Holy Shit this intro!
YellerDog, stay up all night with me and have a Herman's Head-Night Court marathon on ustream!
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Holy Shit this intro!
YellerDog, stay up all night with me and have a Herman's Head-Night Court marathon on ustream!
Awwwww shit
Man, I used to watch night court.
I'm glad I'm not the only person who thought that.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
All the 'it's so original!' talk had me eye-rollin'. Cartoons have done the 'characters in someone's head' thing since forever, this is just the blandest possible version of that idea.
Foster's Home reject.
night court is still pretty great
soap operas are on.
They've added brown people.
How nice for them. They can feel included in horrible garbage.
Have you watched daytime tv in the last ten years?
It's Mississippi TV, Yeller. It's Dallas, Dukes of Hazard, Beverly Hillbillies, Petticoat Junction, Green Acres, St Elsewhere, Jackass, and Duck Dynasty: All Day, Every Day.
Cool.
Just finished up Making a Murderer. It's pretty great. Super dark and totally angering. Highly recommended for any truecrime fans.
That's a good question.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
Watching resuragence. This is the worst shit.
This is so bad
Is anyone else watching The Man in the High Castle?
I can't believe I'm watching a show where I legitimately feel for a ruthless obergruppenfuhrer and an imperial Japanese minister.
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Originally Posted by Fe 26
oh god, it was so so bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fe 26
Like fanfic bad.
Mary Sue the Film
I watched the first two episodes and enjoyed it. I'm rooting for Japan and wonder what the film is all about and how that's going to work.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brisco Bold
There is a book.
Pfft, no of us know how to read.
Watched the best Christmas special of all time last night.
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And none of the guest stars died this year!
Grace Jones is killer in that.
I just watched The Graduate as its being pulled off netflix next month. The first half is great and all about 3d characters with complex motives, while the second half focuses on one of the most 2d, boring love stories I've ever seen. It all equals out to make it a pretty good movie, but if they spent more time on the love story, this could have been great.
Aww, I really like the Graduate. The part where he's fending off the family with the cross in the church is pretty punk rock.
One of my favorite movies. I'm saving my next re-watch for the upcoming Criterion.
True, but can you imagine how much more awesome it would have been if you gave a fuck about the girl or their relationship? It's by no means a bad movie, it just had a lot of potential to be better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Josh
You can agree it is one of the, if not the, best shot American movies though?
I disagree about giving a fuck about their relationship. THEY don't even really care about it, that's why we get that awesome shot on the bus. They were motivated by the idea of it and the excitement of the emotions but there was nothing to say at the end because there was nothing else in it. And as soon as the adrenalin wears off, they know it. I think that's brilliant.
The original Criterion Graduate was in the big pile of laserdiscs I got in the mail yesterday, I think I'll fire it up today.
I hate that match cut of Hoffman jumping from the pool into Mrs. Robinson's bed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doc Holliday
Other than that, I'm on board. One dumb cut out of a thousand.
This was so fucking good. Cary Tagawa is incredible as the trade minister. The obergruppenfuhrer has more layers added in about halfway through.Quote:
Originally Posted by Brisco Bold
Highly recommended.
It's been a while, where they go from stoked to bored? I'm gonna watch this movie again today I think.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
That bit exactly. I think that's 100% the key to that third of the movie.
I'm surprised no one has remade it for the current generation. Over/under on that happening?
Soundtrack by The Mountain Goats and Vampire Weekend. Hrmm.
I'm not sure that kind of apathetic, defeated/ist, but still rebellious Elliot Gould type would resonate as well with audiences today. Some of that was lost on us, and even more stands to be lost on the next generation.
1968 Ben Braddock is encouraged to get into plastics, gets bummed, says nothing, and sinks to the bottom of a pool. Can 2015 Braddock be indignant but say nothing and sink? Or would he have to purge his resentment somehow, probably hyperbolically, possibly on Twitter?
I know I'm waxing Cheeksian here, but you know what I mean.
He'd just be a shitty foodie kid from Williamsburg.
I'm five episodes in and there is a mind boggling amount of evil on display. It's just...I can't even describe how fucked up this story is.Quote:
Originally Posted by arjue
It is such a fucking gut punch. It might even put Dear Zachary to shame.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumpy
Don't know about it being the best, but it's definitely a superbly shot movie. Aside from maybe Fincher, this kind of attention to cinematography is almost completely missing in Hollywood today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doc Holliday
That's actually a very good point that I completely overlooked. Considering how measured and well executed the rest of the film is, this makes a lot of sense.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
HELLO DARKNESS MY OLD FRIEND
70MM Hateful Eight tickets for 10am this morning, STOKED.
