TV/Movies Megathread

[KRonn]

So has Walking Dead jumped the corpse?

I've been looking for a way out, and am thinking this six year jump may be it.

On the other hand, it may get interesting again

At first I wondered and will still think about that, but I think the intent is a new direction with larger roles for others of  the main characters plus new people. I'm thinking that the idea is to change directions a bit to keep things fresh as the groups move into a whole new way of life. A more settled and stable life, though of course with plenty of issues to overcome. We'll see how successful it is but so far with the first post-Rick episode I like it.

[The Brain]

Finally saw the whole of Margin Call after watching clips on Youtube. I think it's a great movie. Focus on the story, doesn't try to explain the technical details (don't get me wrong, I liked that The Big Short tried to be edumacational, but they are very different kinds of movies). Generally doesn't try to explain details that are not important. Good acting, which you expect from Jeremy Irons et al. Hell I don't usually care much for Simon Baker but he does a good job here.

Agree pretty much with everything.  Some really good performances.  Useless to pick out Spacy because he always nails it. (double entendre yuck yuck)

Does anyone know if this is based on a real bank (Lehman? Bear Sterns?)  Or "inspired by true events?"

My impression is that it's "inspired by true events". But I don't know much about the 2008 crisis.

[crazy canuck]

Outlaw King - the new Netflix movie about Robert the Bruce has amazing production value - it is as good as a major movie studio.  The story is roughly historical, although the battle at the end is a bit disappointing.   Also their portrayal of Edward II is interesting but less historically accurate.

All in all, the movie is a pleasure to watch as a period piece.

Mandatory Languish comments about sexuality:  all scenes involve hetero couples and there is likely content that will appeal to a diverse viewership.

[Malthus]

Outlaw King - the new Netflix movie about Robert the Bruce has amazing production value - it is as good as a major movie studio.  The story is roughly historical, although the battle at the end is a bit disappointing.   Also their portrayal of Edward II is interesting but less historically accurate.

All in all, the movie is a pleasure to watch as a period piece.

Mandatory Languish comments about sexuality:  all scenes involve hetero couples and there is likely content that will appeal to a diverse viewership.

Do they have a scene of strapping Edward I's skeleton to his horse and having the corpse lead the English against the Scots? 

Now that would make an awesome movie scene. Malleus Scotorum indeed.

[crazy canuck]

Outlaw King - the new Netflix movie about Robert the Bruce has amazing production value - it is as good as a major movie studio.  The story is roughly historical, although the battle at the end is a bit disappointing.   Also their portrayal of Edward II is interesting but less historically accurate.

All in all, the movie is a pleasure to watch as a period piece.

Mandatory Languish comments about sexuality:  all scenes involve hetero couples and there is likely content that will appeal to a diverse viewership.

Do they have a scene of strapping Edward I's skeleton to his horse and having the corpse lead the English against the Scots? 

Now that would make an awesome movie scene. Malleus Scotorum indeed.

They did deal with the subject, but in a different way.

[FunkMonk]

Outlaw King - the new Netflix movie about Robert the Bruce has amazing production value - it is as good as a major movie studio.  The story is roughly historical, although the battle at the end is a bit disappointing.   Also their portrayal of Edward II is interesting but less historically accurate.

All in all, the movie is a pleasure to watch as a period piece.

Mandatory Languish comments about sexuality:  all scenes involve hetero couples and there is likely content that will appeal to a diverse viewership.

Do they have a scene of strapping Edward I's skeleton to his horse and having the corpse lead the English against the Scots? 

Now that would make an awesome movie scene. Malleus Scotorum indeed.

They did deal with the subject, but in a different way.

I just watched this and I thought it was pretty good.

I really enjoyed watching The One True King (Stephen Dillane, Stannis of Game of Thrones fame) channeling his inner Edward I. Perfect. 

[crazy canuck]

I really enjoyed watching The One True King (Stephen Dillane, Stannis of Game of Thrones fame) channeling his inner Edward I. Perfect. 

Agreed. 

[Liep]

https://youtu.be/2wcj6SrX4zw

New Aquaman trailer. It definitely looks more Marvelesque, like Starlord meets the new Thor but under water and not as good looking.

[Savonarola]

The Time Machine (1960)

I like how all the Eloi were blond in this version; demonstrating that the Aryan peoples are superior in even more ways than dreamt of in Nazi science.   



