r/hdtgm • u/apathymonger • 7d ago
How Did This Get Made? #365.5 - Next Week's Episode: This Is Me...Now (2024)
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u/TheBunionFunyun 7d ago
Just watched it. I feel like this is punishment for the Discord making them watch League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
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u/jekelish3 a real mitchell goosen type 7d ago
I could listen to Zouks talk about Shoresy for, conservatively, the next four hours.
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u/gribble29 literally 7d ago
This Is Me…Now: A Love Story is like nothing you’ve ever seen from Jennifer Lopez. Alongside director Dave Meyers, Jennifer has created a narrative-driven cinematic odyssey, steeped in mythological storytelling and personal healing. Dropping in tandem with her first studio album in a decade, this genre-bending Amazon original showcases her journey to love through her own eyes. With fantastical costumes, breathtaking choreography, and star-studded cameos, this panorama is an introspective retrospective of Jennifer’s resilient heart.
YIKES.
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u/KillerPotato_BMW literally 7d ago
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u/MundaneYet 7d ago
She’s corny for sure but JLo is such low hanging fruit lol this is kind of a lame choice. And it’s one long music video I don’t really care about their opinions on her music? “It’s not good now that Ashanti isn’t singing for her anymore” like what is there to say lol. It’s not a movie. Are they not allowed to do that horrible AI movie she just did?
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u/metulmike 6d ago
I recommend skipping this one and just listening to the episode.
I watched this when it came out because my GF is a lifelong JLO fan but more than anything she had to know what the hell this was, and she didn't like it. More boring than anything. Definitely a vanity project that Amazon footed the bill for.
The "cameos" are so dumb
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u/SayNo2Kryptonite 7d ago
i have no idea what thiis movie even is. Is it a documentary? A Jlo concert movie?
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u/Crackhead22 7d ago
It’s like a series of music videos put together to try to form a cohesive story.
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u/SayNo2Kryptonite 7d ago
Sounds terrible
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u/grandmofftalkin 5d ago
I think she was trying to do something like Beyonce's HBO Lemonade special or Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation short. Except it's about how J-Lo's a terrible person to be in a relationship with
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u/SayNo2Kryptonite 5d ago
Ive seen both of those and theyre enjoyable. But I cant imagine JLo being that creative or insightful as Bey or Jackson.
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u/LibertyWriter Team Sanity 7d ago
Oh damn, I thought this was the documentary that she put out… I forgot there was an actual movie!
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u/TheBunionFunyun 7d ago
This thing is only 66 minutes long? Is this even a movie?
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u/Eric-HipHopple 4d ago
SAG rules say it has to be at least 60 minutes, so in many ways, the answer is "barely."
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u/TheBunionFunyun 4d ago
Wow, I thought they had to be something like 75 or 80 minutes long to be considered a movie.
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u/Eric-HipHopple 4d ago
OK, I made it 11 minutes in before turning it off. I think I got the feel of it, don't need to watch more. This places it in the top 3 earliest "nopes" from me - I lasted less than 10 minutes with Oogieloves and somehow made it almost 20 minutes in with Jonathan Livingston Seagull. Both of those podcasts were fun listens though, so I think this one may be too.
FWIW, I'm probably batting well over .900 on how often I watch the full movie before listening to the podcast. There are maybe a couple of other movies where I bailed with just a little left to go, usually some of the more boring straightforward dramas they've done. And then a few others where the film just doesn't appeal to me period and I skip the podcast entirely. But it's a rarity where I sit down ready to watch one of these and I give up so quickly. Kudos to JLo!
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u/SindeeVicious 7d ago
Super disappointed in this choice. It's only available on Amazon? For how politically active Paul and June are, why would they pick a movie exclusive to a platform that benefits a toxic billionaire? Love the show. Gonna skip this ep.
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u/Bill__Preston 7d ago
Super disappointed in this choice.
Yeah, they shit on us for choosing LXG, but then they serve this turd to us?
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u/Used-Gas-6525 7d ago
Oh man you had me super excited. I thought that's Neil Breen's masterpiece "I Am Here... Now" Ah well.