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| Ghulam |
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marantzo wrote: I saw Trainwreck this afternoon and liked it much more than I thought I would. Amy Schumer made a very good movie and her character in the movie is someone who is rather strange and sort of sad and does about many things that are one-sided on her side.
It is a movie that should be seen. Who on here has seen it?
It is funny but flawed. The Schumer character works better in stand-up routines than in a full length feature.
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 7:56 am |
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| Straight Outta Compton is a huge hit at the box office, and with good reason. It's a galvanic film. The history of N.W.A.--its roots and its ramifications and its ever-unpredictable personal stories--is told by director F. Gary Gray and a bunch of extraordinary actors, and the results are riveting from beginning to end. Full disclosure: I am a long-time non-fan of rap music. But this movie gets me closer. O'Shea Jackson Jr., Corey Hawkins, and Jason Mitchell are fantastic as (respectively) Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and Eazy-E, but the standout performance is Paul Giamatti's as their manager Jerry Heller. Giamatti was robbed of an Oscar nomination (and IMO the Oscar itself) in 2002 (for Sideways), but there better not be a repeat this year (in the supporting category this time). Giamatti gives new dimension to the adjective ""layered." But everybody is great, and director Gray's achievement is monumental. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 8:13 am |
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| Have you figured out what NWA stands for yet? |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 10:43 am |
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gromit wrote: Have you figured out what NWA stands for yet?
I've known for decades. Do you not know? |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:23 am |
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| Possibly G. was teasing you on the basis of "non-fan" of rap music. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 11:24 am |
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| I was teasing on the basis of Billy's chronic acronym-deficiency ... |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 3:45 pm |
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gromit wrote: I was teasing on the basis of Billy's chronic acronym-deficiency ...
Aaaah. In that case, ROTFLMAO. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 7:28 am |
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For what it is worth for an embarrassingly long time I thought NSFW meant Now So Fucking What based on the first context I ran across it in.
NWA is, I assume, Elmer Fudd's favorite special interest group. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 8:31 am |
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whiskeypriest wrote: For what it is worth for an embarrassingly long time I thought NSFW meant Now So Fucking What based on the first context I ran across it in.
NWA is, I assume, Elmer Fudd's favorite special interest group.
Now you got me. What would that stand for? |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 8:52 am |
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| No wabbits allowed? |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 9:53 am |
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| Back in 1991, I do recall wondering for a few months what OPP stood for. Not enough to actually ask anyone or listen to the lyrics of the song. But it took a while before the meaning was revealed to me. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 10:11 am |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 10:31 am |
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gromit wrote: Back in 1991, I do recall wondering for a few months what OPP stood for. Not enough to actually ask anyone or listen to the lyrics of the song. But it took a while before the meaning was revealed to me.
The first time I ever heard "O.G." was in this context:
ORIGINAL GANGSTA
O.G.
as part of a song.
Guess what I thought "O.G." meant.
"Oh, gee!"
It's generational. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 10:33 am |
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gromit wrote: Back in 1991, I do recall wondering for a few months what OPP stood for. Not enough to actually ask anyone or listen to the lyrics of the song. But it took a while before the meaning was revealed to me.
And had to Google this one. Yep. Generational.
However, I do know the meaning of DTF. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2015 11:02 am |
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gromit wrote: Back in 1991, I do recall wondering for a few months what OPP stood for. Not enough to actually ask anyone or listen to the lyrics of the song. But it took a while before the meaning was revealed to me.
I remember when I learned this. About 9:55 AM MDT, August 21, 2015. Which makes fairly clear I haven't been much of a rap fan.
Before the web, there were acronyms like TANSTAAFL. That was sci-fi writer Robert Heinlein's favorite. |
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