TV/Movies Megathread

[The Brain]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F115HyusBc

I've watched this clip from Oppenheimer several times now and I found it absolutely electric.

My question for those who have watched the whole movie is if the rest of it matches up.  Other clips I've seen have made me think maybe this is the whole movie right here, sort of like the Cincinnati scene in the Jackie Robinson biopic.

How should I set my expectations for when it shows up on Netflix?

There are certainly many parts of the movie that are crappier.

[Josquius]

Indiana Jones Dial of Destiny.

Yeah. Not good. Just hand waving the last one away is very bad form.
And what happened with Jones career to send him down the pecking order so much?
The set pieces are fine. The young Jones one at the start is cool.
But overall it's just such a mess. The big exciting part at the end is squandered. They could have done much with it.
I notice Disney plus says it's the last film in the series. Interesting they'd say this outright.

[Syt]

Cheers Season 3 has the first appearance of Raye Birk as Twitchwell, Cliff's rival and extreme stickler for the rules and regulations of the postal service.

During the episode Cliff says about him, "Put a uniform on some guys, it turns them right into a fascist."

Considering that Birk would later be an interrogator for the totalitarian regime of Pres. Clarke in Babylon 5 that seems way too appropriate.

[grumbler]

Cheers Season 3 has the first appearance of Raye Birk as Twitchwell, Cliff's rival and extreme stickler for the rules and regulations of the postal service.

During the episode Cliff says about him, "Put a uniform on some guys, it turns them right into a fascist."

Considering that Birk would later be an interrogator for the totalitarian regime of Pres. Clarke in Babylon 5 that seems way too appropriate.

Good catch! 

[Syt]

Directed by Richard Donner, starring Charles Bronson.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_(1970_film)

Lola (originally released as Twinky and also known as London Affair) is a 1970 romantic comedy drama film directed by Richard Donner and starring Charles Bronson and Susan George.

A 38-year-old writer of pornographic novels named Scott (Charles Bronson) meets and falls in love with a sixteen-year-old school girl (Susan George) whilst living in London.

When Scott is refused a permanent visa to remain in Britain, the couple get married in Scotland and move to America where by state law Twinky must go to school. Tensions arise when Twinky wants to engage in teenage pastimes, while Scott struggles to complete his novels in order to earn a living. She runs away and is found by Scott in the cellar. Twinky then leaves for London the next day after writing Scott a tearful farewell letter.

The idea and script for the film was written by Norman Thaddeus Vane,[3] which author Simon Richter believes was the key force behind the film.[4] Vane's script has been suggested to be somewhat autobiographical, as it mirrors the author's own marriage to 16 year-old model Sarah Caldwell, whom he married in the mid-1960s when he was 38.

Yikes.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Well, that should be a draw for the Republican party.

[Josquius]

Directed by Richard Donner, starring Charles Bronson.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_(1970_film)

Lola (originally released as Twinky and also known as London Affair) is a 1970 romantic comedy drama film directed by Richard Donner and starring Charles Bronson and Susan George.

A 38-year-old writer of pornographic novels named Scott (Charles Bronson) meets and falls in love with a sixteen-year-old school girl (Susan George) whilst living in London.

When Scott is refused a permanent visa to remain in Britain, the couple get married in Scotland and move to America where by state law Twinky must go to school. Tensions arise when Twinky wants to engage in teenage pastimes, while Scott struggles to complete his novels in order to earn a living. She runs away and is found by Scott in the cellar. Twinky then leaves for London the next day after writing Scott a tearful farewell letter.

The idea and script for the film was written by Norman Thaddeus Vane,[3] which author Simon Richter believes was the key force behind the film.[4] Vane's script has been suggested to be somewhat autobiographical, as it mirrors the author's own marriage to 16 year-old model Sarah Caldwell, whom he married in the mid-1960s when he was 38.

Yikes.

Just me who wants to see what sounds like an awesome car crash?

[Barrister]

Directed by Richard Donner, starring Charles Bronson.

Yikes.

I mean at least by the sounds of it it hardly endorses the idea of marrying children, but that is very much a movie that could only be made in 1970 or thereabouts.

