countingcoups.bsky.social
Creator of: writing (prose), writing (comics), games (narrative), games (video), security (systems)
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7. Kung Fu Hustle: a love letter to classic martial arts films in a Cartoon Physics envelope. A dynamic, memorable mix of action and physical comedy. What I like most is that the martial masters still act like real people, instead of like mystical sages. #filmsky #moviesky
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6. Pleasantville starts in black and white then blossoms into a full color visual metaphor about the transformative power of self discovery and change. It was also my first time seeing Tobey Maguire outside of Spider-Man. I remember thinking, hey, not bad Tobey. #filmsky #moviesky
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5. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a downward spiral into greed and paranoia. We follow a pair of prospectors whose greatest threat is one another in a now classic story of "cursed fortune". For fans of adventure with a dark edge, and fans of Bogart. #filmsky #moviesky
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4. The Fall tells its story through a frame narrative, the story we see as the audience and the story one of the characters tells to another. It's also a visual feast and an emotional journey for fans of near fantasy. #filmsky #moviesky
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Cats are people too
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3. Cats Don't Dance is a jazz infused animated musical about chasing big dreams even when the odds are stacked against you. It's also about the grit needed to overcome institutional bigotry and prejudice. Did you know Scott Bakula could sing like this? #filmsky #moviesky
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You might like Le Doulos on your list
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2. Primer is as lean, tight ride in and out of the Gordian knot of time travel mechanics. This is a movie that rewards repeat viewings, and fits in your queue if you like your sci-fi rigorous. #filmsky #moviesky
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Maybe it's our silly attempts at bipedalism that's really to blame here. If we had four feet on the ground we'd be super mega stable, is how it works I'm pretty sure.
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1. Blue Ruin shows us the quiet desperation of a regular person wounded by their trauma and driven to respond in kind. A 90 minute object lesson in the form of a vengeance story that takes familiar themes of cyclical violence and delivers it to you neat, no filler. Recommended for fans of suspense
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Think there are two in the works already, for better and worse all at once
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Recently saw for the first time. What a scoundrel that Barry was!
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I'm fully here for this strong take
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I dipped my toe in for the first and didn't like it enough to go for the second. One internet stranger to another, curious about your take
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DMX? On a list with "clean" in it? Color me dubious