And IT'S GREAT!
Excellent.
Comparisons to The Thing are spot on, it even uses unused tracks from that movie's score.
If you hate QT dialogue movies you will hate this. Get down with your bad self.
Creed
It is excellent.
Stallone makes that movie. Without him and the history of that character I don't give a shit about the movie.
He has the best voice!Quote:
Originally Posted by Chux
Finished watching Making a Murderer and I'm not sure how to process it all. There is so much weirdness from both sides that there will always be more questions than answers. Mindboggling levels of shadiness. Double standards, boldfaced lies, arrogance and bias under oath on the stand. While you see a lot of scum bags, Lawyer Len (and that guy he hired) is a collosal piece of shit. Branden might be one of the dumbest people on the planet and it's his fault for getting mixed in, but Len and his collusion to send Branden away was literally recorded step by step and they got away with it. And the blood vial? GTFO with that shit.
Watched the first ep last night and was shocked there were 9 more. Shit is fucked up from the start.
To give you an idea, the end of episode 3 throws a new level of shit onto the pile. Steve's trial starts in episode 5. 10 covers what's happening now-ish.
It seems all the more upsetting that the dude is basically retarded.
Yeah.
Toad Road.
It's a complete mess, just like the characters in it. I loved it. Reading how the film parallels the lead actress' irl death spiral is eerie.
I'd imagine Arjue would like this.
Your daily reminder: There is a burce campbell Herbie movie with and evil herbie
Interstellar.
Very good sci-fi premise about Earth's habitability nearing its end because of "The Blight" which kills most of its crops, causes frequent duststorms, and generally wreaks havoc. In response, NASA begins a quest for a new planet to relocate the human race upon. "We're not meant to save the world... we're meant to leave it".
Joe Cooper leaves his family behind on earth, in hopes of helping NASA with the mission.
The emotional element is strong. Cooper risks never being with his family again, and his daughter Murphy is filled with despair at the thought. Seeing the Earth in such a grim state is a bit heartrending as well. At least there's hope, if even a slim chance.
Interstellar's space scenes are impressive. Hans Zimmer's soundtrack compliments it nicely. Matthew McConaughey is good in the lead role, and the robot sidekicks TARS (voiced by Bill Irwin) & CASE are pretty cool.
MUUUUUUURRRRRRRPPH!!!!
Interstellar was entertaining, but very silly.
PUNCH IT TARS
Ugh that last half hour.
I watched myself take this picture of this dog.
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Finally got him to go for the peanut butter, did ya?
His tongue is longer than his mouth! The end always sticks out, but I happened to get that shot while he was licking his face.
I see you also prescribe to the ghost stacking method of books.Quote:
Originally Posted by icarusfall
That's a cool looking dog!
I try my hardest not to have this happen, but it's inescapable sometimes.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fe 26
I have *so* many cookbooks. You can't see the row next to that one just as high and probably 4-5 others the same.
I watched Inside Out and it was great. Got some weird people here.
Inside Out is great if you want to cry in front of your kids.
Watched The Martian. Liked it better than Gravity and Interstellar.
The Good Dinosaur – this was not a good movie. It had some pretty awesome visuals but any good idea was poorly executed or not given enough breathing room to be memorable.
I've never given so little shits about the characters in a Pixar movie before.
Lava was so brutally bad I wasn't willing to give Inside Out the 'Pixar Benefit of the Doubt'.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rumpy
Bing Bong rules.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chux
Why didn't you like Lava? Aren't the shorts done by another team and writer? Rather odd to judge them together, they're separate works.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
Joy starts off with the worst opening shot of a movie in recent memory, a black and white lazily framed group shot of bad acting from a soap opera. But, it gets better from there. The wardrobe and set designs have a nostalgic feel of a bygone era not specifically stated, but I'm guessing seventies to eighties. And it tales the story of a daring working class woman pursuing a dream against the odds of the world at large and her own dysfunctional family.
The movie itself is dysfunctional. When things go well, it rolls with the grace of a Hollywood classic, eyes glued to the screen clinching your popcorn. But when things go bad, the writers and editors know the plot has to get to a point, but they seem to not know what to do and how to get it there. So, the actors say their lines and do their inane actions and push the broken wheel barrel down the tore up road.
Even greats like DeNiro & Rossellini can't muster the shit writing to relatable characters. But Lawrence does. She's great. And really that's the only character you're suppose to relate to. It's her story. So maybe all this hamfisted direction is on purpose? A dysfunctional story about a dysfunctional family pulled together by the only person who wants to -- Joy.
