OT: TMB Movie Club - Use this thread for feature films in theaters or streaming....
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I’ve been watching Chris Guest films on Netflix: Best in Show > Waiting for Guffman > A Mighty Wind. So freaking funny, a treat to see the actors change from film to film. Parker Posey, in particular, amazing range, incredibly impressive.
One of my all time favs and all time great films, IMHO
I often wear my “The Dude Abides” t-shirt at the gym. I’ll go up to my buddies, point to each word in turn, “The Dude Abides,” give them two thumbs up, that always gets a laugh. It’s a good shirt, when wearing it I look bigger than I actually am.
It’s a good movie. The spreading of the ashes, omg funny. Walter called it, who knew.
It’s on Peacock, may have to watch it tonight in honor. My son and wife went to Iceland a few years ago and they went to The Lebowski Bar in Reykjavik.
Don’t take the plot for fact, that is a 70s or 80s plot line without 2026 technology. Was a good movie, but it is just a movie.
Hell or High Water is on Netflix. @laKavosiey-st lion this is right up your alley. You’re welcome.
97% Tomatometer.
97% Tomatometer.
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Second to Porsche engineer test driver I wanted to write songs. If moms throws me Out I’m buying a 991.2 and moving in with my Nashville cousin
Saw a premier of Project Hail Mary last night. Fun time at the movies. An old school space epic with Ryan Gosling in a great role. A great story of sacrifice and friendship, visually stunning too! From the same author who wrote The Martian.
That is funny you say that. I didn’t see it yet but was thinking it was the movie Martian but with a rock. Or is it like castaway except rock for Wilson.
Anyone watching Cross on Prime? I'm up to episode 5. So far I like it. Aldous Hodge is very good as Alex Cross and Isaiah Mustafa as his partner Sampson is pretty good as well.
Hodge would have also made a good Easy Rawlins from the Walter Mosley series.
Like the book they meet a lot at Bens Chili Bowl. Alway's wanted to try that place.
Hodge would have also made a good Easy Rawlins from the Walter Mosley series.
Like the book they meet a lot at Bens Chili Bowl. Alway's wanted to try that place.
I was a fan of the first few books but then James Patterson became the Thomas Kinkaid of the litterary world and started knocking off books with other writers and well I got bored with his 2 paragraph chapters.
Give the Easy Rawlins series a try.
Huh. Nice analogy.I was a fan of the first few books but then James Patterson became the Thomas Kinkaid of the litterary world and started knocking off books with other writers and well I got bored with his 2 paragraph chapters.
Give the Easy Rawlins series a try.
I have similar feelings. I also liked the first few books, but then I started to feel like I was reading the same book over and over again.I was a fan of the first few books but then James Patterson became the Thomas Kinkaid of the litterary world and started knocking off books with other writers and well I got bored with his 2 paragraph chapters.
Give the Easy Rawlins series a try.
I watched Is This Thing On? last night on Hulu. It was extremely slow, and I found myself fighting to stay away. That was a fight I ultimately lost.
I have tried to watch The Secret Agent on Hulu, a nominated film. Brazilian with subtitles starring Wagner Moura in post dictatorship Brazil. Extremely slow and weird Brazilian stuff so I gave up on it plus it’s 2.5 hrs long. Not my cup of tea.
The Peaky Blinders ‘The Immortal Man’ is pretty good so far; about halfway through. Some nice additions to the main cast with Rebecca Ferguson, Tim Roth, and Barry Keoghan, but I miss the regulars. Will be interesting to see how they continue the show given the events thus far in the film.
Update: Hated this. Not sure what else to say other than if you're going to gift your fans a film after six seasons, make it worthwhile. This is not that. So sad given all the talent and effort involved, but wish they would have just left things as is with the regular series finale. No spoilers here, but if others watch and want to get into it, I'm game. 2/10.
I will have to check it out because I'm a big Peaky Blinders fan, but your review is not encouraging! Usually your recommendations are spot on, Midnighter. The only one I can remember having a strong opposing viewpoint from you was the most recent season of True Detective.
Except the leads are Tarantino and Clooney as vicious hitmen. Classic Selma Hayek dance sequence in that one too!
I'm as big a fan as there is of the show and it's just such a kick in the nuts. Obviously, the cast and production are top notch - it's the story that blows.
those on the board for many years know that I have am a big Star Wars fan. So it should come as no surprise that I took in Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu on opening weekend.
While I am a huge Star Wars fan, for multiple reasons I never watched the Mandalorian series that was on Disney+. I thought that might be a problem, but per interviews it was clear that Disney made this film to stand by itself, in that it was written from the perspective of film watchers not needing to know all the background details of the characters.
Would it work if you've never seen any Star Wars films? It would, but some of the characters would be a little confusing/hard to believe.
To the film: it wasn't the best of the offshoot Star Wars films. But it was quite entertaining. The Mandalorian character is excellent, and lives up to the reputation of a Mandalorian. Grogu was a character that was new to me (I've seen GIFs of baby Yoda, but never saw anything in which Grogu was in). While it would be helpful if he/she spoke, he/she is still young in terms of the normal life of the Yoda-type species (which has never been identified). Grogu seems like a minor character at the start of the film, but he does end up having a key role in the film.
Rotta the Hutt has a major role in the film. The film explains his relationship to Star Wars characters, so I'll refrain from giving that away.
Sigourney Weaver is the only name actor/actress that is a new to playing a Star Wars character. She does fine in her performance.
Filmaker Martin Scorsese has a brief cameo in the film. You could easily watch the movie without realizing he was in the film (a combo of how brief the character he plays is in the film, and the costume and mask he wears in the film).
And in a bit of a twist, or to make you feel old, this movie opened almost 49 years to the day of when the original Stars Wars opened in 1977.
I'd give the film a 3.5 on a scale of 5. I probably would have given it a 4 out of 5 when walking out of the theater (it was that much fun, at least to a Star Wars fan), but upon reflection since I've decided it's good on action and good on an emotional level, though the plot is somewhat thin.
While I am a huge Star Wars fan, for multiple reasons I never watched the Mandalorian series that was on Disney+. I thought that might be a problem, but per interviews it was clear that Disney made this film to stand by itself, in that it was written from the perspective of film watchers not needing to know all the background details of the characters.
Would it work if you've never seen any Star Wars films? It would, but some of the characters would be a little confusing/hard to believe.
To the film: it wasn't the best of the offshoot Star Wars films. But it was quite entertaining. The Mandalorian character is excellent, and lives up to the reputation of a Mandalorian. Grogu was a character that was new to me (I've seen GIFs of baby Yoda, but never saw anything in which Grogu was in). While it would be helpful if he/she spoke, he/she is still young in terms of the normal life of the Yoda-type species (which has never been identified). Grogu seems like a minor character at the start of the film, but he does end up having a key role in the film.
Rotta the Hutt has a major role in the film. The film explains his relationship to Star Wars characters, so I'll refrain from giving that away.
Sigourney Weaver is the only name actor/actress that is a new to playing a Star Wars character. She does fine in her performance.
Filmaker Martin Scorsese has a brief cameo in the film. You could easily watch the movie without realizing he was in the film (a combo of how brief the character he plays is in the film, and the costume and mask he wears in the film).
And in a bit of a twist, or to make you feel old, this movie opened almost 49 years to the day of when the original Stars Wars opened in 1977.
I'd give the film a 3.5 on a scale of 5. I probably would have given it a 4 out of 5 when walking out of the theater (it was that much fun, at least to a Star Wars fan), but upon reflection since I've decided it's good on action and good on an emotional level, though the plot is somewhat thin.
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