TV/Movies Megathread

[Josephus]

HBO is airing a doc on Diego Maradona, specifically his time at Napoli, Great. 10 Hands of God.

[The Brain]

Django Unchained. Jesus wept, what garbage. If you're gonna make a movie about a serious subject like slavery it is good taste not to make it horrible, but I suppose the memo never reached Quentin. Portraying slavery guys as cartoonishly evil buffoons... portraying the reaction of being rescued from slavery which included whipping, rape etc as a happy smile like getting out of a boring work assignment or something (instead of weeeping with relief, happiness and emotion)... the only thing worth watching is Leo at work which is a joy, but the rest of this abortion of a movie is best forgotten. This is the first post-Pulp Fiction Tarantino movie I've watched, but I hope they're not all as horrible.

[garbon]

That last sentence does not compute.

[The Brain]

That last sentence does not compute.

I've heard good things about the latest one, I plan to watch it some day.

[The Brain]

Also, dynamite in 1859? Brits fighting Verdun eat your hearts out.

[Eddie Teach]

Kill Bill and Jackie Brown are both good.

[Admiral Yi]

Jackie Brown is watchable, Kill Bill is not.

[celedhring]

Kill Bill part one is one of the most entertaining movies he's made, imho.

Jackie Brown I like a lot, too.

[FunkMonk]

Inglorious Basterds was very entertaining, though I suspect this crowd would hate it due to it's, uh, ahistorical aspects.

[Josephus]

The first 20 minutes or so of Inglorious Basterds is among the best 20 minutes in cinematic history

[Sheilbh]

Jackie Brown is excellent. Can't say I've made a point of watching his other post-Pulp Fiction stuff so not sure.

[frunk]

The first 20 minutes or so of Inglorious Basterds is among the best 20 minutes in cinematic history

Yeah, I watched it a second time just for that scene.

[crazy canuck]

Inglorious Basterds was very entertaining, though I suspect this crowd would hate it due to it's, uh, ahistorical aspects.

Agreed, great movie.

[Berkut]

Inglorious Basterds was very entertaining, though I suspect this crowd would hate it due to it's, uh, ahistorical aspects.

I think people who care about historical accuracy are not going to care about that in IB at all. It totally diverges from actual history, it clearly isn't trying to be "historical" and failing.

[Eddie Teach]

Better not to try than try and fail?

Well, I suppose that's true of comedy.