What are you watching now?

[Horace]

This movie hits differently, now that I've been the target of death threats due to my own courageous reporting. Cate Blanchett is excellent. I hope she plays me when they make a movie of my life. Though it's more likely that I'll be portrayed by a black woman.

[Doctor Phibes]

@mark said in What are you watching now?:

I just finished watching it on Netflix.

Enjoyed it.

I liked that one, too. What a complicated person he was.

Beautiful music, though. Nobody else like him.

[mark]

@Doctor-Phibes said in What are you watching now?:

@mark said in What are you watching now?:

I just finished watching it on Netflix.

Enjoyed it.

I liked that one, too. What a complicated person he was.

Beautiful music, though. Nobody else like him.

Agree. A rarity among humans.

[89th]

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Good documentary of sorts. Brought back lots of memories as I was a young lad when he earned some of his final stats... 5K strikeouts, 6th and 7th no hitter, etc. Worth a view if you're a baseball fan.

His stats are bananas btw. Threw 108 MPH (fastest ever), but in terms of no-hitters, etc:

No hitters: 7
1-hitters: 12
2-hitters: 18
3-hitters: 31

That'll never happen again. All teams use pitch counts now... back in the 70s and 80s you could let your starting pitcher go the whole game if he felt good.

SIDE NOTE... From this, I've gone back and started watching The Natural again. Yes I've seen it before a few times, but mostly as a kid. And I've watched the famous scenes a few times. Great music... but as an adult now, I chuckle at some of the scenes (like Brimley as the coach) and the grumbling. Also, the opening 15 minutes... both beautiful as well as really scripted to get the story to a jump start. Could border on corny/forced but ultimately is beautiful What a great movie for baseball fans, too.

[George K]

First of all, I love Jodi Foster. She has aged so well...and she has a "relaxed" approach to acting that makes her work so damn good.

I also loved "Contact" but that's just me.

Anyhow...

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True Detective.

Such a disappointment.

tl;dr - several scientists in an arctic circle lab disappear. Their bodies are found, naked and frozen on the ice during the "Long night" in December.

Too much mysticism. If you thought True Detective season 1 was weird, well, lemme hold your beer.

The cinematography and acting are first rate. But...fer chrissakes, gimme an old-fashioned mystery without all the weirdo supernatural stuff.

This season is only 6 episodes long. Without all the irrelevant stuff, told as a straight-forward mystery, it could have been 4, if not 3.

[Mik]

@89th he’s my ex sister in law‘S cousin.

[89th]

@Mik said in What are you watching now?:

@89th he’s my ex sister in law‘S cousin.

And yet you have not sent me any autographed gear!

[89th]

@George-K said in What are you watching now?:

First of all, I love Jodi Foster. She has aged so well...and she has a "relaxed" approach to acting that makes her work so damn good.

I also loved "Contact" but that's just me.

Not just you, that is such a great movie. I could watch it from start to finish anytime it's on.

[89th]

@89th said in What are you watching now?:

SIDE NOTE... From this, I've gone back and started watching The Natural again. Yes I've seen it before a few times, but mostly as a kid. And I've watched the famous scenes a few times. Great music... but as an adult now, I chuckle at some of the scenes (like Brimley as the coach) and the grumbling. Also, the opening 15 minutes... both beautiful as well as really scripted to get the story to a jump start. Could border on corny/forced but ultimately is beautiful What a great movie for baseball fans, too.

Ok I finished a (re)watch of The Natural. You know, I'm struck by how simple and predictable the dialogue is. Almost laughable if you were just reading the script on paper. But man, it is wrapped up in such a beautifully-made film, the music, the editing, the announcer in the background, the transition between scenes... visual poetry.

[George K]

One of a quartet of short films by Wes Anderson - based on stories by Roald Dahl

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Benedict Cumberbatch
Ralph Fiennes
Ben Kingsley....

A delight to watch.

[Mik]

@89th said in What are you watching now?:

@Mik said in What are you watching now?:

@89th he’s my ex sister in law‘S cousin.

And yet you have not sent me any autographed gear!

Can't ship to Siberia Minnesooota.

[Horace]

Saw Roadhouse on Prime last night. Pretty fun. I enjoyed McGreggor's hammy part. Looks like he was on some juice to prepare for the part, like Gyllenhaal. The movie reminds me of the time I was an ex UFC fighter who killed a man in the ring, and then became an itinerant bouncer for hire at the world's seediest bars. Two fists up from a guy who's been there, done that.

[mark]

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[LuFins Dad]

@Horace said in What are you watching now?:

Saw Roadhouse on Prime last night. Pretty fun. I enjoyed McGreggor's hammy part. Looks like he was on some juice to prepare for the part, like Gyllenhaal. The movie reminds me of the time I was an ex UFC fighter who killed a man in the ring, and then became an itinerant bouncer for hire at the world's seediest bars. Two fists up from a guy who's been there, done that.

Great review.

[Jolly]

@LuFins-Dad said in What are you watching now?:

@Horace said in What are you watching now?:

Saw Roadhouse on Prime last night. Pretty fun. I enjoyed McGreggor's hammy part. Looks like he was on some juice to prepare for the part, like Gyllenhaal. The movie reminds me of the time I was an ex UFC fighter who killed a man in the ring, and then became an itinerant bouncer for hire at the world's seediest bars. Two fists up from a guy who's been there, done that.

Great review.

Park your belief at the door and enjoy the movie.

Do that and it's 1/2...

[Jolly]

BTW, I remember reading how Chris Pratt gets in shape for the Galaxy movies...No red meat, four hours workout per day and he stays hungry for three months.

And yeah, I suspect he's juicing, too.

[Horace]

@LuFins-Dad said in What are you watching now?:

@Horace said in What are you watching now?:

Saw Roadhouse on Prime last night. Pretty fun. I enjoyed McGreggor's hammy part. Looks like he was on some juice to prepare for the part, like Gyllenhaal. The movie reminds me of the time I was an ex UFC fighter who killed a man in the ring, and then became an itinerant bouncer for hire at the world's seediest bars. Two fists up from a guy who's been there, done that.

Great review.

Also, the CGI was surprisingly bad in parts.

[Mik]

Watched The Holdovers last night. Pretty good.

[Horace]

@Mik said in What are you watching now?:

Watched The Holdovers last night. Pretty good.

I would have known it was an Alexander Payne movie just by the similarities to Sideways, which is one of my favorites.

[George K]

Only about halfway through, but it's absolutely riveting.

In the comments, someone said, "Anthony Hopkins can speak Shakespearean English and make it sound like he made it up on the spot."

Amazon Prime.

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