TV/Movies Megathread

[CountDeMoney]

Well, ni hao, puddy tat.

[Ideologue]

Marnie (1964).  Tippi Hedren is the titular confidence woman and a thief but when she tries to steal from Sean Connery, he blackmails her into marriage.  Unfortunately, she's frigid; Sean Connery will fix that with even more extortion and amateur psychotherapy.  There are two ways to view this creepy fucking movie; I prefer to enjoy it, so I assume that when Marnie is forced to discover the truth, they're being ironic when the rain stops falling in the last shot because the villain has won, having completely destroyed her personality and will.  I liked it, despite Hedren's histrionically hilarious hysterics and hideously huge hair.

B+

Broken Arrow (1996).  "You know you're still under arrest, Captain."  "Oh, yeah? Well, I guess you better take me in."  LOL.  It's no Terminator 2, obviously, and it is silly, but those aren't really sins; Broken Arrow is easily in the upper echelons of 1990s-era action cinema.

A

P.S. why would a movie actress not be attractive?  Maybe Tim's racist.

[Eddie Teach]

Broken Arrow (1996).  "You know you're still under arrest, Captain."  "Oh, yeah? Well, I guess you better take me in."  LOL.  It's no Terminator 2, obviously, and it is silly, but those aren't really sins; Broken Arrow is easily in the upper echelons of 1990s-era action cinema.

A

I don't remember that movie at all. Was Travolta or Slater the bad guy?

[Ideologue]

Travolta.  He's nutty, just a really enjoyable presence.

[Josquius]

Walking Dead- OK, that's one thing that annoys me about this show, and TV shows in general really. So that young couple, they've been happily surviving for what, over a year?, but then the moment they meet the main characters away they go. That just felt thoroughly dumb, complete immersion breaker.
Also...Where does Daryl keep getting his spare bolts? Crossbows aren't the most common of things even in the US right?

[Admiral Yi]

No American home is complete without a crossbow and bolt making tools.  A common housewarming gift.

[Ideologue]

The Apartment (1960).  Even in our very homes, they rut like beasts.

Class is the key in Billy Wilder's alleged "comedy," which is in fact a thoroughly depressing if ultimately uplifting romantic drama that simply has the writerly witticisms common to all kinds of movies from the period, and unfortunately largely lost to us today.

The Apartment's about Buddy Baxter, a struggling new insurance company adjuster/accountant/actuary (Jack Lemmon--approximately 45 actual seconds of the film is devoted to anybody actually working, so it was hard to catch).  His is the titular apartment, one drafted into service by Baxter's supervisors as the scene of illicit affairs between his economic betters and the women who wouldn't give its oppressed loser lessor the time of day.

It's also about Fran Kubelik, his biggest boss' mistress (and a lovely young Shirley Maclaine), who wants to believe in romance but whose meaning to her lover is made glaringly clear when he gives her, for Christmas, a crisp hundred dollar bill--but honest, he'll be divorcing his wife real soon.

And finally, it's about how Baxter falls in love with her, and she with him, and how together they reject the sexual and economic systems that destroy us.

But the funniest part in the movie is when you find out someone didn't really commit suicide, and you're not so much laughing because it's funny as because it's a real relief; the fact that you believe that it's entirely possible that they may have should suggest what kind of tone the rest of the movie has.  Yet it's also sweet and thoroughly engaging and I adored it.

Also noteworthy as one of the comparatively few American films that were shot in both 2.35:1 and black and white, and it's pretty great (particularly the scenes in the world's most ridiculously oversized office, see below), even on the obsolete technology of the digital video disc.  However, the obvious subpar quality of the picture is, perhaps ironically, far more noticeable in old B+W films than it is for any color one I've yet seen.  If I get $100 for Christmas, the Blu-ray is definitely on my list.  Fantastic.

A

[lustindarkness]

Walking Dead.

I know, but if I didn't want to be spoiled on Walking Dead how would I know not to look at the spoiler if I don't know what the spoiler is for before I look at it?

This thread is a bitch for us late watchers. I just ignore anything I think could remotely be WD related. After I watch season 2 I intend to venture to the begining of the thread up to 2011.

[viper37]

Walking Dead- OK, that's one thing that annoys me about this show, and TV shows in general really. So that young couple, they've been happily surviving for what, over a year?, but then the moment they meet the main characters away they go. That just felt thoroughly dumb, complete immersion breaker.

That young couple was surviving alone for about a week.  Before that, they were with a group they lost, IIRC.
And both were injured, the girl had a badly broken&repaired leg, the guy had disloquated shoulder who was just put back in place.

Also...Where does Daryl keep getting his spare bolts? Crossbows aren't the most common of things even in the US right?

He keeps getting them back from the zombies he kills, ever notice how he generally uses it when there's only a few zombies and he can get it back, or simply use the arrow as a stick?

[viper37]

No American home is complete without a crossbow and bolt making tools.  A common housewarming gift.

I do wonder how long it's gonna take before they run out of bullets.

[Queequeg]

That's an all-time favorite of mine as well Ide

[Grey Fox]

Walking Dead- OK, that's one thing that annoys me about this show, and TV shows in general really. So that young couple, they've been happily surviving for what, over a year?, but then the moment they meet the main characters away they go. That just felt thoroughly dumb, complete immersion breaker.
Also...Where does Daryl keep getting his spare bolts? Crossbows aren't the most common of things even in the US right?

He picks them back up after kills & he made some ~80 of them over the winter between season 2 & 3.

[Ideologue]

That's an all-time favorite of mine as well Ide

Sorry I meant to type B



You almost want to just reach in and throttle Jack Lemmon, though, right?

[crazy canuck]

Also...Where does Daryl keep getting his spare bolts?

In earlier episodes they Daryl makes the comment that they are rare - that is why he tries to recover as many as possible 

Earlier episodes also showed him starting to make his own.  Showing those scenes over and over again would, I imagine, be a bit dull.

[Savonarola]

Thérèse: The Story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux (2004)

I had planned to watch this for All Saint's Day, but got behind in my movie queue.  (My choice for Dia De Muertos, Santo y Blue Demon contra El Doctor Frankenstein had a "Short wait" and didn't even make it out of the queue.  )  This movie is based on the autobiography of Thérèse. 

There are a couple problems with this movie.  The first is that the lead actress has an emotional range of  to  .  The second is that Thérèse didn't do much, her autobiography is known for its insights, something that's hard to convey in a movie.  The story is mostly told through voice over, which is a terrible way to drive the plot (unless the narrator is the Amazing Criswell, of course.)  It's a very sincere movie, but it's not a very good movie.