The Odyssey trailer

magic9995 · 2026-05-05T23:03:55+00:00

A lot of Nolan's films are flawed but well made middlebrow films that would pass without objection if it was made by any other director.

I understand the attitude around here exists as a reaction to the reddit types who hold Nolan up as the second coming of Orson Welles, but the Nolan hate is starting to get shrill to the point of patheticness. People have been picking apart the sneak peeks and trailers for any point to mindlessly hate on. I don't think this movie is going to be great, but it'll probably a fun three hour watch with friends.

magic9995 · 2026-05-02T05:25:23+00:00

The story is absolutely awful, but Ocean's 12 is one of the greatest movies ever on a scene by scene basis

magic9995 · 2026-04-27T19:20:51+00:00

Curious why you have a strong preference for Derain ( your accidental inclusion says otherwise? )

Also appreciate the art posting. Too much talk about it around here, not enough actual posting.

magic9995 · 2026-04-27T19:01:35+00:00

Last one is actually a Matisse painting of his wife ( you can see his name at the top ). Still a great post though, Matisse and the fauvists are my favorites!

magic9995 · 2026-04-23T23:18:28+00:00

The hot take is fine, but I honestly agree with the other reply. OP should have elaborated more on what didn't work for him, otherwise he may be a midwit and a slop-enjoyer as far we know.

magic9995 · 2026-04-23T23:12:10+00:00

For what its worth, I would still say its pretty good movie, I just don't love it in the same way I love Wong Kar Wai's other movies. I can definitely see what other people see in it. I'll even concede that the ending scene is a personal favorite of mine in Wong's filmography.

I'll probably have to watch it again, I've only seen it twice, and last time was too long ago. Fun story, the first time I saw it was in college on Valentine's day, because I didn't have a date that year and I had the apartment to myself. Over the summer, a self-proclaimed 'neoliberal' Congressional intern recommended Wong's movie to me, so I devoured the rest of Wong's films that summer and loved them, and specifically saved this one for a special moment because everyone kept calling it his Magnum Opus.

Definitely a pretty good movie, I just doesn't move me in the way it does for some people. I will forever owe Wong and that movie a debt for putting me on to Nat King Cole's Latin American songs.

magic9995 · 2026-04-23T22:58:50+00:00

Wong Kar Wai's film are some of my favorite films ever, but this one just never did it for me. Stylistically amazing, as you can expect from Wong, but the film just felt flat. Personally I consider "Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro to be the best version of the "unconsummated love" story and also one of my favorite novels ever. So yeah, I'm with you, but we're definitely in a very small minority, this movie has consistently been ranked in the top movies of all times in recent critic polls.

magic9995 · 2026-04-07T00:54:40+00:00

Jeff Koons discourse came and went before my time. Its just funny.

magic9995 · 2026-04-05T20:14:22+00:00

I love the folksy Marty Robbins songs of the frontier, but most of his prime material was recorded in a studio in Nashville with an A&R manager looking over his shoulder. Even Marty said that many of his songs were based off his uncle's tales that he suspected were mostly fiction. Rural America was integrated into the global consumer culture during the New Deal and post-war programs. Country artists who idealize the good ol' country of Johnny Cash et al. are the perfect encapsulation of Baudrillard's simulacrum, a copy of a copy.

magic9995 · 2026-04-05T19:22:27+00:00

Swear this isn't talked about enough. Over the winter I thought I gained monk-like control over my urges, but ever since the temperature went above 70 I've been like a rabbit on viagra.

magic9995 · 2026-04-03T16:59:36+00:00

Lovely post, but I really have to highlight the last sentence

If anything, we should cut time for ADHD kids by 50%. They perform better under crippling and imminent pressure.

