What movies and TV shows are you watching?
What’re you watching now?
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Spirited Away is one of my favourite movies full stop. There’s real magic there.
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Yeah I’m looking forward to it. I think I’ll watch it tomorrow night.
Howl’s Moving Castle is just finishing but I remember that I never really bought the romance between Howl and Sophie. I mean, why on Earth does she love him? We don’t even see his tortured compassionate side until the later half, and by then she’s already fallen in love with him for being vain and overconfident. The fantasy aspects are pretty good, and I like the Wizard of Oz allegory that establishes itself later, but I don’t think it’s near the level of Spirited Away in terms of heart (but the visuals are probably on par).
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Battle Royale
The greatest YA love story ever made.
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Clooney isn’t a great filmmaker.
Despite picking good subjects, he’s really hit and miss.
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I thought it was… bad.
The casting wasn’t the issue, I get that some actors are irritating to people, I can’t watch Ricky Gervais for example. He’s like fingernails on a blackboard to me.
But the story is one of those not-a-story stories. It’s just action and events.
No-one except Stewart has anything like a character in the final version of the movie. I get the impression that there was more going on for these people and that reshoots and edits screwed it over, but still, here we are.
With a dumb film that I didn’t like.
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I found my initial post when I saw the film earlier this year;
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Just watched the first episode of Netflix’s Lost In Space and I thought it was pretty great. Excellent production values and a very tense, gripping story that doesn’t talk down to a child audience. We’ve been looking for something to fill the Doctor Who-shaped gap in our family viewing and this might be it.
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I kept hoping it was some kind of mockumentary with entirely fictional characters portrayed by actors who have not had any previous film credits, but no… TIGER KING is real.
I live in a strange and fucked-up country.
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Just watched the first episode of Netflix’s Lost In Space and I thought it was pretty great. Excellent production values and a very tense, gripping story that doesn’t talk down to a child audience. We’ve been looking for something to fill the Doctor Who-shaped gap in our family viewing and this might be it.
It’s basically an all-ages version of The Martian in terms of the characters finding themselves in problems and then getting themselves out of them while progressing towards an ultimate goal. I’ve really enjoyed it so far.
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I watched it when it came out with the kids and we all enjoyed it as a fun romp but they had somehow lost interest when we tried the second season and I think that’s hugely down to the two year gap between seasons 1 and 2. It kind of carries directly on and we’d forgotten what happened, of course that’s not a problem if you are starting it now and can binge straight through. May be for season 3 if it arrives in 2023 or whatever.
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I kept hoping it was some kind of mockumentary with entirely fictional characters portrayed by actors who have not had any previous film credits, but no… TIGER KING is real.
I live in a strange and fucked-up country.
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We’re watching ‘Groundhog Day’… again…
It’s a great lockdown choice.
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Devs is great
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‘The Good Place’
I’d missed this and now… it’s over, but I’m binge-watching on Netflix.
There are a lot of scenes where it goes too far over the top, gets too silly and just doesn’t respect its characters.
But like all good shows, it’s the characters that matter, and it is a good show.
I’m only halfway through, but I hope the second half lives up to all the great things that were in the first half.
And overcomes the sucky bits that cropped up occasionally.
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The same guys includes Geoff Barrow, the musical force behind Portishead. He’s amazing.
Well, yes, goes without saying. Sorry, should’ve said.
Don’t get cross with me, but, you missed a trick: Barrow + Garland = a Beak track. (I think, my brain is v. sleepy).
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The first episodes of What We Do In The Shadows second season is just as good as the first season. I have missed Nandor and the gang.
Haley Joel Osment as Topher, the unusually useless familiar, was unexpected and hilarious.
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Better Call Saul.
I’ll be vague, but I did not see that coming.How a prequel show can keep you this engaged is a testament to the creative team. They really brought their A-game this season and have set up the final season perfectly.
I can’t wait!
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Better Call Saul.
I’ll be vague, but I did not see that coming.How a prequel show can keep you this engaged is a testament to the creative team. They really brought their A-game this season and have set up the final season perfectly.
