Hell or High Water was ruined by 4 drunk assholes
David Mackenzie and who are the other three?
― Rhine Jive Click Bait (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 13 December 2018 11:24 (five years ago) link
But I know movies don't mean as much to everyone
I actually can be very moved by a film and would you believe it has nothing to do with being in a mall with a bunch of people I don't know?
It's actually the same exact film when you watch on your TV, same script, same actors, dialogue, plot, music, everything!
― No Smockin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 13 December 2018 12:46 (five years ago) link
I mean I will defer to Shakes, I admit sometimes it's hard to enjoy a film as much without taking the city bus and sneaking food and beverages into a large dark room first but I manage somehow
― No Smockin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 13 December 2018 12:48 (five years ago) link
there's the ritualistic & extremely meaningful aspect of going to movie theaters - being alone in a dark room with strangers scattered around watching the same thing - that is regularly, for me, transcendent
I never felt this way about movies, but I used to feel this way about rock shows, so I kinda get it. But I can honestly say if I never went to another movie, or another rock show, for the rest of my life, I'd be just fine. (Live jazz and classical, on the other hand, are more and more important to me. I are old.)
― grawlix (unperson), Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:19 (five years ago) link
As long as it doesn't involve the infliction of injury on unwilling parties, I wouldn't deign to assert the wrongness of anyone's preferred method of engaging with a particular artform. If you prefer to print out each individual frame of a film and watch it as a flipbook, knock yourself out with my blessing.
― Home Despot (Old Lunch), Thursday, 13 December 2018 14:23 (five years ago) link
My take on this is that my favourite sustained listening period is when I was living in a grubby house in Sydney and literally had a pile of tapes and a shitty $1 tape player from a thrift store - ie the mode of delivery is kind of meaningless, it's the experience etc. But now I love listening on a good stereo. So there's room for both and it needn't be one or the other: as long as the cinema isn't full of cunts, watching films projected is fantastic. As is watching at home.
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Thursday, 13 December 2018 15:57 (five years ago) link
Which is a garbled way of saying it's not a zero-sum game.
― Have the Rams stopped screaming yet, Lloris? (Chinaski), Thursday, 13 December 2018 15:58 (five years ago) link
yea don't get me wrong I love watching movies at home, too. & i should've said "the theater-going experience isn't as important to everyone"
― flappy bird, Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:45 (five years ago) link
projecting on to the far wall of the living room, surround sound system, few cunts in the room with you, jobs a goodun
― Moussa- ppl gon die (darraghmac), Thursday, 13 December 2018 17:47 (five years ago) link
I will only go to see talkies. No reason to spend extra money for the orchestra. When you factor in streetcar fare and a cherry phosphate, all in all it's a pleasant and inexpensive night out (though at times I prefer to stay indoors with the stereopticon).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 13 December 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
Bed is a great place to eat crackers
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Friday, 14 December 2018 07:24 (five years ago) link
Specifically up to one entire sleeve of Keebler Club crackers is great to eat in bed
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Friday, 14 December 2018 07:32 (five years ago) link
you are dangerous and im no longer comfortable with the level of support this community is providing for your radical ideas tbh
― Moussa- ppl gon die (darraghmac), Friday, 14 December 2018 07:35 (five years ago) link
redux https://newrepublic.com/article/152658/ethical-post-pictures-kids-instagram
In France, a child can sue her parents for posting pictures of her on Instagram. On any social media network, in fact, it is the responsibility of the French parent to protect a child’s image. The Gendarmerie have even posted on Facebook about it: “Préservez vos enfants!” The law rests on the principle that the images you post of a non-consenting child will endure in the future, and thus may distress or shame the child in the years to come.
― Yerac, Tuesday, 18 December 2018 20:51 (five years ago) link
Evangelical Christianity is a risibly silly religion
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Sunday, 23 December 2018 23:18 (five years ago) link
Not a controp
― flappy bird, Sunday, 23 December 2018 23:29 (five years ago) link
Not even amongst Christians...
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Sunday, 23 December 2018 23:34 (five years ago) link
How DARE you sillby
― circa1916, Sunday, 23 December 2018 23:46 (five years ago) link
Yeah I feel like at this point it’s a sect that the general populations just has to... deal with. Pat them on the head and treat them like adults while our eyes quietly roll out our skulls.
