Watch, Watched, Watching: Midsommar Night Blues

[red snow]

37 minutes ago, Heartofice said:

That first episode of The Boys was fantastic! 

With its cynical take on superheroes and commercialism, this feels like the most appropriate show about super humans around

Need to watch. Reminds me of X-force/x-statix comic in early 2000s which was probably ahead of its time with reality tv and commercialism but without the superheroes being an active danger to the public. 

Does it have a preacher feel? As it's based on the same comic writer and has same producers.

[Heartofice]

6 minutes ago, red snow said:

Does it have a preacher feel? As it's based on the same comic writer and has same producers.

I didn’t know that. Maybe, but it’s not quirky or over the top as Preacher. This feels heavily grounded in reality, but with a darkly comic twist. Feels more like Doom Patrol , but I might end up preferring this.

[Corvinus85]

I've watched the first 2 episodes of The Boys, and I'm thoroughly enjoying it.

[Mr. Chatywin et al.]

I saw that Star Trek: The Next Generation is now on Netflix. I remember seeing a few episodes as a kid, but I never got into it. I watched the first episode and thought it was actually pretty good. Debating whether or not to invest the time to watch the series.

[SpaceChampion]

1 hour ago, Tywin et al. said:

I saw that Star Trek: The Next Generation is now on Netflix. I remember seeing a few episodes as a kid, but I never got into it. I watched the first episode and thought it was actually pretty good. Debating whether or not to invest the time to watch the series.

The pilot is likely the best episode of the first two seasons.  To get into it you have to at least enjoy the characters more than the story, until the story catches up in the 3rd season or so.

[red snow]

1 hour ago, Tywin et al. said:

I saw that Star Trek: The Next Generation is now on Netflix. I remember seeing a few episodes as a kid, but I never got into it. I watched the first episode and thought it was actually pretty good. Debating whether or not to invest the time to watch the series.

There's a good viewing list online if you want to stick to essentials . I can't find it right now but will have a look. Might be worth checking the rewatch thread, if still live, as i asked about it a couple of years ago.

[Zorral]

Before the intertubz were a faintish tickle in one's digits, here's an example from when the Boorman behemoth came out -- there was good stuff in there but it was also a messy wreck -- and there was dialog and scenes that were cringe-worthy too.

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/excalibur-1981

 

 

[Ran]

Just now, Zorral said:

Before the intertubz were a faintish tickle in one's digits, here's an example from when the Boorman behemoth came out -- there was good stuff in there but it was also a messy wreck -- and there was dialog and scenes that were cringe-worthy too.

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/excalibur-1981

That there were mixed opinions I don't deny. But there were reviews from the time that were much more favorable, as well. There's a reason it was in competition for the Palme d'Or and won the Artistic Contribution award at Cannes.

Pauline Kael, I think, understood what the film was doing better than Ebert did. The aspects he cites as inexplicable (especially the matter of Lancelot and Guinevere) are... uh, entirely explicable. I don't think he was on the same wavelength, even though he seems to have understood that there was something deeper going on.

[Derfel Cadarn]

12 hours ago, Zorral said:

Before the intertubz were a faintish tickle in one's digits, here's an example from when the Boorman behemoth came out -- there was good stuff in there but it was also a messy wreck -- and there was dialog and scenes that were cringe-worthy too.

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/excalibur-1981

 

 

A bit creepy that he directed a sex scene featuring his own daughter.

[Isis]

On 7/25/2019 at 1:02 PM, Ramsay B. said:

Requiem for a Dream is one of those movies I’ve been meaning to see since it basically came out, but just never have because of its infamous reputation for being such a downer. Blue Valentine too. I heard that’s an incredibly depressing tale of love disintegrating.

I had been 'dating' my now husband for about two months when we went to watch Blue Valentine at the pictures. A colleague (who had also been dating someone for about the same amount of time) made fun of me and said basically: 'oh what a great choice of film for a new relationship - a film about the demise of a marriage'. At the time I thought it was a completely idiotic thing to say. I still do. Nine years later my relationship is still fantastic. My colleague's lasted about a year. Great films which stimulate discussion are good things for relationships in my opinion.

Anyway, yes, you should definitely watch it for the amazing performances.

Last night we watched a Friday night special because I was too tired to think - Mile 22. Classic l33t ops team nonsense with tech that doesn't even make logical sense. Fine if you want to switch your brain off while you eat dinner and have 1.5 beers.

[Astromech]

Watched a Netflix recommendation, The Fury of a Patient Man (Tarde para la ira) a Spanish revenge flick. Slow burn but good.

[red snow]

22 hours ago, Isis said:

I had been 'dating' my now husband for about two months when we went to watch Blue Valentine at the pictures. A colleague (who had also been dating someone for about the same amount of time) made fun of me and said basically: 'oh what a great choice of film for a new relationship - a film about the demise of a marriage'. At the time I thought it was a completely idiotic thing to say. I still do. Nine years later my relationship is still fantastic. My colleague's lasted about a year. Great films which stimulate discussion are good things for relationships in my opinion.

