Is it just me or is Al Gore looking like a friggin hunk here?
/uj Neither of them do anything for me except elicit huge eye rolls
Indeed, the Beatles have a pretty famous evolution, but there’s some damn good songwriting in their earlier albums.
I’d say they explore multiple genres on each album. Damon Albarn’s evolution as a whole is even more impressive when you consider Blur and his other projects
I’m not super familiar with all her stuff but everything I’ve heard from Charlie XCX sounds very pop to me. What am I missing?
There’s plenty of other issues I have with the movie… It’s just a specific example of one thing I don’t like, and though it’s a short scene, it’s still the dumbest scene in an overrated movie.
The “Serious” is in quotes - relatively speaking, it deals with some pretty heavy topics, punctuated with moments of levity. it’s serious compared to, say, The Mask. I’m referring more to the fact that it’s grounded in the physical world we live in, and not a cartoonish comedy world.
It’s less that I’m so hung up on it and more annoyed that folks are insistent that I don’t understand the very simple premise of Forrest Gump. I’m critically analyzing a scene in a movie, in a thread about criticizing overrated movies.
I don’t think you really understand the point I’m making. It’s why I used “serious” in quotes. All of the scenes you mentioned are quite whimsical as you describe, but they’re all plausible - they’re unlikely, but they could definitely happen, and frankly, weirder stuff has happened.
The smiley face shirt is something out of a cartoon. This would not happen in the real world. It’s not just unlikely, it’s basically impossible. I think there is an important distinction between whimsical but grounded stories, and a physics-defying goofy joke.
What makes you think I don’t know that? Besides - the context is irrelevant to the issue I have with the scene.
The whole movie, while fictional, is pretty grounded in the physical reality we live in. The idea that his face covered in mud would make a perfect smiley face design is not really believable, especially with his huge beard. It’s sloppy writing - it would be more at home in a big, dumb comedy movie, not a “serious” movie like this.
I’m also pretty sure it’s not in the book, which would make sense that it was added by the filmmakers for a laugh, without considering how inconsistent it is
You’re talking about Jim Hensons son, right? Kermit the frog?
I always forget about that one. I’ve listened to Naked way more, and Nothing but Flowers is way better than Wild Life, so I might have to agree with you. Still, True Stories ain’t even that bad. Has its moments.
The scene where he falls in mud and then wipes his face off on a shirt to make a perfect smiley face design is one of the dumbest scenes in cinema history.
Stereolab
Maybe Deerhoof. The Cure gets pretty close.
Not OP, but underrated album. Still probably their worst album as a whole but it does have Nothing but Flowers.
Kid A’s Morning Bell. Such a fun groove. Weirdly, I kind of hate the Amnesiac version. It’s the only skip on the album, for me.
It’s a pretty sounding name, and though it’s spelled wrong, it could be a lot worse. I would say no, it’s not really a tragedeigh. Sorry about your first name though, Amry
That’s why I leave it in the sun, it heightens the flavor
The latter. Coincidentally, my cousin died of diabetes, but he was more of a Dr. Pepper man
God that looks like utter shit
One of my regulars on my route.
CyberStuck