#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 I only watch Star Trek or British panel shows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 I don't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 17 minutes ago, Quintus said: TV and personal taste isn't a contest anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Plenty of online egos and forum wankers do treat it like a contest though, probably to cover up other things they're shite at. 23 minutes ago, Stefancos said: I only watch Star Trek or British panel shows! Can you imagine if they made a QI style show all about the sci-fi genre? OMG you'd never go out again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 My last old film was Night of the Demon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 2 hours ago, Stefancos said: I don't. Your avatar and recent posts in the America thread suggest otherwise.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted November 20, 2017 Share Posted November 20, 2017 Steph's avatar is cute, though, he gets a pass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fancyarcher 350 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Saraband - 8 / 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 6 hours ago, JoeinAR said: I don't have to apologize to the belgie for the shows I watch. Hey Alex is a list for you to Critcize! SUNDAY Walking Dead, Family Guy, Love it or List It, Lost in Space. MONDAY Supergirl, Star Trek Discovery, Star trek TNG or Voyager on BBC America TUESDAY The Flash, The Middle, Fresh off the Boat, NCAA Basketball WED Survivor, The Goldbergs, Speechless, American Housewife, South Park, CRIMINAL MINDS, NCAA Basketball THURS. Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon, Moms, Life in Pieces, Project Runway, Will and Grace, The Good Place. FRIDAY Star Trek, HAWAII 50, Diners Drive Inns and Dives SATURDAY College Football or College Basketball. Usually from 11 am to 1 am I Only work 4 days a week so Friday is movie day. Thursday is mow the yard day. So when I watch tv I do watch what I want or want David wants. All of you can kiss my tiny white ass for watching shows that are long running Most of these I haven't seen. Instead I just condense my TV viewing to the Bold from Monday to Friday. Only 30 minutes, 22 minutes minus ads. Easy and efficient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 It's a terrible menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 Addams Family Reunion Oh it's a turd. I was only half watching it really. Had maybe one or two gags that made me inner-chuckle. Alright for kids I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted November 21, 2017 Share Posted November 21, 2017 9 hours ago, Alexcremers said: It's a terrible menu. Show us yours. Including all the saucy belgie shit you watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 Rain Man So this was the biggest money maker of 1988? General audiences sure had different taste back then. I liked it, but I found myself unable to get over how Tom lost his dead father's beautiful big house and I kept getting distracted by wondering whether he'd get his damn money or that house. In the real world, you could contest the old fart's will. And yeah, it's a heart warmer, but you're left a bit cold realising that the emotion was all a bit one-sided, but I guess that was the point, huh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 42 minutes ago, Baby Jane Hudson said: General audiences sure had different taste back then. Did they? Isn't Rainman's special way with numbers a bit like a superhero power? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 22, 2017 Share Posted November 22, 2017 And little Tom couldn't reach the smoke alarm, hehe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 The Horse Whisperer I think poor Pilgrim had a nervous breakdown and needed a bullet in the head to end his misery rather than waste three movie hours getting him rehabilitated to justify some torrid romance between Redford and that pommie shiela. Sam Neill essentially plays the same role he did in The Piano. Nice scenery though. I could live out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Beautiful score, for that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Yeah I'm looking at a few available copies on eBay as we speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rambo III What shocked me the most was not that they were completely ridiculous (as expected), but that they were not even entertaining. The action was so boring and badly made. After listening to the Goldsmith scores you thing "Wow, what a powerhouse trip I went through!". After watching the movies (including the scores) you think "How can the experience be so much less intense just by adding the images and dialogues to the scores?". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Yeah ... Arnie at least knew including tongue-in-cheek humour was the way to go with the action-fests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 You're both mad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 5 hours ago, Brundlefly said: Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rambo III What shocked me the most was not that they were completely ridiculous (as expected), but that they were not even entertaining. The action was so boring and badly made. After listening to the Goldsmith scores you thing "Wow, what a powerhouse trip I went through!". After watching the movies (including the scores) you think "How can the experience be so much less intense just by adding the images and dialogues to the scores?". Great pulp films! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Stefancos said: Great pulp films! Maybe great pulp films, but terrible action films. 4 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said: Yeah ... Arnie at least knew including tongue-in-cheek humour was the way to go with the action-fests. Exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 They're about a man overcoming his shell shock trauma from Vietnam. Rambo is serious cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 23 minutes ago, Baby Jane Hudson said: They're about a man overcoming his shell shock trauma from Vietnam. Rambo is serious cinema. First Blood is serious cinema. The rest is serious crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojo 2,453 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bespin 8,484 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I'm happy nobody talks about Images anymore, but I just watched the half of it. I think the worst is yet to come. See you next week-end! