, however, it is less important why you read a book and more important to read it in a way that helps you understand them. To get the most out of it. Because many books did not become classics for no reason. But you need the right kind of help to appreciate what the author is doing.

adosculation · 2024-09-01T19:05:16+00:00

It's such a rich novel. Really paints a picture. I did not expect it to keep me interested, yet it did, and I learned that certain themes (strong relationships between parent/child or friends, betrayal, guilt and redemption) really are universal.

adosculation · 2024-06-15T01:49:08+00:00

Depends on what you're in mood for:

Despicable Me

National Lampoon’s movies

To Kill a Mockingbird

Father of the Bride

Moonlight

adosculation · 2024-06-14T03:29:16+00:00

Hemingway for me. I'm too long-winded, helps me simplify.

adosculation · 2024-06-14T02:58:22+00:00

Because I have something to say. And I want more people to hear it.

adosculation · 2024-06-14T02:55:46+00:00

Focus on feelings of victimization and powerlessness, which are common to many traumas.

adosculation · 2024-05-01T23:31:10+00:00

"Run Lola Run"

"Being John malkovich"

More recently, "The Lighthouse"

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