― circa1916, Sunday, 23 December 2018 23:48 (five years ago) link
i can’t imagine taking any religion fully seriously, they are all silly and make ridiculous claims
― marcos, Monday, 24 December 2018 00:07 (five years ago) link
(not controp just responding to recent comments)
― marcos, Monday, 24 December 2018 00:08 (five years ago) link
so im assuming you don't have a colander on your head rn
― flappy bird, Monday, 24 December 2018 00:18 (five years ago) link
christmas is good
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 17:35 (five years ago) link
It’s bad
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 17:51 (five years ago) link
shhh silby let them have their special day we have tons they get like two
― Mordy, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 17:52 (five years ago) link
Maybe in America they only get the two.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 17:56 (five years ago) link
It’s not like I don’t like going to the movies but it’d be nice to have options is all
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 17:57 (five years ago) link
who the fuck is "they", bucko?
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 18:02 (five years ago) link
the ppl celebrating christmas
― Mordy, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 18:04 (five years ago) link
poll the best feastdays imo
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 18:29 (five years ago) link
Aren’t there 100-odd, you’d need two tranches
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
can only speak for the culturally catholic paddies we only have about forty
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 18:39 (five years ago) link
America taught me that all Christians are Protestant.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 25 December 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
we have a thread for that im sure
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Tuesday, 25 December 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
We would be ok without any of it:
1. The current bloated Walmarty "Christmas" that lasts from October into January and incorporates door-buster sales, bows on cars, etc.
2. The artificial inflation of (comparatively minor) Hannukah, Kwanzaa, Neopagan solstice celebrations, and occasionally Ramadan so they can be roped in to an ostensibly neutral "holiday season".
2(a). Said roping-in being entirely to assuage qualms/guilt about secular and cultural Christians indulging in (1).
(3). Arguments about whether Santa, Rudolph, Frosty, "Jingle Bells," etc., can be truly secular (and thus universal) or whether they inherently derive from Christian lore, and are thus not nearly as "neutral" as culturally Christian white suburban ppl want them to be acknowledged as.
― Anne Frankenstein (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 18:25 (five years ago) link
nothing makes me steamed than holiday messages that incorporate chanukah literal weeks after the end of chanukah
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 18:31 (five years ago) link
wow, liking Christmas, the contrest of ops apparently
― Driving Drone for Christmas (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 18:32 (five years ago) link
I mean I won't blame anyone for liking Christmas just keep it in your home y'know
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
corporate America celebrates Christmas in a completely different way than my family
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 18:35 (five years ago) link
NB that three years ago "it's funny that non-Christians celebrate Christmas" turned out to be the most controversial opinion on this thread.
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
Corporations aren't people tbf
― Driving Drone for Christmas (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 18:37 (five years ago) link
Silby otm; the idea that "well, everybody celebrates _something_ this time of year, so therefore 'happy holidays' is culturally neutral" is both a) WRONG and b) irrelevant self-serving bullshit driven by Christians.
― Anne Frankenstein (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 18:42 (five years ago) link
kind of exhausted by Xmas this year, feel like it should maybe only happen biannually or something
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 18:44 (five years ago) link
"kind of" - no, I am exhausted. feel like last Xmas just happened. fight the real enemy: time
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 18:45 (five years ago) link
Flappy bird: last Christmas I gave you my heart.
Please return it immediately, because I am dying. Apparently hearts are kind of important. Thxbye.
― Anne Frankenstein (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
gotta head down to the icebox I'll be back asap
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 20:18 (five years ago) link
I like sparkly lights, green and people not working. This is as far as my love for xmasy/holidaysy types of things go.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 20:39 (five years ago) link
The 'people not working' part is the absolute best.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 20:41 (five years ago) link
I said it, before but mandatory (all) gift giving for adults is kind of terrible, unless it's a one off life event, or you see the perfect thing for someone randomly.
― Yerac, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 20:45 (five years ago) link
good of ymp to follow up on the "not all humans are americans" with the most American "all christmas is like this" possible
― Driving Drone for Christmas (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 18:32 (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
wow this controp was on ilx so yknow maybe that's the filter thru which controp because most controps itt are for ppl to fuckin nod to
― gabbnebulous (darraghmac), Wednesday, 26 December 2018 21:32 (five years ago) link