Last Movie You Watched

[Bogey]

Anyway my favorite comic book movie this summer is Wolverine.  .

Good to hear. That is next on our list, David.

[Bogey]

That has always been a weakness of Superman stories, though.  Put on glasses, and maybe a jacket, and then no one recognizes you!

Yeah, I know, I know,  But it is always fun to see them try to play it out.

[Bogey]

I will say in defense of that ending I just scathingly criticized, Superman killed General Zod in the comics.  Bumbumbum!!!

Aw, some good writer like John Byrne will come along and put that in an alternate Universe, like World 8 or something. 

[TheGSMoeller]

Orange Is The New Black Ep. 10, Bora Bora Bora

(Minor spoilers)

Up to now, it's by far the best episode. It covers a lot of ground and focus is shared with many characters. It's laugh out loud funny (scared straight scenes; Doggett is a discipline of God), touching (Pelage gets a visitor), devastating (the final fate of an inmate) and intensely foreshadowing (final scene with Red).

I love how this show has me rooting for Piper and Alex, and has created one of TVs best villains with Mendez.

[Sammy]

I grew up with the Reeves & Reeve takes on Superman, and I must say that I vastly prefer the darker world of the new one, and wish it could have been darker yet. 

Yes, "darker" is always better.  If that means deviating significantly from the traditional aesthetic - good riddance to that tradition.

[DavidW]

Bill, what did you think of Iron Man 3?

[Bogey]

Bill, what did you think of Iron Man 3?

Enjoyed the first one and pretty much the second one.  The third one....not much.  Dreadful ending.

[Bogey]

I thought the Avengers has been the best superhero movie in recent times, along with the first two Spider Man films, and Thor was decent except for having him battle in Nowheres-Ville.  But then again, I just received The Phantom on Blu Ray starring Billy Zane and I cannot wait to watch it again.

[George]

Bill's new avatar answers the age-old question "oh, by the way, which one's Pink?" 

[Bogey]

Bill's new avatar answers the age-old question "oh, by the way, which one's Pink?" 

Bogey in PINK is BOSS-Shelf, brother.  However, there is controversy in your statement seeing he has a pipe and does not "have a cigar".

[George]

Bogey in PINK is BOSS-Shelf, brother.  However, there is controversy in your statement seeing he has a pipe and does not "have a cigar".

You're gonna go far!

[Bogey]

MI3



Loved 1, hated 2, enjoyed 3....mostly due to the bad guy.

Have not seen 4, but that will have to happen in the next week or so.

[modUltralaser]

MI3



Loved 1, hated 2, enjoyed 3....mostly due to the bad guy.

Have not seen 4, but that will have to happen in the next week or so.

Think you might want to revist 2 at some point. It's probably my favorite. Although, MI3 does have the best action sequences.

[Octave]

STRAND: UNDER THE DARK CLOTH (John Walker, 1989)
Quite interesting for me, mainly because I'd seen possibly none of Strand's photos before, unbelievably.  Also some short excerpts from his films, which are also fascinating for their hardscrabble independence and political commitment.  The diverse and sometimes haunting score was by Jean Derome, whose music I used to like very much.

It looks like the whole thing might be available via YT, organized at this webpage:
http://www.filmsnotdead.com/2012/02/24/strand-under-the-darkcloth/
I streamed it from Netflix.

Photography is something I'd like to get a lot deeper into.

[Octave]

Two backstage (?) musicals:



1. FOR ME AND MY GAL (Busby Berkeley, 1942)
2. KISS ME KATE (George Sidney, 1953)

I found myself impatient with KISS ME KATE, though there's some great dancing (a young Bob Fosse, unrecognizable to me even when I looked at closely), spirited hammery, and beautifully lurid Technicolor.

