TV/Movies Megathread

[Sheilbh]

Watching the last episode of Poirot

Enjoyed it a lot. And now Poirot's over forever

[CountDeMoney]

Seriously, how many people noticed?

I certainly didn't notice.  Oops.

[jimmy olsen]

Terminator 3. Much better than the abortion that was 2.

Are you on crack?

I liked 3 more than most people, but this is a ludicrous statement.

[katmai]

Forget it Timmay, it is the Brain.

[Josephus]

Watching the last episode of Poirot

Enjoyed it a lot. And now Poirot's over forever

Did HE do it?


That was how Agatha Christie ended him.

[Sheilbh]

Watching the last episode of Poirot

Enjoyed it a lot. And now Poirot's over forever

Did HE do it?


That was how Agatha Christie ended him.

[spoiler]Y[/spoiler]

It was a very well done, funereal episode

Edit: Also thinking of converting my beard into a Porot moustache for movember

[mongers]

'Tudor Monastery Farm'  - more from the team that brought us 'Victorian Farm' and 'Tales from the Green Valley'.

[Ed Anger]

Any nudity?

[Josephus]

Watching the last episode of Poirot

Enjoyed it a lot. And now Poirot's over forever

Did HE do it?


That was how Agatha Christie ended him.

[spoiler]Y[/spoiler]

It was a very well done, funereal episode

Edit: Also thinking of converting my beard into a Porot moustache for movember

Agatha Christie's last Poirot book was called Curtains. In it Poirot returned to the scene of his first case, Styles, telling his friend (is it Hastings, can't remember?) that there is a murder about to happen. Turns out...spoiler.....[spoiler]Poirot is the killer.[/spoiler]

[garbon]

C.O.G - This is that movie based on one of Sedaris's stories in Naked. Not bad though certainly not as good as the short story. [spoiler]Also, unlike in the short story where when the one other gay guy reveals his shelves of dildos fills the reader with revulsion, watching the film I was like don't be a little bitch, live a little.[/spoiler]

[Savonarola]

Les Amours de la reine Élisabeth (1912)

The immortal Sarah Bernhardt stars in all her histrionic glory in this tale of Elizabeth and Essex.  The story is shot with title scenes announcing what is to follow, and then the characters over-act it out while the camera sits nailed to the floor.  In the final scene Elizabeth dies, in front of her whole court, by belly-flopping into a pile of pillows.  It is among the funniest scenes in film.

Twenty seven years later Bette Davis and Errol Flynn would retell this story as "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex."  It's amazing how far cinema had come in such a short time; silent to sound, Sarah Bernhardt to Bette Davis, static camera to mobile.  It's a world of difference in film, but in time it's the same distance from Aliens and Top Gun to today.

[viper37]

Has she ever made a good movie??

hmm, Girl interupted?  One of the Tomb Raider? Gone in Sixty Seconds? Wanted?

I'd say prior to becoming anorexic, she was good.

[Ideologue]

The Great Dictator (1940).  B+

Eyes Without a Face (1960).  B

Party Monster (I don't know).  B

The Fly (1986).  A

Seconds (1966).  B

Got Things to Come and Gran Prix from B+N today.  Ordered Blow Out, Paths of Glory, Videodrome, and, as part of my Christmas present for my dad, Bergman's The Magician/The Face/whatever it is in Swedish also.  Thanks a lot garb.  You know I'm weak.

[Josquius]

Can anyone recommend any current US shows that are actually good?
Walking Dead, Boardwalk Empire and Supernatural (hey, I've stuck with it this long...) are currently about all I watch.

Zero Dark Thirty- Slow start but gets pretty good. Interesting how the soldiers main tactic seems to be whispering target's names. Simple but effective.

[garbon]

Can anyone recommend any current US shows that are actually good?
Walking Dead, Boardwalk Empire and Supernatural (hey, I've stuck with it this long...) are currently about all I watch.

Not really the same of any of those, but The Good Wife is pretty fun - particularly post first season when it had played out the initial story seed of a woman living her life once her husband, a politician, was caught having an affair. Had a few rough patches in season 4 but back on high notes again in season 5.