highly recommended.
along with Raised by wolves and The Boys the best stuff at this time
highly recommended.
along with Raised by wolves and The Boys the best stuff at this time
so i technically saw this at the music box in 2018 (almost exactly two years ago), but i was in a bad place. before it started, i had three drinks in about 30 minutes at the bar, so i spent the whole movie drunk and/or asleep. FINALLY (re)watched it tonight and HOLY SHIT i'm so mad it took me this long because i LOVED IT.
it's not often that a story can employ the "boy loses girl; boy is fueled by revenge" trope and have it actually work, but it really does here. and that score. oh my god.
Utopia seems pretty good so far. (2 episodes in).
Watched this... Netflix Canada has it. Decent, but it does the follow the usual feel-good story routine (including the sad part).
I was able to get a free 3 month trial to Apple TV+ . I was intrigued by it, so I said why not. the fact that it doesn't have a ton of content is actually what appeals to me, I don't feel overwhelmed and there's still a ton of stuff I want to watch at the same time. I watched a couple episodes of Amazing Stories (pretty enjoyable, loved the original series as a kid) , watched the first episode of Tiny World (fun nature series on tiny animals and insects. great cinematography) , and the first episode of The Morning show (EXCELLENT) . looking forward to delving deeper in more shows and the movies.
Started to watch this when it was airing and never finished it. Watched Season 1 all the way up to Season 4/Episode 3 and how this show didn't get more attention is baffling. The direction, the writing, performances, camera work, contrast in shots... Everything is so well thought out and serves a purpose.
Breaking Bad the best show ever? Pshh... Hold Mr. Robot's keyboard.
So..... I just finished watching this. Well done. Emotional.
Watched "Ready or Not" last night. It was pretty good except for the weird info dumps. They both said too much and too little so that you were left with a sense of "well they seem to know a lot about the curse but also strangely nothing at all". they should have said less and shown more so you make your own inferences, not try to (poorly) spell it out.
In a movie of body horror there were two that were hard to watch. One I didn't watch because I saw it coming and said no thank you. The screams were enough. *shudder*
Are they? That's interesting. I could see it working, the two films (at least the first Scream) have some things very similar. For example, one of the deaths by door made me think of Scream very directly.
Also I found it hilarious that they had to teach Samara Weaving how to drive just for that film. Like, it's a special kind of privileged to make it to 28 and not be able to drive?
Last edited by allegate; 10-19-2020 at 12:15 PM.
i loved ready or not. here's my review from when i watched it:
I know this is satire, and there are plenty of extremely fun/funny moments, but holy shit was it upsetting & terrifying. Like I don't remember the last time I watched a movie and had such drastically different reactions to parts of it.
100%. To go from laughing to laughing uncomfortably to squirming was wild.
I saw a review that compared it to "The Hunt" in that they are both about rich people hunting the poors and I can see it. It's just that one hid it better from Trump so he didn't tweet about it.
Watched ParaNorman again last night and I was reminded of just how good that flick is. There are so many little things that it does right, it's amazing. And the social commentary by way of monster flick? who hasn't done that, right? But it's scary how it was 'fun' at the time and today, in 2020...whew.
For example:Sheriff Hooper: What do you think you're doing firing at civilians? That is for the police to do!
But it's still fun! The end with the older brother?
so great.
one of my favorite quotes though:
Neil: Don't make me throw this hummus: It's spicy!
@allegate ParaNorman is one of my favorite animated movies of all time (probably tied with Ratatouille)
It is their best movie by a mile. And Brave beat it for the Oscar? I mean...I hope it was at least close with the votes.
Unhinged aka the Russell Crowe Road Rage movie.
Damn that was a frustrating watch but Crowe played a pretty convincing psycho douchebag in a truck.
Today I watched:
Spontaneous - enjoyed it. Drags a bit in the last third. Still worth watching.
The Wolf of Snow Hollow - wasn't for me. Couldn't really get into it.
Love and Monsters - loved it. Highly recommend it. Will likely watch again at some point.
currently watching the new Billy Murray film "On The Rocks" , directed by Sofia Coppola.
Watching 13 movies in 20 minutes? Sure thing, here you go! (this is soo funny to me, how could I have not known before, hahaha)
Struggling my way through season 1 of Truthseekers the new Nick Frost, Simon Pegg series. This is largely a Nick Frost vehicle, with a few brief appearances of Pegg to help sell the series. So yeah, barely any humour, unlikable characters..thin plots, zero budget. Shame really. It might change in the last three episodes but i'm not expecting much.
Just started my second runthrough of The Leftovers. One of my absolute favorite shows of all time and I am super excited to watch it again.
Finished watching "Peppermint", I liked it and would watch a sequel. Is it a story we don't already know, no... no, there have been plenty of movies with the same sort of story although it was nice not to have an over-the-top villain that distracted from the story. I tend to enjoy the Garner roles where she's action-y anyways...