Interested in your thoughts on the Ken Burns Revolution doc thus far if you're watching.
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Interested in your thoughts on the Ken Burns Revolution doc thus far if you're watching.
Back to TV, Pluribus continues to be ridiculously good television (IMHO).
AMC + : Baltimorons worth a watch
Netflix: Caught Stealing, surprisingly violent
HBOMAX: Eddington, starts slow ends crazy
And I did catch One Battle After Another on Jellyfin. Good flick, Sean Penn is insane in this.
Netflix: Caught Stealing, surprisingly violent
HBOMAX: Eddington, starts slow ends crazy
And I did catch One Battle After Another on Jellyfin. Good flick, Sean Penn is insane in this.
Just completed “The Beast in Me,” on Netflix. One season only, eight episodes. The first six episodes would sometimes be a difficult, awkward watch, but the final two episodes were brilliant. Claire Danes with anguish perpetually on her face and Matthew Rhys as the sociopath. Jonathan Banks playing to type. Really a great finish, tied up everything perfectly.
just binged over the past few days and ya, love it
Wife and I just binged all 3 seasons of Broadchurch. It’s kinda’ like if Slow Horses took place at the coast (but without Jackson). It’s on HBO Max (and Hulu, too, I think).
I started this some time ago but it left streaming before I could finish - glad to hear it’s available on Max! This is a David Tenet and Olivia Colman right?
Yes, it is. Season 2 starts a bit slow, but definitely worth sticking with.
Just finished season Three of Dark Wind on. Netflix. Really enjoyed all three seasons. Season four starts in February.
1971, Navajo nation, Navajo sheriff who is a college graduate and Vietnam Vet etc etc.
Recommend.
1971, Navajo nation, Navajo sheriff who is a college graduate and Vietnam Vet etc etc.
Recommend.
+100. Love Dark Winds. Awesome Scenery and I’m a big fan of Zahn McClaron from his Longmire days
Bugonia is now streaming on the ‘Cock! Worth a watch, Jesse Plemons and Emma Stone star.
On it! Just finished One Battle After Another and was surprisingly underwhelmed. Great performances - especially by newcomer Chase Infiniti - but otherwise just didn’t do a lot for me. Looking forward to Bugonia though.
@LionJim what am I missing about OBAA? I love PTA but this felt less compelling tban Licorice Pizza. Leo is wonderful but I feel like there just isn’t enough here to make me care a lot; it’s such a specific and nuanced premise that it overshadows the real crisis at the heart of this narrative. I mean - a prospective white supremacist using his position to track and kill his potential biracial offspring so he can join an elite club of white spremacists while being chased by a stoner former revolutionary is almost comical on paper. Especially since the daughter in question essentially saves herself. Dunno - just had high expectations and while good, didn’t deliver for me.
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I loved everything but not sure how I feel about the ending….still working though it.
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From my perspective, OBAA is a farce, a lot more subtle than what the Coen Brothers would create but a farce nonetheless. For evidence of this, look no further than the character of Sensei Sergio, he’s straight out of a comic book. Another cue is the ridiculous “I was raped” excuse that Lockjaw gives for having carnally known Perdifia.
For the movie to work I think it’s best to focus on the differences between the genuinely committed (Willa, Sergio, Avanti) and the fakers (Perdifia, Bob, Lockjaw, Tim Smith). Think about what Willa says to Lockjaw when she first meets him: “You're wearing lifts in your shoes. You’re wearing a girdle.” She sees right away that he’s fake, that he’s just acting, he’s not committed to his cause, he’s doing all this for convenience. Another cue about Lockjaw’s actual state of mind are the tears in his eyes when he realizes he’s going to have to kill Willa, he’s not an actual white supremacist, he’s just cosplaying, likely because he can benefit from doing so. Tim Smith, too, he’s this tough guy playing assassin who manages to leave Lockjaw alive and then gets himself ambushed and shot dead by a teenage girl. Just a poser, he is. And Bob, God bless him, the only thing he manages to do in the entire movie is get Sensei Sergio arrested.
