OT: Let's talk about movies and TV - Part XXVII

[pepperMonkey]

Lillian Gish

I have absolutely no idea who she is, nor have I ever seen her but wow! Born in the 18 hundreds and lived to 100? (Well okay, so she missed her 100th birthday by a few months, who's counting... Oh wait, I just did...).

 

[overlords]

I'm stomped. Here I thought comic books were more than superhero stories. There's a difference between the two.

Equally stomped. I think in my quick edit to fix my initial post, I f***ed up and pasted your quote over the first part of it. I had said that I got a minute into the trailer of Utopia and noped out due to having already had my fill of virus dystopia content these days, but that it still looked better made than most comic book inspired stuff being done, particularly the capeshit which has saturated the market.

sry for confusion

 

[Kriss E]

Watched ''The New Mutants''...
Holy hell, they've really completely killed the X-Men series..

 

[dackelljuneaubulis02]

Intolerance is a movie everyone should watch at least once. They had the biggest set for that movie in 1916. Crazy!

The sets and the camera work for the time are absolutely nuts. The depth of fieid on some those shots seem crazy for even now. Incredible achievement.

Just watched a couple Kurosawa films. Seven Samurai and High and Low.

Seven Samurai was incredible. Saw it as a teen and I was kind of meh on it. I thought Rashomon was better at the time. SS completely deserves it's credit among the best films in world cinema. So entertaining. So poignant. Incredibly filmed. The performances are fantastic. I'm not incredibly well versed in cinema but I've poked around. I still think American Cinema is the best. But this film does what the best American films can do but pretty much do it better. Just such an incredible achievement. The bloody thing is 3 1/2 hours and not a second is wasted. No one can make a taut 3 1/2 hour film. No one's that good. Apparently Kurosawa is.

High and Low is another stunner. It's a detective crime drama that is absolutely gripping from start to finish. Again, 2 1/2 hours and it's thrilling the whole way through. I haven't seen a ton of Hitchcock but I don't even think he made films this thrilling during the same time period.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Equally stomped. I think in my quick edit to fix my initial post, I f***ed up and pasted your quote over the first part of it. I had said that I got a minute into the trailer of Utopia and noped out due to having already had my fill of virus dystopia content these days, but that it still looked better made than most comic book inspired stuff being done, particularly the capeshit which has saturated the market.

sry for confusion

NP

And I agree, too many capes

Also, it was refreshing seeing John Cusack back on the screen and really great as a villain, nonetheless. Give it a try when all this virus shit pipes down.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Watched ''The New Mutants''...
Holy hell, they've really completely killed the X-Men series..

Didn't Bryan Singer already did that?

 

[Kriss E]

Didn't Bryan Singer already did that?

Ya...I just meant they really committed to the killing. I thought they were trying to reviving them after all the crappy ones, but no, they doubled down on their garbage. I think this was the worst one, and that says a lot because I hated the other previous ones.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

The sets and the camera work for the time are absolutely nuts. The depth of fieid on some those shots seem crazy for even now. Incredible achievement.

Just watched a couple Kurosawa films. Seven Samurai and High and Low.

Seven Samurai was incredible. Saw it as a teen and I was kind of meh on it. I thought Rashomon was better at the time. SS completely deserves it's credit among the best films in world cinema. So entertaining. So poignant. Incredibly filmed. The performances are fantastic. I'm not incredibly well versed in cinema but I've poked around. I still think American Cinema is the best. But this film does what the best American films can do but pretty much do it better. Just such an incredible achievement. The bloody thing is 3 1/2 hours and not a second is wasted. No one can make a taut 3 1/2 hour film. No one's that good. Apparently Kurosawa is.

High and Low is another stunner. It's a detective crime drama that is absolutely gripping from start to finish. Again, 2 1/2 hours and it's thrilling the whole way through. I haven't seen a ton of Hitchcock but I don't even think he made films this thrilling during the same time period.

