TV/Movies Megathread

[11B4V]

Maze Runner: A bizarre C+

[Eddie Teach]

Saw the first series of Peaky Blinders. Not bad.

[Syt]

... least favorite ... Bor-ing ... C+

[Liep]

Just watched an interview with Lars von Trier about his drinking/drug problems and about "jewery". He's a fascinating and troubled man, and the interview went from really sad to very upbeat and down again a few times.

The journalist is one of the best we have and is also Jewish. The scene where he taught Lars about lightnening the Hanukkah candles was amazing. All with a proficiency of Danish should go watch it on Deadline now.

I remember his (Krasnik right?) interview with Mads Gilbert and it just goes to show the miserable state of norwegian press that Gilbert was disconbobulated by being asked to explain how he knows what he says and confronted on the consequences of is actions and statements. I sort of wish he could learn how to speak "proper" and he could come to norway from time to time and ask our politicians questions that are on the nose and require answers.

I remember that interview. He got a lot of shit afterwards because him being Jewish and all, some people wanted him fired because he so ardently defended Isreal. Luckily the people in charge were there to remind the public that all he did was take down an unprepared or illogical interviewee, and, you know, being Jewish is okay.

[katmai]

Re watched Inside Man.

Very good flick-A
Ide would probably hate it and give it a B.

[Ideologue]

Inside Man is my favorite heist movie, and one of my favorite movies period.  Total A+.  Sorry, charlie.

Syt: it's proto-Pulp Fiction, proto-hipster blargety-blargh-blargh-blargh.  The first vignette is ok, the second is outrageously dull, the third is just boilerplate Stupid Criminal stuff.  It's fitfully funny, but that's all it's got going for it.  For anthology movies largely set in hotels, I recommend Four Rooms instead.  That movie's 3/4 great.

[Syt]

The comment was aimed solely at your bizarro ratings system.

[Viking]

Just watched an interview with Lars von Trier about his drinking/drug problems and about "jewery". He's a fascinating and troubled man, and the interview went from really sad to very upbeat and down again a few times.

The journalist is one of the best we have and is also Jewish. The scene where he taught Lars about lightnening the Hanukkah candles was amazing. All with a proficiency of Danish should go watch it on Deadline now.

I remember his (Krasnik right?) interview with Mads Gilbert and it just goes to show the miserable state of norwegian press that Gilbert was disconbobulated by being asked to explain how he knows what he says and confronted on the consequences of is actions and statements. I sort of wish he could learn how to speak "proper" and he could come to norway from time to time and ask our politicians questions that are on the nose and require answers.

I remember that interview. He got a lot of shit afterwards because him being Jewish and all, some people wanted him fired because he so ardently defended Isreal. Luckily the people in charge were there to remind the public that all he did was take down an unprepared or illogical interviewee, and, you know, being Jewish is okay.

The fact that his jewishness kept being brought up rather than any actual criticism of the interview itself suggests both latent anti-semitism and an acceptance that journalistic bias is ok as long as we share that bias.

[lustindarkness]

The Battle Hobbit of the Five Armies: OK.

[celedhring]

The Bee Movie - a bee sues the human race for stealing their honey and violating their worker rights by forcing them into slave labor. They win the case, but this throws off the natural balance and the whole flora of the world dies out as the bees stop working to produce honey (and thus pollinating flowers). Ultimately order is restored as bees start producing honey again, this time in humane conditions (and presumably unionized).

And no, I'm not making a political interpretation of the plot of the film; that's what it's about 

[Admiral Yi]

What do they eat while on strike? 

[celedhring]

To be honest, the film pulls off the amazing feat of making a Renee Zellweger character that's likeable.

The entire thing is amazingly absurd, though; it managers to be too weird even for animated film standards. There's even a hint of transpecies love between Seinfeld's bee and Zellweger's florist.

[celedhring]

Anyway, Christmas eve animated film deluge continues with Polar Express. Wow what a creepy film.

[Ed Anger]

Christmas Vacation. Shitter's full.

[Sheilbh]

It's a Wonderful Life

Now watching the 1954 King's College carol service