TV/Movies Megathread

[Syt]

Lust, Caution?

That's the ticket.

Another observation: Chinese women look great with 1930s hair and clothes.  They should do that all the time.

To be fair every looks better dressed up from that period.  People dressed better back then.

[Razgovory]

I'm kinda bummed that the Venture Brothers season is going to be only 8 episodes.

[MadBurgerMaker]

I've been watching the new Showtime series called Ray Donovan the last couple of weeks (last week was the first episode of the series).   It's....pretty good.  Entertaining enough.

[Admiral Yi]

Just saw Looper, liked it.

Eye candy was weak though.

[The Larch]

The Man Who Wasn't There.  A rare miss by the Cohen brothers.  Black and white noirish something or other.  Billy Bob Thornton smokes a whole lot of cigarettes.

You at least get Scarlett Johansson playing a naughty teenager. That's always a plus.

[CountDeMoney]

I've been watching the new Showtime series called Ray Donovan the last couple of weeks (last week was the first episode of the series).   It's....pretty good.  Entertaining enough.

Yeah, I kinda like it as well.  Would like to see this one develop more and go someplace.

[Darth Wagtaros]

I'm kinda bummed that the Venture Brothers season is going to be only 8 episodes.

It is? WTF

[Malthus]

Lust, Caution?

That's the ticket.

Another observation: Chinese women look great with 1930s hair and clothes.  They should do that all the time.

To be fair every looks better dressed up from that period.  People dressed better back then.

How many uniforms these days are designed by Hugo Boss. 

[frunk]

The Man Who Wasn't There.  A rare miss by the Cohen brothers.  Black and white noirish something or other.  Billy Bob Thornton smokes a whole lot of cigarettes.

Yep.  Easily their worst film.  The trouble with making a movie in which the protagonist doesn't really drive the action is...what you see.

I'd rate Ladykillers, Inolerable Cruelty and probably Burn after Reading as worse.  What saves The Man who Wasn't There for me were a few scenes of spectacular cinematography, in particular the shot of him moving through a busy crowd.

[Admiral Yi]

I'd rate Ladykillers, Inolerable Cruelty and probably Burn after Reading as worse.  What saves The Man who Wasn't There for me were a few scenes of spectacular cinematography, in particular the shot of him moving through a busy crowd.

Totally disagree about Intolerable Cruelty.  It's a funny, clever movie.

Ladykillers got killed when it first came out but in my opinion undeservadely so.  It's a decent movie.  It's also back in cable rotation.  Worth a look to those who haven't seen it.

I agree Burn After Reading is worse. 

[frunk]

I'd rate Ladykillers, Inolerable Cruelty and probably Burn after Reading as worse.  What saves The Man who Wasn't There for me were a few scenes of spectacular cinematography, in particular the shot of him moving through a busy crowd.

Totally disagree about Intolerable Cruelty.  It's a funny, clever movie.

Ladykillers got killed when it first came out but in my opinion undeservadely so.  It's a decent movie.  It's also back in cable rotation.  Worth a look to those who haven't seen it.

I agree Burn After Reading is worse.

IC and LK are both decent movies, just not that great and not up to expectations for a Coen Bros. film.  In particular they didn't have the visual panache that I usually expect, rather they were fairly standard movies with a couple of interesting plot twists and funny scenes.

[Razgovory]

I'm kinda bummed that the Venture Brothers season is going to be only 8 episodes.

It is? WTF

Yep.  I guess they are splitting their season over two years.

[Malthus]

I'm kinda bummed that the Venture Brothers season is going to be only 8 episodes.

It is? WTF

Yep.  I guess they are splitting their season over two years.

Is this the Breaking Bad practice of pissing me off? 

[Malthus]

Wanting some mindless entertainment, I snuck out and saw World War Z this weekend.

[spoiler]It was full of stupid. One minor detail that got me was that the massive Israeli anti-zombie wall is worse at keeping zombies out that the wall that actually exists in reality! The movie wall lacked such basics as an inner and outer fence, guard towers, zombie- (or Palistinian -)-detection gear, etc. The movie wall was just a plain wall, and once the zombies get over it via impossible-pyramid, the whole country is fucked. [/spoiler]

[derspiess]

Wanting some mindless entertainment, I snuck out and saw World War Z this weekend.

My wife thought it was awesome.  But then she thought Waterworld was awesome.