TV/Movies Megathread

[Martinus]

Ide, I full agree with your point that Saladin was "pretty great" by his contemporary standards, so in order to maintain this narrative in a modern movie, they had to keep him "pretty great" by modern standards. Now, where we differ is that I don't have a particular problem with that, as long as we are talking about an entertainment-focused movie. I wouldn't call it "white-washing" though.

[Maladict]

P.S.  OK, no slavery for the Jerusalemites, that's fine, but where the fuck did that box full of ice come from?  Salah ad-Din's fridge?  Did it come from Circassia with Lawrence?  This has got to be bullshit, right?

No, that apparently happened. Most likely snow carried from a nearby mountain, not an uncommon way of displaying wealth.

[Martinus]

P.S.  OK, no slavery for the Jerusalemites, that's fine, but where the fuck did that box full of ice come from?  Salah ad-Din's fridge?  Did it come from Circassia with Lawrence?  This has got to be bullshit, right?

No, that apparently happened. Most likely snow carried from a nearby mountain, not an uncommon way of displaying wealth.

Yeah. Nero (who is credited with inventing ice cream) had snow carried to Rome from the Alps for his feasts.

[viper37]

Last night I watched Goon, about a young hockey enforcer.  If it was a Canadian production, it's one of the best I've seen.  In other words, a mediocre movie by real world standards.  It couldn't quite decide if it wanted to take hockey goons seriously or not.

I had to check to be sure of the financing, but it is indeed a Canadian movie.
Shot in Winnipeg, directed by a Montrealer, stars a Québécois a a Québécois hockey player.

Best hockey movie since Slapshot

[Martinus]

I gotta say I really love "Downton Abbey". It reminds me a lot of "Brideshead Revisited".

[derspiess]

Re-watching The Pacific-- my brother got me the blu-ray box set for Christmas and I had never actually watched the last three episodes when they originally aired. 

[Viking]

I gotta say I really love "Downton Abbey". It reminds me a lot of "Brideshead Revisited".

Isn't Downton Abbey considerably less ghey and catholic than BR?

(not that I've watched DA and it's been years since I've watched(not read) BR).

[Razgovory]

I thought that Saladin sacked a few towns in his lifetime.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Yes.  But there is a romanticism around him, somewhat like Rommel.

[Neil]

Reservoir Dogs.  Pulp Fiction, for Vincent Vega and in all likelihood Mia Wallace.  Inglorious Basterds, for 1/2 the cast.  And presumably the ladies in Death Proof are spending twenty to life in a TN state pen.

I haven't seen Death Proof.  I'll give you Reservoir Dogs.  Vince was the bad guy in Pulp Fiction.  The Basterds killed the Nazis and won the war, which is a good end.

[CountDeMoney]

I haven't seen Death Proof.

A Kurt Russell role I could totally get behind.

[garbon]

Reservoir Dogs.  Pulp Fiction, for Vincent Vega and in all likelihood Mia Wallace.  Inglorious Basterds, for 1/2 the cast.  And presumably the ladies in Death Proof are spending twenty to life in a TN state pen.

I haven't seen Death Proof.  I'll give you Reservoir Dogs.  Vince was the bad guy in Pulp Fiction.  The Basterds killed the Nazis and won the war, which is a good end.

Yeah I think that what Ide was missing the point that generally, though it may be a long and bloody path with significant conflicts, good wins the day.  See Jackie Brown, Inglorious Basterds and Kill Bill.

[CountDeMoney]

good wins the day.  See Jackie Brown,

Bail bondsmen never win the day.   

[11B4V]

good wins the day.  See Jackie Brown,

Bail bondsmen never win the day.   

Seems hollywood always portrays Bail Bondsmen as seedy characters with always one foot in the grave.

[Tonitrus]

When I was out in Monterey, I happened to see a "Bond Girls Bail Bonds" storefront...