TV/Movies Megathread

[Josquius]

Brave was decent.
I tried to watch Frozen but gave up after 25 minutes. Its rate of one song every 5 minutes was driving me up the wall. Even when I was a kid I hated that part of Disney films and wished I could fast forward (but couldn't as sometimes they sneak plot into songs. Gits).

[celedhring]

I like Brave, but it's a far more balanced film from a gender perspective (for starters, the whole curse it's her own fault, and not evil men's). I don't mind all those female-centered films that are coming out these past year; heck, I find them refreshing as a viewer, and a welcome step towards normalization of gender roles. But I don't like Manichaeism and Maleficent has it in spades. Then again, given the stuff we've done with women in film these past 100 years, they are probably entitled to at least a mainstream film we're we look like scum.

I sort of liked the film, mind; Jolie's great in the titular role and it's short so the concept doesn't wear thin. As I said, I think it's the best of all those re-adaptations of classic tales.

[Syt]

Outland

Sean Connery as grizzled space marshal trying to keep the peace on a mining station. The movie's obviously a lot to Alien. It's easy to imagine that this is a prequel of sorts. Dirty industrial environments, corrupt corporation officials ... and I had totally forgotten that Peter Boyle was in this.



The movie builds up a decent tension as "High Noon in Spaaaaace", but the finale is IMO a big let down. The mooks are taken care of a bit too easily to actually have me on the edge of my seat. Also, the station manager has an illegal drug racket going on, in which quite a few people need to be involved, because he has a customer base, no? A customer base large enough to make a significant contribution to the station's output. I have a feeling at least some of them won't be above "sending a message." None of them were willing to "take care" of the Marshal? He could probably have hired a dozen goons to take care of his marshal problem.

6.5/10



Deep in the Valley

A funny loser (Chris Pratt) and his boring friend (Brandon Hines) are transported via magical video booth into the world of porn. A typical fish out of water/role reversal thing, where the well adjusted dude has to learn to cope (and finds out what really matters in life), while the loser understands how the place operates and who the other characters are, thanks to his knowledge of porn movies.

There are a few funny bits (Scott Caan as porn star cop spouting "tough cop lines" that make no sense at all, and to some degree Christopher MacDonald as Hugh Hefner/Ron Jeremy character, Chris Pratt), but at the end of the day it's a very conventional (romantic) comedy that feels like a wasted opportunity. There would have been so much opportunity to play with porn movie tropes, to parody and satirize them, or simply to look a bit closer at what life and society might actually be like in a world where every encounter is a thinly veiled pretense to have sex with one another. As it stands it's an interesting concept where the writers might have been afraid to use it at its full potential.

3/10

[Martinus]

Yeah, I agree celed.

What I liked about Maleficent, Frozen and Brave is that each of them subverts the "love at first sight for Prince Charming" trope.

[jimmy olsen]

Listen and understand. Hollywood is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until everything you love is dead.

http://www.avclub.com/article/terminator-genisys-will-have-terminator-whos-progr-211175

Jesus Christ that has a fucking huge spoiler in it, and it is terrible. It shits all over Sarah Connor's character. times infinity.

[CountDeMoney]

Listen and understand. Hollywood is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until everything you love is dead.

By all means, continue raping my youth, Hollywood.  There's still some left you haven't destroyed.

[mongers]

Just caught the last half of 'Waterloo' on tv, damn fine battle scenes, almost like paintings.

[The Brain]

Listen and understand. Hollywood is out there. It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear. And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until everything you love is dead.

http://www.avclub.com/article/terminator-genisys-will-have-terminator-whos-progr-211175

Jesus Christ that has a fucking huge spoiler in it, and it is terrible. It shits all over Sarah Connor's character. times infinity.

Pain can no longer be controlled?

[Admiral Yi]

Baytown Outlaws.  Alabama redneck hitmen are hired to rescue Love Actually Kid from evil drug dealer Billy Bob Thornton.  Billy Bob enlists prostitute assassins, all black assault vehicle death squad, and finally Apache motorcycle ninjas to get Love Actually back so he can be milked for his trust fund.

Falls apart in the third act when the rednecks discover their gentle side.  Also, I expected Eva Longoria to be a lot hotter.

[Sheilbh]

Just caught the last half of 'Waterloo' on tv, damn fine battle scenes, almost like paintings.

No CGI, just six thousand USSR and Warsaw Pact soldiers

Currently watching the Chinese TV adaptation of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

[Ideologue]

Waterloo was pretty rad.

[Tonitrus]

Coming this fall to Lifetime....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrSPuBYm-Cw

[Ideologue]

Well, I like Aubrey Plaza.

[Eddie Teach]

I like her better when you get to look at her.

[CountDeMoney]

I like her better when you get to look at her.

Definitely.