Movies / TV Shows - I Have Watched / Plan To Watch

[shrader]

13 hours ago, Hoss said:

He’s going to get bigger as he ages.

Yeah, pretty much everyone does that.?

Edited September 27, 2018 by shrader

[Hoss]

9 hours ago, shrader said:

Yeah, pretty much everyone does that.?

Meh. A lot of actors hit a wall of fade away with ages I think he’s going to go from relevant to a star if he wants to.

[MattPie]

The "Phillip K. Dick's Electric Dreams" on Amazon. I watched a couple of them. I'm not a Dick-head (no really, that's what some call themselves), so I'm watching these cold, and I'm enjoying them quite a bit. I'd be interested in how these compare to the originals, though. I read Man in the High Castle along with watching some of the Amazon series, and it's similar but doesn't really follow the same plot. I thought Amazon's version was far more engaging. I heard something similar about Blade Runner (which I've neither seen nor read), so I'm wondering if Dick is a fantastic concept-generator but not as competent a story-teller.

[shrader]

19 hours ago, Hoss said:

Meh. A lot of actors hit a wall of fade away with ages I think he’s going to go from relevant to a star if he wants to.

You might want to read that again. 

[SwampD]

1 hour ago, shrader said:

You might want to read that again. 

I got it.

[shrader]

1 hour ago, SwampD said:

I got it.

 

Edited September 28, 2018 by shrader

[nfreeman]

Took wife and daughter to “Black Klansman” tonight (daughter’s 1st R-rated movie in a theater, BTW).  Pretty good — if you like Spike Lee, I think you’ll probably like this one.  More comparable to “Inside Man” than to “Do the right thing” IMHO.  

[Hoss]

12 hours ago, nfreeman said:

Took wife and daughter to “Black Klansman” tonight (daughter’s 1st R-rated movie in a theater, BTW).  Pretty good — if you like Spike Lee, I think you’ll probably like this one.  More comparable to “Inside Man” than to “Do the right thing” IMHO.  

Didn’t know Inside Man was a Spike Lee joint until now. So good. Clive Owen kinda disappeared.

[Huckleberry]

On 9/28/2018 at 12:20 AM, MattPie said:

The "Phillip K. Dick's Electric Dreams" on Amazon. I watched a couple of them. I'm not a Dick-head (no really, that's what some call themselves), so I'm watching these cold, and I'm enjoying them quite a bit. I'd be interested in how these compare to the originals, though. I read Man in the High Castle along with watching some of the Amazon series, and it's similar but doesn't really follow the same plot. I thought Amazon's version was far more engaging. I heard something similar about Blade Runner (which I've neither seen nor read), so I'm wondering if Dick is a fantastic concept-generator but not as competent a story-teller.

Didn't know this, but apparently Blade runner is part of the Alien/Predator canon.    Which they are screwing up royally ?

[Thwomp!]

A Star is Born.  See it.

Great movie. Amazing soundtrack.

Lady Gaga stole the show.  And that's taking nothing away from Bradley Cooper, who was excellent as well.  It will be interesting to see if a movie star was indeed born.

Sam Elliott, Andrew Dice Clay, and Dave Chappelle are very good in supporting roles.

Should be up for some serious hardware during award season.  

 

[biodork]

3 minutes ago, Thwomp! said:

A Star is Born.  See it.

Great movie. Amazing soundtrack.

Lady Gaga stole the show.  And that's taking nothing away from Bradley Cooper, who was excellent as well.  It will be interesting to see if a movie star was indeed born.

Sam Elliott, Andrew Dice Clay, and Dave Chappelle are very good in supporting roles.

Should be up for some serious hardware during award season.  

 

Absolutely.  I saw it last Friday, and I've had the soundtrack stuck in my head ever since.

[bunomatic]

10 hours ago, biodork said:

Absolutely.  I saw it last Friday, and I've had the soundtrack stuck in my head ever since.

In the Trailer it looks country. Is it all country ?

[biodork]

2 hours ago, bunomatic said:

In the Trailer it looks country. Is it all country ?

No, it's a pretty eclectic soundtrack with everything from country/blues/rock to ballads and pop/R&B music.  Lady Gaga is obviously the more talented singer of the two, but it blows me away that Bradley Cooper literally learned to play acoustic and electric guitar for the movie.  I'm no country fan and I really enjoyed it, so I'd say unless the main song in the trailer does nothing for you, it's worth a watch.

[bunomatic]

8 hours ago, biodork said:

No, it's a pretty eclectic soundtrack with everything from country/blues/rock to ballads and pop/R&B music.  Lady Gaga is obviously the more talented singer of the two, but it blows me away that Bradley Cooper literally learned to play acoustic and electric guitar for the movie.  I'm no country fan and I really enjoyed it, so I'd say unless the main song in the trailer does nothing for you, it's worth a watch.

Interesting. Thanks

[WildCard]

 

[jsb]

I saw "First Man" this weekend, my wife was born in Merritt Island (Cape Canaveral) and was around for all the initial Gemini and Apollo launches. Movie is more about Neil Armstrong than the moon landing although that's a major part of the story also. A definite go see movie, my recommendation would be see it an an IMAX theatre. It won't be the same at home on a TV.

[josie]

38 minutes ago, WildCard said:

 

Yes Yes Yes 

i've been following Honnold for several years now. Can't wait to see this.  His gf is a pretty accomplished climber too. If you're on instagram, another couple to follow is Adrian Ballinger and Emily Harrington. Both are extreme climbers (he's a multiple summiter of Everest and I believe K2) and they're always doing cool projects. He just set up a via ferrata in Lake Tahoe. 

If you haven't, I highly recommend Valley Uprising on Netflix. Good little doc about the history of climbers in Yosemite, and wee Honnold is on it (of course he is, good lord, what a climber). 

 

RIT has little film festivals twice a year that are often in conjunction with REI or National Geographic, and they show all those crazy mountaineering/adventuring films. I have yet to get to one. Some day. Love that stuff. 

Edited October 15, 2018 by josie

[TrueBlueGED]

I saw Venom last week. It wasn't good, in any artistic cinematic sense, but I was entertained. Entertainingly bad, if you will. Tom Hardy remains awesome.

[Huckleberry]

6 hours ago, TrueBlueGED said:

I saw Venom last week. It wasn't good, in any artistic cinematic sense, but I was entertained. Entertainingly bad, if you will. Tom Hardy remains awesome.

Damn I was looking forward to that one ?

[Kr632]

Did anyone see the new Halloween? I have some questions. 

[WildCard]

1 minute ago, Kr632 said:

Did anyone see the new Halloween? I have some questions. 

Yup. First one I ever saw. It did not disappoint

Bad Times at the El Royale on the other hand, now that did disappoint

[Kr632]

19 minutes ago, WildCard said:

Yup. First one I ever saw. It did not disappoint

Bad Times at the El Royale on the other hand, now that did disappoint

Sent a pm. Don't think it would spoil but don't want to ruin anything.

[Thorner]

Didn't think El Royale was that bad. Enjoyed much of it. 

[Indabuff]

Anyone watch Haunting of Hill House?  Lots of chatter about it when I was out at Nine Eleven (best wings in town) tonight .

[nfreeman]

So my wife and I watched "Game Night," which is in the rotation on HBO.  Pretty enjoyable comedy/thriller with a really good cast (Jason Bateman, Rachel McAdams, Kyle Chandler, Jesse Plemons).  Solid B-plus for a home watch.