TV/Movies Megathread

[Eddie Teach]

Binge watched s2 of Umbrella Academy. Very fun.

[Duque de Bragança]

RIP. I like Angel Heart.

Unlike, say, Turkish prisons?

RIP indeed.

[celedhring]

Binge watched s2 of Umbrella Academy. Very fun.

Binged it this weekend too. Really fun, although not as great as season 1. That one balanced being zany and compelling to near perfection, imho.

[Josephus]

I watched one of Alan Parker's movies over 20 times.

[grumbler]

I watched one of Alan Parker's movies over 20 times.

  At what point did you realize it was the same movie?

[The Brain]

Doom. Scienticians have gotten into trouble at an archaeological dig on Mars, and the Marines are called in. I've seen at least parts of it years ago, but didn't remember that much. It's pretty good. There is much to like about it. There's a nicely longish steady buildup before things get "out of hand" (in horror/action movies I often prefer the part before things get too crazy). There's a nice [spoiler]hero/villain[/spoiler] dynamic, and it's not every movie you get to see [spoiler]The Rock execute a guy for refusing to murder civilians[/spoiler]. It's nice that the man/woman bit is [spoiler]brother and sister and not a contrived love story[/spoiler]. The short first-person sequence is a nice nod to the game, and makes sense storywise. Rosamund Pike is hot. One weakness is the lack of inspiring scenery, there's a LOT of dark corridors. All in all it's one of those movies that's a lot better than you'd expect when you hear a brief description of it.

[Sheilbh]

This may just be because I've recently watched a couple, but I feel like 70s style paranoid thrillers are due a comeback

[The Brain]

This may just be because I've recently watched a couple, but I feel like 70s style paranoid thrillers are due a comeback

Let's hope so.

"-It would happen this way. You may be walking. Maybe the first sunny day of the spring. And a car will slow beside you, and a door will open. And someone you know, maybe even trust, will get out of the car. And he will smile, a becoming smile. But he will leave open the door of the car, and offer to give you a lift."

[Sheilbh]

One of the films I watched.

[Eddie Teach]

Speaking of 70s thrillers... Scorpio. It was ok.

[Josephus]

I watched one of Alan Parker's movies over 20 times.

  At what point did you realize it was the same movie?

[The Brain]

Mad Max: Fury Road. Krusty tries to rule a post-apocalyptic wasteland with an iron fist. Decent, does one thing and doesn't stray too far.

[The Brain]

Addendum: I got the feeling that the Netflix version I watched was censored, [spoiler]Krusty's death seemed weirdly off camera[/spoiler]. Maybe my mind is playing tricks on me though.

[The Brain]

RIP. I like Angel Heart.

Unlike, say, Turkish prisons?

RIP indeed.

I like movies about gladiators.

[Savonarola]

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Sidney Poitier starred in this and in "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" in the same year.  I think that's one of the best example of the change between Golden Age Hollywood and New Hollywood.  (Although "In the Heat of the Night" was released first.)

This time through I kept noticing that this was obviously shot in a northern state in the fall rather than Mississippi in the summer.  (In fact it was shot in Illinois; except the cotton harvest scene which was done in Tennessee.)  Even having seen it before, I couldn't remember who the murderer was.  Of course the murder mystery is entirely beside the point; the real story is the relationship between Rod Steiger and Sidney Poitier.