DigDog
Lifer
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it grew on me. So if you're rating it 11/10 now, it may well become your favourite film ever... pilgrim.
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My completely unsolicited and unprofessional opinion of the 3-D in Jurassic World Rebirth and Superman.
Both movies had noticeably good depth results.
Jurassic Park - despite having an entire movie about gigantic dinosaurs that constantly pop out of the air, the water and the jungle - had not one instance in the whole thing that made you flinch. Not even one where you would try to grab a butterfly going by your nose. Nada.
Superman had a couple where I dodged a bit and one instance of a mouthful of teeth that were punched out coming at me. That's all.
So. My take is that, if you have to pay extra for 3-D for these movies, don't. I did not have to, and am grateful.
edit: not relevant but I am almost through The Pitt and think it is soooo good.
Both movies had noticeably good depth results.
Jurassic Park - despite having an entire movie about gigantic dinosaurs that constantly pop out of the air, the water and the jungle - had not one instance in the whole thing that made you flinch. Not even one where you would try to grab a butterfly going by your nose. Nada.
Superman had a couple where I dodged a bit and one instance of a mouthful of teeth that were punched out coming at me. That's all.
So. My take is that, if you have to pay extra for 3-D for these movies, don't. I did not have to, and am grateful.
edit: not relevant but I am almost through The Pitt and think it is soooo good.
NuclearNed
Raconteur
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It's not a perfect movie. In particular, while the 1st half was great, in the 2nd half I thought the storytelling got a little muddy - I was very puzzled about several of the events that happened immediately after the wagon train was rescued... but I got it figured out quickly enough. Still 11/10 for me.
Sinners 7/10
From what I've read about that period, seems pretty accurate (music, drinking, dance and sex, apparently in that order). Competently acted and directed. Nothing much to complain about other than:
They wanted invitation to enter but later stormed the place without invitation? That seemed weird.
The fight was also not that realistic considering their greater numbers. Tons of liberty was taken in ensuring the survival of the few members integral to the movie's finale.
From what I've read about that period, seems pretty accurate (music, drinking, dance and sex, apparently in that order). Competently acted and directed. Nothing much to complain about other than:
They wanted invitation to enter but later stormed the place without invitation? That seemed weird.
The fight was also not that realistic considering their greater numbers. Tons of liberty was taken in ensuring the survival of the few members integral to the movie's finale.
gorobei
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follow up on Murderbot.
1st season as a whole 8/10, it dips pretty low at times but is saved by...
10th episode of S1: 9.5/10
everything in the season was built to land the last 15 min of ep10. the final 2 scenes are just a power exercise in subtle acting, Dastmalchian and Skarsgard are doing massive work with facial expressions and line delivery with barely a dozen lines total. just heart touching.
the problem is the show runners didnt let the editor or directors of the other episodes know what they were building to. the voice over narration gimmick is mostly there for comedy, but there are scenes where it was supposed to be played straight but for some reason a VO line was put in and undercut a significant drama line that would have contributed to ep10. the whole point of inner monologue is that you are getting the real thoughts and feelings of the character. when those lines contradict the arc that the audience is supposed to be seeing, you are doing it wrong.
i rewatched the season, and technically all those slower draggy scenes in the earlier episodes did meaningfully build towards the finale but really hurt the respective single episode pacing and make them 6/10.
the thing is, we have seen the core of the murderbot character done better by Joel McHale and Danny Pudi in Community. Abed was the archetypal 'on the spectrum' person interpreting life through the lens of tv shows/characters. Winger had peak line delivery when it came to glib reveals that showed his glee from selfish pleasures and casual douchebaggery.
the show tries to keep both the 'im a potentially sociopathic selfish child in a killing machine body' and the 'i am an appliance coming into personhood and the people around me that i hate are making me a better person" options open right up until the act3 climax so that you arent sure of its motivations.
S1 is an adaptation of the first book, which is technically a novella so shorter in general. the showrunners did a good job of adding scenes to better develop characters. they were clearly better at the drama side and unsure on the verbal comedy (but there are some peak physical comedy bits).
assuming they get a better handle on secbot's character, S2 should be much better.
1st season as a whole 8/10, it dips pretty low at times but is saved by...
