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[jones_casey]

prompted by grashupfer's mention of the way way back, i looked way way back into my memories of 2013 movies -- we saw (at least) 37 movies in theatres (movies released in 2013 -- for quite a few of them we didn't see them in-theatre until early 2014, pre-oscars), which somewhat surprised me because it feels like we never get out, but is more in

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[grashupfer]

37 movies. I thought for sure it would be 47. 37 is a lot though. Did you see Computer Chess? Can you say more about 12 Years A Slave? I didn't see that yet but I have read dozens of reviews.

[jones_casey]

i didn't see computer chess, it looks interesting. funny thing though, i just started this week to play some computer chess on my phone -- i can't even remember the last time i played any chess, it had probably been more than ten years.

many problems with 12 years a slave but the key one is that it just wasn't well-written or directed; i will watch a movie that is 'hard to watch' in parts if the story as a whole is remarkable -- like schindler's list, the passion of the christ, or even, to a degree, dallas buyers club. i don't like to watch people suffering. which is why i avoid the saw and other torture-porn horror movies and the like. but 12 years wasn't about abolitionism, or anything uplifting, it just spent the vast majority of the movie beating you over the head with how brutal and horrible slavery was. you're not going to get any argument about that and it's already been portrayed in better movies. i didn't love django unchained but it was far better than a movie full of stock characters and stock stories. and i don't want to

[proximoception]

Of those I saw and found silly Star Trek. Haven't heard of Savannah and The Sapphires.