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thundara  ·  3686 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Movie Club - Voting Thread #6

I'm not sure if it quite counts as satire, but The King of Comedy is an perplexing movie about a man's obsession with a talk-show host. I watched it a couple years ago and sat through the credits unsure whether or not I loved or outright hated it for toying with my emotions so much.

(Oh, and it's a Scorsese movie starring De Niro, for what that's worth)





mknod  ·  3686 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I've been meaning to watch this for a while, gotta put it in my netflix queue

user-inactivated  ·  3686 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I remember seeing a Scorsese quote saying he felt it was the movie of his in which De Niro performs best. It's also a great movie that stands out from Scorsese's typical style. When I was a "film buff" in high school (haha) it was my favorite movie by him next to the aviator or Alice doesn't live here anymore.

thundara  ·  3685 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I put it in the same box as Match Point: a great watch, but also incredibly frustrating. I had to actively subdue my urge to yell at the screen in order to enjoy the movie.

I think by kleinbl00's standards, it doesn't fit the genre of satire, but I would wholely recommend it to people to watch outside of #movieclub