TV/Movies Megathread

[Ideologue]

Bad reviews were right and he gives it a C+?!?!?

It's not overlong, not boring, is shot and scored very well, and has some cool deaths.  It's not good, but neither is it terrible.  I mean, would I rather watch this, or After Earth or The Lone Ranger?  This, absolutely.  It's a low C+, I guess, but it earned the plus.

[The Brain]

For once, Netflix Instant Watch is not total garbage and had a movie I specifically wanted to see.  In this instance, I wanted to catch up with 2011 with Refn's Drive before I watched Only God Forgives, which MB reminded me exists and whose bad reviews still make it sound fucking radical.

B+ for Drive, btw.  I loved the 70s pacing without the 70s lack of content, the couple of neat car chases, Gosling's quiet performance, Mulligan's extravagant hotness, Brooks' portrayal against type, most of the music despite some questionable choices, and the ultra violence.  But to quote The Lone Ranger, what's with the mask?

Drive was boring as fuck.

[Ideologue]

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that 70s crime-and-car-chase movies are not your thing, then.

[Habbaku]

I enjoyed Drive quite a bit, but I would struggle to give it anything higher than a low B.  It is ultimately a somewhat empty movie with little in the way of heft.  It has magnificent scenery, some excellent dialogue when the characters actually speak and a tremendous amount of tension in a few, specific scenes.  I think the parts are significantly greater than the whole, though.

[fhdz]

I enjoyed Drive quite a bit, but I would struggle to give it anything higher than a low B.  It is ultimately a somewhat empty movie with little in the way of heft.  It has magnificent scenery, some excellent dialogue when the characters actually speak and a tremendous amount of tension in a few, specific scenes.  I think the parts are significantly greater than the whole, though.

It's a formalist film; an "art" film. If that's the expectation, it clearly succeeds on almost all levels. If one expects a Hollywood-style movie, I can imagine it could be seen as less of a success.

[The Brain]

It blows.

[fhdz]

It blows.

A mouth is a mouth.

[Habbaku]

I enjoyed Drive quite a bit, but I would struggle to give it anything higher than a low B.  It is ultimately a somewhat empty movie with little in the way of heft.  It has magnificent scenery, some excellent dialogue when the characters actually speak and a tremendous amount of tension in a few, specific scenes.  I think the parts are significantly greater than the whole, though.

It's a formalist film; an "art" film. If that's the expectation, it clearly succeeds on almost all levels. If one expects a Hollywood-style movie, I can imagine it could be seen as less of a success.

  Which is why I enjoyed it as much as I did, I suspect.  I'm a sucker for films like it...but I can't help but want more.

[Ideologue]

I enjoyed Drive quite a bit, but I would struggle to give it anything higher than a low B.  It is ultimately a somewhat empty movie with little in the way of heft.  It has magnificent scenery, some excellent dialogue when the characters actually speak and a tremendous amount of tension in a few, specific scenes.  I think the parts are significantly greater than the whole, though.

Fair enough.  How well you'll like Drive is dependent on how many silent scenes of moodiness you like to see.  I like, probably, a higher than average number.  Not so many as Only God Forgives has to offer, sure.

But I thought Drive compared very favorably to, say, Bullitt, in terms of content to padding mood.

[Ed Anger]

Wife rented Spring Breakers thinking I would enjoy it. I DID NOT.

What a horrid piece of shit. James Franco can kiss my rosy red ass.

[Sophie Scholl]

Wife rented Spring Breakers thinking I would enjoy it. I DID NOT.

What a horrid piece of shit. James Franco can kiss my rosy red ass.

But... former Disney girls gone wild!

[Ed Anger]

Wife rented Spring Breakers thinking I would enjoy it. I DID NOT.

What a horrid piece of shit. James Franco can kiss my rosy red ass.

But... former Disney girls gone wild!

There was some piss poor trigger disipline in the movie.

[MadImmortalMan]

Underworld Awakening is on tonight. Charles Dance is awesome.

Also, Kate Beckinsale turns 40 tomorrow. Props to her for remaining hot as hell.

[CountDeMoney]

Also, Kate Beckinsale turns 40 tomorrow. Props to her for remaining hot as hell.

No joke.

[Sophie Scholl]

I was pretty impressed with Teri Polo (Ben Stiller's wife from the "Meet The..." movies) last night on The Late Late Show.  She's over 40 now with a kid and I'd still do awful things with her.