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May 11, 2018 2:36:53 GMT -5
Post by XAsstCoach on May 11, 2018 2:36:53 GMT -5
Just finished watching Black Panther. Was good...serious with some humor added in. Kind of predictable with the Jabari tribe.
But I am wondering what happened to the Border Tribe afterwards?
Tonight, The Avengers 3! Woohoo!!!
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May 11, 2018 11:00:23 GMT -5
Post by XAsstCoach on May 11, 2018 11:00:23 GMT -5
Just watched The Avengers 3: Infinity War, wow!
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May 11, 2018 18:08:00 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on May 11, 2018 18:08:00 GMT -5
Baby Driver First 30 minutes = stunning! One of the most mesmerizing music from the film was this piece that made me wonder, where have I heard this before? And sure enough, it was from Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys. You listen to it and wonder, how can this be the Beach Boys? I was surprised by this movie. Was skeptic when I read the reviews but then when I watched it, couldn't look away from the screen. The first 80% was GREAT but the final 20% was typical Hollywood car chase trash. I was really disappointed given how good the movie was until then.
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May 13, 2018 10:23:22 GMT -5
Post by XAsstCoach on May 13, 2018 10:23:22 GMT -5
Just watched The Greatest Showman. Not bad, was actually entertaining though some parts were added drama. Had the iPad out checking facts throughout the movie.
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May 13, 2018 13:02:21 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on May 13, 2018 13:02:21 GMT -5
I finished, back-to-back-to-back:
Rise of the Planet of the Apes Dawn of the Planet of the Apes War for the Planet of the Apes
Some thoughts and questions:
1. In real life, an ape like Caesar would not be the leader of his kingdom. A silverback gorilla would rule. 2. In real life, an ape kingdom (the web tells me a group of apes is called a "tribe" or "shrewdness.") is very complex. The stuff you see in the Planet of the Apes movies is not real. For example, gorilla females usually leave the tribe and join another one to mate with the gorillas there due to the incest taboo instinct. 3. In real life, apes shouldn't be able to talk at all because of the different structure of the voice box. 4. In Rise, apes are shown bursting through glass windows and landing over 100 feet to the ground safely. As strong as they are, even apes can't survive that kind of fall. Also, the glass in tall modern buildings don't break easily like they're shown in the movies. 5. Why do they insist of anthropomorphizing animal characters in movies. Even the apes in this series should have a different set of logic than that of humans and yet, they show apes thinking the same way as humans. 6. Without ape blood, how was Kerri Russell able to perform emergency surgery on Casear in Dawn? 7. I hated the avalanche scene in War. Seemed a bit too lazy on the part of the filmmakers to resolve this conflict. 8. Why were the apes hunting elk and dragging back a bear in Dawn? Apes are herbivores, supplemented by small insects and birds! 9. The habitat for the apes in all three movies is wrong. They need fruit to survive. 10. Orangutans, like Maurice, don't grow wide face flaps unless they're the dominant in the group. Maurice, clearly, is not the dominant ape despite his gigantic face flap. 11. Why no other types of apes like baboons, monkeys, etc.?
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May 13, 2018 13:09:10 GMT -5
Post by mikegarrison on May 13, 2018 13:09:10 GMT -5
Chimps and humans are not herbivores. They actively hunt for meat.
Gorillas are herbivores. Orangutans will basically eat anything found in trees, mostly fruit.
Baboons and monkeys are not apes. (There are some "lesser apes" like gibbons, but mainly when talking of apes we are talking about the Great Apes -- chimps, orangutans, gorillas, and humans.)
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May 13, 2018 22:01:02 GMT -5
Post by XAsstCoach on May 13, 2018 22:01:02 GMT -5
Another movie I watched recently: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Was ok, interesting concepts, wouldn't go out of my way to watch it a second time.
