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Mar 29, 2016 18:40:00 GMT -5
Post by vbbetterthanbb on Mar 29, 2016 18:40:00 GMT -5
I find TV shows are much more rewarding and entertaining than movies...at least in recent years. That's not to say there haven't been great movies but I'm more likely to be more satisfied by TV shows than movies. TV is a much better medium for telling a story, at least one with some depth. But movies are still the better medium for images. A good filmmaker takes full advantage of that. Almost the difference between a novel and a painting. With much longer playing time TV series certainly should tell a better story than a movie. Unfortunately, IMHO, most series stretch it out not for the purpose of story-telling, but to fill time. I am impatient with that, especially in cases where I sucker myself into weekly following. I much prefer watching a whole season on a marathon basis, which lessons my frustration of “let’s get to the point already”, but that does get in the way of a busy life. So, I am holding off the likes of Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, The Americans, etc., until I am at least 50% retired. Meanwhile, movies are entertaining my wife and I very nicely at, - Our Home Theatre (breaks any time, cheaper snacks, talks and laughs aloud, no crying babies, replays on demand, and subtitles!) - Real Theatres (my 100+ inch screen and 8 speakers just can’t match the experience for movies like Avatar, Inception, Martian, etc.) ------------------ Our Brand is Crisis was bland. Liked Limitless a lot. Hesitant to watch “Secret in Their Eyes 2015” for potential letdown after the 2009 version (like Oldboy). Loved Deadpool; Reynolds no longer a box office poison as a lead in action movies. Glad I didn’t pay to watch Star Wars (international flight); nothing new. Will wait for Blu-ray for Batman v Superman. Also liked Ronin a lot. And thanks, will watch “What We Do In the Shadows” sooner or later. EDITED: watched it, liked it
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Mar 29, 2016 19:08:41 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Mar 29, 2016 19:08:41 GMT -5
I saw Ronin several years ago. Don't remember a thing.
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Mar 30, 2016 19:14:31 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Mar 30, 2016 19:14:31 GMT -5
Saw the movie "Unfriended" on HBO. Very interesting film. Six rotten high school classmates, responsible for another student's suicide one year earlier due to cyberbullying, meet their demise on-line. Interesting how the whole film takes place on the computer on the kids various social media mechanisms. Also interesting to see the character Blair (the actress who plays her is beautiful!), who is the typical "perfect girl", slowly become exposed as a complete evil fraud. Funny to see these jackasses get what they deserve! Good film! I just watched it. I think it's kind of trashy but, hell, I couldn't turn away. Entertaining, I admit. Funny thing was that every time the computer screen froze or dithered or pixelated in the film, I thought it was my own computer screen! LOL! Also, I must be getting old and not as in tune with current trends because I didn't even know there were online random video chat forums where you can chat with random people. Now, THAT was kind of scary to me!
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Apr 1, 2016 14:14:59 GMT -5
Post by vbbetterthanbb on Apr 1, 2016 14:14:59 GMT -5
I saw Ronin several years ago. Don't remember a thing. Often I chose to watch a non-current movie that I have not seen. Then here and there during the movie I would ask myself if I have already seen it. Sometimes that's because the story line was so similar to another movie, but sometimes I had actually seen it! That would be fine especially if it was a good movie, but not so fine if I didn't remember much of the anything throughout the 2nd watch. Yikes .
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Apr 1, 2016 14:19:53 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Apr 1, 2016 14:19:53 GMT -5
You guys are right about "What We Do in the Shadows." So hilarious! At first, I thought they were just regular people who like to pretend to be vampires and then...bam!...they're really vampires! Also love the fact that they brought in other creatures -- werewolves, zombies, etc.
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Apr 4, 2016 21:29:27 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Apr 4, 2016 21:29:27 GMT -5
The Wrecking Crew.
It's a documentary. I don't think it's a great documentary, but the information in it was great. In other words, it won't advance the documentary medium but it's a documentary well worth making. Great content.
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Apr 5, 2016 22:21:45 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Apr 5, 2016 22:21:45 GMT -5
Soaked in Bleach
Documentary about Kurt Cobain's death. The film, via private investigator, argues that Cobain was a victim of murder, not suicide. Courtney Love features prominently as someone who was involved.
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Apr 6, 2016 0:46:19 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2016 0:46:19 GMT -5
Anyone seen the Kentucky Fried Movie? (I think is what it's called.)
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Apr 6, 2016 10:41:53 GMT -5
Post by mikegarrison on Apr 6, 2016 10:41:53 GMT -5
Anyone seen the Kentucky Fried Movie? (I think is what it's called.) That's super old. It was the first movie written by Zucker, Zucker, and Abrahams (before they made Airplane!). Unlike their other movies, that they also directed, this one John Landis directed. Yes, I've seen it.
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Apr 6, 2016 10:50:02 GMT -5
Post by mikegarrison on Apr 6, 2016 10:50:02 GMT -5
Soaked in Bleach Documentary about Kurt Cobain's death. The film, via private investigator, argues that Cobain was a victim of murder, not suicide. Courtney Love features prominently as someone who was involved. There was a local access TV show that ran in the Seattle area for years called "Kurt Cobain was murdered".
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Apr 6, 2016 10:54:24 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2016 10:54:24 GMT -5
Anyone seen the Kentucky Fried Movie? (I think is what it's called.) That's super old. It was the first movie written by Zucker, Zucker, and Abrahams (before they made Airplane!). Unlike their other movies, that they also directed, this one John Landis directed. Yes, I've seen it. What do you think of it? It's on my not-really-urgent-to-see movie list of movies I want to see.
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Apr 6, 2016 11:39:53 GMT -5
Post by mikegarrison on Apr 6, 2016 11:39:53 GMT -5
That's super old. It was the first movie written by Zucker, Zucker, and Abrahams (before they made Airplane!). Unlike their other movies, that they also directed, this one John Landis directed. Yes, I've seen it. What do you think of it? It's on my not-really-urgent-to-see movie list of movies I want to see. I remember thinking it was hilarious when I watched it -- back in college. (It was already a decade old by then.) I can't remember any specifics about it now except that that I did watch it.
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Apr 6, 2016 12:46:10 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2016 12:46:10 GMT -5
What do you think of it? It's on my not-really-urgent-to-see movie list of movies I want to see. I remember thinking it was hilarious when I watched it -- back in college. (It was already a decade old by then.) I can't remember any specifics about it now except that that I did watch it. It looks like the type of movie that would bring me humor as you say it did. I haven't seen it for sale anywhere, but I'm sure if I spent any time looking online I could find it.
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Apr 6, 2016 19:07:01 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on Apr 6, 2016 19:07:01 GMT -5
Muscle Shoals
Another great music documentary. It's the story of Rick Hall and the little studio he founded in nowhere land Muscle Shoals, Alabama which produced some of the most famous hits in R&B and rock, including Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman," all the great hits by Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett.
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Apr 6, 2016 23:04:07 GMT -5
Post by geddyleeridesagain on Apr 6, 2016 23:04:07 GMT -5
Muscle Shoals Another great music documentary. It's the story of Rick Hall and the little studio he founded in nowhere land Muscle Shoals, Alabama which produced some of the most famous hits in R&B and rock, including Percy Sledge's "When a Man Loves a Woman," all the great hits by Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett. Muscle Shoals is excellent. In that same vein (music docs), I would wholeheartedly suggest "20 Feet from Stardom," "The Wrecking Crew," and "Sound City."
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