moizmad wrote:Jeeez, that's an old show ! Yeah, there was too much 'retro' smoking in it
PRIME SUSPECT - Helen Mirren series, tobacco co's must love this show with endless smoking scenes, almost like a fetish, is there anyone over there that doesn't smoke? I'm finished season 4 only 3 more to tough out.
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I re-watched Ghost in the Shell
It's really a very clever, very deep film. I get more out of it each time. I love how it sucks you in with the action and sexiness and then hits you with deep ideas about post-humanism, survival, evolution, and change. I always wanted to do that sort of think with my work.
Narnia, Prince Caspian
This was a very good version of the story. For a fantasy movie aimed at kids it was surprisingly well done! Far, far better than something like The Hobbit. The weapons are armour were realistic, the plotting was clever and interesting, there was death and tragedy too so it didn't pull many punches either. - except the obvious one of not showing blood.
Undone
This series has an interesting aesthetic… It has a CGI render over live footage to make it look like cell-shaded animation. The purpose was so that dream sequences and unnatural things could seamlessly blend with the imagery so there's no jarring transition of effects.
The series is about a woman accessing a part of her brain so she can travel in time and space and solve the mystery of her father's death- her father is played by the excellent Bob Oldenkirk.
The style is quite reminiscent of the dream-based movie Waking Life, for similar reasons and the theme is related too. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a connection.
Anyway, it was very good, I liked it.
There were only 8 episodes and it ended on a cliffhanger. I hope there will be more.
Genejoke wrote:Did you also catch that it was Don Quixote? ^_^
The platform. A sci fi horror/capitalism allegory. Good stuff well worth a watch.
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I saw…
Dream a Little Dream 1989
Staring Corey Haim and Corey Feldman.
It was the most boring bodyswap movie ever. Not even Feldman's Mich Jackson dance/outfit could save it.
Funny but I thought I'd never seen it before till one of the final scenes when a kid was threatening others with a gun.
I remembered my sister got it out on video decades ago and I thought it was sort of clever t the time. Not patience for it now though. Not even the 80s fashions and hair interested me.
Raffles 1939
Starring David Niven.
This was great for the mannerisms and the gorgeous 1930s clothes, especially the white tie evening dress (tails), that the men were wearing in the beginning.
Really disappointing if you're a fan of Raffles though. Like modern films now they took an old story set in the late 1800s and moved up the setting to when the film was made in 1939. The relationship between Bunny and Raffles is eviscerated and they swapped it so Raffles hs a relationship with his sister instead and Bunny is almost not even in it!!
-Bunny and Raffles are best friends, Bunny idolises Raffles, who treats him like a sidekick. It's a very, very close platonic relationship, haha, both men are straight. (Bunny is a private school nickname).
Raffles (the film) really totally shits all over the concept of the character and his stories.
ozoneocean wrote:
I saw…
Dream a Little Dream 1989
Yeah my friends and I loved this obscure little flick back in high school - some nice moments and music, and especially the immortal line "Hey! I thought this was supposed to be a party! Who's got the chips?"
But even then I recognized that the movie was all over the place and not all that great. Still has some nostalgic moments and charming bits here and there. They made a sequel that was truly heinous.
THE KEEPERS - Netflix series re murder of nun Cathy Cesnik in 1969 Baltimore. Now 51 years later they still don't know for sure who did it, altho Father Joseph Maskell seems like he was involved in some manner as he learned Cesnik was about to go to police re his molestation and rape of many young girls at the school. Lots of suspects acting on his command, and we hear many of those involved talking about the events as they recall them but of course, many are now deceased (incl. Maskell in 2001) or memories are fading. I found it interesting altho much repetition, gets a 2 1/2 on the Moizmeter.
Banes wrote:ozoneocean wrote:
I saw…
Dream a Little Dream 1989
Yeah my friends and I loved this obscure little flick back in high school - some nice moments and music, and especially the immortal line "Hey! I thought this was supposed to be a party! Who's got the chips?"
But even then I recognized that the movie was all over the place and not all that great. Still has some nostalgic moments and charming bits here and there. They made a sequel that was truly heinous.
