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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jun 28, 2020 17:45:48 GMT
The 100 - episode six season seven (the Sanctum part is a snoozefest, but the wormhole/ancient alien race part is awesome). Doctor Who discs 04 to 06 of season five with this freakishly tall female ginger. Maybe I will also start to watch "My Doctor". The Seventh Doctor was the only one of the "old guard" that was ever shown on German telly back in the day (early to mid 80s on RTL PLus). I was a somewhere between kindergarten student a primary school pupil and it was both: highly confusing and very interesting. Maybe confusing because German TV station love to cut and re-edited foreign shows. Anyway: I got me the first volume on DVD I find the freakishly tall female ginger extremely attractive, and I don't usually go for model types. She seems to eat, though, so that helps. Anyway, Sylvester McCoy is the truly discerning DW fans' favourite, I recently rewatched his first story, Time And The Rani, and intend to start the next one very soon. I would say that his first series was slightly weaker than the others, but is still really good. Is the "freakishly tall female ginger" Amy Pond (aka Karen Gillan)? She's a goddess as far as I am concerned - but I never thought of her as particularly tall, let alone freakishly so.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jun 28, 2020 17:48:53 GMT
EDIT: Dark's final episodes have now about 2000+ vote with a 9.9 rating, none is rated worse then 9.3 (the first one, from there on only rising) So I have hope they didn't have botched it up completely, but I'll wait till it is at 10.000 and not only the fanboys have rated it. But it would be so great to have such a complex TV show finished properly...unlike Lost etc. pp. So that was the final season of "Dark" then? If so, good - from everything I have heard and read about this series, it's not easy to keep track of what is going on, so when I watch it I want to watch all the seasons back-to-back, instead of waiting a whole year or more between seasons.
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Post by bluerisk on Jun 28, 2020 18:03:37 GMT
Youtube conspiracy videos:
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Post by bluerisk on Jun 28, 2020 18:05:08 GMT
EDIT: Dark's final episodes have now about 2000+ vote with a 9.9 rating, none is rated worse then 9.3 (the first one, from there on only rising) So I have hope they didn't have botched it up completely, but I'll wait till it is at 10.000 and not only the fanboys have rated it. But it would be so great to have such a complex TV show finished properly...unlike Lost etc. pp. So that was the final season of "Dark" then? If so, good - from everything I have heard and read about this series, it's not easy to keep track of what is going on, so when I watch it I want to watch all the seasons back-to-back, instead of waiting a whole year or more between seasons. I've downloaded them only so far...*looks on his red glowing USB-stick.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 28, 2020 18:10:34 GMT
EDIT: Dark's final episodes have now about 2000+ vote with a 9.9 rating, none is rated worse then 9.3 (the first one, from there on only rising) So I have hope they didn't have botched it up completely, but I'll wait till it is at 10.000 and not only the fanboys have rated it. But it would be so great to have such a complex TV show finished properly...unlike Lost etc. pp. So that was the final season of "Dark" then? If so, good - from everything I have heard and read about this series, it's not easy to keep track of what is going on, so when I watch it I want to watch all the seasons back-to-back, instead of waiting a whole year or more between seasons. Yup. 3 series and out.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jun 28, 2020 19:38:10 GMT
BBC America - Sleepy Hollow is on - followed by Silence of the Lambs
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 29, 2020 14:32:14 GMT
Is the "freakishly tall female ginger" Amy Pond (aka Karen Gillan)? She's a goddess as far as I am concerned - but I never thought of her as particularly tall, let alone freakishly so. She is the Invernessian sexpot known as Pond, and is fairly tall. I wouldn't have said freakishly so myself, but perhaps Bluerisk is a short arse. 1.80m = 5' 11"
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jun 29, 2020 15:08:27 GMT
We watched My Spy the other night. Essentially a Kindergarten Cop knockoff starring Dave Bautista. It had a few legitimately funny bits but was mostly forgettable. There was barely a story but the comedy itself could've been maximized with a better cast across the board. Nobody was distractingly bad, but nobody really nailed the line delivery or had the comic timing required for most of the gags to work to their potential.
