Movies and TV

[kato]

rip off of this movie

 

[stevek173]

oh no chit

ty brother Kato

 

[kato]

love you brother

 

[stevek173]

same

 

[Mudcat]

In my ongoing quest to view all the Best Picture Oscar winners I saw



All Quiet On The Western Front (1930) - This was the third ever winner. Interesting flick in many ways. I kind of expected it to glorify war - as war was glorified on film for so many years only to come out on the other side around, I dunno, the 70's (???) Well, that could be a big debatable topic in itself but the point is, this is a strongly anti-war film.

It has many good, thoughtful ideas presented as anecdotes within the larger narrative. I know it is based on a book and I imagine that book is quite good.

As a movie though, it is full of the comically bad acting that was representative of the era. And there is a lot of hard-to-sit-through bad dialogue reminiscent for me of Terence Malick at his zit-squeeziest.

I can appreciate what I saw but doubt I would ever watch it again.


6 out of 10

 

[Matty]

United 93 (2006)

Lots of yelling.



5 Matty Rains

 

[betplom]

I've changed my opinion on Breaking Bad.

Watched episode 1 last year and wasn't in to it.

Tried again last night, watched all of season 1 and first episode of season 2 on NetFlix, was up until 4:30 AM.

I'm converted.

 

[Mudcat]

In my ongoing quest to view all the Best Picture Oscar winners . . .

Slight correction: my quest is to see all the Best Pictures except The English Patient. I started watching it but bailed within about half an hour and have no desire to see it.

 

[reno cool]

Elaine!

 

[betplom]

 

[Mudcat]

Gandhi (1982) - Not really part of my ongoing Best Picture quest as I had already seen it a couple times. But it really is what a Best Picture should be all about. Just a great film. It's a smart, well produced, important biopic of epic scope, containing one of the great performances of my lifetime by Ben Kingsley.

(One odd little tangent that comes to mind: if they could do such a seamless job of aging character 30 years ago, why couldn't Clint Eastwood pull it off even a fraction as well in J. Edgar?)

But no matter. Thoroughly enjoyable movie experience for me.



9 out of 10

 

[MrMonkey]

Seems like Downton Abbey had things just happened like jumping ahead ....... seems like I missed something!

 

[RayRay]

i like how they found a way to get everyone involved in season 3, mrm... every character got some quality tv time great show

 

[MrMonkey]

Matthew, God forbid RR! What a bummer to end the season! Wow! :sad:

 

[Mudcat]

They were not gentle with our emotions in that finale.

 

[MrMonkey]

Without question Muddy!

 

[Mudcat]

Now my next question is: was that really Anne Murray on Family Guy tonight? It sure sounded like her.

And the answer is: yes. Anne Murray really did Family Guy.

 

[Mudcat]

Well I'll be damned.

The Oscars are coming up this weekend and, while I have been checking out a lot of the nominees, I had not been paying any attention to the odds.

Argo is now a pretty big favorite for Best Picture. I had kinda dismissed that possibility given the absence of a Best Director nom, but lo and behold it is -800 at BetCris right now versus +275 for Lincoln.

I would vote for Argo out of that list of nominees.