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Today I learned: It has been calculated that Rocky IV is 31.9% montages, nearly a third of the film. During the second half of the film, or the last 50 minutes, it is approximately 50% montage.
 
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I just watched Donnie Darko(circa 2001), last weekend, hey you have fun your way... Thinking of Jake Gyllenhaal being adorably goth or sad for a 2001 reason, maybe his mom would not buy him a Von Dutch hat, perhaps? But, what in the actual F? It was set in the 80's? Dukakis 88 was a plot point?! Weird but fine. It was about time travel but didn't tell us how it works? Nor show the person time traveling?!! It was about a guy being schizophrenic with a history of arson and violence but left to just figure things out (as teen) that literally has a doctor that just making shiz worse!? Wha--???And, why? Why? Why was Drew Barrymore in that movie? She gave a homework assignment then in one scene...then 40 minutes later got fired for..something, that was not explained? And was Seth Rogan and the other brown haired guy who insuating raping the new girl on her first day, going to her house in ski mask with knives for funsies? Or to finish the job? And there was a pedo motivational speaker for some reason that duped a private school into giving him access to promote his book in a P.E. class?

So confused.

Bored?... Make it make sense. =)

edited: Sorry, it was a type and send kind of post (draft 2 is a little cleaner).
 
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St. Patrick day movies for the introverts who want to stay festitive

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Have you ever had to tell a friend he's too toxic to hang out with and threaten to cut off a finger each time he breaks this boundary? Then throw those fingers at him?

The Commitments (1991):
Slackers on the dole, form a band, sing soul songs. The girl from Pulp Fiction who smokes a bowl while Uma Thurman gets stabbed in the heart is in it. Mustang Sally is an amazing song.

The Quiet Man (1952): John Wayne rides a horse in Ireland. The mom from the original Parent Trap gets sold to him for marriage by her father with some sexist trickery. The town treats the situation like they are TMZ and the couple is whoever is hot right now.
 
What party? said:
St. Patrick day movies for the introverts who want to stay festitive

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022)
Have you ever had to tell a friend he's too toxic to hang out with and threaten to cut off a finger each time he breaks this boundary? Then throw those fingers at him?

The Commitments (1991):
Slackers on the dole, form a band, sing soul songs. The girl from Pulp Fiction who smokes a bowl while Uma Thurman gets stabbed in the heart is in it. Mustang Sally is an amazing song.

The Quiet Man (1952): John Wayne rides a horse in Ireland. The mom from the original Parent Trap gets sold to him for marriage by her father with some sexist trickery. The town treats the situation like they are TMZ and the couple is whoever is hot right now.
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My additions a day later:

To stay festive:

Grabbers (2012)
Bloodsucking tentacle aliens vs. remote irish village townspeople with lots of irish humor tossed in

Sing Street (2016)
Teenage boy forms a band to impress a girl in 1980s dublin

Hardy Bucks (TV show 4 season - 2010 - 2018)
Follows somewhat lazy, often unemployed, and often drinking lads in Castletown. You'll laugh a lot, you'll cry, you'll drink.

To stay not so festive but historical:

Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
Two brothers join IRA during war of independence and ultimately find themselves on opposite sides during subsequent events/war. Cillian Murphy incredible.

Bloody Sunday (2002)
Fairly realistic portrayal of Bloody Sunday in Derry Jan. 30th, 1972.
 
ucsdguy1 said:
My additions a day later:

To stay festive:

Grabbers (2012)
Bloodsucking tentacle aliens vs. remote irish village townspeople with lots of irish humor tossed in

Sing Street (2016)
Teenage boy forms a band to impress a girl in 1980s dublin

Hardy Bucks (TV show 4 season - 2010 - 2018)
Follows somewhat lazy, often unemployed, and often drinking lads in Castletown. You'll laugh a lot, you'll cry, you'll drink.

To stay not so festive but historical:

Wind that Shakes the Barley (2006)
Two brothers join IRA during war of independence and ultimately find themselves on opposite sides during subsequent events/war. Cillian Murphy incredible.

Bloody Sunday (2002)
Fairly realistic portrayal of Bloody Sunday in Derry Jan. 30th, 1972.
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Wow! Never heard of most of those but love a good cry/laugh with gallows humor leanings. Will start slow but work my way through that list. Cheers mate. Sing Street is where I will start because it sounds like (sorry, sorry, sorry) Billy Elliot (which I know was an English coming of age story, noting the mutual hatred) and that had an awesome soundtrack. T-rex anyone?




Late entry: My former step-mom's favorite rom-com.

Leap Year (2010): Pretty redhead from Boston (amy adams)hunts down her fence-sitting boyfriend for that RANG in Ireland. Annoys a tall handsome stranger that tags along as a guide, he says ten words the whole movie, she realizes that she prefers the strong silent type. Hot take: She's right.

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What party? said:
Wow! Never heard of most of those but love a good cry/laugh with gallows humor leanings. Will start slow but work my way through that list. Cheers mate. Sing Street is where I will start because it sounds like (sorry, sorry, sorry) Billy Elliot (which I know was an English coming of age story, noting the mutual hatred) and that had an awesome soundtrack. T-rex anyone?




Late entry: My former step-mom's favorite rom-com.

Leap Year (2010): Pretty redhead from Boston (amy adams)hunts down her fence-sitting boyfriend for that RANG in Ireland. Annoys a tall handsome stranger that tags along as a guide, he says ten words the whole movie, she realizes that she prefers the strong silent type. Hot take: She's right.

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Ha I used the irish toast in Leap Year "may you never cheat, lie or steal" when I proposed to my wife (we saw it together).

Sing Street is great, easy to get invested in. all are good
 
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ucsdguy1 said:
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Ha I used the irish toast in Leap Year "may you never cheat, lie or steal" when I proposed to my wife (we saw it together).

Sing Street is great, easy to get invested in. all are good
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Awe. *laughing* Perfect. You know who would love this story: My former stepmom. lol.

Okay, ready for Sing Street!
 
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