Harvester on 2/2/2020 at 22:12
Uncut Gems
Most people nowadays agree that Adam Sandler can be a good actor when he's cast in a serious role, and he proves it in this movie again, which is free to watch on Netflix. He gives a manic performance where he screams rather than says his lines, but it's a believable character, I mean it's not Jim Carrey in the Mask kind of manic. The movie's pace is frantic and tense and it's kind of an uneasy, uncomfortable watch, far from a relaxing experience. But at the same time I think it's close to brilliant and I would definitely recommend watching it. It's amazing to see all Sandler's character's plans to go to hell by his own doing and the lengths he goes to to dig a hole for himself. A mesmerizing viewing experience.
9/10.
rachel on 8/2/2020 at 21:27
I watched the second part of Carole and Tuesday on Netflix, the Shinichirō Watanabe series about two girls trying to make music on Mars. I loved the first part, and the second was even better. Great cast of characters, top notch animation (no surprise there), great music (comes with the theme) and an amazing, epic finale.
Greatly and absolutely recommended if you like anime.
10/10.
Renzatic on 9/2/2020 at 18:14
This.
[video=youtube;wAu_fYHZKLs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAu_fYHZKLs[/video]
10/10
henke on 11/2/2020 at 18:45
Quote Posted by Renzatic
This.
well hey if we're just gonna post cool things we find online, here
[video=youtube;L8mhraRL3Oo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8mhraRL3Oo[/video]
also I watched Knives Out, Uncut Gems, My Neighbor Totoro and The Farewell. All good.
Gryzemuis on 12/2/2020 at 12:58
Quote Posted by Thirith
I've greatly enjoyed the first two episodes of HBO's
Watchmen and I'm curious to see where they'll take all of this. The series strikes me as smart, respectful of the original in the ways that matter to me but also audacious and ambitious in terms of where it is taking Moore's themes, motifs and techniques. It is a tightrope walk, though, and their ambition and audacity could well end in a big crash.
Nobody else seems to have seen Watchmen. At least, no discussion here.
This week I've watched the first 3 episodes of Watchmen (out of 9). While watching, I had no fucking clue what I was looking at. But despite that, so far I'm enjoying it. The series looks to me like another series of "these modern times". Something that could never have been done 20 years ago (before streaming over the Internet). Something that would never be done in a movie. Too slow. Too incomprehensible. Too much cult/insider. You need to pay attention, or you might miss something. I knew there was a movie made (in 2009), I think I've seen short fragments, but it didn't capture me at the time. I know it is based on a comic, but I haven't read comics since I was a teenager. So I went in with a blank mind. The world of Watchmen seems a bit weird, clumsy, unbelievable. But so far I'm able to deal with that. Did nobody else watch Watchmen ? I'm looking forward to watching the next 6 episodes this week.
Sulphur on 12/2/2020 at 18:01
The funny thing about Watchmen is that it has an okay start - not mindblowing, since we've already seen this style of storytelling in The Leftovers - but quickly ramps up to a brilliant middle, then becomes a conventional show in the end. It talks about some very important things, and does a fairly decent job with the subtext, but I'm not convinced it has much more to say than that the record needs to be corrected.
Anyway. I'm watching this show called Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet, and it's a sitcom about game development. Well-researched! Well-detailed! Ubisoft lent their franchises! It addresses important social issues like gender disparity and influencer culture, monetisation, toxic fanbases and, yes, nazis. It really does love video games, and knows how to show it.
And it's an absolutely mediocre comedy. The fuck, dude.
But then there's episode 5 which is a bit of an anomaly, almost stand-alone in its construction, and it's a short slice of drama about love and compromise that hits right in the feels. Kinda sucker punched me in the jaw by how well-observed it was, and when I recovered the first thing I had to do was talk about it. The rest of the show is... eh, it's well-made but inessential, but episode 5 is nigh well-on in the running for best unexpected thing in a series since BoJack's last bottle episode.
SubJeff on 13/2/2020 at 05:28
New Curb, of course.
henke on 16/2/2020 at 18:54
Not sure if y'all heard, but Parasite is good. Very funny and violent and sad and surprising! :thumb:
Gryzemuis on 18/2/2020 at 14:42
Quote Posted by Sulphur
The funny thing about Watchmen is that it has an okay start - not mindblowing, since we've already seen this style of storytelling in The Leftovers - but quickly ramps up to a brilliant middle, then becomes a conventional show in the end. It talks about some very important things, and does a fairly decent job with the subtext, but I'm not convinced it has much more to say than that the record needs to be corrected.
You were absolutely right. I loved the first 6-7 episodes. I really did. I even went and watched the 2009 movie (between watching episodes 4 and 5). The movie is far from perfect. It's actually a challenge to watch. (The latest version is 3 hours and 40 minutes long). But it was entertaining and kinda interesting. I thought the tv-show was even better. I loved the episodes about Silk Spectre and Looking Glass.
However, the 2 last episodes were disappointing. Especially the last episode was bad. A missed opportunity. Basically once
Dr Manhattan enters the story, the story falls apart. To be honest, when I saw that Lindelof (from Lost) was behind the Watchmen tv-show, I immediately expected the show to be crap. Weirdly enough, the first 7 episodes weren't bad at all. But then the ending was what I expected.
I googled a bit for reviews and viewer-responses. It's unbelievable how this (innocent) show triggers American assholes. They whine that the show is "too political". How "all the white people are racists". "It's pushing a woke liberal agenda". Etc, etc. The Trump election really brought all the poison and vileness in US society to the surface. I have no idea how the US is ever gonna recover from 2016-2020. (Or even worse: 2016-2024).
Sulphur on 25/2/2020 at 05:41
Okay, Succession: I've been morbidly fascinated with the political manoeuvring and family dynamics of three siblings and associated hangers-on embedded in the their tyrannical dad's corporate hegemony, and it's not a fun show, but it knows how to be funny. Most of the time that's at the expense of a character (all of whom are brilliantly acted) to twist in the knife, but also a lot of the time it's observational comedy foregrounding some very layered and tangled politics.
Season one: 'Words are just... uh, what? Nothing. Complicated airflow.'
Season two, headline on a news channel in the background while antifa protests outside the office as the family's network endorses a fascist politician: 'Gender fluid migrants may be entering the country twice.'