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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from Chen G. in Star Wars is better than everything   
    Has anyone noticed how Disney...ahem (cough) I  mean Daisy Ridley, is slowly morphing I to Keira Knghtley?
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    Naïve Old Fart reacted to Quintus in What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)   
    Well, I just thought it was terrifically entertaining. For a long film that barely has any moments of action and really takes its time with the dialogue, it felt like a breeze to sit through. This is particularly impressive to me, because I genuinely hate having to commit to 3hr movies these days, especially when I haven't even pressed the play button till almost 9:30pm. So it must a a bloody good film if I wasn't struggling to stay awake during its final hour.
     
    I think they should adapt this pressure cooker farce into a stage play and go on tour with it, because it would be a top night out to see a good ensemble cast up close and intimate, with this dialogue in this log cabin setting. 
     
    The extreme wide-screen does feel at odds with the interior heavy staging, but I dunno... it's not as if this is the first time Tarantino has indulged himself with the use of gimmicks just because he can - the self spoken narration for example is surely the apex of this director's ego so far, and it only served to take me out of the experience (even though that was probably precisely what it was meant to do - reinforcing the idea that he designed the whole thing as a stage play). So I'm hesitant to criticise the film for aspects which didn't really negatively impact the whole experience for me personally, I don't believe Tarantino's quirks detracted all that seriously from what is a fresh feeling and very worthwhile few hours. Besides, I'd be willing to bet that there's a legion of this film's fans who adore it for the exact same eccentric quirks others were put off by.
     
    When this meandering yet effortlessly watchable story eventually kicks off in the final thirty minutes, it was unlike anything I can remember seeing before: a farcical bloodbath with a closing exchange between the last survivors which for me is up there with the greatest in movies. In a way this reminded me of The Thing's concluding denouncement; only Hateful Eight turns it into one of the most pristinely funny moments I've had at the very end of a film in a long time.
     
    That's how I'd describe The Hateful Eight to anyone: it's a western take on The Thing as made by Ealing Studios when they hired Quentin Tarantino that one time. 
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    Naïve Old Fart reacted to Quintus in What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)   
    I got around to watching The Hateful Eight last night. It took me ages to get to sleep after it had finished, because I kept thinking about it. The scenes were swimming around in my mind for so long that I don't think I managed to go off till gone 2am ffs.
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    Naïve Old Fart reacted to Jurassic Shark in Mike Matessino's Indiana Jones   
    He was feeling bad about his portrayal of dinos.
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    Naïve Old Fart reacted to rough cut in MONSIGNOR - 2019 Intrada Edition features expanded film score   
    You're gonna fly high, you’re never gonna die, you're gonna make it if you try, they're gonna love you...
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from rough cut in MONSIGNOR - 2019 Intrada Edition features expanded film score   
    Come in here, dear boy, have a cigar, you're gonna go far.
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from A24 in What are your favorite shots in a movie?   
    On you?
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    Naïve Old Fart reacted to A24 in What Is The Last Film You Watched? (Older Films)   
    I bought the Blu-ray for a fiver and that's exactly my score: 5/10. The film tries so desperately to be sympathetic (or likeable) that it actually works counter productive. Nothing feels genuine any more, but rather simple-minded. 8 Oscar nominations? Baffling!
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    Naïve Old Fart reacted to Nick Parker in Is David Bowie's music overrated?   
    Why you not faight me Richurd!? If you deFEET me...you willv be frwee!
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    Naïve Old Fart reacted to mstrox in Is David Bowie's music overrated?   
    I'd agree that a disproportionate amount of his songs, especially the instrumentals, function well as album tracks (which work excellently and help the flow of the album, but might not be something you'd put on for 3-5 minutes in isolation).  
     