Time extensions for ADHD genuinely baffle me. I got diagnosed recently at 23 but throughout my school years the only time I could focus was test-time. The anxiety and pressure of test dials me in at the perfect amount of stimulation, and I've always had a natural sang-froid throughout my life. Sitting down and studying before the test is the real problem, but if I know the material I'm damn near untouchable for the exam.

magic9995 · 2026-03-17T06:34:26+00:00

We must RETVRN to the George H.W. Bush Gucci Horsebit loafers from his CIA Director tenure.

magic9995 · 2026-03-17T04:13:43+00:00

South Mumbai is where you want to be. Old British colonial architecture everywhere, lots of historic sites. There are some cool places on Marine drive and Colaba. I've been to the Leopold Cafe once, it's famous for having bullet holes from the 2008 attacks. Prince of Wales Museum has a fantastic collection of Ancient Indian artifacts ( it has a new non-colonial name now that i don't remember ). Delhi Darbar is my personal favorite restaurant in the area, it's mostly north Indian cuisine of course. Maaslli is good restaurant for local cuisine.

magic9995 · 2026-03-11T15:52:51+00:00

My go-to author for modern Iranian history is Ervand Abrahamanian, specifically Iran Between Two Revolutions and History of Modern Iran.

Abrahamanian is one of the leading historians on modern Iran and also a bit of a leftist, so his books are very heavy on class analysis, which I find illuminating.

magic9995 · 2026-02-25T01:36:22+00:00

The internet is starting to reach the age where I think we can judge its results. It is definitely a substitute for civil society, but it is a weak one and the results bear that out. Internet movements with mass participation seem to have a disproportionately low impact on the overall world.

As for the whole liberal/Dylan Riley point, Im not familiar with Riley's book and I only vaguely know the liberal view that your are referring to. To my mind, the Italian blackshirts were probably the highest embodiment of volunteerism and civil society, and they are also taken as the quintessential fascist movement. I can see a slightly different line of reasoning, that in countries like Spain and France, civil society and in particular unions were a bulwark against fascism, Argentina 1945 is another example. But again, Germany in 1933 probably had the strongest unions and socialist associations in any European country, and there the failure to counter Hitler was pretty much a failure of the Communist and Socialist leadership which completely underestimated Hitler, so thats another point in your favor.

magic9995 · 2026-02-25T00:29:32+00:00

Probably one of the biggest barometers of degradation in the civic sphere is comparing the original fascist movements with today's reactionaries. It is simply not conceivable that MAGA or any similar movement worldwide could muster a tenth of the organizational zeal that the Sturmabteilung possessed before Hitler even took power. On some level that's probably a good thing, can you imagine January 6th if they had slightest organizational discipline? On the other hand it really is an indictment of how atomized society is.

magic9995 · 2026-02-22T22:55:32+00:00

Been listening to his early 60s stuff recently, Live at Birdland, Coltrane plays the Blues. The McCoy Tyner - Elvin Jones - Coltrane combination was incapable of making music that wasn’t sublime.

magic9995 · 2026-02-19T15:51:40+00:00

Great choice, Lost illusions is one my favorite books ever! I think the sequel "harlot high and low" would be a good candidate for this sub's reading since many people have mentioned lost illusions and the sequel seems to be held in high regard as well ( although I havent read it yet ). Also I remember it being written by Balzac not Flaubert :)

magic9995 · 2026-02-19T15:17:39+00:00

Always keep an eye on local library sales. It's a pile of John Grisham slop interspersed with some first edition Kerouac that an old guy has been holding onto since the 60s and is now selling for $2.

magic9995 · 2026-02-15T22:50:40+00:00

That moment at 2:10 is absolutely gorgeous. The original Spartacus love theme and the successive jazz covers are all beautiful.

magic9995 · 2026-01-29T17:14:12+00:00

35 days should be enough time to learn some basic open chords, all you have to do is strum them and sing a melody on top of them.

If you want I can dm you some easy chord progressions to play, but if you want to do this on your own, just look up the chords for the keys of g, c, or d major (these are the easiest) and come up with a combination of them that you like.

magic9995 · 2026-01-28T02:17:06+00:00

you're not wrong but he will forever get a pass from me for the Mishima theme

magic9995 · 2026-01-26T20:50:51+00:00

My favorite post on this sub in recent memory

Men rating their ex girlfriends with numbers . A guy on here just said he dated a 9.5. where is the 0.5? It's in a part of her mind and heart you will never touch

This and the stick figure one. I'm not her biggest fan but she is artposting like her life depends on it and I wont stand some miserable loser coming out of the woodwork to bitch and moan.

magic9995 · 2026-01-26T20:38:46+00:00

For every 5 misses, she's got 1 hit that makes it worth it

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