We could spend hours arguing over Wells vs Kurosawa.

À propos, since you're not a film student (or ex-), fun fact, SS was Lucas's inspiration for Star Wars, but most film classes ignore the huge amount of templar references in SW, which was the rallying point between SS and SW, as the Templar order had a lot of similarities with samurais, and also how both orders ended was similar.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Ya...I just meant they really committed to the killing. I thought they were trying to reviving them after all the crappy ones, but no, they doubled down on their garbage. I think this was the worst one, and that says a lot because I hated the other previous ones.

I haven't seen it yet and not too sure I will.

 

[Kriss E]

I haven't seen it yet and not too sure I will.

Don't. They pretty much took Freddy Krueger idea with a mutant spin, with terrible acting, lame dialogues, and a terrible script.

 

[dackelljuneaubulis02]

We could spend hours arguing over Wells vs Kurosawa.

À propos, since you're not a film student (or ex-), fun fact, SS was Lucas's inspiration for Star Wars, but most film classes ignore the huge amount of templar references in SW, which was the rallying point between SS and SW, as the Templar order had a lot of similarities with samurais, and also how both orders ended was similar.

Oh wow. Yeah I actually think Welles might be my favourite film maker. Or at least I think he's objectively the best. I think he's as good a technician as anyone. And it just got better. F is For Fake and the Other Side of the Wind were just so well put together (I need to watch the latter again. Hell, the former too). Touch of Evil and the Trial are fantastic as well. Now that I got the Criterion Channel, I can finish Mr. Arkadin. I was really enjoying it though it seems to be ranked pretty low in his oeuvre. The DVD was scratched when I first saw it.

I've actually heard that Hidden Fortress is the more obvious inspiration for Star Wars. I'll try and dig up that Lucas interview where he says that.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

Oh wow. Yeah I actually think Welles might be my favourite film maker. Or at least I think he's objectively the best. I think he's as good a technician as anyone. And it just got better. F is For Fake and the Other Side of the Wind were just so well put together (I need to watch the latter again. Hell, the former too). Touch of Evil and the Trial are fantastic as well. Now that I got the Criterion Channel, I can finish Mr. Arkadin. I was really enjoying it though it seems to be ranked pretty low in his oeuvre. The DVD was scratched when I first saw it.

I've actually heard that Hidden Fortress is the more obvious inspiration for Star Wars. I'll try and dig up that Lucas interview where he says that.

Because the scripts outline are similar, but the inspiration for the jedi order comes from SS and the Templar Knights.

 

[overlords]

Just watched the end of Mr Robot. Probably the best finale I've ever seen.

The show lagged in season 2 to the point where I thought about dumping it but I'm glad I stuck with it. What a wicked show.

That show ruined TV for me because finding something else that measures up since has been impossible.

 

[dackelljuneaubulis02]

Because the scripts outline are similar, but the inspiration for the jedi order comes from SS and the Templar Knights.

Yeah I can definitely see that. Here's that Lucas interview anyways. I'm gonna start to go deep into his filmography. He's just too good.

 

[peate]

I have absolutely no idea who she is, nor have I ever seen her but wow! Born in the 18 hundreds and lived to 100? (Well okay, so she missed her 100th birthday by a few months, who's counting... Oh wait, I just did...).

I remembered her from a silent film I saw a long time ago. She was a great actress in that era.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

That show ruined TV for me because finding something else that measures up since has been impossible.

Billions is really good. It's getting a little long in the tooth as a series but it's probably the last of the 'must see' series that I've been watching in recent years.

 

[overlords]

Billions is really good. It's getting a little long in the tooth as a series but it's probably the last of the 'must see' series that I've been watching in recent years.

There's something about Damian Lewis' face I just can not stand. I got about an episode in and tapped. I might give it another shot, though. Giamatti always gives it 100%.

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

There's something about Damian Lewis' face I just can not stand. I got about an episode in and tapped. I might give it another shot, though. Giamatti always gives it 100%.

