TV/Movies Megathread

[celedhring]

Villeneuve is an interesting director; I liked "Prisoners" quite a lot. I'm willing to give this a chance. Blade Runner is one of my favorite films of all time, but I'll try not to expect too much.

Villeneuve is an interesting director, but boy was I not a fan of Prisoners and even less so of Enemy.

Gratz to your friend.  Non-supernatural (?) Deadgirl is probably a better Deadgirl (I never saw Deadgirl).

No supernatural elements. It's actually a rather taut thriller; it's played quite straight.

I shot a cameo, by the way, but it didn't make the final cut. 

[Duque de Bragança]

Anybody seen Red Army? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3264102
It's a feature documentary about the Soviet ice hockey team through Vyacheslav Fetisov .
It's only screened in a couple of cinemas since Wednesday yet I'll have to watch it very quickly because it's not exactly mainstream around here.

[jimmy olsen]

Big Hero 6 was pretty cool, even though they kind of flubbed the ending.  I loved Baymax.

[spoiler]You think they should have left him dead?[/spoiler]

[Duque de Bragança]

I wish the standalone disc were available now.  It's already out as part of Universal's Spielberg collection, which to its credit includes Jurassic Park, ET, and Jaws, but also includes 1941, Always, Sugarland Express, and Jurassic Park: The Lost World, rounding out its $90+ "value."  It pointedly does not have Schindler's List, despite it being a Universal picture.

Got it for 33 € 

[The Brain]

WWII background. Check.
Boring love story, check.
Boring triangle love story à la Twilight, check.
Clichés.  Tons of 'em.  Check.
Inexistant historical realism.  Check.
Racism. Check.
Über patriotism.  Check.
Machoism. Check.
Yet, the actors play was impressive, wich redeemed the whole movie, no doubt, and made it a classic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTsg9i6lvqU

Had this movie been made in the 2000s, people&critics would have called it for all the aforementionned points.  But since it's from 1942, it's one of the greatest movies in the history of cinema

Above all it's homosexual propaganda. "Man must have his mate"? WTF

[Darth Wagtaros]

I enjoyed 1941. 

[garbon]

On the plane I caught some of "Getting On" the U.S. remake of British show set in a Long Beach hospital. I haven't seen the British show but the humor/pacing seem odd for an American cast.

[Sheilbh]

I really loved the British version. But it's definitely got it's own style. This clip gives a rough idea:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m29b3KSGATs

Looking at a clip on YouTube it looks like the American one is basically exactly the same which in my view never ever works but is something I think keeps happening. I think doing an American version with very little relationship with the British (All in the Family, the Office) probably ends up with better results.

[Barrister]

Anybody seen Red Army? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3264102
It's a feature documentary about the Soviet ice hockey team through Vyacheslav Fetisov .
It's only screened in a couple of cinemas since Wednesday yet I'll have to watch it very quickly because it's not exactly mainstream around here.

It's one I'd love to see, but hasn't come across anywhere accessible yet.

[Sheilbh]

Re-watching Queer as Folk after a reference in Cucumber

[Martinus]

Re-watching Queer as Folk after a reference in Cucumber

The UK or US one?

[Sheilbh]

The UK. Cucumber included a cameo by Hazel a character from Queer as Folk that broke my heart.

Never watched the US one. My impression is it's a bit more earnest about exploring 'issues' so I may give it a miss

Edit: Incidentally three episodes in and though it's aged a bit it's still solid. But you can definitely tell which actors will go on to shows like Game of Thrones, The Wire and Sons of Anarchy. And then the actor who'll go on to Coronation Street

[Admiral Yi]

The Wikileaks movie.

2 hours of computer screen shots. 

[Tonitrus]

The Wikileaks movie.

2 hours of computer screen shots. 

Well shoot, if you put the right kind of computer screen shots together for two hours you'll have one of Jackson's Hobbit movies.

[Eddie Teach]

22 Jump Street. Pretty funny, not quite an "all-time classic" however. 
Gone Girl. Intense. Disturbing. Worth seeing.