Or, I dunno, maybe you should re-read this thread without the bizarre condescension that you seem to be adding yourself. Nothing I said was pretentious or condescending, and the fact that you’re behaving this way says more about you than me.

I didn’t even bring up the fact that you apparently watched a film that you seemingly despise “multiple times.” That’s kind of weird, dude.

How the fuck was I being pretentious or condescending? The fuck dude?

What a strange way to view films. Good luck to you.

Who’s Luigi? I was talking about that video, you can’t see who it is.

Fair enough.

However, I do maintain that eliminating all nuance and saying it’s a love story about poisoning is (if you’ve seen it several times, perhaps purposely) reductive to the point of misrepresentation.

It’s a film that is good because it is so subtle and nuanced imo. Remove that aspect and it’s just a boring film.

If I had to describe it myself… (Spoilers below)

It’s a film about a man who is so in love with this woman/muse (whom he believes he needs to continue his craft) that he is willing to silently accept her slowly poisoning him when he discovers that she is. He is so devoted to his craft, and he realizes (or just believes) that as his muse, he will not be able to continue his work without her (which to him is basically death).

So he has to decide that he’s willing to quietly withstand the slow poisoning so that he can continue to “live” (through his dressmaking, which is his life), rather than leaving her and “losing his life” (i.e., his ability to work as a world class dressmaker). Knowing that it will literally kill him.

Then there’s the whole thing of like, does she know that he knows? Is this some twisted lovers dance for these two?

See? Much more than just “a love story about poisoning”

Again, I haven’t seen it in years so this is all from memory, but I thought it was a great story and it was only enhanced by P.T. Anderson’s direction, and Daniel Day Lewis’ performance.

Did you watch the film, or…?

The person in the video of that healthcare CEO being assassinated looked pretty professional.

At the very least, people like that do exist at the state level in nations with robust intelligence apparatuses.

You can reduce literally any film to one sentence that makes it sound stupid.

“Citizen Kane is stupid, its a story about a rich guy who really liked his sled.”

Even still… oversimplification aside, I don’t see anything inherently stupid about “a love story about poisoning”

I could understand someone finding it boring, but what was really really stupid about it?

Saving Private Ryan is very good imo

Phantom Thread was amazing… Might need to watch that one again

Yo get the fuck out of here that movie is awesome lol… It’s so late 90s it’s almost painful. Baz Lurman is a madman.

Also, “Exit Music: For a Film” written by Radiohead for the end credits? C’mon

I was going to say Gary Oldman, but then I remembered that Tiptoes wasn’t a fever dream.

Ehhh… Had Kubrick’s name not been attached, nobody would remember that movie at all.

I wouldn’t be that sure about anything right now. They are tanking our economy, and lots of sectors with big lobbies are going to feel it too

That’s where the child labor comes in. I wish I was kidding.

Prison/slave labor as well.

do people really think

Gonna stop you right there. No. The answer is that no, they don’t think.

Seems just like a regional accent thing

Got eeeeem

Lol my childhood dog was like that… However, I have no doubt that if there was any real danger, she would have known immediately and been right there.

She was a good girl 🥲