Astromech Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 I've been making my way through the first season of Spartacus. This show is nuts in a very good way. It's over the top but so entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AncalagonTheBlack Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 About to start season 2 of Lost in Space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DireWolfSpirit Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 Wanted to see 1917 but we were a day early to the theater and saw Midway instead. It was quite interesting. Even though I knew the history pretty well, they did a great job building the story without overdoing the melodramatic for such a historically significant event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veltigar Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Saw the new SW recently. It's as bad as people say it is, but I'm also impressed by the zeal with which it tries to destroy the bedrock on which it was built. It simultaneously shits over the OT, the previous film and probably someone with more knowledge of the franchise than I do will also detect swipes to the PT. Also finished The Witcher. I read the Sapkowski short story collection on which this first season was based years ago and was pleasantly suprised to see how many episodes I could recall. Quite impressive for reading a book only once many years in the past, it made me think that I should go back and read more of Sapkowski's work. He definitely has created a very distinctive world for Geralt to inhabit. Unfortunately, the same cannot really be said for the show itself. It sort of looks and feels like a SyFy series which accidentally got given a bit more budget and managed to lure Henry Cavill into it (not that he's a good actor, SyFY level suits him, but for some reason he's a big name nowadays so SyFy would be lucky to have him.) Still watching The Mandalorian and Rick & Morty. I'm definitely wasting my time, as only the latter is any good. In the future I'm definitely in need of some good series/movies to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 20 minutes ago, Veltigar said: Unfortunately, the same cannot really be said for the show itself. It sort of looks and feels like a SyFy series which accidentally got given a bit more budget and managed to lure Henry Cavill into it (not that he's a good actor, SyFY level suits him, but for some reason he's a big name nowadays so SyFy would be lucky to have him.) I haven't watched much of the Witcher yet to have an opinion but to be fair SyFy started both Happy! and The Expanse so they've done alright recently... even if they ended up cancelling both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 I watched Ad Astra last week - I'm a bit of a sucker for space movies so I knew I would like it. There are some weak parts, but it's shot really well & there are some really good sequences in space and does some things that I haven't seen in other movies set in space. Overall, it was fairly solid with some standout sequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Klaus on Netflix is going to be my go to Christmas movie. I really liked it. Beautiful to look at , a nice story and a touching Christmas theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veltigar Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 6 hours ago, polishgenius said: I haven't watched much of the Witcher yet to have an opinion but to be fair SyFy started both Happy! and The Expanse so they've done alright recently... even if they ended up cancelling both. Don't know those two. My main point of reference is that one film Emilia Clarke did for them before GoT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Die Hard and Gremlins are the two best Christmas movies ever. Fight me!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 My christmas evening was spent watching the Gavin and Stacey Christmas special. Very limited expectations but i was very pleasantly surprised. Unlike most “Christmas specials” that are brought out long after the original show ended, this felt very true to the original show and not a cheap continuation for the sake of attracting viewers. Plenty of callbacks to the original but they all felt earned and organic. The plot of the episode felt true to the stage of life he characters were at now (didnt weirdly try and pretend the past 10 years or so had gone by without change). Overall very enjoyable hour of television for me. I also had Oliver! On in the background during the day. I love 5at musical-film so much. We had it on VHS when i was little and I think i must have watched it at least once a week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 Watched Death of Stalin. Little uncomfortable watching comedy built around real atrocities (the atrocities are never mocked but there are times jokes are built on them) but nonetheless a really brilliant film. And I suppose discomfort is something of the point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Question for the Board hivemind: do i go see Jojo Rabbit or The Gentlemen on NY day? I have more faith in Taiko Watiti than Guy Ritchie but like the cast of The Gentlemen better.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jace, Extat Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Jojo Rabbit was amazing. Truly heart wrenchingly hilarious. I can't recommend enough times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Jace, Basilissa said: Jojo Rabbit was amazing. Truly heart wrenchingly hilarious. I can't recommend enough times. This. One of my favorite films of the year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 I still haven't seen a Taika Waititi film ( Turned off Thor like 70 minutes in) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Nictarion said: This. One of my favorite films of the year. Will probably go for this then. First film of the new decade for me (doesn’t release until 1st January here) so I feel i should make it a good one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nictarion Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 52 minutes ago, Raja said: I still haven't seen a Taika Waititi film ( Turned off Thor like 70 minutes in) What We Do in the Shadows is one of the funniest movies of the decade, imo. No idea if you’ll like it though, as I can’t really wrap my head around turning off Ragnarok. It, and the first GotG are easily my favorites from the MCU. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raja Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 36 minutes ago, Nictarion said: What We Do in the Shadows is one of the funniest movies of the decade, imo. Tbh, I've been looking forward to watching that one for ages! I should rectify this. And yeah, I thought GotG was entirely forgettable, same with Ragnarok - my opinions on movies are all over the place, I understand this. And as I get older, my thoughts on movies/ shows get weirder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astromech Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 12 hours ago, HelenaExMachina said: Question for the Board hivemind: do i go see Jojo Rabbit or The Gentlemen on NY day? I have more faith in Taiko Watiti than Guy Ritchie but like the cast of The Gentlemen better.... Why not both? There isn't much else to do on New Year's Day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HexMachina Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 1 minute ago, Astromech said: Why not both? There isn't much else to do on New Year's Day. I get too restless and lack the attention span to do two films in a day unless one is early and the other much later. The showing times for Jojo Rabbit aren't very frequent either, haven't check The Gentlemen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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