TV/Movies Megathread

[celedhring]

The Martian - well done, although a bit flat in my opinion. But this genre doesn't really do it for me. I found the NASA shenanigans far more interesting than the actual survival stuff.

Also Damon's character is annoyingly smart. Did Ide write about this film?

[crazy canuck]

Also Damon's character is annoyingly smart. Did Ide write about this film?

Finally a movie where the highly trained people sent on important space missions act like highly trained people sent on important space missions.

[Liep]

Focus. Awful, characters didn't interest me, the plot wasn't well told and the ending felt like the writers cheated.

[11B4V]

Also Damon's character is annoyingly smart. Did Ide write about this film?

Finally a movie where the highly trained people sent on important space missions act like highly trained people sent on important space missions.

Refreshing

[Admiral Yi]

The Railway Man.  Less pornographic version of Unbroken.  Colin Firth, Jap POW during WWII, confronts his wartime interrogator.  Played by the badass in Last Samurai.

First movie I've ever seen in which Nicole Kidman is not a hottie.  You had a great run kiddo.

[Syt]

Also Damon's character is annoyingly smart. Did Ide write about this film?

Finally a movie where the highly trained people sent on important space missions act like highly trained people sent on important space missions.

As compared to Prometheus.

[Eddie Teach]

The Railway Man.  Less pornographic version of Unbroken.  Colin Firth, Jap POW during WWII, confronts his wartime interrogator.  Played by the badass in Last Samurai.

First movie I've ever seen in which Nicole Kidman is not a hottie.  You had a great run kiddo.

Looking over the google evidence- Still a hottie, just not a great hair cut.

[celedhring]

Going to see Hateful Eight this afternoon. My friend *insisted* on watching the three-hour+ roadshow cut, so it better be good...

[Duque de Bragança]

Speaking of Hateful Eight, here is my brief sum-up

Overture plus intermission, some 8 mins more of Tarantino Madness are the features of the 70 mm version, along with the retro high quality image. No need to go to that 70 mm cinema festival in Germany. Not to mention 70 mm image quality plus awful German dubs 
Retro a very good way, nice to see as contemporary movie shot on glorious 70 mm. Reds a bit pushed at times. Ennio Morricone!
Talky yes, but not too self-indulgent as I feared. Some patience is needed though. Spike Lee is not going to like a Tarantino movie, again.

[Syt]

Retro a very good way, nice to see as contemporary movie shot on glorious 70 mm.

Parts of Star Wars Ep. VIII will be shot in that format, too.

[Duque de Bragança]

I don't think there will be real 70 mm screenings à la Hateful Eight. It's more likely to be some IMAX 70 mm-style à la Nolan for the last Bat(h)man movies.

[celedhring]

Back from Hateful 8. I actually liked it; it's unnecessarily long and too self-indulgent in places, plus the ending is a bit of a mess... but Tarantino manages to hold my attention for a 3-hour movie that happens inside a cabin, and I didn't check my watch until the intermission came up. The cast is great throughout, too (with the exception of Mardsen). Leigh in particular is great. Why doesn't she get more work?

[Eddie Teach]

Leigh in particular is great. Why doesn't she get more work?

Because she's over 50.

Actually, her imdb page looks pretty busy, just lots of stuff I've never seen.

[celedhring]

Yeah, I hadn't seen her in a movie since Synecdoche New York (and indie film itself), but seems she's been doing a lot of indie stuff.

[celedhring]

Also, I'm aware Tarantino wasn't aiming for naturalism, but did the n-word get that much play in XIXth century America?