TV/Movies Megathread

[Razgovory]

After years of rumours, Colton Haynes (Arsenal from "Arrow") finally came out.

See you corrected to get the last name correct.

And yeah about time. I guess he got more attention being coy though.

Honest question:  Is it still beneficial for a gay man to stay the closet.  Honestly have no idea.  I know acceptance has increases, but I also know there are a lot of assholes.

[lustindarkness]

Captain America Civil War,  awesome fun.

[Admiral Yi]

Cold Mountain, filled with moving scenes.

[The Brain]

Pee-wee's Big Holiday. Totally OK.

[Martinus]

After years of rumours, Colton Haynes (Arsenal from "Arrow") finally came out.

See you corrected to get the last name correct.

And yeah about time. I guess he got more attention being coy though.

Honest question:  Is it still beneficial for a gay man to stay the closet.  Honestly have no idea.  I know acceptance has increases, but I also know there are a lot of assholes.

The question is too broad to answer.

Being in the closet takes a toll on your mental health and overall sense of happiness. But you have to weigh it against consequences of coming out - which differ based on who you are, where you are, what you do, how you make your money - and how much of it you stand to lose etc.

[Savonarola]

Abraham Lincoln (1930)

One of DW Griffith's two talkies; this film is a good example of what went wrong during the early age of sound.  Walter Huston (Lincoln) delivers all his lines with deliberately clear and distinct elocution.  Most of the film is people sitting around and talking and the dialogue is over-written and florid.  The acting is overdone and hammy (especially Ian Keith as John Wilkes Booth, who seems to have confused Booth with Rasputin), even the usually solid Huston does that at points notably at the death of Ann Rutlege.

There's some moment of Griffith greatness in the film; especially Sheridan's charge across the Shenandoah valley, but on the whole the film seems an enormous step back from "Birth of a Nation."

Henry B. Walthall, the Little Colonel in "Birth of a Nation," has a bit part as, what else? a Confederate Colonel.

[celedhring]

The Big Short. It's ok. A lot of the time it feels more like a dramatized documentary than a proper fiction movie; the only actual drama in the film is the whole "if the bonds don't crash we'll lose our shirts" part which is quite drawn out.

That said, it's pretty funny and manages to convey a bunch of arcane financial stuff rather originally.

[celedhring]

God damn, Netflix Spain has finally added the first Ron Burgundy flick. I haven't seen it but I feel like I already have, because of all the ubiquitous memes.

[The Brain]

Black Swan. Some good parts.

[Tonitrus]

Watched Star Trek III again.

Overall: Bad.  But...

- Christopher Lloyd plays probably one of the best Klingons in all of Star Trek-dom
- Vulcan priestess are HOTT
- Whatever happened to the poor Klingon prisoner between III and IV?    (almost too bad...Klingon-prisoner hijinks in 1980's Earth while trying to save the whales might have been even more hilarious)

[garbon]

The Big Short. It's ok. A lot of the time it feels more like a dramatized documentary than a proper fiction movie; the only actual drama in the film is the whole "if the bonds don't crash we'll lose our shirts" part which is quite drawn out.

That said, it's pretty funny and manages to convey a bunch of arcane financial stuff rather originally.

to all of what you said

[KRonn]

The Big Short. It's ok. A lot of the time it feels more like a dramatized documentary than a proper fiction movie; the only actual drama in the film is the whole "if the bonds don't crash we'll lose our shirts" part which is quite drawn out.

That said, it's pretty funny and manages to convey a bunch of arcane financial stuff rather originally.

Agreed on that.

I saw a movie that came out recently 99 Homes. It's about an unscrupulous realtor and his connections with others helping him bilk people out of their homes after the 2008 housing/financial crash. In most cases he's just evicting people legally but he and his group also find ways to scam the government and they make a fortune off of it.

[CountDeMoney]

- Whatever happened to the poor Klingon prisoner between III and IV?    (almost too bad...Klingon-prisoner hijinks in 1980's Earth while trying to save the whales might have been even more hilarious)

Most likely interned upon their arrival at Vulcan in a nasty and boring legally complex asylum/immigration/extradition issue.  Even more, more hilarious.

Although the Trekverse has a slew of ideas about it--
http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Maltz

[11B4V]

Have a watch of Northwest Passage. Good movie beside the stereotypical Indians and their cutesy outfits that they show the Rangers in.

[celedhring]

The Big Short. It's ok. A lot of the time it feels more like a dramatized documentary than a proper fiction movie; the only actual drama in the film is the whole "if the bonds don't crash we'll lose our shirts" part which is quite drawn out.

That said, it's pretty funny and manages to convey a bunch of arcane financial stuff rather originally.

Agreed on that.

I saw a movie that came out recently 99 Homes. It's about an unscrupulous realtor and his connections with others helping him bilk people out of their homes after the 2008 housing/financial crash. In most cases he's just evicting people legally but he and his group also find ways to scam the government and they make a fortune off of it.

Loved 99 Homes. A former teacher of mine directed it, actually (and he was quite nasty so I wasn't inclined to like his work )

Ended up watching Rango yesterday. Hey, that was a pleasant surprise. I mean, the plot I feel like I already have seen in a dozen or so animated movies before and after, but the Western setting and the LOADS of Western film references were damn great. It felt pretty dark for a current era kid movie too, with several dead characters and an ugly look, instead of cuteness.

Not saying it's a masterpiece or anything, but it felt different. But I admit 90% of my entertainment came from picking up all the homages to classic films. There are really dozens of those. Even the soundtrack riffs on Once Upon a Time in the West.