There’s one shot I love which happens immediately after Willa escapes and is reunited with Bob. It’s a tight shot of Bob in profile, where he actually looks not crazy for the first time since Perdifia walks out, you’re thinking that he’s a new man with a new lease on life and then the camera slowly zooms out and you see him with a beer and a joint, no growth there whatsoever. I loved that shot.
One of the revolutionaries in the film, Jungle *****, is actually a rapper and that is her stage name. Saw her open for Tame Impala in Philly a few years ago. Not exactly my cup of tea!
Ah - thanks; I usually take some time to reflect and read a bit on what I watched but didn’t sit on OBAA long enough I think. Interesting but likely correct way to frame the film and it works a lot better when you look at it through that lens. I will say I do believe Bob isn’t a faker - he’s just a stoner way past his prime. I’ll add Sensei Sergio was awesome.
Stuff I finished during the break that I would recommend:
- Your Friends and Neighbors S1 - Apple TV
- Slow Horses S5 - Apple TV
- Gilded Age S3 - HBO Max
Looking forward to:
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms S1 - HBO Max
- Drops of God S2 - Apple TV
- Your Friends and Neighbors S1 - Apple TV
- Slow Horses S5 - Apple TV
- Gilded Age S3 - HBO Max
Looking forward to:
- A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms S1 - HBO Max
- Drops of God S2 - Apple TV
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms should be a much less "doom and gloom" Game of Thrones. I thought the graphic novels were great.
Gilded Age is a great show. Like Downton, I didn't think I'd enjoy it but was hooked after the first episode.
Gilded Age definitely scratches that Downton itch (we watched the most recent Downton movie over the holidays and it’s like a soothing glass of warm milk). They were very smart in casting too - got a bunch of theater vets (and Carrie Coon) to anchor it. A show that has gotten better with each season…
It kept me entertained but mostly because I like Rhys and Banks. Yeah, Danes always seems to play a borderline (or straight up) manic person. I guess it fit the character. Overall, good but not great.
Unless I missed it, I didn't see any chatter about "All Her Fault" starring Sarah Snook from Succession. Worth a watch. Mystery thriller with an interesting twist.
Zeno, thanks for posting this. I started watching this today. It's engaging from the get-go, something of a sci-fi mystery show. I got about halfway through the first episode before ending my daily workout, it's so good that I liken it a book I didn't want to put down.
Yes, it is! I had seen this on ATV a few days ago and thought it might be interesting. I like Idris Elba, I think the first thing I saw him in was Pacific Rim (great movie I haven't seen in forever, should rewatch it), and he does a good job here. Only got through part of the first episode (see above, wanted to try Pluribus) up to the point of the start of the hijack, but so far very interesting and compelling.
And two I recently tried but didn't like: Brooklyn Nine-Nine (streaming on Peacock or Netflix) looked like it might be interesting, but I found the humor rather, well, unfunny in too many spots, and the introduction (in the first episode) of the new gay captain seemed rather gratuitous, as did some of the so-called jokes. Just not compelling enough for me to spend time on. The other one was The Wire (HBO Max), which is just not my cup of tea. After about half the first episode, I found none of the characters redeeming in the least, the setting of west Baltimore told me what I already know (Baltimore has become a cesspool), and the language is just too much. I don't mind a few F-bombs from time to time, but the characters all talk like drunken sailors, all the time.
With that, I've been pleasantly surprised with Apple TV. I am waiting for the fifth season of For All Mankind to drop, and the second season of Hijack is supposed to be coming up later this month.
Watched Wake Up Dead Man, the third Knives Out mystery. When you watch it be sure to be proactive in figuring out the whodunnit.
****, I had no idea another season of For All Mankind was dropping this year. I thought it was over. That said, I am not sure how excited I am for it; it may have run it's course for me
Wanted to post this the other day but forgot. The new season of All Creatures Great and Small starts on Sunday on PBS.
One of my favorite things on TV right now.
One of my favorite things on TV right now.