TV/Movies Megathread

[Savonarola]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Still the classic; what I noticed on this viewing was how they kept switching cameras when King Arthur and the knights were talking to Tim.  Later there were a couple scenes with both Tim and Sir Robin in the same shot, but they avoided that as much as possible.

[crazy canuck]

Saw Ex Machina last night.  I liked it a lot.  For those of you who said the ending was predictable I think you may have missed the meaning of the last scene of the movie.  It was a nice plot of various levels of manipulation and from that point of view it was an interesting character study.   The question which the movie posed very early on and main premise is [spoiler]how did she really feel about him.  Some of you may think you know the answer to that question.  But go back and look as the last frame of the movie which shows her turning suddenly to go somewhere.  Is it to go back to save him after she has gone to view humanity or is it that she has seen enough of humanity and is setting out on her own path.  It is similar to the ending in inception - does it keep spinning or does it wobble and stop.  The viewer perceives the ending they want.[/spoiler] 

[Norgy]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Still the classic; what I noticed on this viewing was how they kept switching cameras when King Arthur and the knights were talking to Tim.  Later there were a couple scenes with both Tim and Sir Robin in the same shot, but they avoided that as much as possible.

The highlight of Python's productions. It basically has everything.
"Some day, son, all this will be yours!"
"What? The curtains?"

[Admiral Yi]

No Step Brothers, Yi? Guilty pleasure of mine.

Never heard of it.

[celedhring]

No Step Brothers, Yi? Guilty pleasure of mine.

Never heard of it.

Will Ferrell / John C Reilly flick. Reilly plays a drummer.

[Eddie Teach]

It's not a movie *about* drumming.

Kung Fu Hustle. Quite amusing.

[lustindarkness]

Did you touch my drumset?

[Ideologue]

First Wives Club.  Like Gone Girl without going for the gusto, and intermittently obnoxious.  5/10.

Pervert's Guide to Ideology.  Slavos Zizek talk opera that uses films to underline his points, and sometimes to make them.  Spoils The Searchers and a Soviet film about the fall of Berlin that I should not have been expected to have already seen.  Fundamentally misreads Jaws, or rather fails to push back directly against ideological misreading of Jaws. Jaws is about a shark. Duel is better anyway.  I liked this ok.  One statement at the end really got me: something like, "Why is it easier to imagine an alien invasion or a meteor ending humanity, than it is for any change in humanity's social and economic organization?" 6/10.

I'm also researching and reviewing the Terminator franchise about a week and a half behind schedule.  I like at least 3/5 of them, and one is one of the best movies made in my lifetime.

[Eddie Teach]

one is one of the best movies made in my lifetime.

Is it TErminator:Salvation?

[Ideologue]

No, it is not.

[Josephus]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Still the classic; what I noticed on this viewing was how they kept switching cameras when King Arthur and the knights were talking to Tim.  Later there were a couple scenes with both Tim and Sir Robin in the same shot, but they avoided that as much as possible.

The highlight of Python's productions. It basically has everything.
"Some day, son, all this will be yours!"
"What? The curtains?"

"no, not the curtains lad"

Was a time back in my uni days, I could probably recite the whole movie.

[viper37]

Saw Ex Machina last night.  I liked it a lot.  For those of you who said the ending was predictable I think you may have missed the meaning of the last scene of the movie.  It was a nice plot of various levels of manipulation and from that point of view it was an interesting character study.   

I did not missed it.

The question which the movie posed very early on and main premise is [spoiler]how did she really feel about him.  Some of you may think you know the answer to that question.  But go back and look as the last frame of the movie which shows her turning suddenly to go somewhere.  Is it to go back to save him after she has gone to view humanity or is it that she has seen enough of humanity and is setting out on her own path.  It is similar to the ending in inception - does it keep spinning or does it wobble and stop.  The viewer perceives the ending they want.[/spoiler] 

[spoiler]
She cares only about her, she is a manipulative bitch, that has been made clear from the beginning with the false "help me" scenes.  Why would she ever want to go back for him after what she'd done?  She looks and feel human, the only ones knowing her secret are dead or entombed, why take the risks?  Society would freak out at the discovery of such an AI and she's not the naive type.[/spoiler]

[crazy canuck]

The viewer will perceive the ambiguous last scene in different ways.  Personal experience probably plays a role in that perception.  

[Berkut]

Yeah, not so much. The scene wasn't really ambiguous when looked at as a whole - if she was going to go back for him, why did she leave to begin with?

She is a AI with incredible computational powers - what, her microprocessor needed more data before deciding whether she actually gave a shit about him or not?

I think any "ambiguity" is a figment of your imagination.

[crazy canuck]

Yeah, not so much. The scene wasn't really ambiguous when looked at as a whole - if she was going to go back for him, why did she leave to begin with?

doesn't one have to leave to go back?