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 What's wrong with Images? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muad'Dib 1,802 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Altman is love, Altman is life. Disco Stu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 10 minutes ago, Muad'Dib said: Elfman is love, Elfman is life. Fixed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 The Diary Of A Teenage Girl Recorded a while ago from Canvas (the best TV channel from The Low Countries) and viewed yesterday. Impressive and daring (for an American film) debut from Marielle Heller. A nice balance between the serious and the not so serious. I actually do not have any negative comments. Literally everything was fine. In other words, I hope that I will remember the name of this director. 8/10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 1 minute ago, Alexcremers said: I actually do not have any negative comments. Literally everything was fine. In other words, I hope that I will remember the name of this director. 8/10 With praise as high as that, what the hell gets a 10/10 from you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 1 hour ago, Baby Jane Hudson said: With praise as high as that, what the hell gets a 10/10 from you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 I still don't get it. What lost two points on Diary of a Teenage Girl if you have no complaints? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Koray Savas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,345 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 20 minutes ago, Baby Jane Hudson said: I still don't get it. What lost two points on Diary of a Teenage Girl if you have no complaints? While I don't have any complaints, it's not the type of movie that gets me 'into the zone' (which is of course very rare). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 About Schmidt About as unHollywood as it gets with one of the biggest stars ever in the lead. Depressing and nihilistic, but funny enough to keep you hooked along Jack's road to reconciling with his failures and regrets, which will probably happen in a similar manner to each of us untalented and mediocre people when we hit crisis point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 The ending was quite moving on that, made it all very worthwhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 When he opened the letter from Tanzania, I thought it was someone writing to inform him that the sponsored boy had died, but the film ultimately wasn't that cruel! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Nicholson's face there was heartbreaking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Nicholson's last all-time classic performance. All due respect to Anger Management and Something's Gotta Give where he was just fun. And to The Departed where he was just doing "Jack" but still enjoyable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bollemanneke 3,350 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 The Magdalene Sisters. Ah, what fun to end a Friday evening with a movie about how religion oppressed mankind... Luckily, the announcement of the expanded Titanic soundtrack was still hovering in the back of my mind, I might not have been able to bear this harrowing story otherwise. Great acting, though. There was almost no music in the film, but Craig Armstrong's score was very effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus 5,399 Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 That's a very good film, frighteningly oppressive throughout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Tank Girl Flick with two hotties, so I couldn't resist. 90s excess at its most overt, it almost reminds me of the music mags my brother collected back then. Feels so much like Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, it didn't surprise me it's the same director. Almost the cinematic equivalent to gorging on take-away pizza for an hour and a half. Really fun! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 25, 2017 Share Posted November 25, 2017 Material Girls Lame as heck, but the sexy Duff sisters make it surprisingly watchable. Have they done more like this? I'll have to see! I could also see this pair in a Baby Jane remake in 20 years from now. Hilary could be Jane and Haylie could be Blanche. Hearing Hilary do a sad, past-her-prime pop rendition of 'Letter to Daddy' would be worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Desperate Hours I've watched a lot of home invasion and family in mortal peril flicks lately, but if I was home invaded, I'd rather it be Mickey Rourke's gang than those from other films. Just do as he says and he's relatively benevolent. Entertaining but awful movie. Death Sentence One standout chase scene dropped in a hokey script that defies any sensible logic. The home invading gang is frightening as hell, but the cops do nothing about it... even after the gang murders two cops and a family, they fail to act! It's like "don't care". Swamp Thing Low budget schlocky pandemonium and Adrienne Barbeau's juggernaut boobs. Exactly what filmmaking should be all about! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
publicist 4,643 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 9 hours ago, Baby Jane Hudson said: Desperate Hours I've watched a lot of home invasion and family in mortal peril flicks lately, but if I was home invaded, I'd rather it be Mickey Rourke's gang than those from other films. Just do as he says and he's relatively benevolent. Entertaining but awful movie. The William Wyler film with Humphrey Bogart and Fredric March is another league. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 I'll be sure to check that one out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Hidden Figures Normally I find movies about NASA a chore and a bore to endure, but this one had that dramatically universal 'defy the status quo' theme I like. Sort of like Babe in a way. I didn't know NASA practiced segregation, which is weird since it was a federal government program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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