I've had very little time to watch these days, but I recently got my daughters hooked on "Arrested Development" (which I have already seen, of course), so when I do walk past and catch a few seconds, at least I have a chance at a chuckle or two.
All it takes is a classic Tobias Fünke quote to get me giggling like a school girl. I am glad that my daughters are learning about intelligent humour at such a young age, so that all the other crap (laugh-track) they see is put into perspective.
All it takes is a classic Tobias Fünke quote to get me giggling like a school girl. I am glad that my daughters are learning about intelligent humour at such a young age, so that all the other crap (laugh-track) they see is put into perspective.
Hi Cogitech from Kamloops, 🙂
I was always a film buff, even @ a young tender age.
I made a film @ secondary school, and was a film projectionist @ college where I studied Arts including Photography, Cinema, Cinema History.
Films and Music are just two of my deep passions. ...Visuals (moving pictures) and Auditions (moving sounds, music). ...I play music too.
And true, I watch many genres...some rewarding others deteriorating. 😀
But I do tell as I've seen it, heard it, and as I've felt it.
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♦ Last night I watched this guy (on Blu-ray) ::
Very good movie, it has enormous panache.
...An anti-war film, directed by the maestro, Clint Eastwood ('Unforgiven'). ...See it, don't miss it. ...In honor, of all our fallen soldiers, no matter the cause they are fighting, and where, and from what color their skin is.
Wars are a devastating thing, and our leaders should know better.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bP1f_1o-zo
Bob. I meant no offense. I hope none was taken.
I have steered clear of that movie based on title alone, assuming yet another typical American war movie. Based on your review, I will watch it.
I have steered clear of that movie based on title alone, assuming yet another typical American war movie. Based on your review, I will watch it.
CHAPPIE..😀
Its those agile robots again..I thought it was OK a bit like Elysium..
It was better than I expected.
Regards
M. Gregg
Its those agile robots again..I thought it was OK a bit like Elysium..
It was better than I expected.
Regards
M. Gregg
Bob - have you read Pinker's "The Better Angels of our Nature"? - rather densely packed with statistics to make his point, but a very interesting study on at least one aspect of the evolution of the human animal
If cable TV talk shows can count at all - certainly not for artistry but for the occasional glint of intelligent conversation, after a slow start I'm rather enjoying Nat Geo's "Star Talk" with Neil deGrasse Tyson - "where science and pop culture meet" - there are far worse ways to spend an hour in front of the tube
The recent chat with Jesuit Priest James Martin and Richard Dawkins - not on the same stage of course - was quite a bit of fun.
Currently playing at the Royal Museum IMax is Disney's most recent remake of Cinderella 😱, and next up will be "Furious 7" - gee, I can't wait to miss that one 🙄
If cable TV talk shows can count at all - certainly not for artistry but for the occasional glint of intelligent conversation, after a slow start I'm rather enjoying Nat Geo's "Star Talk" with Neil deGrasse Tyson - "where science and pop culture meet" - there are far worse ways to spend an hour in front of the tube
The recent chat with Jesuit Priest James Martin and Richard Dawkins - not on the same stage of course - was quite a bit of fun.
Currently playing at the Royal Museum IMax is Disney's most recent remake of Cinderella 😱, and next up will be "Furious 7" - gee, I can't wait to miss that one 🙄
None was taken whatsoever; you guys here are the most peaceful and friendly bunch of the entire galaxy.
'American Sniper' is an important film in my book; it touches the essence.
...Viewed from what is was intended to with a clear mind.
And it penetrates deeper into men's soul. It's not just about this guy, but also about all of us. And it's not a war movie, but an anti-war film. ...For me anyway.
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♦ Last night I simply revisited this guy ::
* The true real story of Alan Turing is very very sad; the story of all our lives with men's prejudices and profiling and discrimination and all that sad reality jazz. ...He committed suicide @ 41. ...From pure pressure of an unjust world of men without brain.
Anyway, it's a good film, but not the full true picture. ...It motivates us to search for more and consequently discover more. ...We don't live on a pink planet with pink people; meaning it's not all rosy and cozy, but for most a place to escape from.
Our world have repercussions that would last for eternity, or until total annihilation. ...Thousands of years ago as right now today.
Man is simply not strong enough, doesn't have the capacity, intellectually, to improve living on Earth, for all. ...And respect all.
