What are we watching now?

[mbenigni]

We have the grandkids coming down this weekend. I think I am going to see if I can get them to watch The Wild Robot. I've been waiting to have an excuse to watch it for a bit

Get a good night's sleep beforehand. That's onion sandwich material. Or so I'm told.

P.S. Something just compelled me to Google "onion sandwich" slang definition to make sure I'm being clear. Yikes. What I mean to say is, the movie is a tear-jerker by ruthless design.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Get a good night's sleep beforehand. That's onion sandwich material. Or so I'm told.

I like a good onion sandwich now and again. I could always trot out some Iron Giant

 

[mbenigni]

I like a good onion sandwich now and again. I could always trot out some Iron Giant

GREAT movie!

 

[Orvillain]

Would much rather my 8 year old daughter watch some raccoons with balls than Snow White.

 

[JiveTurkey]

GREAT movie!

BRO DO YOU EVEN HOGARTH HUGHES?!?!?

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

Yes, the movie looks like more (and more and more) recycled, forced-progressive, focus-grouped-to-death crap. I get that. But I can also read between the lines. The extent to which this guy manages to be outright gleeful about a box office failure, for reasons ranging from "young woman acts like young woman" to "everyone knows dwarves are white IRL", is petty and vaguely repulsive.

tl;dr - "Nazi Roger Ebert" was hyperbole.

That's our issue, not the fact that Disney wouldn't hire actual little people to play the part (whom need the work).

 

[norminal]

The extent to which this guy manages to be outright gleeful about a box office failure, for reasons ranging from "young woman acts like young woman" to "everyone knows dwarves are white IRL", is petty and vaguely repulsive.

It’s satire.

 

[mbenigni]

It’s satire.

Yeah, I had no idea this Snow White saga was all a big “thing”. I still think his delivery speaks volumes.

 

[Spaced Out Ace]

Yeah, I had no idea this Snow White saga was all a big “thing”. I still think his delivery speaks volumes.

I'm glad someone is feigning outrage and disgust on behalf of the offended.

 

[norminal]

I'm glad someone is feigning outrage and disgust on behalf of the offended.

I have ZERO sympathy for the actress as well as Disney. They made their beds.

 

[State of Epicicity]

We just watched At Close Range from 1986, one of the greatest movies ever made, in my book. I've loved that film for decades, and my wife really wanted to see it again. Sean Penn really did make Christopher Walken work as an actor in that, somehow. I hate that Walken has so much talent but often hasn't used it. In this he does. And Sean Penn is always incredible, easily one of the greatest actors of all time, to me. And James Foley has that warmth that so few directors have; it's a masterpiece to me. And I love the tagline:

 

[norminal]

We just watched At Close Range from 1986, one of the greatest movies ever made, in my book. I've loved that film for decades, and my wife really wanted to see it again. Sean Penn really did make Christopher Walken work as an actor in that, somehow. I hate that Walken has so much talent but often hasn't used it. In this he does. And Sean Penn is always incredible, easily one of the greatest actors of all time, to me. And James Foley has that warmth that so few directors have; it's a masterpiece to me. And I love the tagline:

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I don’t believe I’ve ever seen that movie. I really like both Penn and Walken, so I might have to check it out.

 

[Orvillain]

 

[spawnofthesith]

 

[megametal7]

Vikings on netflix

 

[State of Epicicity]

I don’t believe I’ve ever seen that movie. I really like both Penn and Walken, so I might have to check it out.

Run, don't walk! It's one of the rare chances to see Walken as a serious actor. And I think Sean Penn is maybe eighteen in that movie, and 1000% of a better actor still than most people who've ever appeared on screen. And I can't believe he only gets better over time.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Watched the Gorge on Apple TV with Myles teller, Ana Taylor joy and sig our eh weaver


Pretty entertaining thriller/action/rom com/horror flick

Glad to get at least one thing watched other than severance with this Apple subscription

 

[la szum]

I am plodding through Cobra Kai. Season 6. Damn you @laxu for telling me to keep going.

 

[State of Epicicity]

We watched The Conversation last night, followed by Inside The Actors Studio with Gene Hackman then with Harvey Keitel.

This was my third time seeing The Conversation I think. It's crazy to me that this was 1974, two years after he made The Godfather. So after this huge hit that really made Coppola legendary, he makes this quiet, introspective film that feels like it was made for a European art house theater. And it's so good. It's also infuriating to think that this same asshole became a terrible director later, and I don't know why.

Inside The Actors Studio is still my favorite TV show, at least those old James Lipton episodes. Too bad they're not really available many places. Someone has recently posted many of them to YouTube. You have to take the sycophancy with a grain of salt and just laugh at it, but what I do love is the substance of the conversation. It's easy to forget that movie stars and Hollywood directors are also craftsmen, and I love hearing great artists talk about how they do very specifically.

 

[JiveTurkey]

As a polar opposite to The Conversation; we watched Kraven the Hunter last night. Lots of mental gymnastics on this one for me but I will just say it was one of those that we've "already paid for it"; so it's like it was "free". As it should be.

I would not be caught dead going to the theater for it and it was truly a bad film; but I kind of enjoyed it for what it was? Some super bad performances and the Rhino character's implementation was terrible but taken for the turd it was; not so bad. Something we watched a ways back in thread was the best 5/10 (iirc) you could get and I would say this sits in that zone as well. Maybe a 4/10 of the most enjoyable kind.

Glowing review indeed