TV/Movies Megathread

[Ed Anger]

Too old, too fat

[Josephus]

Too old, too fat

Me or her?

[Sheilbh]

THE BREAKFAST CLUB IS ON!

[garbon]

I'm starting my 2nd episode of Stranger Things. First one didn't do much for me.

Took a bit to get started but feels like it has sort of taken off in [spoiler]ep 5.[/spoiler]

On the whole though, not sure what all the fuss was about. While enjoyable, seems mostly like any other horror story, in a small town that we've encountered before.

[HVC]

I felt the same. It wasn't bad, but didn't feel like anything special. Maybe if I had better memory of the movies it through back to I might have enjoyed it more.

[Ed Anger]

THE BREAKFAST CLUB IS ON!

Barf.

[Ed Anger]

Too old, too fat

Me or her?

For comedy purposes, both.

[Barrister]

So somehow Mrs B got free tickets to an advance screening of the remake of Ben Hur.

Oddly enough, neither Mrs B or I have ever seen the original, though I at least was vaguely familiar with it.  Mrs B, on the other hand, was quite surprised when Jesus showed up in the film.

All in all, it was a good movie, and I enjoyed it.  The chariot race scene was quite thrilling, as was the sea battle.  Lots of CGI going on, obviously.

My only thought though was I'm not quite sure what the audience is for a remake of Ben Hur nearly 60 years later.  I think being released in late August, with almost no advertising that I've seen, is kind of telling.

Oh - and seeing an advance screening is the way to see a movie - get in for free, no ads, no trailers - just right into the movie.

[celedhring]

Most of the time trailers are the best part of the experience though 

But yeah, some theatres go nuts with the ads. When I was in the US sometimes ads+trailers took up to 45 minutes in some theatres, which was completely ridiculous.

[celedhring]

John Turturro shooting a Jesús Quintana spinoff 

http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/08/17/jesus-returns-in-going-places-a-spin-off-to-the-big-lebowski

No Coens involved so it's probably going to be shit. But hey.

[garbon]

Most of the time trailers are the best part of the experience though 

You know you can do that for free with your computer and an internet connection, right?

[celedhring]

It was supposed to be a smartass comment about how trailers most of the time look better than the movies themselves.

I guess it wasn't smart enough. 

[garbon]

It was supposed to be a smartass comment about how trailers most of the time look better than the movies themselves.

I guess it wasn't smart enough. 

It sounded like you go to the wrong movies.

[Sheilbh]

Most of the time trailers are the best part of the experience though 

Sort of agree. I love the trailers. Ben Hur trailer was on before Star Trek here

[Josephus]

So somehow Mrs B got free tickets to an advance screening of the remake of Ben Hur.

Oddly enough, neither Mrs B or I have ever seen the original, though I at least was vaguely familiar with it.  Mrs B, on the other hand, was quite surprised when Jesus showed up in the film.

Spoiler alert