This was one of the most popular of the Corey-Corey movies! (The Lost Boys takes the cake). Corey Feldman’s costume was very Michael Jackson like on the cover. Hahaha 😄
I am currently watching Terminator 2: Judgement Day, only ten years until Skynet completely takes over, so getting a head start on my research.
I started watching The School Nurse Files. It's the magical realism genre I enjoy. And a lightened, sometimes humorous tone on dark themes (demons and supernatural stuff). It's Korean but has a dubbed option, so it's easy follow. Like other Korean productions I've watched on Netflix, the acting is top notch and the special effects are hit-and-miss.
I'm just an episode in, so I'll let you know.
I finished watching Mystic Pop-Up Bar last week. Korean. Same tone. Excellent acting. Fun story. It's not dubbed. Not hard to follow, but required more attention and focus, as subtitles do.
UPDATE: Finished The School Nurse Files. I found it mediocre overall. It was a reasonable length (six one-hour episodes). But anticlimactic. More fun at the beginning. I thought there was a potential villain being developed, but that plot elememt fizzled. Got a little slow. And it wasn't as fun or captivating as Mystic Pop-Up Bar.
I relistened to an interview with Patton Oswalt with Gilbert Gottfried and found Nd out that he's now married to the girl who starred in Dream a little Dream 🤣
I'm watching Community right now.
That series is really amazing. I was stupid not to watch it when it came out… It just looked weird and boring to me, especially with that lame name and with Chevy Chase playing such a weird side role in it.
Honestly the only reason I give it a second chance is that Dan Harmon, who does Rick and Morty is the creator.
Well it's brilliant. I lose a bit of love for it though when I imagine Rick saying most of the lines… Because most of the characters really do think like him, but the fact is it's great in its own right and can be recommended highly enough for its self aware nature and beautiful homages to pop-culture.
And of course the character Abed who is wonderful
AMERICAN MURDER: THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR - On Netflix re goof Chris Watts who murdered his wife and 2 daughters because he was having an affair? Hey Chris, ever heard of divorce? After intense police questioning, he finally breaks down and confesses. No death penalty just life in prison to reflect on his incredible stupidity. Interesting watch getting a 3 on the Moizmeter.
I watched The Goes Wrong Show recently, and it was a lot of fun. Very silly humor, but still often fun. Plus the fellows are all very easy on the eyes, and I always prefer men with a good sense of humor!
If you're not familiar with the series or premise, they earlier did Peter Pan Goes Wrong, which was just brilliant. They also did A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong, quite fun but not quite as good as the Peter Pan one. The Goes Wrong Show takes a different genre each episode, and they're each about half an hour long.
The only negative I'd say is that there are only half a dozen episodes. I wish there were more! Perhaps one day.
After reminiscing on it on Tantz's Happy Endings newspost, I decided to rewatch the anime Erased (the animated one, as I haven't seen the live action and am not really interested). It is my favorite anime series, a single season with a satisfying conclusion. It's creepy and inspiring, and the first time I watched it, it was a "I have time for one more episode tonight" eyes-glued binger.
It is murder mystery/thriller with a touch of magical realism – mostly a framing device. The story is about a man who has to relive a few months of his childhood to solve a crime and prevent his mother's future murder.
There is a serial killer of children in it. It has some themes of child abuse and neglect, so TW and CW.
It's available with subtitles and with dubbing, and both are excellent.
hushicho wrote:I saw an episode of that the other day… I think?
I watched The Goes Wrong Show
It was basically pretending to be a play about a ghost story, but they keep making slapstick mistakes and cover them up… and other related bits of comedy.
It was in the style of the farce/pretend plays that used to be a staple on pretty much all live sketch comedy shows from the Muppet show to laugh-in.
It's a very retro style thing to do… and I couldn't believe they stretched it to a whole half hour!
I found it funny enough, but there was no depth or meat to it. It's a very straight forward what-you-see-is-all-there-is simple comedy. That's not a criticism because that is perfectly fine if that's what you're after, it's just not what I wanted at that time.
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I watched Daredevil the other day.
I still don't entirely get why it's hated so much, but I think I can sort of see why…
My guess is that it's probably not faithful to the comic. It was also sort of semi-stylised, a bridge between the corniness of Batman and Robin and the more realistic and gritty approach of Batman Begins.
Ben Affleck is always a bit annoying with his acting but it did have some good effects, like his blind vision in the rain.