[Admiral Yi]

I think Bruce Willis' French girlfriend in Pulp Fiction was a subversive endorsement of old guys fucking little girls.

[Savonarola]

Lola (originally released as Twinky and also known as London Affair) is a 1970 romantic comedy drama film directed by Richard Donner and starring Charles Bronson and Susan George.

A 38-year-old writer of pornographic novels named Scott (Charles Bronson) meets and falls in love with a sixteen-year-old school girl (Susan George) whilst living in London.

When Scott is refused a permanent visa to remain in Britain, the couple get married in Scotland and move to America where by state law Twinky must go to school. Tensions arise when Twinky wants to engage in teenage pastimes, while Scott struggles to complete his novels in order to earn a living. She runs away and is found by Scott in the cellar. Twinky then leaves for London the next day after writing Scott a tearful farewell letter.

Am I missing something?

Apart from the autobiographical elements, this doesn't sound that different than Stanley Kubrik's version of "Lolita."

[Admiral Yi]

Am I missing something?

Apart from the autobiographical elements, this doesn't sound that different than Stanley Kubrik's version of "Lolita."

Lolita is the story of a man who knows what he is doing is wrong but can't help himself.

[Barrister]

Lola (originally released as Twinky and also known as London Affair) is a 1970 romantic comedy drama film directed by Richard Donner and starring Charles Bronson and Susan George.

A 38-year-old writer of pornographic novels named Scott (Charles Bronson) meets and falls in love with a sixteen-year-old school girl (Susan George) whilst living in London.

When Scott is refused a permanent visa to remain in Britain, the couple get married in Scotland and move to America where by state law Twinky must go to school. Tensions arise when Twinky wants to engage in teenage pastimes, while Scott struggles to complete his novels in order to earn a living. She runs away and is found by Scott in the cellar. Twinky then leaves for London the next day after writing Scott a tearful farewell letter.

Am I missing something?

Apart from the autobiographical elements, this doesn't sound that different than Stanley Kubrik's version of "Lolita."

To be clear I've seen neither movie - I just reviewed wiki and the like.

In Lolita the girl is the main character's step-daughter, the affair is hidden.  The movie appears to emphasize how grown up and mature the girl is.

In Lola (which was surely renamed to be similar to Lolita - the girl's name is Twinky, which was the original title) they are legally married, and everything is above board.  That being said the "humour" seems to come from how immature the girl is.

[Sheilbh]

Well yeah - also in the UK you can get married, have sex, leave school, join the army etc at 16 (and there's a big campaign for votes at 16 too - which is already the case in Scotland).

But it is a fair point - the film (inevitably) is  lot less disturbing than the book. I don't think a plain adaptation of Lolita is really possible...

[Barrister]

Well yeah - also in the UK you can get married, have sex, leave school, join the army etc at 16 (and there's a big campaign for votes at 16 too - which is already the case in Scotland).

But it is a fair point - the film (inevitably) is  lot less disturbing than the book. I don't think a plain adaptation of Lolita is really possible...

Pretty sure the same is true in Canada and the US.  Heck we only recently raised the age of sexual consent from 14 to 16.

[Savonarola]

To be clear I've seen neither movie - I just reviewed wiki and the like.

In Lolita the girl is the main character's step-daughter, the affair is hidden.  The movie appears to emphasize how grown up and mature the girl is.

In Lola (which was surely renamed to be similar to Lolita - the girl's name is Twinky, which was the original title) they are legally married, and everything is above board.  That being said the "humour" seems to come from how immature the girl is.

Oh, okay, yes I can see that.  It's been a long time since I've seen Lolita, but from what I remember the humor comes from either Peter Seller's mimicry or Shelly Winters chewing scenery as only she could.  Lolita is indeed supposed to be mature.  One of the things that starts driving Lolita and Humbert apart is that she starts participating in her school, hence the "Teenage pastimes" in the Wiki article sounded identical in both cases.

Maybe "Manhattan" would have been a better comparison; although (once again it's been a long time since I've seen it) Woody Allen comes across as the less mature partner in that one.