7/8
I got pretty bored with these shorts, but this one seemed worth watching.
http://comediansincarsgettingcoffee....-the-president
It should be noted that Obama shares my stance on underwear.
I watched The Man from Reno on netflix. Its about a Japanese crime novelist and a county sherriff joining forces to solve a mystery. It's an intersting blend of different noir sub genres and different cultures. Half of it is a Japanese Metropolitan traditional noir, the other half is a slow burn American country neo-noir. I really enjoyed it, it's beautifully understated and I think it's well worth a watch for anyone that likes noir.
I've been watching Person of Interest Season 4.
Someone must have let the writers borrow a copy of The Wire.
Pitch Perfect 2: I was expecting the worse so I was pleasantly surprised that it isn't that bad. It is about 20 minutes too long and feel like some of the songs are terrible (especially anything with the German group DAS SOUND MACHINE). The last song was weak too, I kept thinking they are singing "Fleshlight" instead of "Flashlight". It could be my dirty mind at work though.
The Martian: Even though it is predictable, it is still a good ride because the pacing is great and some nice scenery of Mars. Reminds me of Apollo 13.
Is Rain Man actually good or is it bullshit good? You know what I mean.
It's bullshit good.
Oscar grab by Lou Ferrigno.
Dole, what was your favorite movie of 2015? Favorite 5 of 2010's?
Oh, gawd. I can't answer that right off the bat. I'll have to review and get back to you. For example, I love well-done action movies, and I could say The Raid (which was released in 2011), was the best action movie I've seen in ages, but does that make it good enough to include in my top five for the decade so far? That's tough. And my fav of 2015? Geez.
Honestly, I'm terrible at Top Ten/Five/Whatever lists, but I'll try my best soon. What about you? You got a list a'cookin'?
The Revenant
excellent
Got tickets for a 35mm Return of the Living Dead screening in SF, extremely stoked.
I just saw this film. It's beautiful and gory, I didn't know anything about it going in but I really enjoyed it.Quote:
Originally Posted by sedition
I'm I'll try to catch it. Sounds relevant to my interests.
I love that movie! Should be rad.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
No. I'm trying to catch up on movies from last year. I saw you weren't crazy about H8 and was curious what movies in the last years got you jazzed. He's my ranks of what I saw last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dolemite
- Jurassic World 8/8
- Hateful Eight 8/8
- Ex Machina 8/8
- Fury Road 7/8
- Trainwreck 7/8
- Inside Out 7/8
- Entertainment 6/8
- Home 6/8
- Southpaw 5/8
- Spy 3/8
- Kingsmen 2/8
You know what, Judy Garland was pretty great in Wizard of Oz. I wonder why I haven't seen any of her other movies. I wonder why that is?
OH.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SAGJWTIXiQ
Doc- I liked H8! I said this about it:
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Originally Posted by Dolemite
I've been rewatching Firefly. I do it every couple of years. I still really like it — the whole thieves robbing galactic government setting draws me in every time.
The only thing I would want from it is more heist episodes.
I'm not sure how much I like Firefly. That last episode is killer, though.
Summer Glau sure is pretty.
I'm more of a Morena Baccarin man myself
I dunno but the characters are very well developed and internally consistent. For a space show it was fun to see dialogue given a lot of weight too.Quote:
Originally Posted by YellerDog
I prefer Gina Torres and a young Christina Hendricks from the series (Jane from Madmen)
That's fine, it's still a bootleg Cowboy Bebop.
I can never get into firefly. I get about 4 episodes in and turn it off every time. It just feels like a bad made for tv scifi channel original.
I'll allow it.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbobb
I'm all about Jewel Staite.
You can watch all of Season 3 of VICE on HBO here.
Trainwreck. It was awful, outside of a few moments of sharp dialogue. Just fucking terrible.
I don't know what happened to Judd Apatow. I still think he's a funny guy, he just has been making garbage movies... and I really like Funny People. At least he didn't cast his kids in this again.
I'm not sure I get the Judd Apatow appeal at all. His early stuff trades on a nostalgia I don't quite share and his later stuff seems to recycle that cast over and over.
The stuff he produces ranges from alright (Anchorman) to apocalyptically bad (Forgetting Sarah Marshall).
Saw The Revenant with my dad yesterday. Gritty movie. I've only felt faint a couple times whilst watching gory shit and although I knew what I was watching was fake, the bear scene fucked me up. Actually the surgery they performed afterward fucked me up. Special effects were amazing but this was no green screen movie. Actors and crew get some serious kudos for braving the cold. Cinematography was also stunning. This one will win some Oscars.
Ooh I want to watch it
Tom Hardy is my current favourite actor. I'm looking forward to it as well.