I can’t wait!
Well, I guess I will wait and longer than what was planned.Yeah that was brilliant. The whole back end of the season has been great. Like you say there’s an amazing amount of tension (and there has been for a while, especially in the last few episodes) despite its prequel status. They’ve approached it very smartly and the direction is wonderful.
While I’m disappointed that we now face another long wait until the final season, I think my heart could probably do with the downtime. It might just about have slowed down from the events of this episode by the time the show returns.
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Saw Money Monster.
It was alright. It’s got an intriguing setup – George Clooney plays a TV wall street guy who is taken hostage on live TV during his show by a guy who was ruined because he took his advice. His producer (Julia Roberts) is working to get him out of this behind the scenes, and as they go along they discover a huge fraud. And all that.
It’s a competently made movie, but in the end it leaves a bit of a stale taste, simply because it wants to be an indictment of Wall Street and financial transaction capitalism – but it fails to actually accuse that system of anything. The root of the conflict in the movie is someone who committed fraud; that’s the problem, not high-speed microtransaction or a system that is based purely on gambling and divorced from the reality of producing goods in and of itself.
So it all rings a bit hollow. Well-made movie though.
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The BCS finale was a gripping ride indeed.
Trying to be as vague as possible as I’ve still not figured out the spoiler tag option. My guess for next season is that the individual Saul and Kim were talking about at the end will react very, very poorly if their plan comes to fruition and take their own life, leading to serious consequences for at least one of the duo.
Tony Dalton is amazing to watch. However, a lot of the Lalo storyline this season feels a bit woolly. He got out on bail, sure, but that doesn’t mean the police are going to just stop keeping tabs on him – especially after being able to pay $7 million in cash for his bond. They should be all over Saul right now trying to learn more about where he got the cash and, once they realise Lalo has fled, be asking all sorts of questions about who he really is and what Saul really knows about him. Also, the plan that Gus had for Lalo in the finale was uncharacteristically sloppy for him. He had no real control over the outcome, no detailed knowledge of Lalo’s location and it was unnecessary to say the least. Lalo can’t come back to the US anytime soon so he is already unable to block Gus’s expansion plans. If Gus just waited then Nacho would have been back in town at a higher level in the organisation and it would have been even easier for them to manipulate operations without questions being asked.
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I also think BCS is great.
However Kims story gets resolved though… is it too far fetched to suggest that Jimmy needing to protect her is how we meet the vacuum cleaning salesman and why we never see her throughout BB?
I kind of feel sorry for Hamlin , to be honest.
Tony Daltons Lalo is sensational though … winding down that window….
Also, Devs is great you bunch of non-Devs watching lame assholes (except for A and B, who are also great).
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I feel like there could definitely be a vacuum cleaner in Kim’s future.
I kind of feel sorry for Hamlin , to be honest.
I think we’re meant to at this point. Like a lot of characters in BCS, we can totally see his point of view and how he has got to where he is, without necessarily having to like him or agree with his choices.
Tony Daltons Lalo is sensational though … winding down that window….
Yeah he’s electric, brilliant throughout this episode.
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We can’t work out anything definitive about Kim from Breaking Bad. They’re not that stupid.
It’s funny though, there are some prequel problems they just can’t get away from no matter what. (Don Eladio had a pretty amazing couple of years by the looks of things. And the less said about Kaylee the better.)
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Haha yeah, Don Eladio was almost as bad aging-wise as Jesse Plemons in El Camino.
What an amazing final few episodes to season 5 of Better Call Saul. Rhea Seehorn is a treasure, her work in episode 9 against Tony Dalton (another heavyweight) is masterful. Kim is one of the most unpredictable characters on TV and it’s a joy to watch Seehorn effortlessly sell every scene, no matter how much Kim’s actions may fly against our expectations of her. She’s definitely up there with the great characters of this fictional world: Walt, Gus, and Mike. And I’d put Lalo up there too.
BCS is the best show currently on TV, or at least tied with Fargo, and safely better than its predecessor at this point.
