TV/Movies Megathread

[Eddie Teach]

Pain & Gain. On a certain level, this reminds me of Wolf of Wall Street. Highly unsympathetic criminal protagonists, longer than it needs to be, based on a true story. But in this case, they're so fucking stupid that it can be seen as a black comedy. I have mixed feelings. And a bit of a headache.

[Ideologue]

It was so great.

[viper37]

Pain & Gain. On a certain level, this reminds me of Wolf of Wall Street. Highly unsympathetic criminal protagonists, longer than it needs to be, based on a true story. But in this case, they're so fucking stupid that it can be seen as a black comedy. I have mixed feelings. And a bit of a headache.

Same feeling here.  You want to laugh, but then you are reminded this is all based on trial's notes so most of it is true.  Everyone is so fucking stupid...

[Savonarola]

Casablanca (1942)

Critics rave about the chemistry between Bogart and Bergman.  As I was watching I kept thinking that it wasn't all that spectacular, not as compared to "The Big Sleep."  Then it occurred to me that might not be a fair comparison...

Still a great film with so much quotable dialog and so many character actors used to great effect.  It's been over 20 years since I've last seen it.  I had forgotten how many musical numbers there were at the beginning of the film.

[Ideologue]

I think it's pretty great.

I still need to see The Big Sleep.

[Valmy]

I am shocked SHOCKED to see Sav preferred an obscure movie over a popular one.

This thread is to be closed until further notice.

[Ideologue]

The Big Sleep's not obscure.

[Valmy]

The Big Sleep's not obscure.

True.  But that was the best I could come up with to be shocked about.

[Duque de Bragança]

Casablanca (1942)

Critics rave about the chemistry between Bogart and Bergman.  As I was watching I kept thinking that it wasn't all that spectacular, not as compared to "The Big Sleep."  Then it occurred to me that might not be a fair comparison...

Still a great film with so much quotable dialog and so many character actors used to great effect.  It's been over 20 years since I've last seen it.  I had forgotten how many musical numbers there were at the beginning of the film.

Worst Savonarola movie review ever.

[Ideologue]

The thing about Bergman is that I can believe she's in love with anybody--she does that pretty well--but she lacks heat.  I don't believe like she ever wants to fuck anybody, even when it's text, like in Notorious, where she's a 1940s party girl and is supposed to be gagging for Cary Grant, the abusive potential husband that can fix her.

It works in 1940s movies well enough, since this was before most people had discovered sex.

[Valmy]

It works in 1940s movies well enough, since this was before most people had discovered sex.

[mongers]

Giving Lovefilm a go, after a long time; so quick, I need some decent films of the last 5-6 years to populate the list.

[Ideologue]

It works in 1940s movies well enough, since this was before most people had discovered sex.

It's possible that she's less cold in her later, presumably boring films about people and relationships and Italy, by her second husband.

[crazy canuck]

she lacks heat. 

Kids these days 

[Savonarola]

The thing about Bergman is that I can believe she's in love with anybody--she does that pretty well--but she lacks heat.  I don't believe like she ever wants to fuck anybody, even when it's text, like in Notorious, where she's a 1940s party girl and is supposed to be gagging for Cary Grant, the abusive potential husband that can fix her.

It works in 1940s movies well enough, since this was before most people had discovered sex.

I think that hurt her more than anything concerning her affair with Roberto Rossellini.  She was hardly the only woman in cinema to have an affair or get a divorce, but that was so far removed from her screen persona that there was a scandal.