The thing is, I probably enjoyed it more than I should have because my expectations were low to begin with. I like Bautista because he seems to have a good sense of his own ability. I enjoyed last year's Stuber as well, despite its low ratings across the internet. Bautista never tries to do too much. He doesn't have Dwayne Johnson's charisma and he doesn't try to be the coolest guy in the room. He's the likeable dope; he stays in his lane and it works well for him. Ironically I think Johnson is the better actor, but his movies are usually terrible whereas I'd watch Stuber again or even sit through some of My Spy if it was on. The problem facing Johnson is that he's this generation's Schwarzenegger; and all the good scripts for that lane are gone. So we're stuck with a bunch of terrible B movies pretending to be blockbuster material simply due to Johnson's star power. He can't save those films, and in Bautista's case, he doesn't have to. Just keep the scene afloat with your awkward persona and let the other characters play off of you.
So this is the rare review where I spend more time saying what a film could've done better and yet didn't totally hate it. Would I recommend it? No, I don't think you need to bother. But for the time invested and where I had my expectations set, it was fine, which is really all you can ask of a film.
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Post by Carl LaFong on Jun 29, 2020 19:54:43 GMT
Amazon Prime keep plugging My Spy. I know I would hate it so I haven’t bothered with it.
Just rewatched The Player on Amazon Prime. Love it. Definitely my favourite Altman.
Now moved on to Trees Lounge which stars and is directed by Steve Buscemi who plays an unemployed barfly. Watched it before and remember enjoying it.
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Post by hoskotafe3 on Jun 29, 2020 20:05:56 GMT
We watched My Spy the other night. Essentially a Kindergarten Cop knockoff starring Dave Bautista. It had a few legitimately funny bits but was mostly forgettable. There was barely a story but the comedy itself could've been maximized with a better cast across the board. Nobody was distractingly bad, but nobody really nailed the line delivery or had the comic timing required for most of the gags to work to their potential. The thing is, I probably enjoyed it more than I should have because my expectations were low to begin with. I like Bautista because he seems to have a good sense of his own ability. I enjoyed last year's Stuber as well, despite its low ratings across the internet. Bautista never tries to do too much. He doesn't have Dwayne Johnson's charisma and he doesn't try to be the coolest guy in the room. He's the likeable dope; he stays in his lane and it works well for him. Ironically I think Johnson is the better actor, but his movies are usually terrible whereas I'd watch Stuber again or even sit through some of My Spy if it was on. The problem facing Johnson is that he's this generation's Schwarzenegger; and all the good scripts for that lane are gone. So we're stuck with a bunch of terrible B movies pretending to be blockbuster material simply due to Johnson's star power. He can't save those films, and in Bautista's case, he doesn't have to. Just keep the scene afloat with your awkward persona and let the other characters play off of you. So this is the rare review where I spend more time saying what a film could've done better and yet didn't totally hate it. Would I recommend it? No, I don't think you need to bother. But for the time invested and where I had my expectations set, it was fine, which is really all you can ask of a film. Exactly what he did in WWE. Was a big likeable brute too dopey to realise one of the evil wrestlers was using him for muscle. Sold it with a straight face and got popular. Stayed popular by remaining the straight man no matter how ridiculous the situation.