10th episode of S1: 9.5/10
everything in the season was built to land the last 15 min of ep10. the final 2 scenes are just a power exercise in subtle acting, Dastmalchian and Skarsgard are doing massive work with facial expressions and line delivery with barely a dozen lines total. just heart touching.
the problem is the show runners didnt let the editor or directors of the other episodes know what they were building to. the voice over narration gimmick is mostly there for comedy, but there are scenes where it was supposed to be played straight but for some reason a VO line was put in and undercut a significant drama line that would have contributed to ep10. the whole point of inner monologue is that you are getting the real thoughts and feelings of the character. when those lines contradict the arc that the audience is supposed to be seeing, you are doing it wrong.
i rewatched the season, and technically all those slower draggy scenes in the earlier episodes did meaningfully build towards the finale but really hurt the respective single episode pacing and make them 6/10.
the thing is, we have seen the core of the murderbot character done better by Joel McHale and Danny Pudi in Community. Abed was the archetypal 'on the spectrum' person interpreting life through the lens of tv shows/characters. Winger had peak line delivery when it came to glib reveals that showed his glee from selfish pleasures and casual douchebaggery.
the show tries to keep both the 'im a potentially sociopathic selfish child in a killing machine body' and the 'i am an appliance coming into personhood and the people around me that i hate are making me a better person" options open right up until the act3 climax so that you arent sure of its motivations.
S1 is an adaptation of the first book, which is technically a novella so shorter in general. the showrunners did a good job of adding scenes to better develop characters. they were clearly better at the drama side and unsure on the verbal comedy (but there are some peak physical comedy bits).
assuming they get a better handle on secbot's character, S2 should be much better.
DigDog
Lifer
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Serpico - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070666/reference/
Sidney Lumet film (12 Angry men guy), classic story about the *massive* corruption that existed in 1960s New York's police department (same story as American Gangster, just another angle).
based on the IRL career of Frank Serpico, NYPD noob with ideas that cops should be honest, soon finds himself at odds with the biggest, most dangerous gang in NYC - the NYPD.
The plot is fairly minimal; Frank shows up, pisses off a lot of people, other cops set him up to get killed, he nearly dies, and then retires.
The film is meticulously shot, and 1973's New York is a fabulous backdrop for the film. His love interest (Barbara Eda-Young, with her tits out) is absolutely spectacular, but she gets replaced later on by another much less enticing actress. The acting is excellent because early-years Al Pacino.
Idk, it hasn't aged as well as, say, The French Connection, or even 12 Angry Men. Or maybe it's just that, it's not a film that holds up well to repeat viewings.
If you've never seen it, it was quite a milestone in Pacino's career, and then you should watch it, but i guess one-and-done is right for this film.
my vote: 7/10
Sidney Lumet film (12 Angry men guy), classic story about the *massive* corruption that existed in 1960s New York's police department (same story as American Gangster, just another angle).
based on the IRL career of Frank Serpico, NYPD noob with ideas that cops should be honest, soon finds himself at odds with the biggest, most dangerous gang in NYC - the NYPD.
The plot is fairly minimal; Frank shows up, pisses off a lot of people, other cops set him up to get killed, he nearly dies, and then retires.
The film is meticulously shot, and 1973's New York is a fabulous backdrop for the film. His love interest (Barbara Eda-Young, with her tits out) is absolutely spectacular, but she gets replaced later on by another much less enticing actress. The acting is excellent because early-years Al Pacino.
Idk, it hasn't aged as well as, say, The French Connection, or even 12 Angry Men. Or maybe it's just that, it's not a film that holds up well to repeat viewings.
If you've never seen it, it was quite a milestone in Pacino's career, and then you should watch it, but i guess one-and-done is right for this film.
my vote: 7/10
DigDog
Lifer
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DigDog
Lifer
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GodisanAtheist
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Ok, finally finished watching Andor S2 8/10.
Honestly this show has no right either being as good as it is or being something associated with the current era of Star Wars.
The start of the season dragged a bit and it lost a few points for that and was definitely carried by the Imperial arc on Gorman. Mon Mothma's arc was kind of frustrating but made more sense in context of the end.
But the season kept getting tighter and tighter as it wrapped up until my wife and I finally just ended up binging the last three episodes because we couldn't just leave it hanging.
A lot of noise made about Diego Luna, but honestly the acting is top notch across the board. I personally found some of the supporting cast like the actress that played Lucien's assistant or Ciril to be absolute standouts.
That the show only has two seasons with no room to make more is only a plus. No long slow ride into irrelevance for Andor. Two fantastic seasons and then a wrap.