    The problem with Bowie's hits releases -  even the most comprehensive greatest hits package, 2014's 3-disc "Nothing Has Changed," leaves out some all-time classic Bowie tunes (as it must for space considerations, since Bowie's career spanned six decades and 26 solo albums, along with two band albums (under Tin Machine) and numerous B-sides, soundtrack cues, etc).  It's missing tons of singles, tracks which had a place on previous greatest hits comps, etc - just glancing at the list, songs like Five Years, Soul Love, Lady Stardust, Watch that Man, The Prettiest Star, Beauty and the Beast, Outside, Dead Man Walking, Slip Away, any tracks from Blackstar, any tracks from Labyrinth.  Great songs all.
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from Henry Sítrónu in The Official La-La Land Records Thread   
    You can speculate all you want, it won't change a thing. Meanwhile, I got badder fish to fry. (straightens bow-tie, walks out of frame)
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from Bilbo in Is David Bowie's music overrated?   
    (sigh) Paul Hewson, David Evans, Adam Clayton, and
    Larry Mullen Jr.
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from SteveMc in Is David Bowie's music overrated?   
    Yes, it was a disaster, but it was a cover of a song from a criminally underrated record: LODGER.
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from bollemanneke in The Official La-La Land Records Thread   
    Goodness me. All this speculation. Why don't we all wait until Tuesday?
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from crumbs in The Official La-La Land Records Thread   
    Goodness me. All this speculation. Why don't we all wait until Tuesday?
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from JoeinAR in What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)   
    LET THERE BE LIGHT, PLANTING THE CHARGES, WAKING UP,  and FINALE/AN ARCHITECT'S DREAM aren't too shabby, either! 
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from 1977 in Soundtracks, Compilations, or other recently purchased Music   
    JS, what the hell is "meh" about ALIEN³, THE DAY OF THE LOCUST, and THE RUSSIA HOUSE?!
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from Sweeping Strings in Is David Bowie's music overrated?   
    (sigh) Paul Hewson, David Evans, Adam Clayton, and
    Larry Mullen Jr.
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    Naïve Old Fart reacted to Jay in Is David Bowie's music overrated?   
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    Naïve Old Fart reacted to JoeinAR in What Is The Last Score You Listened To? (older scores)   
    Towering Inferno is looping in the car the last few days. I love his jazzy love themes. The main title is still jaw dropping nearly 45 years later.
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    Naïve Old Fart reacted to mstrox in Is David Bowie's music overrated?   
    Blackstar is a great and very personal album for me, as it was released the day before my kid was born prematurely and sent to the NICU for over a month (and two days before Bowie passed away).  So I was grieving for all sorts of reasons at the time, and didn’t let myself listen to the album until my kid got home from the hospital.  When I did listen, it offered tremendous emotional release for me, and helped me get through the next few months before we got rid of all the hospital machines from our house.  
     
    It coulda been a meh like the previous The Next Day, but Bowie saved one of his best for last.  I have to say that some songs aren’t all-time classic Bowie songs - I’d never sit down and listen to “Girl Loves Me” in isolation, probably - but the album has a great sound and tremendous flow and ends with a lovely catharsis in “I Can’t Give Everything Away.”
     
    Bowie is amazing.  He had his less amazing periods (the 1990s mainly), but he constantly adjusted his sound to try new things and play around with new trends, so he never became a stagnant old dinosaur like McCartney or The Rolling Stones. Verdict: not overrated.
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from MikeH in What cue has your favorite variation of the Jaws theme?   
    For me, it's FINDING THE "ORCA", a beautiful piece, in its own right.
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from Stempel in What is your favorite performance of the Main Title and End Title?   
    Thanks for that, @Stempel.
     
     
    Very doubtful, if, as the cover, it is "a digital recording".
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    Naïve Old Fart got a reaction from A24 in The Silence of the Lambs vs. Seven   
    You could say "day", when I know that it's night. You could say "black" when I know that it's white. It's always the same. It's just a shame. That's all.
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    Naïve Old Fart reacted to Quintus in Is David Bowie's music overrated?   
    Absolutely not. In fact it gets better the older I become and the more I listen to it.
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