OT: Capitals Cinema Club: TV and Movies

[CapitalsCupReality]

Late Night with The Devil was decent…

 

[PlushMinus]

Shogun - watched episode 1, having a hard time getting hooked

Finally somebody else who feels this way. I have had people rave about it. I made it halfway through episode 2 and haven't bothered to go back.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Bone Tomahawk .. disappointed. Was hoping for a visually engaging cinematography type western landscape movie. The dialogue/writing was somewhat engaging but the pace was a slow burn and I need more big screen panaramic cinematography .. then the violence was contained to about 3 short scenes, everything else was 4 dudes talking around a camp fire.

Weird pace .. was there a story arc? I guess white knight saves damsel in distress.

Felt like a low budget movie all shot 30 mins outside LA

f*** that movie forever.

 

[Neil Racki]

Hunger Games prequel .. it was okay, missed its mark imo. The first movie of this series was so good then it unravalled into Divergent type territory.

The dueling dual personalities of the main character Snow wasnt really fleshed out but my wife said the book went into it ...

idk .. my daughter picked it so I was hostage and perhaps hostile to it to begin with

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Watched the new series Knuckles from Sonic on Paramount. It had it moments, If you liked the sonic movies youll prob like this. You can finish it all in under 3 hours

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Finally somebody else who feels this way. I have had people rave about it. I made it halfway through episode 2 and haven't bothered to go back.

Ok, I’ve finished 3 episodes and I’m in deep now.

 

[PlushMinus]

Ok, I’ve finished 3 episodes and I’m in deep now.

But that makes me the only one who doesn't like it now!

 

[notDkristich]

Ok, I’ve finished 3 episodes and I’m in deep now.

The show was definitely trying to find its footing in the first 2 episodes. A tad slow

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Saw Fall Guy, It was a fun movie. Im not sure when or what happened but Ryan Gosling has been pretty funny this last year or so.

Also watched the Roast of Tom Brady last night on netflix. Some good jokes, and I liked them going commercial free and being able to use XXX words on netflix unlike the old comedy central ones. If you dont want to watch all of the 3 hours jump to the end for Bill, Peyton, and Tom.

 

[tycoonheart]

Baby reindeer on Netflix. All I have to say is wow, very much worth a watch.

Finished it last week. Yep, probably one of the best shows Netflix has done in recent years. It is not an easy watch but the show balances humor, drama and seriousness extremely well.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

The show was definitely trying to find its footing in the first 2 episodes. A tad slow

Finished it, was good.

 

[sycamore]

Tales of the Empire. I give it a 7 out of 10. Not bad. I really liked Morgan Elsbeth as a character. I just wish the episodes had been longer and the characters had been better fleshed out. Tales of the Jedi with the brilliantly nuanced Dooku episodes were much better. But these weren't bad. Recommended.

 

[Calicaps]

Ok, I’ve finished 3 episodes and I’m in deep now.

SO GOOD.

Still sad that it's over.

Anyone watching Ripley? Three episodes in... super creeped.

 

[Hivemind]

I thought Shogun was okay. It did a great job of setting the stage, establishing characters and their relationships (albeit using the "European visits a foreign land" trope as its basis), and creating a lot of tension and drama from the looming conflict. But then it didn't really know how what to do with all of them, and it didn't stick the landing as a result.

 

[g00n]

Fallout was friggin awesome. No complaints. Love that they took the elements of the game and created something related but different. Plenty of hat-tips to the game.

I saw mention that it wasn't like Twisted Metal, which was surprising because that's the first thing that came to mind for me when I tried to find something to compare it to. If there are overlapping directors/writers/producers it wouldn't shock me.

But I guess there are bound to be similarities when you take any brutal video game and make it into a series.

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

Fallout was friggin awesome. No complaints. Love that they took the elements of the game and created something related but different. Plenty of hat-tips to the game.

I saw mention that it wasn't like Twisted Metal, which was surprising because that's the first thing that came to mind for me when I tried to find something to compare it to. If there are overlapping directors/writers/producers it wouldn't shock me.

But I guess there are bound to be similarities when you take any brutal video game and make it into a series.

Hard to explain, for me just had different vibes in a similar world-type. Twisted Metal is more over the top crazy fun, less serious overall.

 

[g00n]

Hard to explain, for me just had different vibes in a similar world-type. Twisted Metal is more over the top crazy fun, less serious overall.

Yeah they're not the same, just as the games differ, but there's something similar in the dark bloody humor at times, and the general treacherous journey theme, and some of the cinematography/effects/etc.

 

[PlushMinus]

SO GOOD.

Still sad that it's over.

Anyone watching Ripley? Three episodes in... super creeped.

Yeah I really really enjoyed Ripley.

The acting is fantastic. Especially Ripley.