TV/Movies Megathread

[viper37]

Hannibal: [spoiler]How does a man cut off chunks of his own back while hanging in a barn?[/spoiler]

[spoiler]
I figured he cut himself first while being partially hanged, then he raised himself with some sort of deadweight, possibly.  I remember asking myself the same question, but then, I don't pay much attention to all that.  Hannibal's constant cooking makes me nervous, so I'm not as focused as I should be...[/spoiler]

[viper37]

Started watching Hannibal. I like it.

It took me a while to figure out what was that weird elk dream.  I finally figured it out this week.

[spoiler]Was it always so obvious or did I simply never noticed the statue in Hannibal's office?[/spoiler]

[Josephus]

Started watching Hannibal. I like it.

It took me a while to figure out what was that weird elk dream.  I finally figured it out this week.

[spoiler]Was it always so obvious or did I simply never noticed the statue in Hannibal's office?[/spoiler]

Well, there was one time when Will was in his office and picked it up and looked at it. So, yeah, I think you're supposed to notice it.

[Syt]

Star Trek: Into Darkness - visually stunning (imax 3D), relatively decently constructed plot, but despite best efforts by the cast the plot seems a bit all over the place and the personal side of things feels weak.

Between ST:ID and IM3, the latter has the much better human story to tell.

[Sheilbh]

Also watching Endeavour. I love it. It's filling a Poirot shaped hole in my life.

[Josquius]

On the reccommendation of my dad I watched the first episode of a show named Banshee.
Meh.
Never trust the recommendations of a man who thinks Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift, is a good movie.

[CountDeMoney]

Never trust the recommendations of a man who thinks Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift, is a good movie.

[Syt]

Star Trek: Into Darkness - visually stunning (imax 3D), relatively decently constructed plot, but despite best efforts by the cast the plot seems a bit all over the place and the personal side of things feels weak.

Between ST:ID and IM3, the latter has the much better human story to tell.

P.S.: If you're alluring to the probably most iconic scene of the original franchise, make sure it carries enough emotional impact and doesn't (partly) come off as parody. Foreshadowing is good, but if you do it so blatantly that you go into the scene knowing it'll have no practical consequences it makes the whole thing a pointless set-piece. [spoiler]And Spock shouting "KHAAAAAN!" made me cringe.[/spoiler]

Also, I found Spock a bit off and too emotional. Some of the Uhura/Spock dialogue didn't help. I'm not a big fan of their romance subplot. Cumberbatch is very good in his scenes, especially when he can glare/talk menacingly. Though it's amazing [spoiler]that they picked someone who looks even less Indian than Ricardo Montalban to play Khan.[/spoiler]

My favorite character this time was Scotty who gets some decent scenes and lines. And Alice Eve is nice to look at.

[Syt]

[spoiler]Also, why did it have to be Khan's blood that they needed to save Kirk in the end? Wouldn't any of the other human popsicles do? If they had to test all 72 if their blood worked as well - there's not really a rush, because Kirk is in a cryotube, and we've already established that you can stay in those for centuries.[/spoiler]

[katmai]

And Alice Eve is nice to look at.

But of course.

[Ideologue]

Star Trek: Into Darkness - visually stunning (imax 3D), relatively decently constructed plot, but despite best efforts by the cast the plot seems a bit all over the place and the personal side of things feels weak.

That bar got set pretty low the first time around.  I'm still looking forward to it, but given that this one was co-written not only by noted retards Orci and Kurtzman but also Damon "I tricked a doddering old man into making my Space Jockey fan fiction I wrote when I was 17" Lindeloff, we'll see.

Between ST:ID and IM3, the latter has the much better human story to tell.

Well, that bodes well.  I really hope this is just your appreciation of the Downey post-dope show, without which Iron Man 3 would immediately devolve from fun tripe to totally unwatchable garbage.  P.S. Fuck Europe.  We made it, and you get to see it first?  I thought we won the war.

***

Quickies:

Rocky Horror Picture Show (197x).  I'd either never seen this before at all, or had seen only part of it when I was circa ten years old, which is, as you know, not an appropriate age for the material, the appropriate age for the material being thirteen years old.  Nonetheless, it's Greece's second favorite movie, so I bought it for her, and I watched it, and a good time was had by all.  Did you know that Susan Sarandon has or at least had nearly a perfect body, on top of her ideologically correct stances on most issues?  Isn't she great?  The titular Rocky Horror also shames me into doing more situps.  B+

Tron (198x).  A beautiful and unique cinematic experience hung upon a very thin story, but it's an American classic despite a linear plot with few real complications and a very occasionally annoying score.  I was happy to see it again, although my true goal was to refresh myself in anticipation of finally mustering up the interest to see Tron: Legacy after a second viewing of director Joseph Kosinski's Oblivion, which I've really become rather fond of despite its low nature as little more than a greatest hits of American science fiction cover album.  B+

Moonrise Kingdom (2012).  Featuring perhaps the best child performances I've ever seen and one of the best onscreen romances shared between them, Moonrise Kingdom was the second best movie I saw last year, and is the second best movie I've seen this year, too, despite some nice tries--and only second because I rewatched Django the other week.  Excepting Bottle Rockets and The Fantastic Mr. Fox, to which I cannot speak, but including the already-amazing Rushmore, Tannenbaums, and The Life Aquatic, and also including the unspeakable bore that was the Darjeeling Limited, Wes Anderson's finest achievement, to date, and probably ever, because Moonrise Kingdom really scrapes the side of perfect.  And yet, some movie about Razgovory if he did some push-ups and combed his hair wins an Oscar, probably because Moonrise Kingdom came out in May.  If you haven't seen this, and you don't want to, you're probably some kind of asshole. A+

[CountDeMoney]

Stop editing your posts, dammit.  Type them out on Word, proof, then copy and paste.

And I've already discussed Moonrise Kingdom at length, and it's a solid B.

[Ideologue]

Stop editing your posts, dammit.  Type them out on Word, proof, then copy and paste.

I was just fixing grammar and also adding some hate speech in regards to the Star Trek screenwriters.  Noble causes, I'm sure you'll agree.

And I've already discussed Moonrise Kingdom at length, and it's a solid B.

My God, it's full of perfectly framed shots.

[Eddie Teach]

Moonrise Kingdom is a great movie(A or A-) and definitely ahead of Django.

[Syt]

Star Trek: Into Darkness - visually stunning (imax 3D), relatively decently constructed plot, but despite best efforts by the cast the plot seems a bit all over the place and the personal side of things feels weak.

That bar got set pretty low the first time around.  I'm still looking forward to it, but given that this one was co-written not only by noted retards Orci and Kurtzman but also Damon "I tricked a doddering old man into making my Space Jockey fan fiction I wrote when I was 17" Lindeloff, we'll see.

Between ST:ID and IM3, the latter has the much better human story to tell.

Well, that bodes well.  I really hope this is just your appreciation of the Downey post-dope show, without which Iron Man 3 would immediately devolve from fun tripe to totally unwatchable garbage.  P.S. Fuck Europe.  We made it, and you get to see it first?  I thought we won the war.

Well, Iron Man has the advantage that Downey more or less plays himself, and he totally owns that role and fuses with it. He has a pretty good character arc over the 3.5 movies that plays as big a role as the special effects show.

In Star Trek, the characters seem to take second place next to the action sequences. As said, Into Darkness attempts emotional scenes, but IMHO drifts into melodrama instead. However, as that's my personal opinion YMMV. It's still a decent action flick with amazing visuals and some good scenes/lines.