Anyway, yes, you should definitely watch it for the amazing performances.

Last night we watched a Friday night special because I was too tired to think - Mile 22. Classic l33t ops team nonsense with tech that doesn't even make logical sense. Fine if you want to switch your brain off while you eat dinner and have 1.5 beers.

I think "take this waltz" was a lot "worse" than "blue valentine" in terms of relationships disintegrating often at the fault of no one in particular but at personal issues. 

[Veltigar]

Finished both The Boys and Gentleman Jack. Jack is obviously the better show, but I did like the Boys as well. A little short on pay-off, but I'll give a second season a chance. 

[aceluby]

Finished up Stranger Things S3, which was kinda fun to watch, but  I was really hoping for something new and got a 3rd rehash of the same basic story, this time with even more 80's nostalgia and awkward kids in puberty!  I'm really hoping they just wrap it up next season....

Also finished up Sneaky Pete, which I feel was cancelled for the same reason I didn't love Stranger Things, after season 1 there just wasn't a whole lot there to keep it moving.  I liked it more than Stranger Things, but also thought it was given a fitting end.

Started up Bosch in the meantime and am over half way through the first season and it's just not gripping me.  It's just SOOOOO tropey.  It feels like they took Brooklyn 99 and didn't pick up that it's a comedy, so turned the parody back into a drama.  There's a few seasons, so I'll give it at least through mid-2nd season, but so far I'm not impressed.  

[dbunting]

3 hours ago, aceluby said:

Finished up Stranger Things S3, which was kinda fun to watch, but  I was really hoping for something new and got a 3rd rehash of the same basic story, this time with even more 80's nostalgia and awkward kids in puberty!  I'm really hoping they just wrap it up next season....

Also finished up Sneaky Pete, which I feel was cancelled for the same reason I didn't love Stranger Things, after season 1 there just wasn't a whole lot there to keep it moving.  I liked it more than Stranger Things, but also thought it was given a fitting end.

Started up Bosch in the meantime and am over half way through the first season and it's just not gripping me.  It's just SOOOOO tropey.  It feels like they took Brooklyn 99 and didn't pick up that it's a comedy, so turned the parody back into a drama.  There's a few seasons, so I'll give it at least through mid-2nd season, but so far I'm not impressed.  

Stranger things S3 was the weakest but still a fun few hours of entertainment.

Sneaky Pete, I watched S1 and liked it but just can't get myself to start S2

Bosch, its an enjoyable cop show. I liked it quite a bit even though it's of course over the top. The last season was probably the worst IMO.

[Mr. Chatywin et al.]

Lately I've been looking at top 25 and top 50 all-time movie lists, and I'm happy to say that I've already seen most of them. However, there was one that was on basically every list that I hadn't see: All About Eve. I knew the general premise of the film, but it was not what I expected at all. I was under the impression that it was significantly darker than it actually was. Overall I have to agree that it was a great film even if I didn't get what I wanted out of it. Also, I didn't realize that one of my childhood crushes, Anne Baxter, was the titular character. 

[Zorral]

The Great Hack, Netflix.  Investigative reporting on how Face Book in collaboration with Cambridge Analytica threw the election to tvillain. This includes the testimony of one of those who aided and abetted it.  She says, it was because she wanted to make some money, and now she's sorry, sort of, kind of (but still has the money).

[Cas Stark]

2 hours ago, Tywin et al. said:

Lately I've been looking at top 25 and top 50 all-time movie lists, and I'm happy to say that I've already seen most of them. However, there was one that was on basically every list that I hadn't see: All About Eve. I knew the general premise of the film, but it was not what I expected at all. I was under the impression that it was significantly darker than it actually was. Overall I have to agree that it was a great film even if I didn't get what I wanted out of it. Also, I didn't realize that one of my childhood crushes, Anne Baxter, was the titular character. 

What did you want out of it?

[RedEyedGhost]

On 7/24/2019 at 7:17 PM, dbunting said:

First Man, ehh, was boring as hell to me. Found myself checking my phone while watching and fast forwarding some.

Watching that now... visually beautiful, but soooooo boring.

[Isis]

22 hours ago, red snow said:

I think "take this waltz" was a lot "worse" than "blue valentine" in terms of relationships disintegrating often at the fault of no one in particular but at personal issues. 

Definitely, yes. We felt broken after we left the cinema and got on a bus to the station. We barely spoke. 

And then my husband swore he'd never watch another Michelle Williams film again because she sucks all the joy out of life. However, he's agreed to try watching the first episode of Fosse/Verdon which is FINALLY on tv in the UK this Friday.