FOR ME AND MY GAL was wonderful; I was surprised, because it's basically a WW2 propaganda film set in WW1.  Maybe not 'basically'...even apart from the overt purpose of the film, there's a lot to like in the emotional and ethical arcs taken by the characters; and in that sense, the film has dated beautifully.  Also, I've come around slowly but hard to the charms of Judy Garland's acting, singing, and dancing.  I love her laughter above all these.  It peals out like a bell here, just breaks free like a small force of nature.  Irrepressible.   Commendations to Busby Berkeley for selfless direction here, economical and all about the dancers; with the occasional breathtaking but oddly relaxed flight taken back across the room, pulling the walls and seats and audience into the experience.  It's a terrific picture, and probably worth seeing again.
It's Gene Kelly's first screen appearance, and already he just commands the frame, without a bunch of hammy scene-chewing.  I read a couple film critics' comments that Kelly played a remarkable number of heels in his career, even on Broadway before ever making it Hollywood.  They're almost never, or never, just jerks.  I found his character here deliciously complicated, and his 'charm' was part of the threat (as a cause/means) and the redemption (as an effect).

[Karl Henning]

I just flick-hopped last night . . . watched about the first 40 minutes of Thunderball, and then about the first 15 minutes of Sign My Snarling Movie. [But then, I had spent the earlier part of the evening writing music.]  0:)

[Karl Henning]

Think you might want to revist 2 at some point. It's probably my favorite.

I thought better of 2 the second time I watched it.

[DavidW]

Enjoyed the first one and pretty much the second one.  The third one....not much.  Dreadful ending.

The ending was pointlessly bombastic, and the big reveal about the Mandarin was disappointing.  But I liked it, and liked it more than #2 which I thought was a terrible mess.

[lisa needs braces]

Think you might want to revist 2 at some point. It's probably my favorite. Although, MI3 does have the best action sequences.

De Palma's film is tense and thrilling and actually suspenseful. It's more a thriller than an action film, and hence why it's my favorite. He claimed that Tom Cruise offered him to direct the second one and he turned it down. The sequels seem less substantive, though I did enjoy the second one as well for its outrageous typical John Woo sequences.

[snyprrr]

Two backstage (?) musicals:



1. FOR ME AND MY GAL (Busby Berkeley, 1942)
2. KISS ME KATE (George Sidney, 1953)

I found myself impatient with KISS ME KATE, though there's some great dancing (a young Bob Fosse, unrecognizable to me even when I looked at closely), spirited hammery, and beautifully lurid Technicolor.

FOR ME AND MY GAL was wonderful; I was surprised, because it's basically a WW2 propaganda film set in WW1.  Maybe not 'basically'...even apart from the overt purpose of the film, there's a lot to like in the emotional and ethical arcs taken by the characters; and in that sense, the film has dated beautifully.  Also, I've come around slowly but hard to the charms of Judy Garland's acting, singing, and dancing.  I love her laughter above all these.  It peals out like a bell here, just breaks free like a small force of nature.  Irrepressible.   Commendations to Busby Berkeley for selfless direction here, economical and all about the dancers; with the occasional breathtaking but oddly relaxed flight taken back across the room, pulling the walls and seats and audience into the experience.  It's a terrific picture, and probably worth seeing again.
It's Gene Kelly's first screen appearance, and already he just commands the frame, without a bunch of hammy scene-chewing.  I read a couple film critics' comments that Kelly played a remarkable number of heels in his career, even on Broadway before ever making it Hollywood.  They're almost never, or never, just jerks.  I found his character here deliciously complicated, and his 'charm' was part of the threat (as a cause/means) and the redemption (as an effect).

One of my Film teachers... let's say a plain Greg Kinnear... pants hiked up nerd, married, and.... loooooved musicals. Now, this was way before anyone knew what 'gay' was, but that Tom Selleck movie "In/Out" (was that it?) described teacher to a tee. At the time I was just like, wtf does he see in these things... I mean, some do play with reflexivity and have a certain 'fantasy' element to them, but, trust me, back then no MAN (baby!) was raving about musicals like teach was, haha!!


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