dbunting Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Watched Dumb Money today, about the Game Stop stock trading from 2020-21. Pretty interesting movie, scary, sickening all rolled into one when you see some of the same shit being pulled that was happening in 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartofice Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Watched Those who wished me dead on Netflix. Its a solid 7 out of 10 movie that you would be fine to watch on tv, but would feel you've wasted your money if you went to the cinema to watched. Lots of highly implausible shit happens, but it isn't set out to be some unrealistic over the top movie. You can kind of get over it because there are good actors in it, and mostly because Angelina Jolie is ludicrously attractive, to the point where you can't really believe she is the character she is playing. In reality every man in the movie would be drooling over her and leaving their wives just to have a chance to stand next to her. But you have to kind of ignore that and pretend this woman with perfect hair and skin is just a washed up depressive who lives in the forest most of the time. She is fine in it though, I feel like it has been a very long time since I actually watched her in a movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Started watching the Netflix Resident Evil series. OOOOOOOHWEEEEEEEEEE Please hire me as the very basic science advisor for anything involving looking at blood down a microscope as I'm an expert at this and could stop people doing and saying fully ridiculous stuff that defies the laws of science. Even allowing quite a lot of leeway in general for dumbing stuff down and allowing for that fact that you cannot show everything as absolutely photoreal because it might not work on screen to convery the storytelling, I still had to stop watching a few times solely because of the bad technical science on screen. That said, I'm partway through episode 3 and I want to know what happens so I will keeo watching a bit more. Also making my slow way through S2 of Yellowjackets. We kind of stalled out in S2 of The Leftovers. I just think we aren't in the mood for it at the moment due to a lot of actual bleak shit happening to us in real life recently. Finally, new Bake Off host is a further step down. I really wish people wouldn't get their teeth whitened so much that they look distracting due to being so artificial looking. Mr. Chatywin et al. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 For all you all who love Reservation Dogs, here is the NYT's gift link to an interview with Sterlin Harjo on this final season of the show, including why he thinks they didn't get Emmys. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/28/arts/television/sterlin-harjo-reservation-dogs-finale.html? SpaceChampion and Nictarion 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polishgenius Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Saw The Creator. For the most part it's a good movie- glorious visuals and a story that's completely unoriginal but on an emotional and structural level well told. But man the way it uses Asia as a setting and for how it builds is lore is awkward. Bad enough that it's gonna attract comment. JGP, dog-days, williamjm and 1 other 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramsay B. Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Still going with horror. Rewatched Doctor Sleep. It was the director’s cut that apparently added close to a half hour, but I didn’t notice the changes since I only saw it the one time in theaters. Still really good with Ferguson killing it. Spoiler I read how some of the actors were really affected by the great acting of the kid who was brutally stabbed to death in that one scene. The actor, Jacob Trembley, does sell the shit out of it. And supposedly even Stephen King told Flanagan to tone it down a little as there was initially a few more stabs. I watched the Taiwanese horror flick The Sadness, not realizing just how brutal it was supposed to be. Yeesh. Bleak as fuck with some gross ass scenes bordering on torture porn. Thinking of one scene in particular. Also put on Children of Men for the first time in a while. Still great and never realized he has only flip-flops on for a big part of the movie. Has to be some symbolism there. Nictarion 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 I fucking hate the new school in sex education. The last one was weird but had a charm, this one is just stupid. I also have no idea how in both schools the popular kids would be popular, its a weird message which I don't understand at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VigoTheCarpathian Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 On 9/29/2023 at 1:44 PM, polishgenius said: Saw The Creator. For the most part it's a good movie- glorious visuals and a story that's completely unoriginal but on an emotional and structural level well told. But man the way it uses Asia as a setting and for how it builds is lore is awkward. Bad enough that it's gonna attract comment. It was one of those “I don’t need to even research, will see just based on the trailer” movies. Completely agree on the story being something that itself could have been ironically written by an AI plot premise generator …but really enjoyed the hell out of watching it. The small uses of tech they show and don’t tell you about, the visuals and acting were pretty much all I could ask for out of a stand-alone sci-fi movie in this day and age. Plus I was surprised by my favorite country singer popping up as a supporting actor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Rodrigo Belmonte II Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Anyone saw haunting in Venice ? How was it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relic Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Re-watched The Irishman this weekend. Incredible movie. People hating on this due to de-aging or whatever are fucking nuts. Nictarion, Zorral and TheLastWolf 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted October 4, 2023 Author Share Posted October 4, 2023 22 hours ago, Ser Rodrigo Belmonte II said: Anyone saw haunting in Venice ? How was it 22 hours ago, Ser Rodrigo Belmonte II said: haunting Just kidding, I heard firsthand from a source whose opinion I respect, it's okayish, better than the Nile one. Anyway, Andor is SUPERB Corvinus85, williamjm, Veltigar and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Rodrigo Belmonte II Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 (edited) 11 hours ago, Relic said: Re-watched The Irishman this weekend. Incredible