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LoganCrews (2861 KP) rated Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001) in Movies

Apr 16, 2021 (Updated Jul 4, 2021)  
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing (2001)
2001 | Comedy, Drama, International
2
4.5 (2 Ratings)
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π˜›π˜©π˜ͺ𝘳𝘡𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘒𝘡π˜ͺ𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘈𝘣𝘰𝘢𝘡 π˜•π˜°π˜΅π˜©π˜ͺ𝘯𝘨. Boo-fucking-hoo, sad sad sad. Total bullshit, another turn-of-the-millennium π˜”π˜’π˜¨π˜―π˜°π˜­π˜ͺ𝘒 wannabe where a bunch of junk characters spout faux-philosophical anecdotes about No Actual Thing for what feels like literal ages. Starts off with some minor intrigue but no sooner I couldn't stand it - what with it's downright laughably corny music and sterile-as-can-be cinematography *on top of* this aggressively cringe dialogue delivered by such nonentities. Feels like one of those fake AI bots from Twitter being fed every somber hyperlink film and spatting out its jumbled tropes. I'm not going to say this doesn't have intriguing ideas, they just go nowhere and most of these stories just... don't even finish? Young Rob McElhenney in a bit part outacts the entire cast of unenthusiastic performances from A-listers (other than McConaughey who just feels right in and around any courtroom setting, but even then they give him next to no breathing room). Still in disbelief with how boring they decided to play this.
  
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Tyondai Braxton recommended Articulacao by Florian Hecker in Music (curated)

 
Articulacao by Florian Hecker
Articulacao by Florian Hecker
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"This series of pieces by Florian Hecker is great. The 30 minute modular synth piece in the book ended by the vocal pieces is a really amazing. I could listen to this piece as one whole composition – I don't actually know his mode of operation, but it works great as a collection. As a modular synth and electronic music guy, the middle movement is just masterful. And he's such an interesting guy, so again, very personalised as far as the way that he works. I don't know at all about what he thinks. In a lot of ways theoretically he's quite impenetrable, I don't know where he's coming from in some instances. He definitely excites me. A lot of his stuff is heavily theoretical. Like the Joan le Barbara movement in the beginning with the voice – it's like the reciting of these philosophical truths or something. And in a way, I would ask him, β€œAm I supposed to be digesting all of this information or am I supposed to be just letting it wash over me?” That's how I appreciate it."

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David McK (3369 KP) rated The Imitation Game (2014) in Movies

Feb 26, 2022  
The Imitation Game (2014)
The Imitation Game (2014)
2014 | Biography, Drama, War
7
8.1 (44 Ratings)
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Drama based on the life and times of Alan Turing, the so-called father of modern computing, who worked in Bletchley Park during World War 2 to break the hitherto-believed-unbreakable enigma machine that the German high command were using to send radio messages to their fleets.

This flits back and forth between three timelines: the 1950s (just before Turing committed society, after being found guilty of Homosexual behaviour, which was outlawed at the time), the late 30s/early 40s (his work at Bletchley) and the 1920s (his childhood at a public boarding school, where he was bullied).

Cumberbatch manages to bring a different aura to his portrayal of Turing than he did previously to Sherlock - even though both are geniuses who struggle with a low EQ (Emotional Quotient) - while Kiera Knightley does her period piece acting as his fellow (perhaps even smarter) codebreaker Joan, who has to also put up with the misogynistic attitudes of the time.

And yes, the Imitation Game of the title is a real philosophical conundrum (which is described during the movie itself).