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What was Parasite's theater count last week? And for how many more weeks do we expect it to expand?
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I didn't get to revisit as many of these as I'd have liked to, but something like this. (According to first festival/theatrical screenings, not US release dates) 1. Beau Travail 2. Eyes Wide Shut 3. Being John Malkovich 4. The Wind Will Carry Us 5. The Straight Story 6. Time Regained 7. Magnolia 8. Topsy Turvy 9. The Matrix 10. Rosetta 11. Fight Club 12. Three Kings 13. L'humanite 14. All About My Mother 15. Audition 16. Election 17. Toy Story 2 18. Ratcatcher 19. The Blair Witch Project 20. The Insider 21. Taboo 22. eXistenZ 23. The Limey 24. The Virgin Suicides 25. Bringing Out the Dead Runners Up: Outer Space, The Iron Giant, Run Lola Run, American Movie, Ghost Dog, American Beauty, South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut, The Mission, Boys Don't Cry, Go, Pola X, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Sixth Sense, Dead or Alive Further Personal Favorite: The Ninth Gate I think the American Beauty debate is interesting. It hasn't held up as well as most other films because it seemed so fully formed in its time, especially when I was a freshman in college. I'm not gonna lie - I still think it's very good despite it not being a cool thing to like. But it doesn't hold a candle to the somewhat similar Magnolia, or precursors like Blue Velvet, and I think that's part of why the thrill of its newness faded fast. It's put together well and impresses on first viewing but it's not very deep or original in the final analysis.
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I think both parts of the story in this basically plotless movie are wonderfully intertwined on an atmospheric level, which is where this movie lives and breathes. The Mansons were incorporated from the second scene in the film, and frequently revisited throughout, which helps. But this movie is about the times, and the changing of times, and the confusion of the times, and perhaps a loss of innocence, and all of that is tied together. To me, saying that the Mansons don't belong in the movie is like saying that they don't belong in real life. They don't, and yet there they are, influenced by and influencing the times. It all feels right to me, and there's a lot to read into, and I'm happy he left it loose and the meaning of it all understated. As far as Bruce Lee, I simply don't see the things described here as a bad thing. I don't think in these terms, but even if it is a white male fantasy, that's that character's white male fantasy. The film doesn't need to pass judgment on that character for fantasizing (if it's a daydream, as it felt to me, or a hazy memory, as it also felt) or for actually fighting Lee in that fashion (if it is a flashback). Maybe it's just something that happened. Maybe the Pitt character is simply a macho man who felt underappreciated who wanted to take down somebody who everybody admired in order to prove himself. Or, maybe the character actually is racist in some way. Maybe that is the point, and we see it through his eyes, and it just is what it is.
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Redlettermedia makes a difference because 1999 is the year of Phantom Menace. His elaborate and jokey reviews are famous for pointing out every single possible flaw and goof in, mainly, the Star Wars prequels. Many people I know credit him as being a key contributor to the prevalent opinion that the prequels are not in any way good. I think that's why it has been suggested that Redlettermedia may matter to the placement of films from 1999.
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Scar Jo is right, and doesn't sound entitled to me at all. Acting is playing someone you're not. Thats the fun, thats the challenge. The notion you have to turn something down because you aren't, say, gay or straight and the character is, is artistic restriction and is awful. That said, all should have equal opportunity based on talent and that obviously isn't the case.