Movies and TV

[roguejuror]

so al bundy left peggy and got a colombian wife

 

[Mudcat]

Stuff watched and rated in the last while

Howards End (1992) - Merchant-Ivory period piece starring the usual suspects. Reasonably well done but doesn't exactly wow me. I freaking HATE Vanessa Redgrave. 6.4 out of 10

Mean Streets (1973) - I have heard it said that Christopher Nolan could film flies circling over turds for 2 hours and his fanboiz would give it an 8/10 rating at imdb. I believe the same is also true of Scorsese. Mean Streets comes off to me as an amateurish film school effort with some hilariously bad bits and an obnoxious soundtrack - which is rated 7.5 overall. I give it a 4.6

Se7en (1995) - Hard for me to believe this is almost 20 years old. Extremely well-done movie that I think would have to be somewhere in my all-time top 20. I gotta say it though: I don't like Brad Pitt's performance. 9/10

Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982) - Kind of amusing I guess. 5/10

The Jerk (1979) - Another Steve Martin/Carl Reiner effort. They tried hard but it is aimed at simpler minds. 5/10

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) - I hate the title but the movie is okay. Thoughtful coming-of-age stuff. 7.1 out of 10

Edison and Leo (2008) - Peculiar little tale told in claymation. 5.9 out of 10

Side Effects (2013) - It was interesting as a theoretical study for an hour and change. Then they got aggressive with the plot twists and it became an eye roller. 4.9 out of 10

The Guilt Trip (2012) - Tolerable if unspectacular comedy with Barbra Streisand and Seth Rogan. 5.3 out of 10

Quartet (2012) - Dustin Hoffman's directorial debut about an old age home for retired musicians. Pretty good cast. Story was just okay. 6 out of 10

 

[reno cool]

so al bundy left peggy and got a colombian wife

don't remember that one rogie

 

[MrMonkey]

Muddy, we like'em Jude Law and movie!

Muddy, you're a pro movie critic for sure! Don't ruin it for us amateurs!

 

[reno cool]

yeah, anybody who says "tolerable if unspectacular" has gone over the line

 

[Mudcat]

I downloaded the entire Six Feet Under Series. Noice! 63 episodes. Guess I'll be wading through that for awhile.

 

[Matty]

Elysium (2013)

Shitty pro-Obama propaganda piece disguised as shitty dystopian sci-fi piece. Jodie Foster is shockingly bad in this. Matt Damon is bald. Everything's dirty.

4 Matty Rains out of a possible 10

 

[Mudcat]

I saw a review about that which was generally pretty positive - however Jodie Foster's performance was centered out as being strikingly bad.

 

[roguejuror]

Muddy delete the torrent so you won't be serving the files yourself.

 

[RayRay]

I downloaded the entire Six Feet Under Series. Noice! 63 episodes. Guess I'll be wading through that for awhile.

it can be slow...dont give up on it :donthinkso:

 

[reno cool]

a cutesy tv show about morticians. Only in America. I could never get past that part.

 

[Mudcat]

I've seen 6 Feet Under before, probably ~7 years ago. This is a second viewing to confirm status as 3rd best show of all time.

Muddy delete the torrent so you won't be serving the files yourself.

If you mean what I think you mean, I already did this. I downloaded the whole big file and it's in my directory or whatever.

 

[Mudcat]

I am currently watching the move Office Space. Hadn't seen that for a long time.

That's a movie that really speaks to me.

 

[rjt721]

Office Space is a classic. Top 5 comedy for me.

Jennifer Aniston = butterface. Am I right?

 

[reno cool]

yap, excellent movie.

 

[Mudcat]

I'm gonna have to ask you to just go ahead and come back another time.

 

[RayRay]

dexter was getting brutal, but i like the turn it took at the end of the ep.

i didnt mind jesse quite as much this week, but its still difficult to watch his scenes

this weeks best episode... ray donavon
this weeks best actor... anson mount (hell on wheels) ...

 

[bacon]

Same on Dex RR I was telling Cami how it was boring as fok compared to Breaking Bad then the twist picked it up.