The Great Gasby (2013) - What in the world?
I finished re-reading The Great Gatsby today and was in the mood for analysis, discussion, and more interpretations. So I started watching the 2013 version with Toby and Leo. Got about 20 minutes in before the stream froze to buffer and I decided it wasn't worth trying to get worth working again.
The movie was a fever dream. The editing was so frantic I couldn't get a feel for a scene before it blew by. The CGI was gratuitous and unattractive! From a book reader perspective it was unfaithful to the novel, and from a cinema perspective it was a toad in a blender.
I'd love to hear some positive criticisms of the movie adaptation - maybe someone saw something in it that I didn't.
I'd also enjoy any reviews of the previous version from decades ago.
One last thing, I think the movie would have worked much better if it was placed in 2002 - similar positivity on life, "great" war for Americans, and a looming financial crisis. It would have made the weird editing make much more sense, kind
I refused to give up my headphone jack, so for my latest phone I switched to the Moto 5g Stylus
It's an OK phone. It often has performance issues, but the battery life is massive and I expanded to storage to nearly 500Gb. The phone is long though - they increased the screen size and avoided increasing the width, so it's just comically tall. That's good for scenarios when you want to see more of the screen while keeping the keyboard out and for split screen apps and games, but mostly it's a burden because you can't effectively use the phone one handed. For its price, I'd say it's probably worth at least a year or two of service, but I find myself wanting more power again like the Pixel 3a (my last phone).
I'm interested in a couple of the phones they listed in the article, but definitely will have to double check performance in the future. It's the most annoying part of this phone
Oh one pro tip for the 5g stylus - the camera is good, but only when using their "Ultra-rez" mode instead of the default mode, and the preview looks a lot worse than the actual picture. The picture will preview as blurry and pixelated while you're taking it, but once processed it will look great
I guess you could look at it like "I'd rather have a vote than no vote at all" but seems weird
I wish the article had more detail, like statements from the organizations or judges. Two paragraphs hardly seems enough
That's very subjective, so it's hard to say! I find Sync to be the best, but I enjoy the look and feel of Thunder.
I'd say give them a whirl, they're all free and most run without signing in just fine
Yeah the post is an interesting question because the "official" app isn't as polished as you might expect it to be.
Lemmy apps are interesting in that they are all so different that you need to just try a few and find one you like.
Me personally, I like Sync, but I've also tried Thunder, Jerboa, and Liftoff. Each has their pros and cons, and you've just got to try them out and can't really rely on "most official" as a good metric
I was thinking about this earlier this week, in a sense. Not quite insurance but throwing away money.
The federal government is going to be providing aid and assistance during and after the hurricane, and I couldn't help but think about how the more mild, less disaster-prone parts of the country are effectively subsidizing people to continue to move to Florida, despite how unlivable it really is. As Florida grows more the rest of the country has to pay too, it doesn't just affect Floridians
Plex has a random button for movies and TV so often my friends/family and I will play a game I like to call the random game.
Everyone gets 1 veto, and any movie can be skipped by majority vote. Just keep hitting the random button until something sticks. Eventually you'll hit a movie to watch, and it's never failed to be a good time.
Bonus game is try to guess the movie first - unfortunately I usually win because I put the movies on there so I know the approximate list of options.
I came to suggest this one as well. I think about this book from time to time and it's another one that they force on US high school students before they're really ready to understand the themes within. I read it in high school and the only thing I remembered was the last chapter because something odd occurs, and I didn't remember it because of any emotional or philosophical part but because "ew gross".
I re-read it as a an adult and I loved the book. It's depressing but truly I think it's a great insight into the cause of the depression and the migration West. It may not be the most in depth explanation and doesn't address the issues in the stock market, but it covers the western experience very well.
Beyond that, I haven't read any other books on the topic but I can recommend the American History Tellers episodes if you are OK with listening. I love the series and if nothing else they will list a series of sources at the end of their episodes that you could reference. You can get it for free from most podcast sources
https://wondery.com/shows/american-history-tellers/season/10/
I'll be going with my wife, and I'm normally very quiet during movies and generally hate any audience interruptions
That being said, I fully expect the whole theater to be up and dancing and singing and I'm definitely OK with that. This is the opportunity to have the concert experience for those that couldn't afford to or weren't lucky enough. If I want to watch quietly I'll do it at home with a nice pair of headphones. If I'm going to the theater I'm expecting the concert experience in some proportion
On PS5 it's still a little janky. I'm hoping the update will stabilize some of the issues
It's playable, justice not immersive
There's a lot of Brave plugging in the post, which is off to me. Also the post itself is super barebones. It doesn't cover each suggestion in depth - it doesn't even go through their whole list at the top - and it provides no guidance on actually switching. The "article" is more akin to a Buzzfeed list
I think the hate for Andromeda was a little overblown. I enjoyed the heck out of the game, regardless of any weird facial expressions! It of course was never going to live up to the original trilogy but it stood out on its own in a lot of positive ways
I'm interested in this. I want to host my own Lemmy, Bookwyrm, Matrix, etc. servers but I find that not having access to appropriate password resetting is a deal breaker for not only me but for anyone I would like to join. I looked in to some email services but couldn't find one that wasn't charging more than it would cost to run the actual website
With a Lifetime plan, at least it's a one time purchase and I don't have to have yet another subscription eating away at my bank account
How do you like the service so far? Any issues with emails being marked as spam or being undeliverable?