*Chef's kiss*
The irony of it all. Rogue One was the movie everyone was skeptical about because who the hell was asking to see a movie about stealing the death star plans, and now it and it's associated content are easily the best in Disney era Star Wars.
Honestly this show has no right either being as good as it is or being something associated with the current era of Star Wars.
The start of the season dragged a bit and it lost a few points for that and was definitely carried by the Imperial arc on Gorman. Mon Mothma's arc was kind of frustrating but made more sense in context of the end.
But the season kept getting tighter and tighter as it wrapped up until my wife and I finally just ended up binging the last three episodes because we couldn't just leave it hanging.
A lot of noise made about Diego Luna, but honestly the acting is top notch across the board. I personally found some of the supporting cast like the actress that played Lucien's assistant or Ciril to be absolute standouts.
That the show only has two seasons with no room to make more is only a plus. No long slow ride into irrelevance for Andor. Two fantastic seasons and then a wrap.
*Chef's kiss*
The irony of it all. Rogue One was the movie everyone was skeptical about because who the hell was asking to see a movie about stealing the death star plans, and now it and it's associated content are easily the best in Disney era Star Wars.
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purbeast0
No Lifer
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Happy Gilmore 2 - 6/10
I really liked the way it was going and loved all of the cameos of pro golfers and just everyone else, and it was basically a huge nostalgia fest, which I was fine with, but it just got really dumb and way too far fetched and over the top that it just went downhill so much for me. Overall I still was entertained by it though but like there was a complete drop off that was face palm worthy.
To be fair, the other people I watched it with weren't as bothered by the over the top stuff as I was and they really enjoyed it.
I really liked the way it was going and loved all of the cameos of pro golfers and just everyone else, and it was basically a huge nostalgia fest, which I was fine with, but it just got really dumb and way too far fetched and over the top that it just went downhill so much for me. Overall I still was entertained by it though but like there was a complete drop off that was face palm worthy.
To be fair, the other people I watched it with weren't as bothered by the over the top stuff as I was and they really enjoyed it.
Fenixgoon
Lifer
- Jun 30, 2003
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everyone they brought in is an amazing fucking vocalist. every. one. it's insane. i can't remember all the songs but these were the ones i recognized from a prior set list.
- What I Like About You / Proud Mary
- Man! I Feel Like a Woman!
- Seven Nation Army
- The House of the Rising Sun
- Wannabe
- Black Hole Sun
- Pour Some Sugar on Me
- Nothing Else Matters
- My Heart Will Go On
all about that bass (encore)
Black Hole Sun - sung by the drummer!!! goddamn it's amazing live.
there was also a tap dancing guy, whose name i forget unfortunately. holy shit he was good.
i was really hoping for Radioactive to make the set list. that would have been an unbelievable finisher to an epic night
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DigDog
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Did they have Mykal Kilgore? (tiny black dude with a voice that can shatter bulletproof glass)
or Robyn Anderson ? (incredibly sexy chick with wonky nose and perfect enunciation)
or a superfuckable tall blonde hunk of a woman ? (Morgan James)
i saw them twice, they were incredible.
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For me: it went from my second favorite, to pushing past Empire as the best Star Wars movie.
The Amateur - 6.5/10
Never seen Mr. Roboto series. I liked the movie well enough. Nothing special, but hit the story beats and the ending was fine.
Equalizer 3 - 4.5/10
Big OOF on this one. Tropey as hell, generic, and relatively boring. Can we also please stop with guys my age and older that aren't even in good shape being action heroes? Box of donuts Denzel looks like he gets tired reading the menu. The shitastic Krav Maga and Aikido nonsense has no place in the 21st century.
In the Lost Lands - 6.5/10
The pop culture zeitgeist train keeps moving, and this missed its stop by 40 years.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen - 8/10
I am convinced that there are only a few hundred thousand of us that will ever understand this movie for what it really is. Or enjoy it the way it deserves to be.
DigDog
Lifer
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BoomerD
No Lifer
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Not a movie, but I started watching House a couple of weeks ago. Never saw a single episode when it was on regular TV. While it's far from being the worst thing I've ever seen...every episode is basically the same. Patient with some strange illness, diagnosed and mis-diagnosed several times during the show, usually subjecting the patient to a myriad of expensive and un-needed tests, often making them worse and worse...until House finally has a moment of brilliance and figures it out...just in time. His underlings seem to hate him...argue with him every episode...and they're usually wrong...yet, I continue watching. I'm in the middle of S3.
