TV/Movies Megathread

[Ideologue]

Brad Bird?

[frunk]

Incredibles sequel

Incredibles creator Brad Bird is currently "working on the story" for the sequel to his much-beloved 2004 movie.

[Ideologue]

Then that is excellent.

[CountDeMoney]

I'm curious as to whether Habbaku thinks I rated Fox too high or too low.

West Side Story (1961).  It's hard to say if I like the songs for themselves--for I don't think a one of them could exist independently of the film as something one would especially want to listen to--or if I like them because their cultural omnipresence triggered long-dormant memories--most notably in regards to a bunch of MST3K reference jokes I suddenly got.  But this musical is pretty fun, musically; and I love the dance choreography despite and perhaps because of its intrinsic laughability; and I love the way Wise films this movie; and I love Romeo and Juliet; and the pace Wise gives the material--well, it's simply stunning how quickly its two and a half hours pass.

A high B+ but if my girlfriend asks, it's a low A

All this tells me is that your girlfriend has marginally better taste than you, but at least she's got the sense to be in the right ball park.

I give West Side Story, and the future nutsack punch I owe you for giving it a B+, an A+

[Eddie Teach]

Greatest musical ever, so B+ sounds right. 

[Scipio]

Greatest musical ever, so B+ sounds right. 

The greatest movie musical ever is An American in Paris, followed closely by Singing in the Rain and Kiss Me Kate, then West Side Story.

[Admiral Yi]

Apart from the Jets' song and Everyting fine in America the songs in West Side Story are pretty crap.

That Everything Fine dance scene is one rocking scene however.

[Eddie Teach]

Gee, Officer Krupke is a great song too.

I hated An American in Paris.

BTW, Yi, the song is just called "America".

[Admiral Yi]

10-4 Wegro

[Josquius]

Exit Through the Gift Shop- The best quote is by the artist Banksy "It was at that point that I realised that maybe Terry wasn't actually a film maker and he was maybe just somebody with mental problems who happened to have a camera"
Surprisingly entertaining documentary about a weird French guy who films everything he sees and via a fortuitous family link gets involved with the street art scene, eventually becoming friends with Banksy.

[Razgovory]

Was watching a movie called "Flyboys" on Amazon Instant video.  It's a dull, generic and cliched film.  Though it occurs to me that you could make a good film out of it, if you focused on the black character (who was based on a real guy who fought for France in the war).  A story about an African American who fights for his adopted homeland because he refused to be a second class citizen in his own country is an interesting tale.  A story of a generic pretty boy soldier who gets in token conflict with troubled his commander and watches as his band of rag-tag cliches get shot down is not.

[celedhring]

Was watching a movie called "Flyboys" on Amazon Instant video.  It's a dull, generic and cliched film.  Though it occurs to me that you could make a good film out of it, if you focused on the black character (who was based on a real guy who fought for France in the war).  A story about an African American who fights for his adopted homeland because he refused to be a second class citizen in his own country is an interesting tale.  A story of a generic pretty boy soldier who gets in token conflict with troubled his commander and watches as his band of rag-tag cliches get shot down is not.

Thought the same when I first watched it. They had a pretty interesting story right in front of their noses and went for the lame and generic instead. It is also unreasonably long.

Still, a WWI flying aces flick isn't something we get too often, there's a bunch of air stunts and action scenes that don't look too realistic to me, but I'll admit to my ignorance of the actual capabilities of those planes.

[Admiral Yi]

The downtrodden negro showing up his hillbilly oppressors isn't a much fresher one than pretty boy with authority issues learns the meaning of responsibility.

[Ideologue]

I've been meaning to watch 1927's Wings.  It sounds pretty amazing.  Actual airplanes and actual stunts.  It won the precursor to the Best Picture Oscar, but it's pretty long for a silent film.

I have had some difficulty locating a copy of 1971's Zeppelin.

[garbon]

Broad City. I think that show finally hit its stride.