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polymoog

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Speaking about Chernobyl. Has anybody watched HBO series?
i did. way overhyped by IMDB ratings.
a 7/10 is generous. theres really not a lot to that story, so it was stretched out. plus, you know exactly whats going to happen, so the pace of the show becomes irritating.

watch making of a murderer, the leftovers, or if you want a short series, wild wild country.
 

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i did. way overhyped by IMDB ratings.
a 7/10 is generous. theres really not a lot to that story, so it was stretched out. plus, you know exactly whats going to happen, so the pace of the show becomes irritating.

watch making of a murderer, the leftovers, or if you want a short series, wild wild country.
Agree. But still engaging, as for me.

Thanks for the recommendation!
 

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Pretty interesting documentary from 90's New York.

"The Gods of Times Square" was shot over a six year period that witnessed a radical transformation of Times Square. Gone now are the mom and pop stores, squeezed out by a real estate gold rush. Gone too are the colorful characters who made Times Square a "speaker's corner." Only the most strident of religious zealots remain to warn of "eternal sin." The Gods of Times Square thus records a time in New York City history when the place most identified with free speech and the soul of New York changed from a democratic, interracial common ground to a corporate controlled soulless theme park. The former versions of Times Square offered it's congregants a place to air their thoughts and blow off a little steam, to rant about God and race on the one hand or buy sex or porn at the other end of the Times Square spectrum. Now the choices are fewer, the prices are higher and the "sin" is gone. The fabled "white way" now plays host to the newest of Gods: Mickey, Minnie and Goofy on one corner, Bugs, Daffy and Porky on the other... Gods help Times Square! "
 

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It's a sad indictment of today's society when the only people doing real journalism are comedians.

 

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I just watched this for the first time,what an masterpiece!
Dersu Uzala (1975) Directed by: Kurosawa Akira
"Based on the work of the scientist and writer, famous traveler and explorer of the Far East Vladimir Arseniev. The story of his friendship with the guide Dersu Uzala with extraordinary personal qualities. Their journey through the taiga-forest, full of dangerous adventures, is the plot of the film, but the meaning of the story goes far beyond the plot ..."
 

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Greatest Conspiracy Ever


25 min jon levi video.

i disagree with the idea that this sculpture preexisted before settlers arrived, but i DO support the idea that a good portion of this monument might be a veneer of cement.

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It's a Revolution Mother. I found this relic on Amazon. Kick out the jams brothers and sisters LOL.
 

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I just watched this for the first time,what an masterpiece!
i just watched it. good and i liked the wilderness shots, but i felt it didnt go deep into darzus character. camera angles were a bit stilted-- you have an old man of the woods and a younger russian man sitting around a campfire-- that would the perfect scene for a close-up at darzu, illuminated by the the small fire burning and reflecting off of his wrinkled and wise face while he tells a story of his youth, but that never happened. i also didnt care for the jocular, basic russian he spoke-- was the director going for the wise old man angle or the silly, comical old man? you cant have the wise man look like a clown.
ending wasnt poignant enough. good but not great. 6.8/10 for me, and i apparently am in the minority of people who werent overly thrilled with it.
 

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i also didnt care for the jocular, basic russian he spoke-- was the director going for the wise old man angle or the silly, comical old man? you cant have the wise man look like a clown.
I think in real life Dersu kinda spoke like that ,he wasnt fluent in russian.I havent read any Arsenyev's books so i dont know how Dersu spoke in real life. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_Arsenyev
Many reasons why i liked this movie,character of Dersu is one of them and the comparison between him and orthodox russians who wonder into wilderness and find this funky fella who has these siberian shamanic beliefs and his views on life seem rather strange and odd. But the more they hang out the more they see that this funky fellas wisdom about life and nature are to be respected.
Dersu saw everything as alive or personalised (or spirited or having a soul) .From plants to animals to sun and moon and wind and fire.You upset the fire then forest might burn for days ,u upset the wind then a storm might follow etc.Shortly put - everything around you is to be respected.
Dersu was an totally unselfish character who would think about the well being of others who he would never meet and naturally do something about it (like fixing up the broken shack he wasnt planning to use while soldiers just goofed around being useless and asking for matches and food to be left behind there so that someone who might be in need and ends up in there could use them) .Or when he got upset with one soldier who threw food leftovers to fire instead of throwing it somewhere where animals could consume it.
you have an old man of the woods and a younger russian man sitting around a campfire-- that would the perfect scene for a close-up at darzu, illuminated by the the small fire burning and reflecting off of his wrinkled and wise face while he tells a story of his youth, but that never happened
I think there was something similar when he told the story about his wife and kid dieing and him burning his house down, Otherwise i think life was rather uneventful for a siberian hunter like Dersu .Just daily survival in the endless wilderness.He also seemed to be clueless about his age and people like that are probably most of their time in the moment than dwelling in the past.

You probably watched the dubbed version? i did not like Dersus voice on that one,sound and voices on the original are way better i think.

I wasnt very excited about the ending either but thats how things went down irl.
 

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I just watched this for the first time,what an masterpiece!
Dersu Uzala (1975) Directed by: Kurosawa Akira
"Based on the work of the scientist and writer, famous traveler and explorer of the Far East Vladimir Arseniev. The story of his friendship with the guide Dersu Uzala with extraordinary personal qualities. Their journey through the taiga-forest, full of dangerous adventures, is the plot of the film, but the meaning of the story goes far beyond the plot ..."
Will put it on my list.
Kurosawa x Russian?
 

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You probably watched the dubbed version? i did not like Dersus voice on that one,sound and voices on the original are way better i think.
no, actually i watched the subtitled one.

I think in real life Dersu kinda spoke like that ,he wasnt fluent in russian.I havent read any Arsenyev's books so i dont know how Dersu spoke in real life.
thats not a problem at all. speaking broken russian didnt make him comical. his portrayal at times did. for example, mr miyagi of the karate kid-- he didnt speak perfect english but at no point was he silly. miyagi was the wise character type in which dersu should have been casted.

I wasnt very excited about the ending either but thats how things went down irl.
it needed more dramatization and was poorly written. no camera close ups on dersus face when he sat staring at the fire, the conversation between little captain (his son) and dersu was glossed over when it could have been far, far deeper full of dersus reflections of his time in the wild...
yeah, i definitely stand by the 6.8 rating.
 
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I've just finished 1899 on Netflix. Great storyline, great acting, and a touch of sci-fi. I liked it. Now I browse around this site searching for new recommendations. Since I liked both 1899 and Dark shows, hope to find sth similar.
 
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was gonna watch skinamrink but
watched not even all the trailer,had to
stop,cause something felt off

thought I'd share to See what Y'all thought
is it weird or just me?
 
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