This is Very 2008, and also, about a kid committing some Whimsical Voter Fraud.

This is not how Any Of This works.

Stanley Tucci and Nathan Lane play each candidate's campaign guy and is there a movie where Stanley Tucci and Nathan Lane just bicker with each other for two hours, because I'd watch that.

I feel like the only Good Ending here is he spoils his ballot or votes for the Libertarians or somethin',

but this is all so "this Real American doesn't care about politics," there's no way the ending isn't that it cuts to black just as he's about to vote.

i fuckin called it exactly

Maybe it would-a helped if I gave a shit about Al Capone as a historical figure or about mob stuff at all, but oh well, such is life.

Heading out to see movie #18, "The Personal History of David Copperfield."

Absolutely terrific, what a joy!

Heading out to see #19, "Tenet." ...Or, perhaps, I've just come back from seeing it?

Back from "Tenet." ...Or am I just now heading out to go see it?

Anyway, "Tenet" is fine. Solid gimmick that translates to a fun aesthetic, not a lotta jokes, I absolutely refuse to believe Mr Nolan has close friends who are women, and it's too long. None of this is a surprise.

If you've seen any trailer for "Tenet" -- it's *exactly that* but two and a half hours long.

Movie #20: I kept getting interrupted, so I watched it in chunks over the past couple days, but I rewatched "A Bug's Life."

It was fine. Better'n I remembered.

Heading out to see the second half of movie #10, or, movie #21: Kill Bill vol. 2.

I assume in this one she Kills Bill.

Back.
Terrific film.
Quentin Tarantino is a bad person.

That is all.

Movie #22: Toy Story 2.

Better'n the first one, etcetera.

Movie #23, rewatched Breakfast Club because some days just be like that.

Movie #24: Apparently the shortest film ever nominated for Best Picture, "She Done Him Wrong" is only about an hour long.

Ya gotta hope that's not all it's got goin' for it.

There are like six musical numbers in this hour-long film -- it's based on a play, so, you know, sure -- but the audio quality is such that I sure wish there were fewer.

You can see why this launches the careers of Mae West and Cary Grant, but eh, in 2020, hard to give a shit.

@Alexis@beepboop.one i hope not, that means you're digging up dead bodies

@InspectorCaracal *dirty shovel over my shoulder* Just checking to see if they're dead.

@Alexis@beepboop.one omg that reminds me of an amazing animated short though i wonder if i could find it again

@Alexis@beepboop.one i can't find it that sucks

@Alexis I vote for cut to black.

@kurt Cut to black/Credits roll 2020.

@Alexis Cut to black?

@kurt He walks into the voting booth, closes the curtain, close-up on his smiling daughter, cut to black, credits roll.

@Alexis Not sure what else they could have done, besides... he makes them all work together happily ever after?

@kurt yeah, it's pretty obvious right away that the movie is extremely dedicated to not picking a side, it's almost too big a decision to actually depict the ramifications of

@Alexis no, they didn't, at least per IMDb. Franchise, 1955, even set in 2008.

@naga Yeah, I just looked it up, too. It's not the weirdest premise.

@Alexis@beepboop.one that's something i haven't heard you say about a movie for a while

@InspectorCaracal I should watch more movies that are fun and enjoyable, perhaps.

@Alexis@beepboop.one now now let's not be too hasty with these wild ideas

@InspectorCaracal I've been trying to avoid early reviews, but what I've picked up about "Tenet" is that I do not appear to be continuing this trend tomorrow.

@Alexis@beepboop.one i am sorry for your loss

@Alexis @InspectorCaracal That's an option?

@kurt @InspectorCaracal *squints at VLC* I've got a film in here called "Status Update" from 2018 that looks, well, like "fun and enjoyable" may be the rare exception to the rule.

@Alexis @InspectorCaracal How did that get on the list? How did that get on any list ever?

@kurt @InspectorCaracal I suspect this one is from when I just asked for movie suggestions back in April or thereabouts and I just grabbed most things people suggested?

In better movies, I was pretty sure I also had Rashomon on here, but I keep forgetting to actually download it.

@Alexis@beepboop.one @kurt@social.thiskurt.me the rashomon bit reminds me, if you ever feel like a change of pace from crappy hollywood movies, you can try out Casshern (2004)

kind of a downer movie but it'd at least be a change, it's in that "artsy scifi" niche i like

@InspectorCaracal @kurt *downloads* School's about to start, so it might be a while, but it'll go into VLC, at least.

@Alexis@beepboop.one @kurt@social.thiskurt.me cool cool, i hope you like it or at least don't hate it lol

@Alexis @InspectorCaracal Ooh, as in summer holidays are over, not as in today's classes are starting now at 11 at night.

@kurt @InspectorCaracal Yeah, it's, uhh
* wrapping up the wood thing Friday afternoon
* year kickoff on Monday
* class proper on Tuesday

I don't think Trudy's done live model drawing classes at midnight since at least the 70s.

@Alexis @InspectorCaracal That's not what happened, you did download it, but then you lost the file in a big fire.

@kurt @InspectorCaracal Transmission tells me I've downloaded two copies, neither of which I can find, so I've clearly deleted Rashomon twice, for some reason.

@Alexis@beepboop.one

@Alexis yes

@Alexis You just summed up how I feel about Reservoir Dogs.

@The_T The extent of my Tarantino opinions, in approximate real-world chronological order:
* I find the poster for Pulp Fiction off-putting.
* Quentin Tarantino is a bad person.
* Kill Bill is terrific.
* I hated Django Unchained.
* I'll watch Once Upon a Time in Hollywood at some point for the Best Picture thing, I guess.

@Alexis
Here's mine in chronological order:
1. I saw Kill Bill and thought it was good, so I wanted to watch his other films.
2. I liked Reservoir Dogs more than Kill Bill.
3. I liked Pulp Fiction more than Kill Bill.
4. I liked Jackie Brown more than Kill Bill.
5. Death Proof was kind of ok.
6. Inglourious Basterds was fine, but god that's a dumb spelling. Tarantino might be an idiot?
7. Harvey Wenstein is a scumbag.
8. Tarantino should really have done more to distance himself from Weinstein, but whatever.
9. I feel like it's been 10 years since Tarantino put out a movie. *looks him up on Wikipedia* oh, apparently he has been all this time. Oh well.

@The_T Other than seeing Django Unchained at a friend's insistence, I really hadn't spent a full minute of my life in a row thinking about Tarantino before I saw that footage of Uma Thurman's car crash -- which only happened because he insisted she do the stunt instead of her stunt driver.

The paint of my opinions about his films is not thick enough to hide that canvas, and the Weinstein thing is paint thinner shot at it from a Super Soaker.

@Alexis I totally see where you're coming from, and for me it's more, like...

I followed Tarantino when I was like, 14-23. That was when I cared about him and liked his movies.

After that I kind of moved on; and then only much later did all the bad stuff come out and I'm just like, "ugh, ok." 10 years after I've ever cared about his movies.