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i am making my way through all the marvel movies. last watched was 'avengers - age of ultron' which was great!
alasdair
If you liked ultron wait til you see civil war and infinity war.
i am making my way through all the marvel movies. last watched was 'avengers - age of ultron' which was great!
alasdair
watched ant-man last night and absolutely loved it!Keep us us updated on your progress.
?The Hunger? is the story of J?rgen, a teen whose idea of human perfection is a nearly mute drug-dealer named Peggy who wears a crude ?Lucifer? tattoo on his chest and sticks steroid needles in his butt to feed his bulging muscles. J?rgen?s thirst for acceptance is at times hilariously misguided and endearing, while at others embarrassingly familiar. Director Kenneth Karlstad pumped up this coming-of-age story with elements of magical realism and visual steroids that provide a bold juxtaposition to the dreary boredom of his protagonist?s ?normal? life with a sweet single dad who folds his laundry for him. Using deafening techno beats, blinding bright lights bursting out of Peggy?s windows and rivers of sweat dripping from his posse?s cartoonishly toned bodies, ?The Hunger? is as much a story about the desire to achieve and maintain society?s absurd masculine ideal as it is about a vulnerable kid simply trying to belong somewhere.
For Kenneth, J?rgen?s story relates to his own in more ways than one:
?The Hunger? is a glamorization of some very bad but very fun things that happened during my teenage years. I had a lot of questions about why many of my friends and I started to seek out trouble and danger in my hometown.The town where I grew up is a typical industrial and workers town where sports are the main cultural focus and general identity. It?s a masculine and competitive environment.he worst thing you can be as a boy is gay or sensitive.If you are, then you?ve lost. I had homoerotic dream when I was seventeen and it sent me into two months of depression and identity hell. Speaking to someone about it didn?t even cross my mind. It was a male taboo to talk about that stuff and still is to some degree.?
black panther, i think it was overhyped as i was a little disappointed. but still enjoyable.
alasdair
^ I saw the Tom Hanks/Cohen Bros 2004 remake of that a couple weeks ago. Nothing like the original but decent for say, something to watch over lunch maybe. Tom Hanks did a fair job, I am preferential to JK Simmons too but nothing award winning or anything. Well okay the Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Technical/Artistic Achievement but that's about it.