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Unlikeable characters doing unlikeable things. Tone was all over the place. {nm}

Posted by: skunkrunner on Jan 04, 13:38 in response to DTshakes' post Really? D- for Joy? I'm curious to know why you thought...

So who saw what this week? Brooklyn (A), The Big Short (A), Tokyo Story (1953; rpt viewing, A+), La grande bellezza (2013; rpt A+) {nm} second gary Jan 04, 07:20

Shall we dance (1937; rpt, A), The Bourne Legacy (2012, A) {nm} second gary Jan 04, 07:21

Kingsman (A-), Avengers:Age of Ultron (C-), Catch Me If You Can (A-), Sinister 2 (D), Inside Out (A-), Chaplin (B+), Toy Story 3 (B)... hyperzeitgeist Jan 04, 07:30

Your Highness (B), Can Heironymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness? (B for chutzpah). {nm} hyperzeitgeist Jan 04, 07:44

I doubt Lee Daniels will ever run afoul of, well, of that. :) {nm} second gary Jan 04, 08:02

Steve Jobs (C), The Big Short (B) {nm} numbersix_99 Jan 04, 07:33

Revenant (A) Hateful Eigth (B+) Steve Jobs (C) Youth (C) {nm} Mala-Droi Jan 04, 07:50

Pixels (C) Star Wars 7 (A+) 3rd viewing {nm} Dorfman Jan 04, 07:39

Sinister 2 (D) {nm} ~JPV~ Jan 04, 07:39

Revanent (B) , Carol (A+), Pan (C-), 99 Homes (B-), Bridge of Spies (A-), Minions (B) {nm} gsquared Jan 04, 07:46

Brooklyn (A) Joy (D-) Big Short (B+) Inside Llewin Davis (B) Nightcrawler (B+) {nm} skunkrunner Jan 04, 07:46

Really? D- for Joy? I'm curious to know why you thought it was so awful. {nm} DTshakes Jan 04, 09:38

Unlikeable characters doing unlikeable things. Tone was all over the place. skunkrunner Jan 04, 13:38

That's why I quit watching Nightcrawler. What makes that character doing unlikeable things better than the Joy characters {nm} JDolphin Jan 04, 20:14

The Revenant (A), Best of Enemies (B+) {nm} andy007 Jan 04, 07:49

Brooklyn (A), Star Wars 7 (A-), The Skeleton Twins (B+) {nm} ryeontherocks Jan 04, 07:55

Youth (2015) A , Hot Rods to Hell (1967) B+ , The Petrified Forest (1936) B , Hard to Be a God / Trudno byt bogom (2013) B- , {nm} joeoftexas Jan 04, 08:00

Joy (2015) C+ , Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine (2015) B+ , syfy's "Twilight Zone" New Year's marathon A+ {nm} joeoftexas Jan 04, 08:03

The Big Short (A), Daddy's Home (B+), The Maze Runner (A) {nm} Quickslver99 Jan 04, 08:01

Son of Saul (A); 45 Years (A-); Hitchcock Truffaut (B+); Anomalisa (B); Joy (C) {nm} helmetz Jan 04, 08:26

Hateful 8: A-, Max (2015): B-, Come Drink With Me: C+, Maze Runner Scorch Trials: C, Spongebob 2: C-, "Making A Murderer" ep. 1: B islander Jan 04, 08:27

wait until you get through the 3rd episode for murderer.... WOW {nm} lobogotti Jan 04, 10:38

also, true crime buffs need to see The Seven Five. {nm} lobogotti Jan 04, 10:38

Revenant (B+); Anomalisa (A) {nm} slipping jimmy Jan 04, 08:31

The Warriors (1979, rpt., A-), Double Down (2005, grade NA) {nm} TFeeney Jan 04, 08:41

Basic Instinct (C); Judgment Day (C) {nm} masonacj Jan 04, 08:47

The Other Guys (re-watch) (A+) {nm} RamsFan2004 Jan 04, 09:23

Baby Doll, A- {nm} edzep - Port Monkey! Jan 04, 09:29

The Imitation Game (B)...The Theory of Everything (B) {nm} tealfan Jan 04, 09:36

Jessica Jones binge (non-alcoholic) (A) {nm} tealfan Jan 04, 09:42

Hateful Eightful (B+), Ye Ol' Revenant (A), Man In The High Castle (finally finished it; B) {nm} DTshakes Jan 04, 09:37

Ant-Man (A). {nm} mrbeankc Jan 04, 09:58

Concussion: B-, Joy: C+, Hateful Eight: B (Goggins an A+), Making a Murderer: A, The Seven Five: B+ {nm} lobogotti Jan 04, 10:40

The Big Short: B+, Creed: A- {nm} lobogotti Jan 04, 10:41

Star Wars 7 (B+), Creed (A-), Rocky (A-), Rocky II (B+), Rocky III (B), Almost Famous (B+), Boogie Nights (B), Gladiator (A)... {nm} benz0 Jan 04, 13:52

There Will Be Blood (B-), No Country For Old Men (A-), Chinatown (B) {nm} benz0 Jan 04, 13:53

Oh, and The Big Short (A+) {nm} benz0 Jan 04, 13:54





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