movie. People hating on this due to de-aging or whatever are fucking nuts. I slept through this one, and I fucking loved Silence. He’s done this genre one too many times.Excited for Flower Moon though! Edited October 4, 2023 by Ser Rodrigo Belmonte II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spockydog Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 (edited) 18 hours ago, Relic said: Re-watched The Irishman this weekend. Incredible movie. People hating on this due to de-aging or whatever are fucking nuts. Yeah, but the de-aging is some of the worst we've ever seen. Di Niro administering a geriatric beatdown with his uncanny-valley face was hilarious. Edited October 4, 2023 by Spockydog Prince of the North, Heartofice, Mr. Chatywin et al. and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFatCoward Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Trailer for planet earth 3 promises more of the same, it looks fucking breathtaking. The first 2 sit at number 2 and 3 on imdb all time TV show list, and I don't doubt it will slot neatly into the top 5 also. Which Tyler, Spockydog and Argonath Diver 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 Lupin, part 3, up on Netflix, finally! williamjm, Spockydog and maarsen 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dog-days Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Finished Only Murders in the Building S3, which was completely daft and over-the-top, made by luvvies for luvvies, and still worked. Woke at five am feeling nauseous and sick (this always happens on Saturdays and never ever on Mondays) and it was great. The flashback to producer Donna Demeo snapping orders down the phone followed by the pull-back to show her in the process of giving birth made me laugh aloud. But it pushed even my tolerance for silliness too far when they lost the leading man and didn't have an understudy. Oliver, you're meant to be an experienced West End director, you can't not have an understudy ready! But the show did pull back from one cliché -- it didn't let the cat-loving, cardigan wearing Howard dash on stage to save the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Which Tyler Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Catching up on some "must watch" TV that I missed first time around, so first view. Generally watching 1 episode most days. Finished Sopranos last week - not my genre, well written, well acted, well shot. Despite my general disinterest in gangster/mob stuff, it mostly held my interest, and did well enough. Obviously, it's overhyped, but genuinely very good. I know there's supposed to be debate about the last episode / scene, but I really don't understand why. Initial angst about the final shot, I understand, but that was truly excellent, and the only bit that actually transcended the genre - but there's no real mystery. About half way through the first season of The Wire, and... I don't get the hype so far. I presume it'll improve but so far, so cliche. I'll allow that showing depth for the criminal side may have novel for the time so may have been setting a new standard there, but I've already lost my resolve to not/barely look at phone whilst it's on. Again, it's also not my genre, but way less interesting to watch than Sopranos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isis Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 Trying to push myself into spooky season! Watched Last Night in Soho yesterday. Not sure what I was expecting really but I found it very engaging. Wish I had gone to see it at the Curzon Soho though. Charlotte Street, Goodge St, the BT Tower and all that is really close to where I work, so lots of familiar sights there. Nothing mind-blowing, but something a bit different I guess. Started watching Ghost Wars, again for something a bit spooky/different. Weird stuff. I'm not hooked yet but I'll certainly try another episode. Still watching From. About halfway through S2. I understand that there is another season happening. There has been a lack of monsters in recent episodes. I like the mystery but I also need monsters. Last ep I watched had a great line though 'Only monsters live in the woods', which is a great name for a cocktail (that I am in the process of trying to devise). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chatywin et al. Posted October 7, 2023 Share Posted October 7, 2023 (edited) Scary season is here and I always try to watch a bunch of new and old horror films. Last night I found a movie called Alone at Night on Hulu. It was surprising to see people like Pam Anderson, Paris Hilton and Luis Guzman in it. The lead actor, Ashley Benson, was pretty solid. However, the movie just doesn't come together. It's about a cam girl who is being stalked while vacationing at a remote cabin. In better hands it could have been a lot better. The twist ending is also pretty silly, but can't lie I did chuckle. I wouldn't recommend this one. Edited October 7, 2023 by Tywin et al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastWolf Posted October 7, 2023 Author Share Posted October 7, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, Which Tyler said: Catching up on some "must watch" TV that I missed first time around, so first view. Generally watching 1 episode most days. Finished Sopranos last week - not my genre, well written, well acted, well shot. Despite my general disinterest in gangster/mob stuff, it mostly held my interest, and did well enough. Obviously, it's overhyped, but genuinely very good. I know there's supposed to be debate about the last episode / scene, but I really don't understand why. Initial angst about the final shot, I understand, but that was truly excellent, and the only bit that actually transcended the genre - but there's no real mystery. About half way through the first season of The Wire, and... I don't get the hype so far. I presume it'll improve but so far, so cliche. I'll allow that showing depth for the criminal side may have novel for the time so may have been setting a new standard there, but I've already lost my resolve to not/barely look at phone whilst it's on. Again, it's also not my genre, but way less interesting to watch than Sopranos. Ah, the twin peaks of television. But the rising sun is Twin Peaks itself. And if you don't like crime generally, yes it'll be kinda exhausting. (from the guy who finished it just a couple of months ago *cough) Anyway the Continental (Wick Universe) is a *early opinion changed now* miniseries if you liked the Sopranos prequel Edited October 7, 2023 by TheLastWolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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