What are we watching now?

[TSJMajesty]

Naked Gun trailer.

That last bit was

 

[dbagchee]

That last bit was

I’m ready for this one!

 

[TSJMajesty]

The Man With The Golden Gun

Mmmmm Britt Ekland & Maud Adams!

Oh and a reprise from sheriff J.W. Pepper. Git 'em BOY!

 

[laxu]

I'm a bit ill so I've been binging Letterkenny.

 

[dbagchee]

NIN soundtrack? Yes please!

 

[State of Epicicity]

Last night we watched The Jericho Mile from 1979; it's Michael Mann's first film, and it's made for TV. I think this is my fourth time seeing it. It's so damn good. It has twenty-eight speaking parts from actual inmates of Folsom Prison. The performance from the lead actor Peter Strauss is Robert de Niro level of work and embodiment. It's so great in just about every way. You see the origin of Mann’s characters rejecting contractions, and it’s incredible. You have the first use of “there is not a hard time invented I cannot handle.” I don’t know where you can see it these days, but years ago I bought a Dutch DVD of it, because that’s all I could find. I read that it was common practice for TV movies in the US to be shown in movie theaters abroad, and I was just imagining how awesome it would’ve been to see this in a theater.

 

[- ★ - BROCKSTAR - ★ -]

I started watching this 2016 movie called "tallulah" on netflix last night... Not a bad movie so far.

"A young woman takes a baby from an irresponsible mother and pretends the child is her own. Without a place of her own, she asks for help of her ex-boyfriend's mother, telling her the baby is her granddaughter."

 

[maguchi]

The NCAA college basketball final between Florida and Houston. Florida took it in the final minute.

 

[State of Epicicity]

We just watched It All Starts Today from 1999 by Bertrand Tavernier, the guy who made Death Watch. This was really really good. I was struck by how much I liked the lead actor, Philippe Torreton. I need to see more with this guy, because I just felt like he was working his ass off. This a different side of French cinema, and I really like it. It focuses in a downtrodden town, and the characters have life to them. It's also brutal, since it's like a conglomeration of the child abuse side of Dennis Lehane books. But it has this solemn and introspective quality, balanced with the fieriness of the characters, and I loved that. Now I'm definitely interested interested not only to see more performances by Philippe Torreton, but anything else directed by Tavernier.

If I'm going to continue to watch a bunch of French film, I should really learn French someday. I'm fine with subtitles, but you're relying on the quality of the translation, and I know from the two different translations of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon that this matters immensely. When that film came out, I saw it in the theaters twice, and I thought the writing was thoughtful and somewhat poetic. When I bought the Blu-Ray, I was shocked, because the translation decimated the poetry of the original, and it was just terribly written overall; it completely changed the film. It made me realize, a translator also has to be a good writer.

 

[Baba]

1. Adolescence - As has already been discussed in this thread, immaculate acting and performances, great writing, but I think I wasn't able to let go of my "American Style Crime Story" lens when watching this, because it does NOT wrap anything up, it's not a "Law and Order" kind of deal. That doesn't mean it wasn't excellent though, especially the way it was shot.

2. Gone Girls (Documentary) - this one was good. I'm not sure I had even paid attention to this (true) story, at the time, but this documentary was well done. It was gripping, upsetting, maddening, saddening, it had everything the usual documentaries have.

3. Black Doves - I liked this one. It had kind of a "underground or Mission Impossible" spy side to it, but a lot more human and emotional, an also a little crazy.

4. Fool Me Once - We watched this one last year, in the fall, I think. VERY good. Kind of a tragic ending, which I didn't expect, and shook me for a bit, but great story, and great acting.

5. Long Bright River - Liked this one. I was born in Philly, and still live in the area, so the background shots, (they loved showing the "EL", or elevated train, at least 3 or 4 times an episode), were cool and familiar. Kind of gritty and real, and takes you on a bit of a ride before it wraps up.

 

[JiveTurkey]

1. Adolescence - As has already been discussed in this thread, immaculate acting and performances, great writing, but I think I wasn't able to let go of my "American Style Crime Story" lens when watching this, because it does NOT wrap anything up, it's not a "Law and Order" kind of deal. That doesn't mean it wasn't excellent though, especially the way it was shot.