I hope Jonathan Banks and Giancarlo Esposito and all the other older members of the cast (which is really all of them except Kim and Nacho, I guess) are keeping extra safe through all this.
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BCS is the best show currently on TV, or at least tied with Fargo, and safely better than its predecessor at this point.
Yeah, I wavered for a while on the ‘better than BB’ conversation because it’s such a different show really that the two don’t necessarily bear comparison, but by this point I’m happy to say that BCS is the better show.
I know some people have found it slow in places and complained that it takes a long time to get where it’s going, but that’s what I like about it. A lot of shows don’t really take the time to explore how their plots would truly affect their characters, and what motivates their actions. But BCS takes the time to do that.
There have been times in the past where I’ve been a bit frustrated by the pace, especially mid-season, but it’s always paid off in the end and been 100% worth it in terms of the character development.
In comparison I think BB feels quite cartoonish.
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Just watched Martyrs. The original French version. Fuck, I haven’t felt actually scarred by a movie like this since I saw Antichrist over a decade ago.
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It felt it was more Ex Machina then Annihiliation.
The tech philosophy behind it is quite compelling. It wasn’t perfectly executed, and, for me, faltered near the end but it’s worth watching.
It’s definitely one of the better new TV shows I’ve watched in the last … years.
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My only disappointment with Annihilation is I didn’t have the chance to see it in the cinema.
Devs is a good companion piece to Ex Machina. Or elements of The Circle by Dave Eggers (the book not the movie).
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I’ve started Devs but haven’t had time to get through much of it yet. I’m reluctant to discuss it in detail as I imagine we’re all watching at different paces. I like what I’ve seen so far though.
Seems like it could support a dedicated spoiler-discussion thread so I’ve started one.
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I watched Yojimbo and Sanjuro for the first time a few days ago. What great movies. Probably my favorite Mifune role. I like how the two movies, which are barely related plot-wise–in fact, Sanjuro was modified in pre-production to be a Yojimbo sequel after that movie’s success–still end up telling a coherent story of a violent man becoming disillusioned with violence.
And they’re funny movies, too. Sanjuro had me chuckling out loud at parts.
I also appreciated how, even more than the Man with No Name, Mifune’s Sanjuro is the model for Wolverine.
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I’ve been recently watching a lot of Penn And Teller: Fool Us on Netflix. I’ve always loved Penn and Teller, they’re two of my favourite performers in any medium, but somehow I overlooked this Saturday-night talent show when it first went out.
I’m really enjoying it – and not just because Penn and Teller do a routine every episode. They’re also great judges, running against the grain of these kinds of shows by always being immensely enthusiastic and gracious and kind and encouraging to the contestants, effectively recognising them as fellow magicians and interacting with them on that basis. It’s a nice change from the rest of those kinds of shows.
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I really liked Fool Us too. The magic tricks are pretty cool but it’s really Penn and Teller that make it (Also the hosts)
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One of my old bosses grew up with Penn Jillette. He said Penn was a charismatic troublemaker who everybody loved, even the teachers, and that Penn would stick up for him whenever bullies picked on him. They got back in touch a while back via Facebook and now anytime Penn is back in Western Massachusetts he invites all his old school friends to a local diner and picks up the tab.
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I watched Fool Us when it was first broadcast. Loved it. Penn and Teller are very gentle and non-critical. It was nice to see a show that celebrated a shared enthusiasm.
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Watching the Sonic the Hedgehog movie again with the kids. They really love this film. Whatever formula they were working to, they got it right.
It’s funny how much they enjoy it on the level of meme culture too. They’re both under 10 but still aware of a lot of this stuff through YouTube and they laugh a lot at the moments that got picked up as memes.
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I watched Extraction. Chris Hemsworth plays a bloke called Rake who has a Bourne-esque fight sequence involving a rake because of course. I don’t recall Tom and Jerry utilising said rake to such an extent. But first he’s all hold my beer, mate then randomly leaps into a lough for a bit of a breather to add depth to the plot. Aussie Thor is very good at crying and drinking and running and falling and boozing and lobbing random people off buildings. He also keeps chooks in his bath. There’s an impressive chase sequence cut to look c. 15 minutes or so in one take: corridors and stairs and splodey cars and choppas galore. The director is a Marvel stunt coordinator and is also very good at sploding heads in his brief, beardy cameo. At one point a woman shows up in an exquisite ballgown for a headshot. The Russo Bros. had fun with this one. I can’t decide if I did or not.
