TV/Movies Megathread

[Josephus]

Oh no, not Arnold Horschack.

[Razgovory]

I have a very similar voice to Horschack.  Was a bit of a class clown in highschool as well.  I doubt that's very surprising to a lot of you.

[garbon]

Anyone else watching Girls on HBO?

Do you think it's an accurate reflection of urban post college life, or propaganda for ugly girls?

Yes and yes. My sisters had a discussion about how they felt guilty watching it as they could just live their lives/talk to friends and have the same experience.

[garbon]

The power of being creator and writer of show.

I'm jealous.

[CountDeMoney]

The power of being creator and writer of show.

I'm jealous.

Live the dream, man.

[garbon]

The power of being creator and writer of show.

I'm jealous.

Live the dream, man.

Dreams are too fickle to count on them paying the bills.

[Syt]

Watched Dark Knight Rises at the iMax (thanks to the public holiday I could catch one of their awfully scheduled undubbed screenings).

I will send the bill for the hearing aid I will need from here on out to Mr Hans Zimmer.

Overall a decent movie, if a bit dour. I was skeptic about Heche as Catwoman but thought she did a good job. However, I thought her character had not much to do besides looking good and never really being in a tight spot.

I liked Bane. The performance reminded me to some degree of Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now. Shame his end was such a letdown. Also, the twist at the end, and reveal of the true villain - yeah, it was hinted at, but I still found it came pretty much out of nowhere.

For being so dour and serious, the characters seemed to show little emotion. However, like in other Nolan movies, there's a tendency of characters to tell/discuss their motivations and emotions at length instead of choosing a subtler approach of showing them through actions. But YMMV on that.

Unlike Avengers, however, I don't have an instant impulse of "I need to see that again!"

I wasn't aware that Gotham had a perfect replica of Heinz Field as a football stadium. That broke the immersion a bit for me, together with showing the Steelers team during the national anthem. They go for "generic New York style metropolis" all the time (though garbon certainly would recognize city shots if they were taken in NY), and then take one of the most recognizable football stadiums, especially with the vista shot over the river?

Though I guess a number of Languishites got a kick out of seeing the Steelers and their field getting blown up.

[Eddie Teach]

Overall a decent movie, if a bit dour. I was skeptic about Heche as Catwoman but thought she did a good job. However, I thought her character had not much to do besides looking good and never really being in a tight spot.

I would be too. I think they did well picking Anne Hathaway over her. 

And yeah, I didn't think they developed that character enough.

[Syt]

Hathaway, Heche, pfft.

[viper37]

Watched Dark Knight Rises at the iMax (thanks to the public holiday I could catch one of their awfully scheduled undubbed screenings).

ah! I see it's a generalized policy.  I don't fancy seeing a movie at 1:00am on tuesday

[Syt]

Well, the previous iMax in Vienna went bankrupt. So the new one they have is trying to make sure its seats are filled - and they usually can do that only with dubbed blockbuster movies during primetime and the undubbed versions are shown during inconvenient hours.


Again re: Dark Knight Rises - I didn't really feel emotionally engaged in the movie. It looked good, but rather sterile. The people were talking about emotions and motivations, but they didn't really show them.

Then again, when your male lead is Christian Bale, this is probably the safer option.

[viper37]

Well, the previous iMax in Vienna went bankrupt. So the new one they have is trying to make sure its seats are filled - and they usually can do that only with dubbed blockbuster movies during primetime and the undubbed versions are shown during inconvenient hours.

Same process in Quebec city.

The regular theaters have now started showing movies in original language on Tuesdays and Thursdays, just like iMax.

What I never understood was that on Friday nights, for good blockbuster movies, the rooms are always filled for the original english movies.  And I know lots of people keep asking for them.  But it seems to never materialize in sufficient numbers at the theater.

Again re: Dark Knight Rises - I didn't really feel emotionally engaged in the movie. It looked good, but rather sterile. The people were talking about emotions and motivations, but they didn't really show them.

I saw it dubbed.  I can't really judge the actor's play.  I liked the movie, but it's like they were over zealous with cissors and cut the good pieces too.

[Grey Fox]

You guys still go to the movies?

[Neil]

You guys still go to the movies?

Of course.  Why wouldn't we?

And it's not iMax, you Apple-fags.  IMAX is proper, but we'll also accept Imax.

[Grey Fox]

You guys still go to the movies?

Of course.  Why wouldn't we?

And it's not iMax, you Apple-fags.  IMAX is proper, but we'll also accept Imax.

Expensive, poorly maintained theatres, rooms full of Bluetooth talking assholes is not something I enjoy.