TV/Movies Megathread

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I don't see how that concussion flick can be anything but a snoozer.  Sounds like a Hallmark Special Presentation.

Could be ok: The Insider's pretty good, for example.  I doubt Concussion is anything like that tho except in vague outline.

Yeah, my first thought was The Insider, which is very good. The trailer looks pretty uninspiring though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io6hPdC41RM

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No Country For Old Men - Love the film, but [spoiler]I still feel robbed by the way Moss' death happens off-camera, after the film spends so much time getting you invested in his survival[/spoiler]. Too many old coots telling vaguely metaphorical stories, too.

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Flipping through the bottom feeder channels I have just stumbled upon "Das Boot 2". I had no idea this even existed. I'm gonna watch and see how much it sucks.

[Malthus]

Flipping through the bottom feeder channels I have just stumbled upon "Das Boot 2". I had no idea this even existed. I'm gonna watch and see how much it sucks.

Das Boot 2 - Diesel Boogaloo?

[celedhring]

Looked it up, it's actually an unrelated shitty U-boat German flick that was distributed over here as "Das Boot 2".

[Habbaku]

No Country For Old Men - Love the film, but [spoiler]I still feel robbed by the way Moss' death happens off-camera, after the film spends so much time getting you invested in his survival[/spoiler].

[spoiler]That's the whole point of the story...[/spoiler]

[celedhring]

No Country For Old Men - Love the film, but [spoiler]I still feel robbed by the way Moss' death happens off-camera, after the film spends so much time getting you invested in his survival[/spoiler].

[spoiler]That's the whole point of the story...[/spoiler]

[spoiler]I don't mind him dying, I get that is the point. I mind not seeing it, it really feels like a cop out.[/spoiler] That said, I just read up on the novel and it's done that way in there, so I can understand the Coens respecting that.

[Berkut]

I just thought it was kind of confusing the first time I watched - I wondered if somehow I missed a scene or something.

[garbon]

I just thought it was kind of confusing the first time I watched - I wondered if somehow I missed a scene or something.

Yeah...then I liked it.

[Habbaku]

No Country For Old Men - Love the film, but [spoiler]I still feel robbed by the way Moss' death happens off-camera, after the film spends so much time getting you invested in his survival[/spoiler].

[spoiler]That's the whole point of the story...[/spoiler]

[spoiler]I don't mind him dying, I get that is the point. I mind not seeing it, it really feels like a cop out.[/spoiler] That said, I just read up on the novel and it's done that way in there, so I can understand the Coens respecting that.

[spoiler]No, I mean not seeing it is the whole point.  The world has passed the Sheriff by and the anti-climax of his missing out on the big showdown is the representation of that.  Later on, as well, when he hesitates to enter the room the killer is in, is the final show that he's done with this work, that the world should be left to overs.  He says it earlier in the film--he no longer has the will to 'put the chips in' and take the risks he needs to catch the criminals that this new generation has produced.[/spoiler]

[celedhring]

That's fine, but up to that point the movie wasn't about that. [spoiler]It was about Moss' futile escape. The PoV is firmly on him, he's clearly the protagonist, and we are robbed of the culmination of that and switch abruptly to Jones' sheriff[/spoiler]. I can see the intellectual/formal point being made ("no closure for you! This scary world has no closure!"), but it felt unfulfilling to me.

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The Queen - a glorified telemovie, and not particularly poignant one. Very cold and formal, despite being an attempt to show the domestic side of the royals. However, all the acting talent is top notch. Besides Mirren, who's certainly great, I loved Michael Sheen as Blair, and I like seeing James Cromwell in almost anything.

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No Country For Old Men - Love the film, but [spoiler]I still feel robbed by the way Moss' death happens off-camera, after the film spends so much time getting you invested in his survival[/spoiler].

[spoiler]That's the whole point of the story...[/spoiler]

[spoiler]I don't mind him dying, I get that is the point. I mind not seeing it, it really feels like a cop out.[/spoiler] That said, I just read up on the novel and it's done that way in there, so I can understand the Coens respecting that.

[spoiler]No, I mean not seeing it is the whole point.  The world has passed the Sheriff by and the anti-climax of his missing out on the big showdown is the representation of that.  Later on, as well, when he hesitates to enter the room the killer is in, is the final show that he's done with this work, that the world should be left to overs.  He says it earlier in the film--he no longer has the will to 'put the chips in' and take the risks he needs to catch the criminals that this new generation has produced.[/spoiler]

Overs?

[Razgovory]

I been watching "Falling Skies" off Amazon Prime.  Almost finished the second season.  It's really losing my interest, though.  The series is lazy, and the focus on the world's most baddass family (minus mom), is getting dull.

Things I notice:

Despite lack of running water and constantly living on the run, all the women except one have access to a stylist.

If 90% of the population were killed you'd think people would find more dead bodies lying around.

Early on they discovered how to make "mech" bullets, which are made of metal that has can pierce alien robot armor  but has such a low melting point that it can melted down over a bunsen burner.

The Aliens come in several types.  The most common are big robots and ugly little foot soldiers who have six legs.  The ones with six legs are never given guns.  That seems like a major oversight.

The Aliens have very limited air support.  The heroes drive a convoy 500 miles to some other town and they aren't immediately hit by bombs from the sky.  In fact, they are never hit by bombs from the sky.  The aliens do know where they people are, since they chase the convoy most of the way.

They give guns to 9 year boys but rarely to people over the age of 40.

You'd think they would run into more humans even if they wiped out 90% of the population in the beginning.

How do they know that 90% of the population was wiped out?

They raid a lot of armories to get weapons, but oddly a lot of it is soviet made.

The aliens have robots, but for some reason feel the need to have slaves.

They claim to be part of a regiment, the 2nd Mass, but only had 100 fighters from the very beginning and were only commanded by a captain.  There is never a 1st. Mass

Despite living in an apocalyptic alien infested world someone mows the lawn for most of the houses.

[11B4V]

Good report and exactly why I didn't even finnish the first season. I was expecting better.