Bartleboom

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DeAge™ : 7610 days • Here since 9 august 2005
Cesare Cremonini Logico
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I had to listen to the new single to the point of exhaustion, or else face a death by sexual starvation. I noticed it has some really tacky arrangements: they're so ugly that they come full circle and I end up liking them. I haven't heard a "tututututututututtu" drum beat and such cheesy keyboard sounds since the commercial era of the '90s. By now, he has too much musical experience for this not to have been a conscious choice: maximum respect for those who celebrate the Verbo tabbozzo! \m/
Bryan Singer X-Men: Giorni di un Futuro Passato
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Ah! So it's not just me who thinks that Fassbender's "succhia succhia che mai si consuma" is enviable! In Shame, I had to change the format of the TV to watch it all!
Martin Scorsese The Wolf of Wall Street
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I liked it overall: funny, over-the-top, exaggerated, hyperbolic, and hypertrophic. In some parts, it was a bit too silly. The problem is that, once you get the "gist" of the story, it becomes a bit repetitive: by the twentieth puff, the seven-hundredth dose of psychotropic medication, the thousandth whore, the millionth million earned, it starts to get a bit cloying. Still good and with Di Caprio on point, but you wouldn't have missed a half hour less. Essentially, it's "Fear and Loathing" dressed in Armani.
Ben Stiller I sogni segreti di Walter Mitty
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The problem, as the dying reviewer also hints, is not (nor is it just) the film itself, but rather the cosmic overhype that has accompanied its release and that is, objectively, unjustified. It’s a cute comedy, with some nice moments, beautiful cinematography, and a couple of successful gags. But it also features many characters that are only poorly sketched, poorly handled "key" moments that aren't particularly effective (spoiler: the meeting between the protagonist and Shawn), and just a tad too much narcissism from good old Stiller. From the trailer, it seemed like we were going to see the new "Il ragazzo di campagna"...
Purtenance Member of Immortal Damnation
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To put it differently, I still think that among the bands closest to traditional metal—or, in any case, able to attract the traditional metal audience—released in the last decade are Mastodon, who, at best, draw 7-8 thousand people. I saw them about 3 years ago at Alcatraz, and it definitely wasn't packed. For instance, even Neurosis in Turin a couple of years ago had quite a few people, but not too many. Moreover, it's all stuff that starts from metal and evolves/contaminates it. So, in my opinion, it's certainly wrong to say—as Giasson does—that "metal IN GENERAL is a genre that lives in the past." If anything, the opposite is true: metal is one of the most vibrant genres precisely because it hasn't stagnated and, indeed, has evolved incredibly over the last 15 years. Rather, it seems to me that the audience is a bit too anchored to the usual names.
Purtenance Member of Immortal Damnation
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However, in the end, you posted all hybrid and/or experimental stuff and/or that doesn’t fit into the circuit traditionally understood as "medal." For instance, Ufi and Morkobot will certainly be extreme, but, in fact, at their concerts, it's hard to find the stereotype of the medal enthusiast. In my opinion, it’s true that "traditional" metal is dead or, in any case, is dying. As I've been saying for a while, there hasn’t been a true generational turnover; the great bands of the '80s haven’t been replaced by equally valid or long-lasting formations, or, anyway, they can't count on an equally vast following.
David Hasselhoff Night Rocker
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More than anything, micbiuchennon's career hasn't always gone as smoothly as they say in the reviews. Supercar ended more or less in the mid-'80s, and then I think it was on forced hiatus for a while because Baywatch only started in '89. I'm pretty sure about this last detail because I distinctly remember that during the first airing of the opening credits of the first episode of Baywatch, I grew hair around my dick. By the time of the first commercial break, I had already worn a path from the living room to the bathroom in my house and renewed my library card to check some medical texts to see if the story about going blind from too much masturbation was true. Those are memories that stick with you...
Robbie Basho Visions of the Country
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I was completely unaware of its existence. Great review.
Fall of Efrafa Owsla
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No way, but did they make a trilogy inspired by Watership Down?!?! Damn, it was the first book I remember reading: an absolute masterpiece of literature for all of humanity, not just kid stuff! Even after nearly thirty years, I still remember some passages perfectly (like the escape by boat). It starts off slow, but it grows constantly and just before the end it becomes something, I mean, something incredible! They are already my new favorite band of all time!
Carnenera Carnenera
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I confess I didn't fully understand the proposal, but the genres listed intrigue me quite a bit. I'll note them down and give them a listen. The review does have a slight whiff of self-promotion and feels a bit weighed down by the track by track, but it's not bad.