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Presently watching Godzilla King of Monsters. I now understand all the jokes about King Ghidorah's third head. I really dislike the antagonist (Dr. Emma Russell). Oh hoh! And here we bring in the Oxygen Destroyer bomb! Which kills everything except King Ghidorah. Of course.Last edited by dubiousbystander; 08-29-2019, 07:21 PM.
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Originally posted by dubiousbystander View PostHave watched I Am Mother. I was surprised and impressed with it. Great acting, setting, backstory, and sneaky clever things you only notice if you're watching the number.
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Murder on the Orient Express (1974 version) enh...not as good as I had hoped...
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Have watched I Am Mother. I was surprised and impressed with it. Great acting, setting, backstory, and sneaky clever things you only notice if you're watching the number.
I think the upcoming Cats would benefit by NOT being in hi-def.
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We've been watching more television series on Netflix. The trouble with movies is the length. On the one hand, they're too long for one evening, and on the other, they don't last more than an evening. A series can be watched for an hour, for weeks.
We loved Russian Doll, and are currently watching Kurt Seyit ev Sura (Seyit the Wolf and Shura). It starts as a really soppy romance between an ex pat Turkish officer in the Tzar's army and a Russian debutant. World War I, the Russian Revolution, the Turkish Revolution, PTSD and an awful lot of devious, wicked people prevent our protagonists from living happily ever after. It's based on a true story, so we haven't given up on them yet.
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I was looking for a small collapsible cup for my travel kit and I found a bunch of interesting plastic souvenir ones from Russia. There were some pretty hand-painted ones and one from Solzhenitsyn’s home from the year of his death. Not small, but lightweight. I showed them to my husband, who said, "God knows what is in Russian plastic!" Um, yeah: do they glow in the dark?
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
A fairly decent comedic anthology film with some bits better than others. It opened with jestful absurdity, and concluded with introspective vagaries, as is often the case with Coen Brothers films, so it definitely feels like what you might expect from them. It actually kinda felt like a Canterbury Tales of the Old West.
It's not for everyone, but I liked it.
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Checking out Alita Battle Angel for my first time. It's better than I expected. Probably the CG is helped by there being little attempt to make CG human faces.
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Watched My Man Godfrey last night, an old favorite...love William Powell...
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Originally posted by ~mj~ View PostThe Crimesof Grindlewald...at least I think that is the name. Just can't get into these last two movies. They lack that special magic of the HP films. So unmemorable I can't even recall the names. Depp is embarasing in them. Ugh.
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Missed getting in on the beginning of Chernobyl. Hope to catch it On Demand.
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My husband has trouble hearing in theaters, so we mostly stream movies and TV. I guess the last two have been mini series: Chernobyl and The Road to Cavalry. (Russian in subtitles, thank goodness.) Chernobyl is as bad as you can imagine, just grim grim grim. And Road to Cavalry, about WWI and the on-coming revolution, feels like I've seen it already. I'm mostly enjoying it, but it's Dr. Zhivago, Anna Karenina, and a few others all rolled in one. Can the characters be any more histrionic?
We are waiting impatiently for new episodes - well, new to us, anyway - of Derish Ertegrul and are hoping for a redemption season of Lucifer.
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I watched "First Man". It is a biographical movie about Neil Armstrong. I learned a few things about his life prior to landing on the Moon. However, I can't say that it was a really enjoyable movie. It was filmed in more of a documentary style than a dramatic style. It was sort of like lets try and put the viewer into the shoes of Neil while he is doing various things. Kind of like a first person video game perspective. Neil's wife Janet, played by actress Claire Foy, was the most interesting part of the movie for me. Ryan Gosling played Neil. I have enjoyed his acting in other movies, but his Neil was a really bland character. I'm not sure that was Ryan's fault though. I think he was trying to give an accurate depiction of Neil.
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I went to see Captain Marvel! That was a pretty darned good movie. Just keep whomever was responsible for certain comic stories far, far way. I am not deeply tied to the Marvel comics. I've had huge issues with them, such as when they made Carol Danvers pregnant with... Urgh. URGH. Yeuch.
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The Crimesof Grindlewald...at least I think that is the name. Just can't get into these last two movies. They lack that special magic of the HP films. So unmemorable I can't even recall the names. Depp is embarasing in them. Ugh.
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I mopped Star Trek:Beyond off my PVR yesterday. The action was probably great in the theater, but I really had a lot of 'can we skip the chase, please?' moments. And, like, the angle of the plot changed halfway through. Not a rewatch, IMHO.
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I picked up Snow White The Fairest of Them All. I suspect it was because Clancy Brown is in it, only to find more familiar faces! It's not quite as difficult to watch as I remember. Does suffer from the usual lack of friendly interaction between female characters.
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