TV/Movies Megathread

[Admiral Yi]

Well, I bow down towards your obviously superior knowledge of the mating habits of Renaissance Ottoman princes, but I wouldn't rule out the possibility of one of them having the ability to court girls in a stylish way.

You don't bow very well. 

[The Larch]

Well, I bow down towards your obviously superior knowledge of the mating habits of Renaissance Ottoman princes, but I wouldn't rule out the possibility of one of them having the ability to court girls in a stylish way.

You don't bow very well. 

Now seriously, what bothered me about the character is how they introduced him, gave him a background and some substance and then killed him off in the same episode. Why bother so much if he's only going to last one episode?

Also, getting the history nerd hat on, I'd be tempted to point out that the guy lived as a "guest" of the pope (he was already there when Rodrigo Borgia was elected pope as well, he had arrived during the previous pope tenure) for several years, not the couple of weeks that he seems to spend in Rome in the series.

[Josquius]

Apocolypto- Quite good.
The first three quarters of the film seem to be suffer porn in the vein of some holocaust film I remember seeing, the last quarter seems to be a totally different film, a typical bad guys chase good guys film only transplanted to ye olde Mexico instead of Alaska or Montana or wherever the hell First Blood was set.
Which is weird, seems kind of backwards to me, the introduction is usually the first quarter then the last three quarters the main actiony part of the film.
Its so wonderfully beautiful in parts. The city was so over the top and crazy. But then at the same time you have the bit with the panther which wouldn't have looked good on a low budget 1970s TV show... And when the nasty villain dies it seems someone is pointing a laser pointer at the camera.
Overall the moral of the story seems to be that the mayans were dicks and deserved what was coming to them.
And lol at the ending. The Spaniards suddenly showing up that is. Not the main guy having the sickness.

[Drakken]

Is that bad? He is the main character, right?

I did find it odd that of all the characters, Scott Pilgrim was the least interesting. The guy playing him was kind of...weird, but not in the "hey we are going for kooky/weird" kind of way (Ramona was that, and it worked very well) but rather in the "That guy is kind of weird, but in an annoying, rather not interesting way...."

In that Cera does a good job, even if I loath the actor. Pilgrim is a jerk, not of the jock laying all the ladies and bashing all the nerds type, but the self-centered. pity-feeding dweeb that think everything turns around him type. Pilgrim is not supposed to be sympathetic, that we want to bash him in the face is on-key with the character.

I say it again: the most interesting character in this was Kim Pine. Miles away from everyone.

[Tonitrus]

First Blood?  As in Rambo?

I believe the setting was supposed to be Washington/Oregon, but was actually filmed in British Columbia.

[Drakken]

From what I understood it's not really nerd oriented.  More hipster with a band oriented.  Of course, I didn't see it and don't actually know who Cera is.  I did read an article on why it was not going to get the nerd audience.  Apparently it's a film about some hipster who is trying to avoid two hot chicks who want to have sex with him.  Not exactly nerd material.  Nerds want to see Star Wars fighting Star Trek or something.

Pilgrim doesn't want to avoid Ramona. The fact that he has to beat the shit out of seven evil exes to get laid with her is the story of the whole movie.

What I kept asking myself, however, is why the fuck Ramona would even give him the time of day.

[CountDeMoney]

Overall the moral of the story seems to be that the mayans were dicks and deserved what was coming to them.

They were a dying civilization. That's what dying civilizations do.  Look at Russia.

[Eddie Teach]

What I kept asking myself, however, is why the fuck Ramona would even give him the time of day.

Well, if all potential beaus have to go through what he did, she'll have a lot of lonely nights, hotness notwithstanding.

[Eddie Teach]

Exit Through the Gift Shop. Beautifully slow-played and understated mockumentary methinks. The final half hour is hilarious.

[MadImmortalMan]

Oh god. I just found out there is a remake of The Crow in the works. 

[Josquius]

Overall the moral of the story seems to be that the mayans were dicks and deserved what was coming to them.

They were a dying civilization. That's what dying civilizations do.  Look at Russia.

I dunno...this is a Gibson film...nasty evil pagans who deserve a dose of catholic righteousness...

[Savonarola]

Le Quattro Volte (2010)

More of a pastoral poem than a movie, the film has four stories concerning a goat herd, a goat, a tree and charcoal which is supposed to show a metempsychosis from man to animal to plant to mineral.  The film is slow moving and told without any dialogue.  It's fascinating at points, dull at others.  The animal handlers must have been top notch as the get a great performance out of the goat in his story.  I hope he can keep his career going and doesn't end up in that goat porn that's all the rage right now.

The Detroit Film Theater (where I saw Le Quattro Volte) has a "Film 101" series where they show classics of cinema.  To go along with the unusual narrative of Le Quattro Volte they showed "Wings of Desire."  That was awesome; especially the black and white cinematography that depicts the angel's point of view; but are angels supposed to be celestial homeless people?  Otherwise why do they always hang out at the library? 

[garbon]

mildred pierce has been rather excellent--if not as multi-layered and important as, say, magical meow meow taruto

Winslet

[CountDeMoney]

If anybody's a fan of the reinvention of Bill Murray the last several years as an understated actor, check out Broken Flowers.  Successful bachelor-for-life businessman receives an arcane, anonymous letter in the mail telling him about the 18 year old son he didn't know he had.  After prodding by his detective novel junkie neighbor, goes on a road trip to visit three ex-girlfriends that would fit the time frame.
Poignant and delightfully painful.

[Admiral Yi]

The Detroit Film Theater (where I saw Le Quattro Volte) has a "Film 101" series where they show classics of cinema.  To go along with the unusual narrative of Le Quattro Volte they showed "Wings of Desire."  That was awesome; especially the black and white cinematography that depicts the angel's point of view; but are angels supposed to be celestial homeless people?  Otherwise why do they always hang out at the library? 

Yup, awesome.