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I like the original Girl trilogy with Noomi Rapace. I haven’t watched the English version of Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, even though I really like Rooney Mara as an actress. I tend to boycott recent remakes with no significant changes. I really like the original British movie Death at a Funeral. It’s hilarious. The American remake changes enough to make it also worth a watch. The humor is just different between the two.

I’ve seen Before Sunrise but not the whole trilogy.

Ethan Hawke makes me think of some other movies that are also good. Dead Poets Society, Reality Bites. He not in these next few but 90’s grunge era made me think of Singles, Empire Records, and Clerks.

Soul Reaver 2y ago

I think I saw some or all of the first movie of original trilogy after watching English version and though Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig fit the roles better and I liked the overall atmosphere of English version better personally. Like IDK if you've watched recent Sandman TV series but there're not many people who'd fit Morpheus role as well as Tom Sturridge does, which's something Neil Gaiman confirmed after they auditioned 100s of people for Morpheus but decided their first choice of Tom Sturridge kind of a thing. I like Rooney Mara too.

I think core mechanic of alternate timelines could've been better executed in Sliding Doors w/ a better scenario. Although it was nice to watch pre pseudo wellness guru Gwyneth Paltrow, I didn't find much enjoyment of watching her alternating misery between the self explanatory first guy and second guy who didn't disappoint when he said he was already married or something. It was as apparent as sunrise in the morning how sleazy/sneaky/snakey the second guy was by their very first interaction.

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Mallory 2y ago

I haven’t watched the Sandman series.

The problem with romantic movies is they don’t show the healthiest relationships. They tend to show the problematic ones. A good relationship and life might not be that exciting to watch but lovely to live.

Soul Reaver 2y ago

I agree on the part that something perfectly functional doesn't have storytelling value, though you don't necessarily need to pick the most unlikable characters in both timelines which also makes your movie less watchable.

Why did you think it felt horribly dated?

Mallory 2y ago

I heard Paltrow didn’t like the actors cast to be her love interests in the film, finding them too unattractive. I actually like John Hannah. He’s normally cast as the best friend with witty quips. So I think I liked him being cast as the leading man. The film is however showing its age and how it’s so very 90’s, in style and tone.

Mallory 2y ago

You really disliked Sliding Doors eh? I think I first watched it when I had mono in middle school so I’ve never been thinking about it very critically.

Soul Reaver 2y ago

I don't have a problem w/ John Hannah, I just didn't like his "Ima sneak into your heart in your vulnerable moment, and later reveal I'm still married" insincere character. I didn't think about it critically until you asked either. When being asked, I had to dig deep and find reasons why I might not have been a big fan.

Mallory 2y ago

Fair enough. He still meets her again in a vulnerable moment at the end of the movie in the original timeline. I think of the story of James told in the movie as the alternate timeline. It’s basically takes the idea of if I just met them sooner it would’ve been better and shows that’s probably not the case.

Soul Reaver 2y ago

Which desktop Nostr client r u using btw, if any? Iris is okay but the way it displays conversations threads is bad. If someone replies to same thread node twice, you have to battle it to get to that. Snort is better but It doesn't necessarily notify you when someone mentions you, consistently.

Mallory 2y ago

I typically use Damus. I’ve tried Iris a bit, Primal as well. But I haven’t been the best at exploring other clients. My computer is my distraction free zone. I try to keep them just to my iPad but they’ve crept back on to my phone recently.

Soul Reaver 2y ago

Primal is kind of nice but IDK why I can't use it w/o a browser extension.

I'm no platform fanatic but I'll pretend to be for the lulz

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