MrSquished
Lifer
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I am looking forward to Eddington when it comes to streaming.
I did enjoy the Netflix limited series procedural Untamed. As entertainment fare. This is not life changing material but it was above average, and with a great setting in Yosemite. Plus the acting was pretty damn good, the pain was felt, the mental torture of multiple characters was felt. I mean I felt that man's pain. I felt her pain. Listen, every ending has to be so damn unpredictable every time, well, that just ain't gonna happen folks. But it was a good yarn and it put you there, and it took you to the story. Good way to pass the time.
I am kind of getting over all the criticism about movies/tv like they all have to be so groundbreaking or not be good. Life is fucking cliche a lot of the time man. Every ending isn't like fucking sixth sense. Humans to the same dumb shit in the same ways over and over again. Everyone demanding it all be so different every time is just getting tiresome.
I did enjoy the Netflix limited series procedural Untamed. As entertainment fare. This is not life changing material but it was above average, and with a great setting in Yosemite. Plus the acting was pretty damn good, the pain was felt, the mental torture of multiple characters was felt. I mean I felt that man's pain. I felt her pain. Listen, every ending has to be so damn unpredictable every time, well, that just ain't gonna happen folks. But it was a good yarn and it put you there, and it took you to the story. Good way to pass the time.
I am kind of getting over all the criticism about movies/tv like they all have to be so groundbreaking or not be good. Life is fucking cliche a lot of the time man. Every ending isn't like fucking sixth sense. Humans to the same dumb shit in the same ways over and over again. Everyone demanding it all be so different every time is just getting tiresome.
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MrSquished
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That actress was a nobody and I think got the part when someone else had to either back out or reject it. She was amazing.
I think Andor getting snubbed of any real acting Emmy's is bullshit. I understand that Star Wars is a kind of hokey but loveable franchise, not typically acting awards fare stuff, but still, Andor was a briliant show. It stood on it's own, and was just so well done. I mean it took you places - it made this grand universe make sense, I mean the prison episodes in season 1 were like masterpieces in an of themselves. You have to look at it outside the mediocrity and shittiness that Star Wars has been known for since Disney decided to just vomit their content all over us for the almighty dollar. There was some great fucking acting on that show. From Diego to Mon Mothma, to that assistan, to the psycho blonde's boyfriend, and so many more. You can't make a show that fucking good without some really good acting. Should have been a few nominees in there, but Hollywood is Hollywood after all.
MrSquished
Lifer
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Also looking forward to the Colbert show now.
The Colbert Show on CC was absolutely brilliant. I went to a live taping once, goddamn it was truly some of the greatest satire in modern times. Then he went on the Late Show and had to become a mass media USA persona and it was mostly bad and corny and stupid, with some good interviews.
But now he is unleashed again. This should be a fun ride until they evict him with more force!
The Colbert Show on CC was absolutely brilliant. I went to a live taping once, goddamn it was truly some of the greatest satire in modern times. Then he went on the Late Show and had to become a mass media USA persona and it was mostly bad and corny and stupid, with some good interviews.
But now he is unleashed again. This should be a fun ride until they evict him with more force!
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It has been a meme for ages -
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DigDog
Lifer
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DigDog
Lifer
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OH BELIEVE ME, i did not get it. I watched the damn thing twice and still did not get it. At all. Like, if liking that film is on this side of the room, then i was in Albuquerque having a burger at the time.
DigDog
Lifer
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I watched the rest of Sandman yesterday. About 4 hour's worth. - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1751634/reference/
It was .. difficult. The show always was, mostly because the protagonist is grim, pensive, stoic. He talk slow. He voice like gravel. He take long time just say "no".
But, i wasn't terribly fond of the story. I was actually hoping for it to diverge from where it started, and that the cycle with Orpheus would end where the season was cut in two.
I'm also not 100% sure that this is actually canon material.
Morpheus is guilted by Desire to go see his demigod son, Orpheus. Centuries ago, Orpheus was a foolish young man in love, and being around literal gods is generally a dangerous thing, and due to him being a dumbass but also due to the horrendous infighting that these divine spirits conduct around him, he winds up as a living cadaver, a disembodied head that cannot die, condemned to live in perpetual agony.
Morpheus being stoic and eternal says "sucks to be you" but then he is reminded by everyone around him playing nice that he's a good boy and he should end this suffering. He does this and unmakes Orpheus, causing him to be subject to the law of the Furies, to the gloating of all the assholes surrounding him.
