I really need to watch True Detective again - so many twists and mindfucks in there.
I really need to watch True Detective again - so many twists and mindfucks in there.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
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2nd season was fine, but not a patch on the 1st
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Gordon Haskell - "You've got to keep the groove in your head and play a load of bollocks instead"
I blame Wynton, what was the question?
There are only 10 types of people in the World, those who understand binary and those that don't.
Watched "Money Monster" yesterday, coincidentally the same day the US President removed the remaining regulations on Wall Street, making it possible, even likely, IMO, that another economic meltdown will occur, and certain that working-class small investors will be cheated. The movie was predicable, but pretty good-better than early reviews would have me believe. Only thing I disliked was the flickery, wobbly credits/screen text, which carried through to the Special Features on the DVD. That was annoying. I blame director Jodie Foster, because there was a choice.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
I watched the Tower documentary, based on what I had read here.
Fascinating stuff, and thankfully quite honest as well. Nothing worse than a back-slapping whitewash doc. And it was clear that despite all the turmoil, by the end many of the people involved were quite emotional and still had fond memories of their experiences and involvement.
Nice to hear that the Japan operation is still flourishing though.
My only personal experience of Tower was one we had in London in Piccadilly Circus, which was very large and generally quite well stocked. That closed in 2009.
A similar thing happened here, to a lesser degree, with HMV records in the UK. They hit problems about 3 years ago, downloads and online selling were seriously affecting their profits, so they started closing a lot of their stores. Primarily the smaller ones across the UK, but eventually the larger ones in London as well.
There is one store left now in London in Oxford Street, but its much smaller than the previous one that was there, very poorly stocked and just seems to be full of rows and rows dvd box sets for sale, bargain CD's and crappy t shirts. I get the impression they just shipped all of the unsold stock from the closed branches there to shift it.
And now inevitably, its been announced that the last remaining London store is to close. I can't say I will miss it because there is nothing there I would want to buy. That will leave a few odd stores dotted around the UK regions, but I suspect they will soon be gone.
In central London that leaves one mainstream record store, FOPP. Its not a bad store, started out as an independent but then grew larger. The London store seems to have a lot of dedicated, enthusiastic staff, they write little recommended notices/mini reviews on certain movies and CD's, and do make an effort to carry a lot of cult items, but they are not that big so they don't stock a huge range of stuff.
Personally I miss those kind of stores, I loved walking around for an hour or so and checking out movies and CD's, it was kind of relaxing and there was always that element of discovering something you had forgotten about, or something new you did not realise was released.
And I did that up until it became harder and harder to find what you wanted as they started downsizing and closing these stores, until eventually I had to look online to find what I wanted.
I guess you tend to know somethings wrong when suddenly the rows of discounted items start getting larger and larger, in some cases so many that it was hard to negotiate your way through the aisles.
I only clicked on it because I thought it was going to be something more interesting...
The Boston Strangler - not seen this for a good 20 - 25 years at least. Still quite a powerful movie, and probably much more so in its day.
The split screen was probably the most innovative use of the technique at that time. It wasn't just split screen, it was multiple scenes in the same frame, with different parts of the action/plot going on. Often creating a lot of tension, because you see the killers POV and the unsuspecting victim at the same time.
I know its a marmite thing, you either love it or hate it. But for me this is the best example of it.
The other items of note are the disturbing and realistic portrayals of the murders, not exactly graphic but filmed in an almost documentary style realism. Most of the emphasis was on the aftermath of the killings, and sometimes graphic descriptions of how they died, again quite strong stuff for that time. The occasional quick, almost subliminal shot of the naked bodies (which William Friedkin admits he copied for the dream sequences in The Exorcist) are also quite strong.
And of course there was Tony Curtis, a massive departure for him, as he was at that time a kind of romantic leading man and had been making a lot of comedies. You don't actually see Curtis until half way through, but he pretty much dominates the rest of the movie.
His performance may seem a little mannered and odd by todays standards, but kudos to him for stepping up.
I only clicked on it because I thought it was going to be something more interesting...
I saw La La Land this weekend. I thought it was a good movie but it didn't blow me away like I was expecting.
Watched Traitor last night, a decent drama/suspense with Don Cheadle, Jeff Daniels, Guy Pearce.... all good actors. The pace was good, and I liked all the different locales it was filmed in.
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Tried watching Rob Zombie's 31, didn't make it though, total shit for me.
Green Room, it was okay, but nothing as far as isolation horror tropes you haven't seen before.
Weather was cool on Saturday around 55f, so went to the movies and saw HIDDEN FIGURES a feel good semi-accurate entertaining 2 hours...
Dave Sr.
I prefer Nature to Human Nature
Alien lifeform brought from Mars terrorizes International Space Station. Looks interesting, another trapped-with-an-alien-movie.
Watched Money Monster on cable. Not bad. I think someone mentioned a dislike for the camara work. I found it fine and for what it is ,it is good. Not the plotline I had thought it would be, in a good way.8 of 10
We watched Gone Girl last night. My wife watches a lot of true crime type shows. Should I now be worried?
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Watched another recent movie which wasn't exactally what I expected. Affleck's The Accountant. What it looked to me to be from the trailers was another John Wick, basically a one dimensional extended choreographed fight/kill scene. Not saying John Wick wasn't entertaining, but I wasn't interested in a retread. While The Accountant has some violent ,well choreographed mahem, it possesses ,IMO, a more layered ,nuanced story. Theres some nice surprise twists , 4 big ones by my count. I like when enough info is given to guess the coming surprise, rather than the film just pulling it out of its ass out of the blue (known as the Blue Ass Syndrome). 3 of the 4 where dedeucible , I got 1. The 4th was a Blue Ass, but still pretty cool. Solid 8.5 of 10.
Here's a fine bit of controversy
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
Jack Reacher - Never Go Back. I really liked the first one. I saw this in the cinema when it was released. I could not remember much about the plot, so when I watched the blu ray recently I can only assume I must have slept through most of it.
It's quite abysmal - everything that was entertaining about the first move is gone. The measured pace, the inventiveness, the clever plotting and storyline...swept aside for a generic Bourne-style, frantic, chase/gun battle/fistfight every 10 minutes. And the most clichéd, boring collection of villains and bad guys I have seen in a long time.
Frankly this comes across as something Arnie, Sly or Willis would probably have turned down.
I only clicked on it because I thought it was going to be something more interesting...
The new John Wick movie gets over 90% on Rotten Tomatoes. I guess I might have to check out the first one and see what the fuss is.
I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down.'- Bob Newhart
I liked the first John Wick movie, but cannot see how a sequel will be necessary or different. But I guess those things never bother Hollywood.
Watched The Accountant last night. Very good, for those of us who like a little story with their violence.
We're trying to build a monument to show that we were here
It won't be visible through the air
And there won't be any shade to cool the monument to prove that we were here. - Gene Parsons, 1973
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