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It’s a meh movie, but at least it’s very well made… great action set pieces with good camera work. It’s no John Wick, but actually pretty close…
Hemsworth should do more comedies though… the whole action thing is nice and all but I’d like something else from him.
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I’ve been recently watching a lot of Penn And Teller: Fool Us on Netflix.
There’s loads of clips of it up on YouTube. It’s been a entertaining way to fill in an hour or so in an evening. Didn’t realise it was on Netflix though – I’ll start watching on their so it’s easier to keep track of which ones we’ve watched.
We watched Twelfth Night on the National Theatre YouTube channel last night. The first bit of Shakespeare I’ve watching in over twenty years. A bit hard going having to properly concentrate on what was being said for three hours but the standard of the performances helped you het the gist of what was going on. Laught at the performances several time and actually laughed out loud at some of the actual lines. I think this Shakespeare lad will go far.
There’s also an audio described version up on YouTube too which i thought was a decent thing for the NT to put up too.
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I’ve been recently watching a lot of Penn And Teller: Fool Us on Netflix. I’ve always loved Penn and Teller, they’re two of my favourite performers in any medium, but somehow I overlooked this Saturday-night talent show when it first went out.
I’m really enjoying it – and not just because Penn and Teller do a routine every episode. They’re also great judges, running against the grain of these kinds of shows by always being immensely enthusiastic and gracious and kind and encouraging to the contestants, effectively recognising them as fellow magicians and interacting with them on that basis. It’s a nice change from the rest of those kinds of shows.
Yeah, I really liked that show too. You don’t get much magic on TV any more – I guess it’s seen as old hat – but this managed to blend in enough reality/competition show elements to make it work without ruining the core magic element.
The later series kind of undercut the prize – getting to perform in Vegas! – a little bit by being shot in Vegas, but still enjoyable.
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There’s loads of clips of it up on YouTube. It’s been a entertaining way to fill in an hour or so in an evening. Didn’t realise it was on Netflix though – I’ll start watching on their so it’s easier to keep track of which ones we’ve watched.
I think it’s only the first couple of series on Netflix but there’s still quite a few to work through.
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Hemsworth should do more comedies though… the whole action thing is nice and all but I’d like something else from him.
Agree completely.
He has great comedic timing and presence. In action movies, he’s fairly generic but in comedies he could really stand out.
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He was very funny in the Ghostbusters reboot.
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Hemsworth is at his best when he makes fun of his persona, without falling into slapstick; I loved him in the recent Men In Black film with Tessa Thompson
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I’ve been watching a lot of movies these past days. Starting off: The Last Samurai, which is… well, historical revisionism but still a good film IMO. I like how Tom Cruise doesn’t play his usual confident action-man, but a troubled veteran.
I gave Extraction a go, but I lasted about 20 minutes before I tuned out enough to spend the rest of the movie playing games on my phone. I can’t say it was shite, but it was uninteresting.
I rewatched Revenant, which was a lot better than I remembered. I had completely forgotten about parts of the plot, so it was quite refreshing to give it another go.
I also watched Extra Ordinary, which was surprisingfly fun and fresh. An Irish film about ghosts and stuff. Very silly, very entertaining.
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Season finale of BCS almost gave me a heart attack, it was so tense.
I’ve also picked up again on watching The Terror after kind of forgetting about it for a while. It’s a brilliantly made show. The horror story part of it I can take or leave, really, but the setting and the characters are fantastic.
It’s also a surprisingly good show to watch in Corona times. You think this is hard? Well, you try being stuck in the arctic at minus temperatures that will freeze bits of your body off, eating poisoned food that’ll make you confused and paranoid while a monster ice bear is tearing the guy next to you’s head off.
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