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Post by screamingtreefrogs on Jun 30, 2020 7:12:30 GMT
Karate Kid III
I thought this was a step up from II folks - the traveling to Japan or China/whatever in II did little for me - especially after learning Ali dumped him in the beginning of II after being completely head of heels for him like a day earlier.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jun 30, 2020 14:32:07 GMT
Karate Kid III I thought this was a step up from II folks - the traveling to Japan or China/whatever in II did little for me - especially after learning Ali dumped him in the beginning of II after being completely head of heels for him like a day earlier. Fat, obnoxious Daniel LaRusso is always a sight to behold. He's such a whiny twat in this movie, it's hilarious.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jun 30, 2020 15:07:05 GMT
ZeroZeroZero (2019), the Amazon series about a large-scale, international drug operation, which is basically 3 separate stories that are inexorably linked - the buyers, the sellers and the brokers who are responsible for getting the shipment from Point A to Point B. It's a good show, not perfect, it's a bit too proud of its narrative style and it causes moments of being over-directed, over-worked, over-scored. Plus, the story about the sellers is pretty by-the-numbers and isn't particularly compelling or well-acted, and it's the most far-fetched of the 3 tales. That said, I admire the fact that each of the stories is uniquely shot and paced and almost feels like 3 movies coalescing into one. Like Cloud Atlas, only not frustratingly stupid or pretentious. The standout is the story about the brokers which is consistently the most interesting story in no small part to Andrea Riseborough and Dane Dehaan. Riseborough is excellent, as she always is, the relationship between her and her brother (played by Dehaan) is really a driving force of the whole series. Their relationship feels very lived-in, you can tell they have great chemistry together. It gets a little melodramatic at times, but I felt very involved whenever their story was being depicted. Plus, the fact that Riseborough is such a superior actor to Dehaan (who is fine in this, don't get me wrong) works really well given the fact that she's the superior one within their dynamic.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jun 30, 2020 15:20:02 GMT
ZeroZeroZero (2019), the Amazon series about a large-scale, international drug operation, which is basically 3 separate stories that are inexorably linked - the buyers, the sellers and the brokers who are responsible for getting the shipment from Point A to Point B. It's a good show, not perfect, it's a bit too proud of its narrative style and it causes moments of being over-directed, over-worked, over-scored. Plus, the story about the sellers is pretty by-the-numbers and isn't particularly compelling or well-acted, and it's the most far-fetched of the 3 tales. That said, I admire the fact that each of the stories is uniquely shot and paced and almost feels like 3 movies coalescing into one. Like Cloud Atlas, only not frustratingly stupid or pretentious. The standout is the story about the brokers which is consistently the most interesting story in no small part to Andrea Riseborough and Dane Dehaan. Riseborough is excellent, as she always is, the relationship between her and her brother (played by Dehaan) is really a driving force of the whole series. Their relationship feels very lived-in, you can tell they have great chemistry together. It gets a little melodramatic at times, but I felt very involved whenever their story was being depicted. Plus, the fact that Riseborough is such a superior actor to Dehaan (who is fine in this, don't get me wrong) works really well given the fact that she's the superior one within their dynamic. I feel like this is becoming a trend with shows today. Peaky Blinders is guilty of this, but the stylized violence has always been kind of the point of the show, so I can forgive it. PB wears its heart on its sleeve in that regard. It's a little more distracting in something like HBO's Perry Mason for example. Not a bad show, it's alright so far. But there's something off-putting about it. It's trying too hard somehow. It feels like so much effort is put into every frame, while the story itself isn't particularly compelling. Sounds funny to complain about people putting in too much effort, but I think you know what I mean. It borders on pretension after a while. Use the cinematography to help enrich the story, don't use it to distract us from the lack thereof.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jun 30, 2020 15:44:08 GMT
