Saw Bullet Train last night. And loved it. Great action flick, with a great sense of humor. A lot of laughing out loud among my crew.
If you enjoy Tarentino, I think you'd like this.
Saw Bullet Train last night. And loved it. Great action flick, with a great sense of humor. A lot of laughing out loud among my crew.
If you enjoy Tarentino, I think you'd like this.
Music isn't about chops, or even about talent - it's about sound and the way that sound communicates to people. Mike Keneally
Regarding Leonard Cohen, I recommend the 2019 documentary Marianne & Leonard: Words of Love if you haven't seen it. Quite moving, it bought a tear to my eye by the end of the film, and it provides some great insight into the man and his times.
Watched the latest Batman movie last night. Not sure why we need another Batman movie. Aren't there about 100 already? But we watched it. It wasn't terrible. I liked the Noir ambience. And I'm pretty sure I stayed awake through it. So, if you don't think there are already too many Batman flicks, you can go ahead and see this one. Won't hurt.
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
The Reflecting Skin--sort of mystery movie that seemed to be influenced quite a bit by David Lynch
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
St. Ives (1976) starring Charles Bronson who plays a crime novelist hired by the impressively named "Abner Procane" to recover stolen documents. This film is a character-actor hall of fame: Harry Guardino, Harris Yulin, Dana Elcar, Michael Lerner and Elisha Cook, Jr. Abner Procane is played by John Houseman with Jacqueline Bisset as his girlfriend. And Bronson is at one point attacked by a trio of thugs, two of whom are played by Robert Englund and Jeff Goldblum. Not a classic by any means but a pleasant enough way to kill 1-1/2 hours while playing spot-the-actor.
We saw the film “Emily The Criminal” tonight at the theater. One of my favorite films so far this year. Aubrey Plaza, who is probably best known for her comedic role in “Parks And Recreation” puts on a dynamite performance in this one in a role completely different from anything I have seen her in before. The rest of the cast is also great. I highly recommend this one.
We also watched an Aubrey Plaza movie last night, Ingrid Goes West (2017), also starring Elizabeth Olsen. A dark comedy/drama, about people obsessed with their image on social media. Having little to no social media experience myself, I found myself wondering, at the movie's end, which of the five main characters was craziest. I know who the filmmaker wanted me to think it was, but really, they all seemed nuts to me. I couldn't live that way. Hats off to the film for a great depiction of a modern illness.
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
We watched The House of Gucci. My wife really liked it but me, meh.
What can this strange device be? When I touch it, it brings forth a sound (2112)
Ian
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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.
The only musical I can stomach...
"Who would have thought a whale would be so heavy?" - Moe Sizlak
I have about five or six musicals I can stand to watch. After that, the entire genre of musical theater/movies moves into the same standing as country music.
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 grew up hearing a lot of old musicals, and my mom who was a singer and dancer was often in the local productions of them (Music Man, Pajama Game, Brigadoon, Pirates Of Penzance, etc.) and I'd hear her rehearse the songs. We also had a lot of musical records in the house, like Oliver and South Pacific. My parents often watched the film versions when they'd air on TV too, a lot of 40s and 50s golden age Hollywood stuff. So I have more of a soft spot for musicals than some here probably do. If I didn't grow up with that background, I probably wouldn't.
Interviewer of reprobate ne'er-do-well musicians of the long-haired rock n' roll persuasion at: www.velvetthunder.co.uk and former scribe at Classic Rock Society. Only vaguely aware of anything other than music.
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Not at all into musicals or stage plays, unless those stage plays are Shakespeare, and are visually top notch productions.
For musicals on stage and musicals in movies are totally different animals. I am was a French Horn player when I was young and played in pit orchestras for several musicals. I also have attended my share of musical theater on live stage over the years. I don't like all of them,but have enjoyed quite a few. Musicals in movies on the other hand are mostly not my thing. In fact there are very few that I can think of that I have enjoyed. Seeing a musical, live on stage, if done well, I can still dig.
“From thirty feet away she looked like a lot of class. From ten feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from thirty feet away.” – Philip Marlowe
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