The politics of Sandman are really insane.
Anyway, all 5 episodes are about this. Morpheus has committed the crime of "spilling family blood" and must die. Like every other god in this universe, the Furies have unlimited power when they are doing what they are supposed to be doing; for example, War has unlimited power when he is doing war. Delirium has unlimited power when doing delirium. You get it.
Because of this Morpheus must die at their hands. He's absolutely perplexed at this even though he knows 100% that this is an unavoidable part of the literal fucking universe they live in.
There is a sub-quest as well that, well, is actually well made, with even Jenna Coleman not being able to fuck it up.
The acting is excellent, and, i would say a bit disturbing. The guy who plays Loki is genuinely terrifying, even to me.
But .. i still didn't like the story. And there is a convoluted plot with a hole the size of teh fucking Titanic where Loki actually HELPS Morpheus despite everything the show tells you goes the opposite direction. Like, "i want to destroy Morpheus" being shouted all the time and yet then the guy doing the one thing that can save him.
The ending was also pretty damn weak. While still a visual spectacle and well built up to the end, it was not satisfying in any way, but more specifically it was not Sandman-style.
i have a final issue with these last episodes that affected me more than it should have;
As you know, the show has re-cast an important number of character from white into black. Overall i would say this has been done well, and at least in 1 instance even better than the original material - Lucien, Morpheus' "butler".
i don't have a problem with that. Not more than what my innate racism does. Seriously.
But please explain to me how Morpheus, a death-pallid white goth man, and THIS WOMAN
wind up having a black baby.
I would have found it less irritating if she birthed, idk a duck. Or a dodecahedron.
All in all, lovely TV show, high bar but not revolutionary.
7.5/10
It was .. difficult. The show always was, mostly because the protagonist is grim, pensive, stoic. He talk slow. He voice like gravel. He take long time just say "no".
But, i wasn't terribly fond of the story. I was actually hoping for it to diverge from where it started, and that the cycle with Orpheus would end where the season was cut in two.
I'm also not 100% sure that this is actually canon material.
Morpheus is guilted by Desire to go see his demigod son, Orpheus. Centuries ago, Orpheus was a foolish young man in love, and being around literal gods is generally a dangerous thing, and due to him being a dumbass but also due to the horrendous infighting that these divine spirits conduct around him, he winds up as a living cadaver, a disembodied head that cannot die, condemned to live in perpetual agony.
Morpheus being stoic and eternal says "sucks to be you" but then he is reminded by everyone around him playing nice that he's a good boy and he should end this suffering. He does this and unmakes Orpheus, causing him to be subject to the law of the Furies, to the gloating of all the assholes surrounding him.
The politics of Sandman are really insane.
Anyway, all 5 episodes are about this. Morpheus has committed the crime of "spilling family blood" and must die. Like every other god in this universe, the Furies have unlimited power when they are doing what they are supposed to be doing; for example, War has unlimited power when he is doing war. Delirium has unlimited power when doing delirium. You get it.
Because of this Morpheus must die at their hands. He's absolutely perplexed at this even though he knows 100% that this is an unavoidable part of the literal fucking universe they live in.
There is a sub-quest as well that, well, is actually well made, with even Jenna Coleman not being able to fuck it up.
The acting is excellent, and, i would say a bit disturbing. The guy who plays Loki is genuinely terrifying, even to me.
But .. i still didn't like the story. And there is a convoluted plot with a hole the size of teh fucking Titanic where Loki actually HELPS Morpheus despite everything the show tells you goes the opposite direction. Like, "i want to destroy Morpheus" being shouted all the time and yet then the guy doing the one thing that can save him.
The ending was also pretty damn weak. While still a visual spectacle and well built up to the end, it was not satisfying in any way, but more specifically it was not Sandman-style.
i have a final issue with these last episodes that affected me more than it should have;
As you know, the show has re-cast an important number of character from white into black. Overall i would say this has been done well, and at least in 1 instance even better than the original material - Lucien, Morpheus' "butler".
i don't have a problem with that. Not more than what my innate racism does. Seriously.
But please explain to me how Morpheus, a death-pallid white goth man, and THIS WOMAN
wind up having a black baby.
I would have found it less irritating if she birthed, idk a duck. Or a dodecahedron.
All in all, lovely TV show, high bar but not revolutionary.
7.5/10
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