ZeroZeroZero (2019), the Amazon series about a large-scale, international drug operation, which is basically 3 separate stories that are inexorably linked - the buyers, the sellers and the brokers who are responsible for getting the shipment from Point A to Point B. It's a good show, not perfect, it's a bit too proud of its narrative style and it causes moments of being over-directed, over-worked, over-scored. Plus, the story about the sellers is pretty by-the-numbers and isn't particularly compelling or well-acted, and it's the most far-fetched of the 3 tales. That said, I admire the fact that each of the stories is uniquely shot and paced and almost feels like 3 movies coalescing into one. Like Cloud Atlas, only not frustratingly stupid or pretentious. The standout is the story about the brokers which is consistently the most interesting story in no small part to Andrea Riseborough and Dane Dehaan. Riseborough is excellent, as she always is, the relationship between her and her brother (played by Dehaan) is really a driving force of the whole series. Their relationship feels very lived-in, you can tell they have great chemistry together. It gets a little melodramatic at times, but I felt very involved whenever their story was being depicted. Plus, the fact that Riseborough is such a superior actor to Dehaan (who is fine in this, don't get me wrong) works really well given the fact that she's the superior one within their dynamic. I feel like this is becoming a trend with shows today. Peaky Blinders is guilty of this, but the stylized violence has always been kind of the point of the show, so I can forgive it. PB wears its heart on its sleeve in that regard. It's a little more distracting in something like HBO's Perry Mason for example. Not a bad show, it's alright so far. But there's something off-putting about it. It's trying too hard somehow. It feels like so much effort is put into every frame, while the story itself isn't particularly compelling. Sounds funny to complain about people putting in too much effort, but I think you know what I mean. It borders on pretension after a while. Use the cinematography to help enrich the story, don't use it to distract us from the lack thereof. Oh man, you're preaching to the choir on this one and you nailed it with Peaky Blinders. I enjoy that show but it's so grandiose to the point of laughable pomposity at times. ZeroZeroZero doesn't reach those levels, but it approaches it here and there. We watched the Perry Mason premiere and I agree, there was something very off-putting about it and I'm not sure I'm interested in going any further. I know shows need a few episodes to find their footing and I firmly believe that anything HBO does deserve a chance, but I really didn't like the premiere. When I take my lunch break, I'm going to write about the movie I watched last night, which is the exact opposite of what you're talking about. No spoilers!!
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jun 30, 2020 16:59:34 GMT
Last night, I watched Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019), winner of Best Screenplay at Cannes last year. This is definitely not for everyone or designed for mass consumption. This is a movie that dwells on internal emotion, that focuses on quiet, tender moments. It's about an artist commissioned to paint a portrait of a woman about to be married in late 1700s France, and the entire movie basically looks like a painting. Awash with color and beautiful scenery, the film captures the way in which the artist sees the world, focusing intently on her, um, focused intent, the way she sees the other characters and her surroundings. It's amazingly acted (Noemie Merlant in particular, as the artist, is just mesmerizing) and shot and I loved it. There is ZERO exposition and isn't much in the way of "action" or inciting incidents or anything like that. It's really designed to be absorbed rather than "enjoyed," if that makes any sense. A truly incredible love story for those willing to be patient and let themselves get absorbed by something a little different.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jun 30, 2020 17:40:16 GMT
I was lucky to catch this one in theaters back in March, shortly before they all closed. Fantastic movie, gorgeous and touching. I will definitely add it to my collection at some point.
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Jun 30, 2020 17:44:19 GMT
ZeroZeroZero (2019), the Amazon series about a large-scale, international drug operation, which is basically 3 separate stories that are inexorably linked - the buyers, the sellers and the brokers who are responsible for getting the shipment from Point A to Point B. Sounds like the premise of the movie "Traffic", which in turn was based on a TV mini-series (British I think) called "Trafik" (which I haven't watched).
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jun 30, 2020 17:46:57 GMT
ZeroZeroZero (2019), the Amazon series about a large-scale, international drug operation, which is basically 3 separate stories that are inexorably linked - the buyers, the sellers and the brokers who are responsible for getting the shipment from Point A to Point B. Sounds like the premise of the movie "Traffic", which in turn was based on a TV mini-series (British I think) called "Trafik" (which I haven't watched). It definitely has ancestral roots in that movie and the British series was far superior to the Soderbergh effort, which I don't think has aged particularly well. It's only 8 episodes so if you're stuck and in need of something, you can definitely do worse.
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Post by klawrencio79 on Jun 30, 2020 17:47:13 GMT
I was lucky to catch this one in theaters back in March, shortly before they all closed. Fantastic movie, gorgeous and touching. I will definitely add it to my collection at some point. That's awesome, I wish I got to see this in theaters. Alas.
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