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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7708 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
I was mildly curious about "Take Care" for a while, but seems it will never be released to DVD. I finally watched it via Netflix streaming today. Starts off slow but I ended up really enjoying it. Billed as a comedy, more of a drama w/ some funny bits. I thought Leslie Bibb was really good in it. She plays a woman who has been struck by a car and is recovering from a broken leg and arm. Friends and family are kinda spotty on helping take care of her in her apartment, so she strong arms her ex-boyfriend that she took care of for 2 years while he was battling cancer to help her out. The ex BF's current girlfriend isn't too keen on the idea.
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MtnGoat Member
Joined: 17 Dec 2001 Posts: 11992 | TRs | Pics Location: Lyle, WA |
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Thu Dec 28, 2017 1:36 pm
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cascadetraverser wrote: | on the Last Jedi; How wrong can you get Luke Skywalker, amongst all sorts of other plot holes and missed opportunities for cool plot twists. The Force Awakens was a Star Wars copy and in this one, the director just seemed to not understand the Star Wars Universe and the characters (particularly Luke) that inhabit it. |
I think they not only understand it, they are actively engaged in undermining it and pushing political narratives at the price of inconsistencies.
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers
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GaliWalker Have camera will use
Joined: 10 Dec 2007 Posts: 4929 | TRs | Pics Location: Pittsburgh |
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Fri Dec 29, 2017 1:43 pm
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We saw Downsizing and The Shape of Water recently. Both were really good, the latter in particular*, with classic SciFi themes: if xyz idea were to happen what would be the ramifications...? Interesting and quirky; I enjoyed both.
* Actually, I found The Shape of Water quite a bit better, although Downsizing is the more thought provoking one, SciFi-wise.
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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7708 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
Not a real recent film (2007), I'd never even heard of it til it just popped up on my radar. "Fugitive Pieces." Really well crafted film w/ great performances across the board. Not the easiest film to watch, had to the with the Holocaust during WWII. Character/story driven film, slow paced. Haunting, sad but beautiful. I knew several of the actors/actresses in the film, some others I wasn't familiar with. Even characters that were on screen only briefly made an impression. Among others Stephen Dillane, Rade Serbedzija, Nina Dobrev, Rosamund Pike and Ayelet Zurer.
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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7708 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
Finally saw "Atomic Blonde." As advertised the fight scenes were brutal, kinetic and visceral. Fairly tense and well acted, twisty espionage thriller.
Also watched "The Foreigner" w/ Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan. I've never seen Chan in a serious role, no humor and no lightheartedness at all. He pulled it off well. Chan's daughter is killed in a bombing in London. He thinks Brosnan's character can help him find out who did it, and he will stop at nothing to bring the bombers to justice. He has extensive military training. It's a bit like Liam Neeson in the Taken series, but not quite so over the top. I thought it was well crafted.
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CC cascade curmudgeon
Joined: 13 Sep 2006 Posts: 647 | TRs | Pics
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Wed Jan 17, 2018 12:16 pm
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GaliWalker wrote: | [size=10]* Actually, I found The Shape of Water quite a bit better, |
The Creature From the Black Lagoon 63 years after I first saw him. He has definitely aged well.
First your legs go, then you lose your reflexes, then you lose your friends. Willy Pep
First your legs go, then you lose your reflexes, then you lose your friends. Willy Pep
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16092 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
Shape of Water nice take on the beauty and the beast myth. Great film for a rainy night.
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7708 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
I watch a number of small budget indies. They are very hit and miss. Sometimes even the well crafted movies the absence of a budget can be distracting, but other times I don't notice. With that in mind I got a movie from Netflix I literally knew nothing about other than a brief synopsis and the cast list. "Hollow in the Land." I thought it was quite well done. It had some similar elements to Jennifer Lawrence's breakout movie "Winter's Bone." Set in a blue collar, rural town. The main character is a young woman searching for a missing family member, encountering resistance at almost every turn from other members of the community harboring a grudge against her family. Although a few people try to help. It's different enough it doesn't feel like a retread, it just has some similarities. The movie was tense and gritty. Also quite somber and maybe a bit depressing. The lead was played by Dianna Agron. I never watched Glee but she was in that. I've seen her in 1 or 2 other movies. I didn't even recognize her at first. Rachelle Lefevre and Shawn Ashmore (Bobby/Iceman from the X-Men movies) were the only other members of the cast I was familiar with, but there were good performances throughout.
edited: like seemingly most movies and TV shows these days it was filmed in British Columbia. But it was actually meant to be set in Canada in the film. There was a mention in the credits of a hotel in Castlegar and it also said it was filmed in the Kootenay region. I think I've passed thru Castlegar but I can't remember for sure. I have been in Nelson which is nearby.
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NacMacFeegle Member
Joined: 16 Jan 2014 Posts: 2653 | TRs | Pics Location: United States |
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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7708 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
"Ocean's 11" and "Ocean's 13" were very entertaining, "Ocean's 12" not quite up to par. The director is kind of dipping into the same territory again, but instead of Vegas high rollers he's going for some kind of southern fried redneck spoof or something. "Logan Lucky." Great cast, but it falls fairly flat. Can't recommend it. And if you are from the south or know people from the south, it's probably highly insulting.
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seattlenativemike Member
Joined: 06 Oct 2012 Posts: 524 | TRs | Pics Location: seattle |
Darkest Hour is well done although he reminds me of Archie Bunker
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Toni Member
Joined: 17 Sep 2007 Posts: 829 | TRs | Pics Location: Issaquah |
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Thu Feb 01, 2018 6:08 pm
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"Hostiles"
"Phantom Thread" weird, just weird!
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Malachai Constant Member
Joined: 13 Jan 2002 Posts: 16092 | TRs | Pics Location: Back Again Like A Bad Penny |
Mud bound was excellent and available on Netflix now.
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
"You do not laugh when you look at the mountains, or when you look at the sea." Lafcadio Hearn
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Kascadia Member
Joined: 03 Feb 2014 Posts: 651 | TRs | Pics
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Thu Feb 01, 2018 7:38 pm
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Malachai Constant wrote: | Mud bound was excellent and available on Netflix now. |
We watched last night, agreed.
It is as though I had read a divine text, written into the world itself, not with letters but rather with essential objects, saying:
Man, stretch thy reason hither, so thou mayest comprehend these things. Johannes Kepler
It is as though I had read a divine text, written into the world itself, not with letters but rather with essential objects, saying:
Man, stretch thy reason hither, so thou mayest comprehend these things. Johannes Kepler
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olderthanIusedtobe Member
Joined: 05 Sep 2011 Posts: 7708 | TRs | Pics Location: Shoreline |
Finally saw "Thor Ragnarok." It's playing at the Crest. I'm definitely glad I only paid $4 for it instead of $12 or $15 or whatever. It was as I feared, too goofy and corny for me. Taika Waititi is just not my guy when it comes to directors. I didn't hate it, but I certainly didn't love it. I think Anthony and Joe Russo should direct all of the Marvel movies, they are head and shoulders above everybody else as far as I'm concerned.
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