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May 13, 2018 23:32:09 GMT -5
Post by mikegarrison on May 13, 2018 23:32:09 GMT -5
Another movie I watched recently: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets. Was ok, interesting concepts, wouldn't go out of my way to watch it a second time. The Valerian comics are all assembled into three volumes. I checked them out from the library one time. They were interesting, but I got distracted and had to turn them back in unfinished. I did read some of the essays and introductory material. Apparently at the start of the series Valerian was your basic spy/hero type guy and Laureline was his slightly smarter sidekick. Then as the series progressed Valerian got stupider and stupider and became something of a comic foil to Laureline. Eventually the writers decided this had gone too far and Valerian started acting a little smarter again. I ask because, not having seen the movie, I wonder if they played Valerian fairly straight or as a silly idiot?
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May 14, 2018 13:00:36 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on May 14, 2018 13:00:36 GMT -5
Elle (2016)
Starring Isabelle Huppert, it's supposed to be a French psychological thriller but all it manages to be is French. It's okay, I suppose. My wife and I managed to watch the whole film in one sitting without ever getting bored. But this is a French film which means: lots of rude people talking, lots of ugly male actors, and lots of self-conscious avoidance of Hollywood cliches.
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May 14, 2018 13:44:15 GMT -5
Post by mikegarrison on May 14, 2018 13:44:15 GMT -5
Elle (2016) Starring Isabelle Huppert, it's supposed to be a French psychological thriller but all it manages to be is French. It's okay, I suppose. My wife and I managed to watch the whole film in one sitting without ever getting bored. But this is a French film which means: lots of rude people talking, lots of ugly male actors, and lots of self-conscious avoidance of Hollywood cliches. Back before he did the Simpsons, Matthew Groening used to draw a comic called Life In Hell. I remember one where he referred to the fundamental mystery of cinema: "Comedy is funny. Sex is funny. The French are funny. But no French sex comedy has ever been funny."
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May 14, 2018 15:40:34 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on May 14, 2018 15:40:34 GMT -5
Amelie was pretty funny.
Not sure I've watched a lot of French sex comedies. But I bet this isn't true, Mr. Groening.
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May 14, 2018 15:57:54 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on May 14, 2018 15:57:54 GMT -5
Amelie was pretty funny. Not sure I've watched a lot of French sex comedies. But I bet this isn't true, Mr. Groening. I liked a lot of the Audrey Tautou movies, some of which had really horrible translated titles, e.g., God is Great and I'm Not. The best French film is, of course, Jean de Florette.
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May 14, 2018 16:22:18 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on May 14, 2018 16:22:18 GMT -5
Truffaut and Rohmer were my favorites.
And Tati.
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May 14, 2018 17:49:27 GMT -5
Post by gnu2vball on May 14, 2018 17:49:27 GMT -5
You know the Battle of Dunkirk lasted 11 days, right? That's 11 times that day can go to night and vice versa without actually skipping backward in time. I didn't put that well. The movie actually has 3 different timelines. The soldiers on the beach timeline, the rescuers timeline, and the TAF pilots timeline. They all converge at the end, but it took me most of the movie to figure that out. So, you're watching 3 different timelines at the same time. Can get a bit confusing. Interesting that very few characters were given names. And no background story for them. I struggled with the English accents a bit, but there honestly wasn't a lot of dialog. I really want to see it again. I just watched Dunkirk--HBO did their premier this past Saturday. I have an attention span that exceeds that of a goldfish, I don't particularly like most current superhero movies--I don't need non-stop action to be entertained. That said, I'm at a loss trying to understand the critical acclaim this movie received. To me, it was like watching a very slow-motion train wreck. It fits really well with the Pink Floyd line from Dark Side of the Moon; "hanging on in silent desperation is the English way." It was clever how all the time lines came together at the end.
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May 14, 2018 19:19:28 GMT -5
Post by Wolfgang on May 14, 2018 19:19:28 GMT -5
Logan Lucky
Good movie but the elaborate heist plan strains credulity. Only in movies could such a plan succeed. In fact, I always roll my eyes when I see a heist movie because the plot is so convoluted and complex that it's laughable. So many things have to go right -- and on the first try! Generally interesting characters, generally funny script, and generally entertaining.
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