Movies and TV

[Mudcat]

I was always amused when Malvo felt the need to move bodies (often a very short distance) after a murder.

Like, yup got rid of ALL the evidence and I'm good to go!

True, true.

Fortunately it was a pointlessness completely in harmony with the ridiculous policing that was going on.

 

[Mudcat]

Clint Eastwood's movie adaptation of Jersey Boys ---> not being well received by critics.

 

[Mudcat]

But don't try to tell me you aren't hot for Clara Bow. That shit don't fly with me.

Seriously. Don't try to tell me you don't want to go back to 1927 and get with Clara Bow.

Just don't even.

 

[Matty]

 

[Matty]

Drive (2011) - If you, like me, expect this to be a racing movie, don't. It's not a racing movie. :

Interesting bit of filmmaking. I'm sure there's tons of references to cult noir flicks that I did not get.

There's lots of blood and Ryan Gosling is slow.

7.8 Matty Rains out of a possible 10.0 Matty Rains

 

[MrX]

Drive was interesting.

One of the better performances by a jacket in a feature film, too.

 

[bacon]

Drive is like a blur of a movie. I didn't expect it to be cool.

It was kind of cool.

 

[Mudcat]

I think Drive was the movie where I finally figured out that Ryan Gosling can't act. I mean, okay, he can act. He's probably better than me.

But the early career hype including an Oscar nomination had me confused. It felt like something must be going on even though my eyes weren't seeing it.

Then I saw Drive. No. Nothing going on.

 

[Cami]

Ryan Gosling is great because the ladies love him. Bout it.

 

[Matty]

Ryan Gosling is great because the ladies love him. Bout it.

That is exactly my take on it.

 

[Cami]

Well I think it's true, there are quite a few actors/actresses IMO that are big simply because they are nice to look at.

 

[Mudcat]

Re Game of Thrones, I am also somewhat put off by the repeated references to Sansa Stark as being beautiful. I realize that beauty is subjective and just about anything appears beautiful to someone.

But it has been my observation as I have gone through life for over half a century that there is simply too few people that consider a forehead the size of Greenland to be aesthetically pleasing for this ongoing admiration of Sansa to make sense.

 

[RayRay]

there is 1 and only 1 good thing about Drive... the soundtrack... not a fukking thing else

 

[Matty]

Sansa does look a bit skanky, in an underage way.

The actress looks like a smug, uptight c-word.

Do not want.

 

[Mudcat]

She didn't even sit on it. You gotta sit on it, come on.

 

[Cami]

c-word.

Cunt.

 

[Mudcat]

Here is what I am very dubious about. (Game of Thrones again.)

I realize it sets up wonderfully entertaining pro rasslin' type situations - but this idea that someone on trial can just stop the proceedings and say he wants a trial by combat thru a champion makes no sense.

Like, just because a guy has a buddy who's a really good fighter, he can go on the crime spree of the century including killing any number of kings with impunity?

Again, I see the entertainment value for a TV show but real-world sense? (Well, real-fake-world.) Not seeing it.

Not seeing it.

 

[bacon]

On episode 2 and I want to say the near lesbian scene made my heart smile. Otherwise mixed feelings, some cool stuff but all the shit with the kids and the wolves was fucking dumb. I hope for much better things and more lesbianism.