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Old 12-03-2019, 11:01 AM   #1041
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I decided we'd watch Cold Pursuit, becuase it was filmed around here and I thought it would be need to see some of that, despite my general dislike for Liam Neeson. We made it about 15 minutes, and he wasn't even the worst part. I can't tell you if the whole movie is bad, but the first 15 minutes were. Totally amateur hour on the writing with an incomprehensible time line. Not worth it.
As bad as "The Grey"?
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Old 12-03-2019, 11:05 AM   #1042
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As bad as "The Grey"?
I haven't seen that, but yes. Just as bad.
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Old 12-03-2019, 11:48 AM   #1043
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I liked Cold Pursuit. I thought it was a great dark action comedy. Almost an outrageous Fargo. And The Grey is one of my favorite movies.

As for The Irishman, De Niro's movements were certainly a distraction, but there's a throwaway line near the end of the movie that may or may not be trying to account for his mobility:

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Old 12-03-2019, 12:09 PM   #1044
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I liked Cold Pursuit. I thought it was a great dark action comedy. Almost an outrageous Fargo. And The Grey is one of my favorite movies.-snip-
Maybe spoiler discussion for Cold Pursuit...
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Old 12-03-2019, 12:58 PM   #1045
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Maybe spoiler discussion for Cold Pursuit...
Spoiler!
Fair enough. Not sure when it's mentioned, but:

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Old 12-03-2019, 05:46 PM   #1046
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Okay here are my worst movies of the decade. Keep in mind I normally avoid critically panned films so this only takes into account ones I have seen:

-Grown Ups 1 and 2
-Suicide Squad
-A Cure for Wellness
-The Secret Life of Pets or Minions (or pretty much anything from Illumination Entertainment)
-Pitch Perfect 3
-Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
-Price and Prejudice and Zombies
-Mortal Engines
-Independence Day Resurgence
-Solo
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Old 12-03-2019, 08:49 PM   #1047
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Holy ####, the Irishman is so hard to watch. De Niro is so old.
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Old 12-05-2019, 07:41 AM   #1048
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AFI came out with their top 10 films of the year list: 1917, The Farewell, The Irishman, Jojo Rabbit, Joker, Knives Out, Little Women, Marriage Story, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Richard Jewell.
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Old 12-05-2019, 08:10 AM   #1049
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Holy ####, the Irishman is so hard to watch. De Niro is so old.
https://twitter.com/user/status/1202321273247817728

I enjoyed the movie but that was pretty distracting.
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Old 12-05-2019, 10:19 PM   #1050
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My top 10 of the decade, in no particular order:

Mad Max: Fury Road
Inception
Whiplash
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Drive
Spotlight
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Blade Runner 2049
Get Out
Avengers: Endgame
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Old 12-05-2019, 10:35 PM   #1051
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My selected list of my highest rated films of the decade on Letterboxd are, in no particular order:

Infinity War
Mad Max Fury Road
Arrival
Deadpool
Inside Job
The Social Network
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
The Big Short
Blade Runner 2049
Death of Stalin
Inception
Black Swan
La La Land
The Martian
Wolf of Wall Street
Her
Flight
Midnight in Paris
Into the Spider-Verse

It’s more of a favourites list than a “best of”. No way a movie like Deadpool is winning BP, no matter how much I loved it. I might have included Ford vs Ferrari but it’s almost too fresh and I only saw it once. Plus I’m biased towards Motorsport movies. I also left off a few because that’s way more than ten.

I left Inside Job on the list even though it’s a doc. My highest rated movies of the decade is like half docs. So many good ones. Red Army, Icarus, Jim & Andy, Weiner, the Seven Five, The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley etc etc. List goes on.

I still watch a lot of movies but way less than I used to. Way less smaller/indie films it seems. I used to always watch pretty much every movie in the BP and acting categories. In recent years I’ve missed quite a few.

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My worst of the decade are:

Iron Man 3
Jupiter Ascending
Now You See Me 2
Sucker Punch
Independence Day Resurgence
Tomorrowland
Holmes&Watson
The Happytime Murders
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My selected list of my highest rated films of the decade on Letterboxd are, in no particular order:

Infinity War
Mad Max Fury Road
Arrival
Deadpool
Inside Job
The Social Network
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
The Big Short
Blade Runner 2049
Death of Stalin
Inception
Black Swan
La La Land
The Martian
Wolf of Wall Street
Her
Flight
Midnight in Paris
Into the Spider-Verse

Some excellent movies on your list, particularly The Big short, Social Network, and Wolf of Wall Street. I feel like I should expand my list to 20 just so I can fit some more on there. I'd say overall this has been a pretty spectacular decade for film.
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I tried to cut it to ten but just kept adding instead lol.
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Inside Man is highly underrated.
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Old 12-06-2019, 11:12 AM   #1056
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It: Chapter 2 is disappointingly bad. What a waste of great acting talent.
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It: Chapter 2 is disappointingly bad. What a waste of great acting talent.
I kind of enjoyed it tbh.
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Old 12-06-2019, 07:19 PM   #1058
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Damn, A Marriage Story has to be the most depressing movie I’ve seen in a long time. Well acted but damn.
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Old 12-06-2019, 09:35 PM   #1060
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I watched Frozen 2 on the weekend and for those of you dreading this, it was actually really, really good.
I agree with this take.

Saw it tonight and thought it was great. Especially Kristoff’s song, just great.
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