herman said:I am trying to recall this now, as I just watched the movie over the weekend, but I can't
http://www.gq.com/story/shot-callers-shane-black-the-nice-guys
It was that last scene in the bar! There was a bit of a time jump.
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It was that last scene in the bar! There was a bit of a time jump.
Bullfrog
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The Fear of 13, a documentary on Netflix about Nicholas Yarris, who wrongfully spent 21 years in prison, was fantastic! It's interesting because the film consists solely of Yarris sitting down and telling a story with some visuals interspersed. He's so engaging as a story-teller.
Andy007
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Just watched "The Invitation," a suspense/thriller just added to Netflix. Mesmerizing film. Great suspense and continually kept me on edge despite not much actually happening. Felt like a modern-day classic Hitchcock film, if that makes any sense.
Netflix has some really cool films that are not exactly commericial or widely known. "Blue Ruin," "The Drop," "Locke," "Tall Tales," and "Hush" are all fairly recent gems I've seen.
Netflix has some really cool films that are not exactly commericial or widely known. "Blue Ruin," "The Drop," "Locke," "Tall Tales," and "Hush" are all fairly recent gems I've seen.
Kin
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I don't know if this is technically a movie or TV but via Crave TV I was able to watch the 5 part ESPN documentary about OJ Simpson. It's really, really good. I was only 12 when the trial was going on so I didn't entirely grasp it at the time and the look back was pretty great.
Incredibly it sort of leaves you without any real doubt that he did it while at the same time understanding completely why he wasn't convicted.
Incredibly it sort of leaves you without any real doubt that he did it while at the same time understanding completely why he wasn't convicted.
WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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Nik the Trik said:
It was amazing, I viewed it as one big documentary spliced into five parts. I was in the same boat as you regarding being younger at the time and I remember the trial, but not a lot of the cultural things that had been going on in LA at that time.
WhatIfGodWasALeaf
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Anyone check out the first episode of HBO's "The Night Of"?
I thought it was excellent, based on a good BBC show.
[youtube]7ROl6IGdQnk[/youtube]
I thought it was excellent, based on a good BBC show.
[youtube]7ROl6IGdQnk[/youtube]
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
Thanks for bring it up. I read a really good review of it a few days ago and earlier today tried to remember the show title but was drawing a blank. I'll check it out. I really wanted to watch the BBC version a few years ago when I was in a Ben Whishaw kick but couldn't find it anywhere.
The new Ghostbusters: pretty good actually. I laughed a lot.
L K
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CarltonTheBear said:
I had the exact opposite feeling on it. It felt nothing like the originals to me. I found the supposed "chemistry" between the leads to be lacking. Maybe I'm just not a fan of Kate MacKinnon but I found her attempt to be eccentric went too far a lot. It was a perfectly fine summer movie but it did nothing to scratch the Ghostbusters itch for me.
L K said:
Admittedly my comments are from somebody who doesn't really give a rats ass about the originals. I just didn't grow up with them as others obviously did. So I'm judging it entirely on it's own merits and not comparing it to something else. Which quite frankly I think is how it should be viewed but obviously not everyone feels that way.
I also wasn't a fan much of McCarthy/McKinnon/Jones going into it and while it took all 3 a few scenes they all won me over. Chris Hemsworth also just crushed it in his role.
bustaheims
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CarltonTheBear said:
The problem I have there is, if that's how the creators meant to have it viewed, they shouldn't made it a Ghostbusters movie. Any comedy about catching ghosts would obviously lend itself to comparisons to the original Ghostbusters movies, but, by sharing the branding, they removed the argument for separation, as far as I'm concerned.
bustaheims said:
It seems weird to me that a movie would have to be set to the same standards as a movie that came out 32 years ago. This Ghostbusters movie was made for an entirely different generation of people.
herman
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOBXuCYB4jQ[/youtube]
I haven't seen this, but by all accounts, this starts out as a plucky documentary about the world of competitive Endurance Tickling and winds up in WTF town.
The subjects of the doc confronted one of the creators during a live Q&A and threatened legal action | link.
I haven't seen this, but by all accounts, this starts out as a plucky documentary about the world of competitive Endurance Tickling and winds up in WTF town.
The subjects of the doc confronted one of the creators during a live Q&A and threatened legal action | link.
bustaheims
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CarltonTheBear said:
Standards of quality for humour, storywriting, etc., don't change all that much - the subject matter does, sure, but that's a separate discussion. There's a level of quality that Ghostbusters established for the brand, and anything that proclaims to be part of that brand needs to meet. It's the same with any other established brand/franchise - future Star Wars movies are judged on the standards set by the original trilogy, same with Indiana Jones, the various horror franchises, etc. If a new Police Academy movie were to come out, it would have to hold up against the originals in terms of quality. It should be no different for Ghostbusters.
bustaheims
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Nik the Trik said:
Yes and no. Something being enjoyable is often relative to the expectations one has of said thing. Movies that are part of a franchise or attach themselves to a franchise have different expectations of them than movies that stand alone.
I haven't seen the new Ghostbusters yet, so I can't comment on my feelings toward it specifically. I'm just saying that, as far as I'm concerned, judging it in comparison to the quality of the originals is perfectly justifiable.
bustaheims said:
We talking the sequel too then? Because isn't that one generally considered to have been quite the disappointing follow-up?