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• Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  My long weekend stretched to five days - I don’t work Monday or Wednesday anyway - but I suppose the time has come to get back to it

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  • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    ugh, why even bother? write the rest of the week off

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  beach

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• tombruzzo@aussie.zone ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I watched LA Confidential last night because I read the book and was surprised how enjoyable it was. The movie took a lot out for brevity but a lot is lost in what was removed.

  The book isn’t good, and it’s a bit long, but it never commits the crime of being boring. The stakes are much higher, and whilst it becomes predictable as you realise all the sub plots are tied together, it’s still a fun read to see it all tie off.

  The main thing I was interested in was who they cast as Ed Exley, and our own Guy Pierce does an amazing job. An unexpected pull but he fills the role well. He has the acting chops that if they fleshed out his character more he could have played the transactional coward with the thin veneer of the department golden boy.

  Russel Crowe was the other main character, and Simon Baker made an appearance. It’s funny that a movie about LA is full of Australian actors.

  I think a screen adaptation needed to be either longer to include everything, or somehow cut out even more to focus on the most interesting part at the end.

  I’d give the book maybe 3/5 hobbits and the movie probably 2-2.5/5. It’s crazy the film got marked for preservation by the American Film Association or whatever, there should be a rule against including inferior adaptations of already average source material.

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  • SaneMartigan@aussie.zone ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Great soundtrack.

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Elroy is definitely an interesting writer and I kinda like his terse writing style

    but he is very in your face and that takes getting used to

    the movie reminds me of Bonfire of the Vanities, a sweeping saga that tries to do too much , is voyeuristic , yet still very enjoyable

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• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Apparently Stegosaurus meow

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• force_majeure1234@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Would you choose to be a flightless bird forever for 100 million?

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I already am a flightless bird

    Image

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  • StudChud@aussie.zone ⁨21⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Can I pick what bird I can be?

    I’d like to be a cassowary, because their headgear is rad and they look like dinosaurs

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    • Taleya@aussie.zone ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      They ARE dinosaurs. Fucking insane ones at that

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    • force_majeure1234@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You may

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  • Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    forever? So I’d be immortal like an elfs without being an elfs

    no

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    • SaneMartigan@aussie.zone ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      An immortal flightless bird with $100M I need to think on.

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  • SaneMartigan@aussie.zone ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    No.

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• bacon@aussie.zone ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Beep Beep 🚚
  🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🫓🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙 🍗🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉🔋

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Un garçon bonbon avec citron cerise

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    • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      ^🍬^🍒🍋

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  • Alamutjones@aussie.zone ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    yerba mate sin palms, por favor

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    • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      🍵🫖

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  • force_majeure1234@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Cassowary roast please

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    • bacon@aussie.zone ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      🐦‍🔥

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