TV/Movies Megathread

[Habbaku]

So King George had a stutter, and he found some guy who could help him. Yippee?

  He then went on to kill Hitler single-handed.

[grumbler]

The Kings Speech

Huh. I certainly enjoyed the movie, but am at a loss as to explain it winning awards. The acting was excellent, the direction flawless, all the technical aspects of movie making (as far as I could tell) were pretty much perfect.

But after it is all over, I was kind of left with a feeling of "Yeah....great...what was the point of all that again?" It was like a perfectly executed documentary on something that really isn't all that interesting.

So King George had a stutter, and he found some guy who could help him. Yippee?

I don't mind character studies and this was a pretty good one.  However, I thought the pacing of the direction was off - it was either glacial or a sprint.  Agree that 'award-winning" seems a strange adjective for films like this, but it was a weak year in pictures, and this was at least as deserving as anything else I saw, and more than most.

[Admiral Yi]

Saw The Queen's Sister, about Liz's sister Margaret.  Drinks a lot, fucks a lot, sings some songs.  Phillip is presented as the responsible one, which sort of surprised me. 

Question for the Angles and Jutes: are Margaret's kids by the photog chap in the line of succession?

[Josquius]

Saw The Queen's Sister, about Liz's sister Margaret.  Drinks a lot, fucks a lot, sings some songs.  Phillip is presented as the responsible one, which sort of surprised me.

Question for the Angles and Jutes: are Margaret's kids by the photog chap in the line of succession?

Not sure who the man you're on about is and no expert on her but the two kids of hers I know about are in the line of succession.

So King George had a stutter, and he found some guy who could help him. Yippee?

  He then went on to kill Hitler single-handed.

He had only one hand too?
The stuff that film missed out....

[Admiral Yi]

Dead Poets Society.  Meh.

Did not recognize Lara Flyn Boyle as the young love interest.

[katmai]

Dead Poets Society.  Meh.

Did not recognize Lara Flyn Boyle as the young love interest.

What version did you see?
As in the original cut all her scenes are edited out.

[Admiral Yi]

What version did you see?
As in the original cut all her scenes are edited out.

You know, that would make more sense.  I just saw her name in the credits and assumed she had died her hair blonde and was playing the cheerleader.  Even though they look nothing alike.

What part did Ms. Boyle have before she got cut out in editing?

[katmai]

She played sister of one of the boys.
Had three scenes according to google search.

Side note :First paying job I ever had in business was a film directed by one of the kids in the class.

[Slargos]

Tucker and Dale vs evil.

Well. Fucking. Done. 

[Josquius]

Currently watching Densha Otaku/Train Man- never got around to watching it before. It is great stuff. Pretty funny.

[Admiral Yi]

She played sister of one of the boys.
Had three scenes according to google search.

Side note :First paying job I ever had in business was a film directed by one of the kids in the class.

Is that typical Hollywood practice to leave her in the credits when she doesn't make the cut?

[Razgovory]

Just finished Eden of the East- it took two days.

It was absolutely wonderful.

You should have just watched East of Eden.  Shorter and almost certainly better.

[Ed Anger]

Just finished Eden of the East- it took two days.

It was absolutely wonderful.

You should have just watched East of Eden.  Shorter and almost certainly better.

Or Exit to Eden.

[Razgovory]

   I did actually watch that once.  When I was younger and stupider.   Dana Delany was hot though.

[Ed Anger]

I may or may not have spanked to that in my younger days. But I was under the influence of drugs.