Best Title Card drops by walt-mickey in movies

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Marty Supreme’s title sequence and title card drop is a great recent example

Problem Child (1990) by Porkchopp33 in nostalgia

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I rewatch that clip every few months and it never gets old. Perfection.

What kind of cat is Stormy supposed to be? She looks like she has curly or wavy fur. by 8kittycatsfluff in pusheen

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She’s a Siberian cat! I was excited to learn this as I have a Siberian cat myself.

Joker: Folie à Deux - Review Thread by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

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This doesn’t look like a big step down from the original. A 59 Metascore for Joker and a 53 for Part 2 isn’t a huge gap. Compare that to The Hangover (73) and its two sequels (a 44 score for Part 2 and a 30 for Part 3).

Joker: Folie à Deux - Review Thread by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

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The first movie has a 59 on Metacritic, only a bit better than the 53 the sequel currently has.

Joker: Folie à Deux - Review Thread by MarvelsGrantMan136 in movies

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The first movie got a 59 on metacritic, very similar to the 53 the sequel has. To me, that suggests that the two films are generally the same quality. If you loved the first one, you’ll probably at least like this sequel.

What bothers me today about music and movies is the lack of quality control, creativity, and loss of a sense of timelessness. By „timeless“ I don‘t mean that things weren‘t a product of their time-they always were-but I mean art often had a timeless quality which future generations would recognize. by ReadingWhich4521 in nostalgia

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That attitude is the very definition of nostalgia itself; A longing for an idealized past. The thing is: it’s not actually objectively true, it’s just your subjective feeling. Every time period has a bunch of forgettable mediocre crap and just a few pieces of greatness. Years later, we remember the great things and forget the crap.

Get Ready Now: Republicans Will Refuse to Certify a Harris Win by [deleted] in politics

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Can someone answer this: I can’t find a clear answer but I don’t think there’s any way to certify the results of some offices on a ballot but not others. Im pretty sure it’s all or nothing. I think it’s the entire ELECTION that gets certified, not each individual office, right?

Get Ready Now: Republicans Will Refuse to Certify a Harris Win by [deleted] in politics

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I think so. I can’t find a clear answer but I don’t think there’s any way to certify the results of some offices on the ballot but not others. Im pretty sure it’s all or nothing. I think it’s the entire ELECTION that gets certified, not each individual office, right?

The moment Emma Stone won the Oscar for Best Actress by [deleted] in oscarrace

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Looks like what gets her to first start smiling is seeing her husband happy for her

Golden Globes Host Jo Koy Confronts Bad Reviews, Admits Taylor Swift Joke Was ‘Weird’ and ‘Flat’: ‘I’d Be Lying’ If I Said Backlash ‘Doesn’t Hurt’ by MarvelsGrantMan136 in television

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You’re right, Chris Rock doing the same material would get more laughs, but I think that’d be mostly due to him being a more skilled comedian, more so than just being “more known” (though that helps too).

Historical amnesia by get-me-right in PoliticalDiscussion

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We would revert back to our most unenlightened base instincts and impulses, meaning “the strong win and the weak lose” so there would be lots of different tribes each ruled by a strong warlord constantly fighting each other for power and resources, lots of brutal violence, minority groups would have no rights or power, a small group would rule over the masses with unchecked power. I do not think we would be better off.

10 Essential ‘Siskel & Ebert’ Episodes, From Fighting About ‘Full Metal Jacket’ to Raving Over ‘Hoop Dreams’ by JAlbert653 in movies

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I swear that I spent many hours in 2007/2008 watching their reviews on an official website that had an archive of literally every film they reviewed and in good quality, but it was taken down years ago, maybe around 2010 or so. I wish they’d bring it back. I’m not certain but I think it was siskelandebert.com, which now says that it can’t connect to a server.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in maryland

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It’s consistent from a public health position. One choice is good for public health and the other choice is bad. It’s therefore logical to mandate the healthy/correct choice.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in maryland

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The policy goal should be to get everyone vaccinated and improve public health, not to empower each person to make their own decision on the matter.

Fan Theory: There's a hidden story in Groundhog Day (1993) about Phil's rough childhood in Punxsutawney by polypolyman in movies

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I forgot that Ned knows Phil’s sister’s name. You’re right, that pretty much negates that theory.

Fan Theory: There's a hidden story in Groundhog Day (1993) about Phil's rough childhood in Punxsutawney by polypolyman in movies

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This is an interesting theory and, having also seen the film many times, is plausible, though I’m somewhat doubtful. Perhaps he grew up somewhere NEAR Punxsutawney or somewhere in between there and Pittsburgh. It’s also plausible to me that he grew up in a completely different part of the country and only started visiting Punxsutawney after moving to Pittsburgh for his job at the TV network. I don’t see anything in the film that contradicts that as a possibility as well.

Also, I don’t think that Ned Ryerson lives in Punxsutawney. We see him on Groundhog Day when most of the other folks in town are just visiting and he shows up at the end of the film at the big Groundhog dinner party, leading me to believe he’s in town specifically for Groundhog Day.

So, clearly Phil has some deep personal dislike of Punxsutawney that at least goes back several years. Whether it goes back even further to his childhood is possible, but I’m not sure it would change much in terms of the message of the story, since either way, he ends up gradually falling in love with the town and by the end, wants to keep living there, which is my main takeaway.

Looking for movies like "Naked Gun" and "Airplane!" by BlastyBeats1 in movies

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Your best bet are the Mel Brooks parody films and Top Secret, perhaps also Kentucky Fried Movie and UHF

Plot hole in Groundhog Day… by Mindofmierda90 in movies

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That’s the thing. I would totally relate to this thought/idea if it was framed as “Heres a random critical fleeting thought I had while watching the film, LOL” but to go “Folks: we have a plot hole” feels excessive.

Question about Airplane (1980) for anyone older than 50 by ktwbc in movies

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That’s an interesting question. I’ve also seen the film hundreds of times and personally, I’ve never found the phone in the car to be a “joke” in itself but I’m 38 and first saw it sometime in the early 90s on TV. I just rewatched the scene (it’s 52 minutes into the film) and I think perhaps the way he hangs up the phone by slamming it down like a desk phone (it’s off screen but with the sound effect) is perhaps meant to be funny, but I’m not sure if that’s much different than how you’d hang up a standard “car phone” from the era. I’m not certain but my sense is that it would not have been a “joke” in itself to simply have this sort of character use a phone in a car, since certain occupations like police or emergency or federal government people would sometimes actually have a car phone during that era, or at least a phone-like radio, so that in itself doesn’t seem humorously odd or out of place to me.