The premise of the Time Machine (that technicians were the cellar dwellers who became Morlocks and the upper class lived on the surface and became Eloi) was dated by the time of this film.  The director played more on the fears of nuclear war, and made humanity's split due to post war radiation.  In the film the Eloi are called into the Sphinx by an air raid siren; even though the nuclear war happened 800,000 years ago.

[celedhring]

https://youtu.be/2wcj6SrX4zw

New Aquaman trailer. It definitely looks more Marvelesque, like Starlord meets the new Thor but under water and not as good looking.

Looks generic. Make Atlantis great again! 

[KRonn]

https://youtu.be/2wcj6SrX4zw

New Aquaman trailer. It definitely looks more Marvelesque, like Starlord meets the new Thor but under water and not as good looking.

I just saw the trailer today and it looks pretty good, agreed. Maybe more " Marvelesque" like you say.

[Liep]

https://youtu.be/2wcj6SrX4zw

New Aquaman trailer. It definitely looks more Marvelesque, like Starlord meets the new Thor but under water and not as good looking.

I just saw the trailer today and it looks pretty good, agreed. Maybe more " Marvelesque" like you say.

In this case a word to describe the combination of fun and colourful, you know, the opposite of any Zack Snyder movie.

[The Brain]

In the film the Eloi are called into the Sphinx by an air raid siren; even though the nuclear war happened 800,000 years ago.

That's government services for you.

[frunk]

Yay, season 2 of Future Man is coming!  The trailer for S2 sucks (and the S1 trailer is way too revealing), but the first season was so deliriously crazy I have high hopes.

[viper37]

Passchendeale.

Canadian war movie, centered on the battle of Passchendale (WWI).  That's about 15 minutes of people getting stuck in the mud while in Belgium and having mud thrown everywhere, with occasional body parts and soldiers too.  The first 5 minutes happenning somewhere in France, I guess, were good too.

The rest of the movie is spent in Alberta, in some small town (maybe Calgary, I'm not sure) where the protagonists lives.

I like the main actors, Paul Gross and Caroline Dhavernas.

The propaganda surrounding that movie on release, though... ahem.  "We came together as a nation for that battle".  Fuck it.
In the movie, the entire Canadian force of 60 men and one nurse are sent to relieve the British division under a flanking assault, and that division promptly withdraws once the Canadians arrive.  No need to fight, the Canadians are there, the war is over.

And apparently, only English Canadians from western Canada and British fought over there.  No Frenchies from either side of the Atlantic, no one from Ontario or the Maritimes, definately no one from other British dominions.

Anyway.  It's a Canadian war movie (emphasis on Canadian), so you got what you expect, peace&love through most of the movie (ok, almost).

A Canadian sergeant (Gross) and his unit are fighting the Germans in Vimy, in the city.  Canadians start dying one by one and the two lone survivors are the sergeant and a totally shell shocked soldier.
Won't spoil it further than that.

10 minutes later, we're in Alberta, some nice little town, with some nice little fields (probably all destroyed by devilish oil exploitation now, according to some anti-canadian propaganda ).  The sergeant has been discharged for suffering of shellshock and sent back home as a hero for his actions at Vimy.

While recovering in Calgary, he meets a nurse (Dhavernas) and its love at first sight for our hero. The nurse has a brother who wishes to impress his future father-in-law, but his medical condition (asthma) prevents him from doing so.  Since his fiancée's dad is a well respected doctor, it's not really a problem, he makes him a document stating he doesn't have asthma.  Once it is known he enlisted, our hero follows him to the field of Flanders to watch over him (some déjà vu here...), and soon the nurse follows too. 

Now that we have 15 minutes left to the movie, it's time to see that famous battle the movie is named after. 

Something I described in my opening.

have a good night!


Ok. The ending is quite jesus-esque, a little too much for me.  But I got to respect my Albertan-Canadian friends, it's important to them over there

Not a terribly bad movie, not a terribly good one either, it's mostly a love story and a lot, like, yeah, I mean A LOT, of canadian propaganda when that movie was launched.  And throughout the movie too.  I don't think I have seen that much chest thumping since the glorious days of Rocky IV and Red Dawn 😁

(yes, I know, for such a small country, Canada performed very well, but you know, it's not like we fought that war all by ourselves, it ain't called "WORLD war" for nothing, I guess). 😉



Btw, here is what I found on German perception of Canadian soldiers:
https://www.quora.com/Did-Germans-really-call-Canadians-storm-troopers