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Top of the Lake! :up:

Very enjoyable 1 season show with a Down Under setting! These British shows are fascinating!
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Talk about a motley crew!

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Holly even made an appearance!

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On the other hand, my favorite movie critic skewered it. 1 out of 4 stars.
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Yeah you know what? I have been mentally revisiting it (La La Land) and my rating is coming down from 7.4

Haven't decided where to exactly - and I still have a basic like for it - but there were some things I was letting slide that really shouldn't be totally slud.

I'm curious what Walter had to say.
 
He puts a lot of energy into exploring the homage angle. A big thing for me is, I don't really care about homages. I am never judging a movie by the job it is doing as an homage to other things. That goes for Tarantino too. I don't care what you are winking or nodding at. I am just looking at the movie in front of me and if I am entertained.

Other than though, I dunno. Walter didn't like the love theme music. I thought it was very nice. Music is subjective.

James Dean came up a few times. Not even sure what we are saying about him. I know I found him to be a hilariously bad actor. It has no bearing on my feelings about La La Land though.
 
Okay, I've got to talk about Red Oaks.

I'm pretty sure this is the best television show I've seen since Sopranos, but it might be hard to explain why it's so good. It's just one of the most competent things I've seen.

The show revolves around the lives of the kids working at a New Jersey country club in the mid 80s. Some of the club members and some parents also play important roles. There's no overriding theme, and nothing too out of the ordinary happens (well, maybe one thing).

The performances are all great. There are no throwaway characters. Everyone is real and given some depth, which really stands out in a show that initially feels like it's going to be a send-up of 80s stereotypes. Quite a few times a character has surprised me and made me realize something unexpected about them with nothing but a look that you could have missed. Tons of heart in this thing, but it doesn't need to prove it to you.

Oh, and the 80s stuff works so well because it's just there. There's not much self-aware "look at how silly this was" nor any overly sentimental notion about the time.

I'm almost through with season 2. I don't know if there will be more seasons. It's going to ruin a lot of other shows for me by how poorly they compare.

Oh, and it's very funny. That doesn't hurt, but I'd love it even if it weren't.

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Watched ep1 on youtube. It's not bad, I liked the scene with the Asian nurse. I'd watch more. It also on some level reminded me of high school. But they do seem to sex things up a little awkwardly. But maybe its more unusual for tv and not reality :dunno:
Come to think of it in my high school fuckers were making out all day all over the place.
 
That looks like chicky-poo who was in Pushing Daisies, gotten a bit older.


I watched both Big and Home Alone recently. Remarkably similar movies to me actually. Not in terms of plot but in terms of big-picture intentions and execution. Both 6.3 rating.
 
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