This is an incredible utility. It replaces a lot of Googling for me and works offline with a clean, no-ads interface. Would highly recommend to any developers, especially web development
World just announced they're disabling open sign-ups for the time being. If they determine a solution or keep application-only sign up does that change the answer?
If I'm understanding you correctly, I don't think that's the case. The Playlist has non-TV tracks (and a bunch of other tracks from other albums, some TV some not).
To me it feels like Clickbait
I remember practicing reading in first grade with these books, so really cool to see that they're still around and that Taylor has one!
People are creating "Taylor's Version" playlists ahead of the release that only contain the non-Taylor's version tracks
Feels kind of scummy. Any idea why anyone would want to do this (besides 🛵)?
We do somewhere between 72 and 76. But at night in the peak of summer we'll bump it down to 70. Our bedroom is on the top floor and can often be several degrees hotter than the lower floor where the thermostat is, so for a few weeks in the summer we have to really crank it.
I'm told we should look into a vent fan to help distribute the air better but I haven't taken the time to put in the effort yet, I'm sad to say
This article makes me realize how not picky I am! Besides the profile switcher all these tips are just personal preferences that the author wanted to have in Firefox and were all things I've never even noticed
Really interesting, it's an application I didn't see coming. Definitely will be looking into this, and hopefully it spurs GitHub to do the same as well
Definitely after chewing on it for a day or so, it is quite memorable. The scene where he exits the cabin with the axe is still pretty fresh in my mind and I find myself thinking about it from time to time. Aesthetically it was pretty pleasant while simultaneously being off-putting.
Went to the 'Isle of Skye' and the hotel had these absolutely enormous lillies! So gorgeous I had to take a picture
Why do people discuss/enjoy the movie Fargo so much?
Just watched it for the first time, knew almost nothing about it going in.
Overall opinion: It was an alright movie, not bad. I had a good time, but it didn't seem groundbreaking or particularly funny or shocking. So what gives? Why do I hear so much about it?
My best guess is that the movie was shocking when it was released, because of the outright murder and violence, and I'm just desensitized to that in film now, so it wasnt as revelatory to me
React custom hook equivalent in Svelte?
I'm experienced with React and was just trying out a small Svelte to-do list to get my feet wet with Svelte and see if it's something I'd like to suggest we try out at work.
However, there's one thing I wanted to clarify that wasn't immediately obvious from the documentation (and to just kickstart some discussion since this community is a little quiet).
In React, if I have a large file doing a good amount of logic, like in the to-list example where I have add logic, remove logic, and toggle logic, all of which can be complex in their own ways if you improve them enough, I am able to extract the logic out into it's own file by creating a custom hook. Like so
js
const useTodoList = () => {
const [list, setList] = useState([]);
const addItem = (taskName) => {
// task creation logic
setList(l => [...l, newTask]);
}
// logic for removeItem and toggleItem
return { list, addItem, removeItem, toggleItem };
}
Then, I can bring that into my component file by simpl
Be honest with me, you aren't really a cat, are you?
One of the trends that hopefully won't carry over from Reddit
Do you pronounce it "bee-haw" or "BEEE-HAWWW" with some pepper on it?
Hopefully I'm not the only one to do the latter
Do cultures where foods are generally spicier always have flamin' hot poops?
At this point in my life, I don't avoid spicy foods because I can't handle the taste of the spice, but more because of what that spice will feel like coming out the other end the next day.
Some cultures, like India for instance, are known to use very spicy ingredients in their daily cooking.
Are they all just used to having firey asses or have they developed some gut biome capable of neutralizing the capcasin before its inevitable exit?
My wife sent this to me. It's so accurate I had to share
If they were any cuter it'd probably give me a heart condition
Have to make sure one of my all-time favorite posts from /r/ gets ported over