Ditto, he looks like a DB prick. He's like Tobey Stephens's butt-ugly evil clone.

Altho, i have to admit, he'd be my first pick for doing Hank Scorpio in a live action Simpsons flick. Those stills I saw from Billions, ffs it's almost like he tailored the look on Scorpio.

 

[Habs Icing]

Damn! I was going to watch it. Well, saved from a disappointment.

There are way more people on imdb who liked it than panned it. So don't take our review as gospel truth. I was really surprised. When I see a high score on IMDB, I usually end up liking the flick. What really got me was the terrible screenplay. It felt like I was in film school again and watching some sophomore's idea of deep and penetrating.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

There's something about Damian Lewis' face I just can not stand. I got about an episode in and tapped. I might give it another shot, though. Giamatti always gives it 100%.

It's a pretty wicked show.

We've been spoiled for a while now. GOT, Breaking Bad, The Good Place... there have been a bunch of shows that I've enjoyed. Right now though there seems to be a bit of a void.

 

[Milhouse40]

Billions is really good. It's getting a little long in the tooth as a series but it's probably the last of the 'must see' series that I've been watching in recent years.

Also one at the top of my list right now. Giamatti and Lewis are a great duo, great acting.

There's something about Damian Lewis' face I just can not stand. I got about an episode in and tapped. I might give it another shot, though. Giamatti always gives it 100%.

He's got a weird face, I admit but he's a great actor.
But for me Lewis it's Band of Brother, Homeland (season 1 and 2) and Billions...three of my favorite series, so it's hard to hate on him.

 

[Kimota]

Not really no, thats why its a foreign concept to me. I mean, theres people Id love to meet/see perform, etc before they pass and that would be a bummer, but thats for selfish reasons rather than being emotionally attached to them.

But wouldnt it be... weird (Its not the word that I would want to use here, but its the only one that comes to mind right now) if I reacted in that way for the death of Rippetoe? I mean, great dude, funny and he seems to be a good man, but hes... insignificant a tad ? I dont know.

Obviously I am not trying to tell people how to react concerning these events, Im merely trying to understand the relationship these people had with someone like Trebek, because for all I know, I have never really felt that way towards a celebrity.

Personally when I am sad about a celebrity's death it has a lot to do sometime with the time and place in our lives when we appreciated the artist and it reminds us of that time and place, you know. It's a part of my past that dies. That's where the mourning comes. Like when Bowie died, I went back to my childhood when my cousin first made me discover Bowie and MTV and all that stuff. More innocent times. Bowie made me love my childhood more by doing so many cool songs at that time. He was the soundtrack of the movie about my life.

 

[Lafleurs Guy]

Also one at the top of my list right now. Giamatti and Lewis are a great duo, great acting.



He's got a weird face, I admit but he's a great actor.
But for me Lewis it's Band of Brother, Homeland (season 1 and 2) and Billions...three of my favorite series, so it's hard to hate on him.

Band of Brothers is a hidden gem. Great series.

 

[sandviper]

Watched ''The New Mutants''...
Holy hell, they've really completely killed the X-Men series..

I haven't seen it yet and not too sure I will.

For me, XM1 and 2, First Class and DOFP were the best of the series.

The Wolverine was pretty good, but Logan I thought was excellent.

The rest were trash, especially Dark Phoenix. Haven’t seen New Mutants yet, but it would have to be a special kind of garbage if this was the worst.

 

[Kriss E]

For me, XM1 and 2, First Class and DOFP were the best of the series.

The Wolverine was pretty good, but Logan I thought was excellent.

The rest were trash, especially Dark Phoenix. Haven’t seen New Mutants yet, but it would have to be a special kind of garbage if this was the worst.

I only really liked Xmen 1 and The Wolverine. The rest were ''meh'', and I was terribly let down by Logan.
As for the kids one, I disliked them all, with Dark Phoenix and New Mutants as the absolute worst garbage.