This film is important too, as it incites to discoveries, and some truth about our history.
No Chris but now I will check for. ...And 'Mad Max: Fury Road' @ IMAX (cineplex). Cineplex.com | Mad Max Fury Road
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEJnMQG9ev8
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* I cried: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwd0jcbiKV0
Watched Interstellar and loved it. Great and clever story, cinematography and direction was awesome, the soundtrack wonderful.
The only prior movie that I liked was Coherence - very tense but great plot around Quantum Physics weirdness.
The only prior movie that I liked was Coherence - very tense but great plot around Quantum Physics weirdness.
Viewed the worthwhile but "difficult" to watch "Life Itself" biography on Roger Ebert. It was a nice finale to years of enjoying his movie reviews.
The last two I watched were ::
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I liked them both. I recommend here for all the great gentlemen (and gentlewomen) of this thread, and site.
* Chris, I love Jeff Bridges in several flicks. ...Good funny sense of humor actor with a seriousness in his eyes that don't lie. He's better than Tom Croose and Matt Demon both put together.
I liked them both. I recommend here for all the great gentlemen (and gentlewomen) of this thread, and site.
* Chris, I love Jeff Bridges in several flicks. ...Good funny sense of humor actor with a seriousness in his eyes that don't lie. He's better than Tom Croose and Matt Demon both put together.
I liked 'Tideland'; Jeff was outrageous in it.
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I am revisiting 'The Matrix' trilogy, on Blu-ray; I started with the first last night.
...In preparation to 'Jupiter Ascending' next Tuesday. ...Dolby Atmos and 3D Blu-ray.
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I am revisiting 'The Matrix' trilogy, on Blu-ray; I started with the first last night.
...In preparation to 'Jupiter Ascending' next Tuesday. ...Dolby Atmos and 3D Blu-ray.
I went to the cinema last night for the first time in 3 or 4 years. I was invited by co-workers to go see "Mad Max: Fury Road". I wasn't very keen to go, but I can't be anti-social all the time.
Ridiculous sensory overload.
The entire movie is a car chase. Way, way over the top. Dialog is nearly non-existent. Literally, the main character simply grunts sometimes. The only redeeming quality is the presence of some attractive (although borderline anorexic) nymphs.
I am not one bit surprised how highly-rated this movie is. More and more, I am learning that I need to interpret ratings in a very different way than most people. It gives me deep insight into what the "common man" has come to know and love as "entertainment." It does not bode well for our species.
I give it a solid 3 out of 10, simply for the number of times I thought "really?" or "WTF?" or "is this damaging my ears?"
It will be many years before I subject myself to such nonsense again.
Ridiculous sensory overload.
The entire movie is a car chase. Way, way over the top. Dialog is nearly non-existent. Literally, the main character simply grunts sometimes. The only redeeming quality is the presence of some attractive (although borderline anorexic) nymphs.
I am not one bit surprised how highly-rated this movie is. More and more, I am learning that I need to interpret ratings in a very different way than most people. It gives me deep insight into what the "common man" has come to know and love as "entertainment." It does not bode well for our species.
I give it a solid 3 out of 10, simply for the number of times I thought "really?" or "WTF?" or "is this damaging my ears?"
It will be many years before I subject myself to such nonsense again.
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That's the sort of movie I hate- 2 hours of explosions and CGI.
My wife and I have been too belatedly binge-watching The Wire. I even recognized my old neighborhood.
My wife and I have been too belatedly binge-watching The Wire. I even recognized my old neighborhood.
Recently I grabbed a few cheap Blu-Rays I hadn't gotten around to seeing, out of the Big Round Discount Impulse Bin for Suckers Only (thaaat's me!) at the local Obscenely Huge Department Store.
One of them was Sin City. Reviews sounded interesting for the distinctive visuals, which were of course completely wasted on relentless, gratuitous, juvenile ultra-violence. Not only did I hit the eject button after about 12 minutes, but I also cut the disc in half with a pair of tin snips before I threw it out. Hey, laugh at me if you want - it made me feel a little better knowing that at least no one else is ever going to watch that copy. That is how much I hated that movie.
I am so f890ing sick of all the endless, mindless human violence on this planet, not to mention just plain depressed by the rate at which it's increasingly accepted as the rule instead of the exception - even as entertainment, as you said. It is truly overwhelming sometimes.
-- Jim