TV/Movies Megathread

[Martinus]

Oh, I see.  So the premise is that gays will keep being gay.  Gotcha.

Yeah.

I think there is this premise/fantasy going on that once we get full marriage equality, everybody will start living in this perfect, monogamous relationship and adopt kids (or, at least, a pet). Ain't gonna happen.

[celedhring]

I think there is this premise/fantasy going on that once we heteros get to marriage age, everybody will start living in this perfect, monogamous relationship and have kids (or, at least, a pet). Ain't gonna happen.

[Martinus]

I think there is this premise/fantasy going on that once we heteros get to marriage age, everybody will start living in this perfect, monogamous relationship and have kids (or, at least, a pet). Ain't gonna happen.

Fair enough, but unluckily for you, women are generally less promiscuous.

[Norgy]

I think there is this premise/fantasy going on that once we get full marriage equality, everybody will start living in this perfect, monogamous relationship and adopt kids (or, at least, a pet). Ain't gonna happen.

I think those of us who have gay friends and actually believe they deserve the same rights as anyone else are painfully aware of that. 

I am heterosexual and have a semi-long distance relationship with someone two years older than me, who hasn't moved out of her ex' flat, who has a son aged eight and who'd think "Byzantium" was some new painkiller. We choose our own ways to get fucked. Homos and heteros alike.
I am older and more lazy, hence long distance actually suits me. I can't muster the bunny-like lust of my 20s and 30s anymore.

[Ideologue]

Whiplash. Loved it. Simmons is immense and the film doesn't let you go form start to finish; an onslaught of sound and sensation. It's a movie about people becoming cunts because of love for their art, and well-written and acted cunts are always interesting to watch. Easily my favorite movie among the Oscar candidates, although I have yet to see Birdman.

I'm still missing Boyhood, Whiplash and--I guess--American Sniper.  Sniper may be my Philomena for this year, the Oscar contender that looks so fucking boring I just skip it.

Incidentally, I'm baffled as to why Selma is being lauded--admittedly it's in good company, but it's nowhere close to anything I would consider 2014's best picture.  It's not even the best of this year's perfunctory biopics (though surely it is also not the worst).

[celedhring]

Haven't seen Selma, and don't think I will ("important" biopics usually bore me), so I really can't comment. Gotta say the glut of biopics is a bit tiresome this year, though.

[Ideologue]

Well, they're usually at least a touch boring.

I know Whiplash will be good because it's from the screenwriter of Grand Piano.

I assume it's roughly similar in content, except Miles Teller has to play the drums perfectly, or J.K. Simmons shoots him in the head.

[katmai]

Cel and Ide hate black people. Got it.

[celedhring]

Cel and Ide hate black people. Got it.

I was SO disappointed when I learnt that "The Wizard of Oz" wasn't about the KKK Australian chapter.

[Ideologue]

I liked The Gods Must Be Crazy.

[garbon]

Cel and Ide hate black people. Got it.

I don't think I will watch Selma either. Nor did I watch 12 Years A Slave or The Butler. I don't really need to watch movies to see prejudice against black people.

[Norgy]

Cel and Ide hate black people. Got it.

I was SO disappointed when I learnt that "The Wizard of Oz" wasn't about the KKK Australian chapter.

What do you mean it isn't? 

[crazy canuck]

Watched About Time with my oldest boy this time.  It really is a great father son movie.

[Eddie Teach]

I liked The Gods Must Be Crazy.

Best South African movie ever. Course, I've only seen about 3.

[garbon]

Watched About Time with my oldest boy this time.  It really is a great father son movie.

I just love that movie.