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Niccolo and Donkey
I watched this last night. It is literally (in the actual, not false figurative sense) a tour guide's approach to the Manson Family's activities of that time. Shallow, poorly-produced, and with an unoriginal and uninformative approach, a Manson buff like myself cannot recommend it. Waste of time.
Amadis
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Colt .45 (2014)

Autistic firearms genius blackmailed into participating in a war between different French cop squads and criminals; wonky conspiracy-laced storytelling but oozes Gallic testosterone and gun porn. Women are irrelevant and there's a bodybuilding mercenary who idolises the samurai.
Welund

I looked through this entire thread and still havent found anything better than Ghost Dog close to what I'm looking for: utterly ridiculous and absurd.

perkunos
Welund -have you seen Gay Niggers from Outer Space?
Welund
perkunos No, but I've seen Gay Niggers All Over California.
perkunos
Inkarri
Random logic
I just finished watching Hail, Caesar! about 15 minutes ago and found it to be very enjoyable. I am partial to this style, zany humour interspersed between ruminations on various serious issues, however. It reminds me of Pynchon in a way. The film is beautifully made; I especially like the historical context, including references to the 'golden age' of cinema and the way they present the various cinematic archetypes is nice, using short films (which are very pleasing to the eye, like the " Merrily We Dance" film half-way through), on screens which we watch along with the actors in the wider film itself. I believe this is known as mise en abyme, an effect I enjoy in anything really, including art and literature. A classic example is in Hamlet by ol' Willy Shakespeare.
Overall, I found this film funny, aesthetically satisfying, well casted and it served as a nice homage to the world of cinema from the Coen bros. The general public seemed to, on average, dislike this film mainly because it "lacks a point"...but personally I do not feel a film has to have a 'point', though ultimately I would go on to deny claims that Hail, Caesar! is completely pointless and/or random.
Would recommend! :thumbsup:
Inkarri
I thought that the whole point was in the key line: "There is division in unity and unity in division."
You know, the whole "e pluribus unum" thing.

It's an empire movie about the empire and its movies...
Random logic
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These two Jon Favreau-written films are great.
'Made' is my favourite of the two, two prole guys who want to be boxers get into crime for a bit of money. 'Swingers' is about a group of young, unemployed actors in California who are into the social scene and stuff. Both films are very funny with realistic characters who are relatable in many ways.