TV/Movies Megathread

[CountDeMoney]

The Governor gets points for country girl mindfucking.    Glenn still needs to find his inner SNLF non-com, though.  Still a pussy.

I hope Rick takes that bayonet hand and shoves it up Merle's ass.  Even better if his brother winds up doing it.  Or better yet, Michonne.

Mid-season finale next week.  Dammit.    8 down, 8 to go.   

[Grey Fox]

What The Hell, it's not monday afternoon yet & you've already watched it?

[garbon]

[CountDeMoney]

What The Hell, it's not monday afternoon yet & you've already watched it?

5am is my usual Me & Rick Time.  I enjoy the lonely solace of the early morn to be with my walkers, morning smokes and coffee.

Sorry, guys. 

[Grey Fox]

It's ok, lolz.

[FunkMonk]

Omg spoilerz 

[Tonitrus]

I am still trying to figure out how the telecommuting-nerd character's angle is supposed to develop, now that his dreams of life-after-zombie have been disillusioned.

And the Governor's mind games with Maggie are not surprising, based on how it seems his character behaves in the graphic novels, but still eased up quite a bit for television.  Brutal zombie violence is one thing, but hard to see them pushing the "brutal rape" envelope.

[Malthus]

Anyone seen Cloud Atlas yet? It is getting mixed reviews, but I am not expecting it to bring me to my knees with its philosophical and intellectual depths. I am expecting the kind of sensual feast "Perfume", "Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus" and "Stardust" were - so would be good to hear someone confirm this is what I will be getting.

I saw it and enjoyed it a lot - this is definitely a love it or hate it sort of movie, and I loved it. It is visually stunning, at the least. 

[Josephus]

So Boardwalk Empire finale this Sunday.   I expect a high body count.

[Ed Anger]

Siege of Firebase Gloria

Dead gook storage.

[Ideologue]

Been going through my James Bond movies.  Got up through Thunderball on the one end and both the currently-on-home-video Daniel Craigs on the other.  Two questions:

1)I've heard tell in some parts that From Russia With Love is considered a "very good" or even "great" Bond movie?  Is this a widely held opinion?  Are a lot of people actually high, all the time?  Compared to either Dr. No preceding it or Goldfinger following it, it pales, but even without suffering from standing between giants, it's blah in its own right, with only a few scenes of great interest.  The train fight is really good, sure, and I liked that there was more SPECTRE, but most everything else is kind of mediocre, the Gypsy part is sort of racist and even if it were not it's also padding, and the central conceit of the story is boring and also poor spywork, blowing up an embassy and stealing an encryption machine, letting the Soviets know that their encryption system is compromised.

2)Why would anyone who liked Casino Royale also dislike Quantum of Solace, given that they are basically the same in tone and Quantum has more murders and explosions?  Am I wrong in understanding that Quantum is considered a weaker entry?  If not, I don't get it.  Personally, I liked the water thing.  It's maybe a little mundane, but the fate of a whole country, albeit Bolivia, is in the balance.  Also Olga Kurylenko is hot.  So hot.

[Ed Anger]

Eva Green is hotter than whatsherface in Quantum.

[mongers]

Just finished watching a short series on the bbc entitled "The Dark Charisma of Adolf Hitler", written and presented by Laurence Rees (though you only hear him), the guy who did the 'The Nazis: A Warning From History' and the excellent and the forensic 'Auschwitz : The Nazis & The 'Final Solution'

Catch the three one hour parts here, if within uk or with the right proxy:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01p01pm/The_Dark_Charisma_of_Adolf_Hitler_Episode_1/

BBC news item about there series:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20237437

And the book here:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/0091917638

What's particularly noteworthy is the series uses a large amount of restored colour film footage, both pre-war and wartime.

And it shows relatively long excerpts from Hitler's speeches, fascinating to watch how he worked his 'magic' on crowds.

[Scipio]

Jesus Christ, Ide, you have the worst fucking track record on film.  What the hell is wrong with you?

FRWL is a great movie qua movie; it may not be a great Bond spectacle, but it has three acts, it has good acting, and it has great characterization.  None of the weaknesses of Dr. No, although not as strong as Goldfinger, which, IMHO, is the best Bond until Casino Royale (2006).  It's a character study among the Bond films, like OHMSS, and Casino Royale (2006).  It does not suffer from being overloaded with tech, or being camp.

Quantum is sloppy, in that it has great set pieces but a weak through-line.  The movie does not move from plot point to plot point, and beat to beat, organically.  It's a stringing together of beautiful set pieces without any purpose other than to string together beautiful set pieces.  And the laughable finale is just Licence to Kill levels of wrong.

[Ed Anger]

Timothy Dalton would have saved Eva Green.