I'm currently enjoying the fourth season of The Worst Witch. It's basically an all-girls Harry Potter without the dark, melodramatic bullshit.
(Although, since it's based on a book series that predates the Harry Potter books by over 20 years, HP is a gritty, co-ed copy of The Worst Witch.)
I just finished Evil on Netflix. I wasn't planning on watching it, didn't seem like my thing. But I enjoyed it. The main character is a psychologist who joins a team from the Catholic church that investigates claims of demonic possessions.
I liked how you could never tell whether there was something supernatural going on or not. It was intriguing to follow. Although serial and building, it was more episodic. The characters made it enjoyable to watch.
moizmad wrote:
AMERICAN MURDER: THE FAMILY NEXT DOOR - On Netflix re goof Chris Watts who murdered his wife and 2 daughters because he was having an affair? Hey Chris, ever heard of divorce? After intense police questioning, he finally breaks down and confesses. No death penalty just life in prison to reflect on his incredible stupidity. Interesting watch getting a 3 on the Moizmeter.
I just watched this tonight!! It was really depressing. I think it shows how difficult the average marriage can be and almost makes you sympathetic for the guy though.
He low-key wanted to get caught, otherwise, why talk to the police without a lawyer?
It looks like denial and suppression of severe mental illness…they looked like the kind of family where everything had to be just perfect and he must have snapped. Or he was a stealth sociopath (probably both…)
Currently ploughing thru Sherlock Holmes series with Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. Really have a tough time understanding what Sherlock is saying, he talks so fast, should watch with sub-titles I guess. Also, some scenes very confusing jumping back and forth, no idea what's going on. Really like Andrew Scott who plays Moriarty. I'm about half way thru.
I remember watching that Sherlock series when it first came out. I really liked it, but I agree, some of the explanation of things did seem a bit confusing. I only remember there being a few long episodes then I got distracted and started watching other stuff.
Anyone watched Mildred Ratched on Netflix? A consolation prize since no AHS this year…but it was pretty well done. Sarah Paulson is a solid actress.
THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT - Anya Taylor-Joy, Bill Camp, Mariette Heller, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Moses Ingram and a cast of thousands. 7 part series. Orphaned at 9 yrs old, little girl learns chess from the janitor. She quickly shows amazing talent and after being adopted as a teen, she starts winning tournaments and drawing much attention. A master friend teaches her extensively and she finally ends up playing world champion in Moscow. Totally fiction as she is sort of a female version of Bobby Fischer. Enjoyed it very much, Anya has those amazing eyes! A 3 1/2 on the Moizmeter.
moizmad wrote:My sister recommended that to me :)
THE QUEEN'S GAMBIT
Haven't see it yet though because I don't have netflix
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Mystery Gang.
I think it's called that. It had Donald Glover in it so that's why I watched it. It was fun but flawed, the writing wasn't great but Glover's acting was XD
The idea is that a kid's mystery solving crew grows up to be 18 year old boys who are still wanting to solve mysteries in cute ways and be all innocent and stuff… contrasting that with real crime, prostitution, murder etc and playing it for laughs.
The main way it fails is that it doesn't establish them as a childish mystery gand right away by actually showing what they were like as children, instead we're just thrown into them as young adults behaving in that way and it takes a while to work out what's going on- meanwhile it's not as funny and innocent as it's syupposed to be, rather it's really creepy and disturbing and that puts a break on you getting the concept and really finiding it as funny as you should till a bit later.
THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR - Victoria Pedretti, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Henry Thomas, T'Nia Miller and a cast of mostly unknown thousands. Netflix series too stupid for words but I watched it as I heard it was filmed in my town Vancouver, altho supposed to be in England, and most scenes inside manor. A few familiar downtown scenes were spotted, which salvaged a 1 on the Moizmeter.
THE THIRD DAY - Jude Law, Katherine Waterston, Paddy Considine, Emily Watson, Naomie Harris, Nico Parker, Charlotte Gairdner-Mihell and a cast of hundreds. 6 part series about a bunch of goofs on a small island accessible by this long causeway usually unaccessible by high tides. Folks on island are all nuttier than fruit-cakes and lots of luck trying to figure out what any are doing or why, I know I couldn't. A 1 on the Moizmeter.
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