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Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...

Last post by Dr. Whom - Today at 01:51:31 AM

I watched DECAMERON last year or the year prior and I hated it, too. I think I rated it 1/5 or 0.5/5. My review was much more cruel than yours! However -

Il Decameron (1971)
These stories could be very funny, if done with a slapstick Benny Hill/Carry On approach.

I didn't intend to be mean. I was just talking about the source material. Way back, when I was taking my degree in Medieval History I did a course on Chaucer's fabliaux, so I read a number of them. These are rowdy knockabout farces very much in the spirit of Benny Hill or 70s sex comedies. So if you adapt them, it should be in this spirit, and not try to make Serious Art.
It is what I like to call the Carl Orff effect. If you read the Carmina Burana, you find that they are very frivolous: about students partying, and chasing girls, or spending all their money on drink and pleading with their patron not to cut them off. Yet if you hear the orchestration of Orff, you might be forgiven for thinking that the end of the world had arrived.

.......That line is a masterpiece of meanness - I salute you!       It's funny 'cause it's true, too. Watching BH or CO would be more "fun" than this Pasolini arthouse movie!

#2

Off Topic Discussion / Re: The New Happy Birthday Thr...

Last post by Trevor - Today at 12:20:39 AM

Happy birthday Ash 🎂🍰 🎂 🎊 🎁 🐢

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Off Topic Discussion / Re: People you find overrated?

Last post by lester1/2jr - April 18, 2026, 03:37:25 PM

Jessica Alba looked really good in Idle Hands

she was 17, a***ole

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Television / Re: Stranger Things. Season 5.

Last post by HappyGilmore - April 18, 2026, 03:24:04 PM

    

The LOTR sequence was fairly long. But I did like how they handled the goodbye at the end. Hopper referencing Montauk. Robin's "weird uncle in Philly." Which, considering the Montauk project and Philadelphia Experiment, nice touches. If anything happened to Max I'd be livid.

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Good Movies / Re: Recent Viewings, Part 2

Last post by M.10rda - April 18, 2026, 03:10:56 PM

In a just world, Principal Togar would be a Camp Icon the stature of Frank N. Furter.

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Bad Movies / Re: RECENT VIEWINGS (Bad Movie...

Last post by M.10rda - April 18, 2026, 03:07:22 PM

I watched DECAMERON last year or the year prior and I hated it, too. I think I rated it 1/5 or 0.5/5. My review was much more cruel than yours! However -

Il Decameron (1971)
These stories could be very funny, if done with a slapstick Benny Hill/Carry On approach.

.......That line is a masterpiece of meanness - I salute you!       It's funny 'cause it's true, too. Watching BH or CO would be more "fun" than this Pasolini arthouse movie!

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Off Topic Discussion / Re: People you find overrated?

Last post by Alex - April 18, 2026, 02:43:36 PM

George Lucas. I think he is a terrible director whose best moments were accidents.

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Bad Movies / Re: Generate Movie Poster with...

Last post by claws - April 18, 2026, 02:00:02 PM

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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...

Last post by zombie no.one - April 18, 2026, 01:47:08 PM

I've had to replace my bluray player I've had for about the last 10 years, as it no longer reads discs properly.... and as I unplug it I feel like I'm saying adieu to a close friend.... sad or what!?!   

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Off Topic Discussion / Re: Random Statements About So...

Last post by LilCerberus - April 18, 2026, 11:54:10 AM

It's strange how my weather app uses borderline orgasmic language to describe its excitement over rising temperatures. I understand they need to provide some flavor text with the forecast, but I really wish they'd stick to a neutral, professional tone.

On top of the hyperbole, they've started using the term "blood rain" constantly this year. It sounds more like a B-movie title than a forecast. I actually had to look it up, and according to the definition:

    "Blood rain occurs when high concentrations of red-colored dust or particles mix with rain, giving it a red appearance as it falls. It is not actually a meteorological or scientific term; rather, it's a colloquial phrase that dates back quite a while."

Since it isn't even a scientific term, it's no wonder I've never heard it in legitimate weather news before. I'm not sure why my app is so insistent on using it, I suppose they're just trying to stand out from the competition with "edgier" branding, but it mostly just feels unnecessary.

Sounds like the app's trying to create a new environmental cause, or something.....