TV/Movies Megathread

[viper37]

Well, I was on a (90s) Luc Besson kick, and I decided that - just for contrast - I would watch Lucy by way of contrast, to see what he had been up to more recently.

Lord, was it bad.

It was almost bad enough to travel back in time and retroactively make all his *other* movies into stinkers.    Though apparently it made a megaton of money, so what the hell do I know?

The funny thing is that you could almost make a *good* (albeit very short - like hour long TV episode short) movie out of it simply by editing out all the exposition. Just get rid of any hint of explaination as to WTF is happening - get rid, in particular, of the (truly cringe-worthy) 'science-y' speeches the director forced poor Morgan Freeman to make - hell, get rid of him altogether. Get rid of anywhere where they explain what the blue stuff they sewed into her was and what it was for. Leave all that to the imagination. 

Modern Besson has been corrupted by too many years in Hollywood

Yeah, Lucy wasn't that good.  It could have been something, but it definately was not.

There were a few other bad movies after Leon too.

In the good ones that you might like:
Original in french, migth be dubbed or subbed:
The Big Blue
La Femme Nikita
Taxi
Taxi 2
Fanfan

English:
The Transporter
Taken (writer)

[viper37]

True Detective, Season 2.

Great finale.  While half of it was predictable after episode 4 and the other half during the episode itself, it was nonetheless a proper finale to this series.  Not everything turns allright when dealing with corruption stories.  Wich makes for the "True" part of the title, I guess.

[Malthus]

Modern Besson has been corrupted by too many years in Hollywood

Yeah, Lucy wasn't that good.  It could have been something, but it definately was not.

There were a few other bad movies after Leon too.

In the good ones that you might like:
Original in french, migth be dubbed or subbed:
The Big Blue
La Femme Nikita
Taxi
Taxi 2
Fanfan

English:
The Transporter
Taken (writer)

I've seen La Femme Nikita and Adèle Blanc-Sec - both subitled (dubbing is often the devil's work!  ). I enjoyed both. 

[viper37]

I've seen La Femme Nikita and Adèle Blanc-Sec - both subitled (dubbing is often the devil's work!  ). I enjoyed both. 

Well, I will admit that english dubbing is generally bad, except for anime, where Canada seems to have developped a real talent.  French dubbing in Quebec is generally good, but it tends to bring great actor performances to the average, while elevating bad ones    And you have to get over the fact that 4-5 actors may have the same voice

The 5th Element has been mentionned previously, but if you haven't seen it yet, I recommend you do.

[celedhring]

Adèle Blanc-Sec is quite bad, but the girl is pretty fetching.

[Admiral Yi]

Watched some Korean movie last night about the brave and dashing South Korean navy battling it out with the nefarious North Koreans.  They interspersed with historical footage of the relatives wailing and collapsing at a funeral ceremony, so I suppose it's based on a historical incident.  At least according to the movie, the North's secret weapon was a T34 turret mounted on a gun boat.

I've also been enjoying the Korean news broadcasts.  If you're a fan of that Korean plastic look (which at this point I am), they definitely put a lot of heat in front of the camera.  Also checked out some Kpop video at the supermarket while the others were shopping.  That worked well for me too.

[dps]

At least according to the movie, the North's secret weapon was a T34 turret mounted on a gun boat.

I'm pretty sure that the Soviets and some of the other Communist states built some gunboats whose primary weapon was just a tank turret and gun mounted on the deck.  Don't remember offhand if the North Koreans in particular did, or if the turrets were from T-34's.  And I don't think they were actually secret weapons, beyond the normal classified nature of military hardware.

[Ideologue]

Fantastic Four is poop.

[Tonitrus]

Fantastic Four is poop.

So it will be a blockbuster in Germany?

[Josquius]

Fantastic Four is poop.

again?

[Josephus]

Fantastic Four is poop.

winter is cold.

[Baron von Schtinkenbutt]

I'm pretty sure that the Soviets and some of the other Communist states built some gunboats whose primary weapon was just a tank turret and gun mounted on the deck.  Don't remember offhand if the North Koreans in particular did, or if the turrets were from T-34's.  And I don't think they were actually secret weapons, beyond the normal classified nature of military hardware.

Yes, the Soviets and other Eastern Bloc nations had hundreds of river monitors that used turrets from obsolete, decommissioned tanks as their main armament.  Part of the general Soviet military strategy of not throwing out anything that was not completely useless.  Loads of them used 76mm and 85mm T-34 turrets.

[celedhring]

Seen the last Mission Impossible flick. It's really fun; the plot is pretty contrived and nonsensical in parts, but you go along with it. The opera scene is pretty rad.

[Ideologue]

I also enjoyed it, though it was flat in a lot of ways and devoid of personality, clearly the result of trying to hammer Chris McQuarrie into a Brad Bird shaped hole.  I was bummed even though I liked it because I know what it means for the series.

[celedhring]

Yeah, the story doesn't have much going for it once you get past the fireworks, but it is pretty enjoyable.