TV/Movies Megathread

[Ideologue]

The Wizard of Oz (1939)

It's been a long time since I've seen this; I didn't realize Glinda the Good Witch of the North was Billy Burke (character actress in the 1930s and Florenz Ziegfeld's wife.)  I've seen a lot of films now with Margaret Hamilton; she always played a crotchety woman like Mrs. Gulch.  As the witch, though, she can give it her all; and I think she's one of the greatest villains in cinema.

What I noticed this time through was how high the production values were.  It's simply amazing how lavish the sets are.  Sometimes it's obvious they're on a stage in front of a painting; but it's still gorgeous. 

I kept imagining Judy Garland thinking, when she was surrounded by munchkins, "This is just like working with Mickey Rooney."

[celedhring]

Watched Mad Max again today. My love for that movie is still unflinching. I'm gonna hate when it's off theaters and I have to see it on my telly. If there's a big screen movie, it's that one.

[Ideologue]

Did everyone just forget Gravity existed, or what?

[Admiral Yi]

You're going full Squeelus Ide.  You never go full Squeelus.

[garbon]

Watched Mad Max again today. My love for that movie is still unflinching. I'm gonna hate when it's off theaters and I have to see it on my telly. If there's a big screen movie, it's that one.

I thought it was good fun, but love?

[lustindarkness]

Did everyone just forget Gravity existed, or what?

I have not floated off, so no, I have not forgotten that gravity exists.

[lustindarkness]

Watched Mad Max again today. My love for that movie is still unflinching. I'm gonna hate when it's off theaters and I have to see it on my telly. If there's a big screen movie, it's that one.

I thought it was good fun, but love?

I love that movie too. To each his own, right?

[Ideologue]

You're going full Squeelus Ide.  You never go full Squeelus.

I don't even know what that means in this context.

[garbon]

You're going full Squeelus Ide.  You never go full Squeelus.

I don't even know what that means in this context.

https://youtu.be/2GZbaXdK8Js?t=39s

[Ideologue]

Ok?

[Admiral Yi]

I don't even know what that means in this context.

It means you're going too far with the dislike popular movies and tout less popular movies thing.

[Ideologue]

Ok. I don't dislike Fury Road.  I think holding it up as the biggest big screen movie ever is hyperbolic, particularly when a movie that used its theatrical presentation better came out less than two years ago.

[garbon]

Ok?

Isn't that Asoka?

[Grey Fox]

Disney does do new things from time to time tho.

John Carter.

Book adaptation.

If we take book adaptation out, Hollywood has never done anything new.

[jimmy olsen]

John Carter.

That went well.

The movie was good, the marketing sucked.