- Messages
- 17,929
I mean, I'm averaging a season a day and it's on right now. So it's obvious I'm only pretending I don't like it.
Now if you'll excuse me, it's time for my stories...
Hope you kick that shit's ass, and bounce back better than ever.

I mean, I'm averaging a season a day and it's on right now. So it's obvious I'm only pretending I don't like it.
Now if you'll excuse me, it's time for my stories...

separate the wheat from the chaff.
I appreciate it, man. I’m about halfway there, I’d say.Hope you kick that shit's ass, and bounce back better than ever.![]()




I saw the trailer the other night. I don’t know anything about Leonard Bernstein (except what I subsequently read on Wikipedia), but this film looks like an amazing work. Looking forward to it.I viewed the movie "Maestro" a couple of nights ago. OMG! It is a life story around Leonard Bernstein and it is an INCREDIBLE movie. Bradley Cooper did the best performance I have ever seen him do, and very well maybe the best acting performance I have EVER seen!! He spent an entire year in "voice" of the character, on and off screen. He spent 6 years studying Leonard and worked very closely with Leonard's children to really capture the man! The cinematography was superb, and they switched styles to match the decades in which events were happening! Both Scorsese and Spielberg were both Producers on this film. Bradley Cooper Directed it! The topic itself lends to a fairy tale story, and I think they did a great job of tackling many of the conflicts in his personal and artistic struggles. They basically did not even touch on his political activities, it would have added another hour to the movie had they done so. The other actors (especially Carey Mulligan who played his wife), the music, the choreography, all amazing!!! A movie that I would recommend to every man, woman and child on the planet!!!
I watched it on Netflix and it is a production from them, so I don't know where else one can get it, but check it out if you can, it is 2 hrs well spent!!!
I love period pieces and historical drama, and this film looks like it perfectly captures… just everything about this time, place, culture.. (And, in a meta sort of way, this period’s own filmic conventions.) Cooper’s facial expressions alone. I don’t know Bernstein, but I know that character.I agree. Great filmmaking (setting, design, camera work. lighting, acting, direction, costumes, script) is
so worth my time to sit and watch even if I am not into the subject matter.
Feeling better @mbenigni ??
I love period pieces and historical drama, and this film looks like it perfectly captures… just everything about this time, place, culture.. (And, in a meta sort of way, this period’s own filmic conventions.) Cooper’s facial expressions alone. I don’t know Bernstein, but I know that character.
I am feeling much better - thanks so much for asking. Family’s been great and I’ve gotten a lot of rest. The only bummer is being forced to be so distant from them this close to Christmas. Not sure when I can safely assume I’m not contagious anymore. Guidelines say right up to and including Christmas Day, naturally.![]()
I swear, I NEVER would have guessed that was the voice of Bradley Cooper in that movie. I was sure they had done overdubbing or post production for that voice, but that was all just him learning the part to the tee!!!I love period pieces and historical drama, and this film looks like it perfectly captures… just everything about this time, place, culture.. (And, in a meta sort of way, this period’s own filmic conventions.) Cooper’s facial expressions alone. I don’t know Bernstein, but I know that character.
I am feeling much better - thanks so much for asking. Family’s been great and I’ve gotten a lot of rest. The only bummer is being forced to be so distant from them this close to Christmas. Not sure when I can safely assume I’m not contagious anymore. Guidelines say right up to and including Christmas Day, naturally.![]()
"Stories"You do know that only silver haired old ladies refer to television programs as 'their shows', right?

I like my shows. TV and movies sure as f are a waste of time and I watch WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYY too much of it. But there are things that hit my mind and heart just as much as a breathtaking piece of music. So I will gladly partake of those diamonds amongst the time killing turds.
Started watching Obliterated last night on Netflix and I could not stop watching it, and about half way through it. Good adult adolescent humor galore lol...
Started watching Obliterated last night on Netflix and I could not stop watching it.
Obliterated was lame and predictable...cheesy and stupid..turned it off 2 minutes in