2. Gone Girls (Documentary) - this one was good. I'm not sure I had even paid attention to this (true) story, at the time, but this documentary was well done. It was gripping, upsetting, maddening, saddening, it had everything the usual documentaries have.

3. Black Doves - I liked this one. It had kind of a "underground or Mission Impossible" spy side to it, but a lot more human and emotional, an also a little crazy.

4. Fool Me Once - We watched this one last year, in the fall, I think. VERY good. Kind of a tragic ending, which I didn't expect, and shook me for a bit, but great story, and great acting.

5. Long Bright River - Liked this one. I was born in Philly, and still live in the area, so the background shots, (they loved showing the "EL", or elevated train, at least 3 or 4 times an episode), were cool and familiar. Kind of gritty and real, and takes you on a bit of a ride before it wraps up.

1. Stephen Graham and the kid playing the suspect were PHENOMENAL. I get your point about the anti-Law and Order approach though.

2. I want to watch this one but keep sidestepping it for no real reason?

3. Looks good. I'm gonna have to add this to the list.

5. I really liked this but I wished it was about 2 episodes shorter than it was? It was drug out a bit too long, imo.

 

[Baba]

1. Stephen Graham and the kid playing the suspect were PHENOMENAL. - yeah, I don't know how a 15 year old can be that talented, HIS FIRST TIME ON A SET.

2. I want to watch this one but keep sidestepping it for no real reason? - You should. It's sad, and very compelling.

3. Looks good. I'm gonna have to add this to the list.

5. I really liked this but I wished it was about 2 episodes shorter than it was? It was drug out a bit too long, imo. - Agreed, 1,000%

 

[JiveTurkey]

Finished up the first season of The Pitt last night. If you dug ER back in the day; give it a go. Pretty anxiety inducing on the medical procedural side but good cast of characters on top of that. Good stuff.

 

[Baba]

Finished up the first season of The Pitt last night. If you dug ER back in the day; give it a go. Pretty anxiety inducing on the medical procedural side but good cast of characters on top of that. Good stuff.

Same!

I low key have a thing for that Dr. King, lol. Something about her quirkiness. Regardless, kudos on the acting job by her, because here is real life:

I just found out that she's Bryan Cranston's daughter.

 

[JiveTurkey]

Same!

I low key have a thing for that Dr. King, lol. Something about her quirkiness. Regardless, kudos on the acting job by her, because here is real life:

I just found out that she's Bryan Cranston's daughter.

She was GREAT. She reminds me a LOT of a couple different actresses but I can't place who? Maybe Amy Adams and the gal from one of the Fargo seasons married to Ewan McGregor? She played quirky perfectly. The actress with the big jaw's character drove me NUTS.

 

[Baba]

The actress with the big jaw's character drove me NUTS.

Lol, I said to s/o, "I hate her face". She goes, "is it her chin?"

And I said, "no, she just played the character so well, and I hate her face"

 

[JiveTurkey]

Lol, I said to s/o, "I hate her face". She goes, "is it her chin?"

And I said, "no, she just played the character so well, and I hate her face"

She had a few redeeming moments but drove me nuts most of the time. The doctor that she got in trouble with the weird chin (ironically) as her work nemesis gave me irritating vibes as well

I noticed a thing they did where they would add agitated heartbeat sounds to parts where they were working on patients that elevated my anxiety quite bit. Pretty genius move actually

 

[Baba]

As my, "watching in the background during work" show, I just started streaming the old classic Boston Legal.

I hadn't seen it since it aired, and it still holds up, Funny AF. Also, Julie Bowen

 

[State of Epicicity]

We watched Black Cesar from 1973. Larry Fuckin' Cohen, Man. He is strangely inept with everything he touches, but still film was still interesting despite that. I've seen too many of this piece of cheese's turds, and I don't know why I keep going back for more. And I don't know why Fred Williamson played main character a little like a used car salesman. But it was still weirdly good in some way I can't define. Still a turd, but still good. This is the great contradiction of 1973.

 

[State of Epicicity]

We watched Street Fighter from 1994 with Jean Claude Van Damme. Wow, I had always assumed it would be bad, but now I can see how he was tanking his own career. The thing that killed me even more was how their fictional world felt devastatingly like the real world of today.