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Gareth

@gtc78.bsky.social

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From Liverpool 🇬🇧. Film nerd. Avid reader. Springsteen fan. Stupid thoughts. Inconsistent opinions. 🏳️‍🌈 My profile on Letterboxd https://boxd.it/88c7n

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Gareth @gtc78.bsky.social · 1d

Netflix are a complicated company.

On one hand they are funding Fincher, Del Toro and Bigelow films.

On the other hand they continue to think Millie Bobby Brown is talented.

#filmsky #netflix

Gareth @gtc78.bsky.social · 6d

Incredible

Gareth @gtc78.bsky.social · 6d

My favourite podcast returned with a superb opening episode. Loved how quickly this one went off the rails and into the absurd.

If you've never listened, please seek it out.

Comedy Bang! Bang! World! @cbbworld.bsky.social · 7d

Season nine is here, just as the CBB plug bag foretold!

🎧 anywhere or ad-free at CBB World dot com!!

The Neighborhood Listen cover art. It’s good.

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Gareth @gtc78.bsky.social · 7d

I read HEAT 2 when it came out and thought it was ok. It's an uncinematic novel. There's too much dense narrative.

Mann has been off the boil as a film-maker for 20 years too.

I would prefer the film not get made. The casting rumours so far are lazy and obvious, like Twitter casting.

#filmsky

Gareth @gtc78.bsky.social · 8d

Oh? 👀

Gareth @gtc78.bsky.social · 11d

Fairly safe to call this a slump.

#letterboxdfriday #lastfourwatched #filmsky

Gareth @gtc78.bsky.social · 13d

Fresh shave too!

Gareth @gtc78.bsky.social · 14d

Christopher Nolan is clearly the director who brings the biggest nobheads out to the cinema.

But is Leonardo DiCaprio the actor with the worst following?

My screening of OBAA would certainly suggest it.

#filmsky

Gareth @gtc78.bsky.social · 15d

Also disgusting.

What absolute vultures his family must be.

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Gareth @gtc78.bsky.social · 16d

That is a portion after my own heart!

Gareth @gtc78.bsky.social · 17d

I'm not going to name them, but yes. Once they start getting bigger guests, they're not going to be giving their films bad reviews.

Gareth @gtc78.bsky.social · 17d

The problem with certain movie podcsters is they have become too big. And because they want to be insiders, and get big film-makers as guests, you can't rely on them to be truly objective anymore.

#filmsky

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Gareth @gtc78.bsky.social · 21d

Only 2 films in and Zach Cregger is already getting caught up in the lazy follow-up trap.

I dont want a prequel to Weapons, I want more new and original films.

Stop listening to morons on social media who need everything spoonfed to them.

#filmsky

Gareth @gtc78.bsky.social · 21d

I think the audience for that speech in the UN would love to have been raptured.

My god was that fucking embarassing.

Gareth @gtc78.bsky.social · 22d

If PTA's new film is DiCaprio's best performance, it makes a mockery of his undeserved Oscar win 10 years ago, an award he won because idiots on social media created the idea he was "overdue" and "it's his time".

Nobody is owed an Oscar. You shouldn't get one just because you're popular.

#filmsky

Gareth @gtc78.bsky.social · 22d

I'm not precious about it the way most people my age (old) are, but the revisionism is disrespectful to Lucas' original vision.

Oh you think Boba Fett died? Well...

You think Obi Wan became a recluse and never saw Luke again? Surprise!