you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 48 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Death note? reasonable. everything else? major red flags, somebody like that should get no love.

  • source
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's Killers of the Flower Moon bad? I haven't read it

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 48 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    It's fine but it's the kinda book that this guy would only have bought because he worships Scorsese as the pinnacle of Kino, and has not actually read it. It's so unrelated to and unlike the rest of his stuff that no other outcome is likely. Check out that perfect spine.

    Actually, check out the perfect spines on everything but the two Death note re-releases.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments
  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    To be fair like 3/4ths of the books on this 'shelf' are hardcovers and aren't exactly going to show any wear in the spines if read. Hell, how hard do you have to treat a average sized paperback like the Killers of the Flower Moon copy to have it show any sort of wear on the spine in a tight bookshelf like that

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    how hard do you have to treat a average sized paperback like the Killers of the Flower Moon copy to have it show any sort of wear on the spine in a tight bookshelf like that

    To be fair I like to beat the heck out of my books so they know who's boss

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 6 child comments
  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    Martin Scorsese isn't the pinnacle of kino

    Oof.

    And frankly, Marty's adaption is radical and good insofar as it centers the narrative away from the mystery and white saviors (and interrogates the readers/viewers consumption of such narratives); much more likely he got it at a Hudson News for a flight on recommendation from his step father, liked reading about the FBI, and was disappointed with the movie, as it made him very uncomfortable.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Haven't seen the film yet and had been planning to sleep on it but I'll give it a look.

    I don't necessarily think Scorsese is bad, just that he's incredibly overrated and largely put up on an unachievable pedestal that nobody can truly live up to.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    He's not. Afterhours, King of Comedy, Age of Innocence, Cape Fear, Silence -- this dudes B-sides make your favorite auteur envious.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    No, it's actually not that bad. The movie based on it is good to. I guess the Ron Paul and leadership books took too much of my attention.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 4 child comments