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Post by B.E. on Feb 14, 2020 2:56:22 GMT
After that success, I decided to stick to action and revisit Jason Bourne. I was surprised to enjoy the 5th film, Jason Bourne, so much this time around. I remember being disappointed the first time I saw it. Just as an aside, if you've seen that one, the opening feels like a nod to Rambo III. Both characters had retreated from the world and were reduced to fighting for money. I feel bad for their unknowing competition 1. The Bourne Identity - 10/10 2. The Bourne Ultimatum - 9/10 3. The Bourne Legacy - 9/10 4. The Bourne Supremacy - 8/10 5. Jason Bourne - 8/10
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Post by B.E. on Feb 14, 2020 2:59:17 GMT
I'm not sure where I'll go next, maybe the 'Man With No Name' trilogy, or Indiana Jones, or Back to the Future, or Mission Impossible, or Rocky. Any recommendations?
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Post by kds on Feb 14, 2020 3:17:33 GMT
Goodfellas was on TV again last night. I say again because barely a week goes by without Goodfellas popping up on some cable movie station. And it was the uncensored version! Don't you hate when the bad language is cut out of a movie. It ruins it for me.
I think I've seen Goodfellas more than any other movie. Even though I think I've memorized every scene, if I come across Goodfellas on TV, I'll stop and watch it. I might even go as far as saying Goodfellas is my favorite movie. If it isn't it's in the top three.
Do you have a favorite movie, or when it pops up on TV, you usually stop and watch it? Jaws is my favorite movie. That, the two Ghostbusters movies, and Tim Burton's Batman are movies that I'll typically watch a little bit of when they're on TV, even though I have them on DVD. As many times as I've seen them, I never tire of them.
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Post by bellbottoms on Feb 14, 2020 14:23:31 GMT
Streaming is the only way I watch TV now, and it’s been that way for years, so happening upon a beloved movie while channel surfing is not something that has happened to me for a long time. But I can pretty easily predict that if Back to the Future, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Wayne’s World, High Fidelity, So I Married an Axe Murderer, or Almost Famous randomly appeared during a channel surf, there is no way I would not watch them, despite having seen them so many times and pretty much knowing them off by heart.
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Post by Kapitan on Feb 14, 2020 14:26:47 GMT
Streaming is the only way I watch TV now, and it’s been that way for years, so happening upon a beloved movie while channel surfing is not something that has happened to me for a long time. That's what I was thinking, too. To some degree, I actually miss happening upon unexpected shows. But on the other hand, I spend less time watching TV by watching it only intentionally.
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Post by bellbottoms on Feb 14, 2020 15:25:05 GMT
I do remember the joy of happening upon a beloved movie back in the cable TV days of yore, and the ensuing argument with my parents “You’ve seen this a million times, don’t we have it on VHS? You can watch it anytime you want”.
But not on TV, Mom. Not on TV.
There was something kind of special about that.
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Post by Kapitan on Feb 14, 2020 15:33:19 GMT
The surprise can be really exciting. I don't get it with TV anymore, really, but I do still find it with music. Sometimes it comes with radio, as Minnesota Public Radio has a good music station that plays a wide variety of music in terms of styles and eras, and other times just with putting iTunes on shuffle.
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Post by kds on Feb 14, 2020 15:43:29 GMT
I do remember the joy of happening upon a beloved movie back in the cable TV days of yore, and the ensuing argument with my parents “You’ve seen this a million times, don’t we have it on VHS? You can watch it anytime you want”. But not on TV, Mom. Not on TV. There was something kind of special about that. To be honest, that's one of the reasons I'm still with cable (that and the fact that I can't stream Orioles games in Baltimore). Sometimes at the end of a long day, it's nice to be able to randomly land on Ghostbusters (1984) for the umpteenth time or a rerun of The Simpsons or The Office in that last half hour or so before going to bed.
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Post by B.E. on Feb 14, 2020 18:14:36 GMT
I just saw this trailer for 1917. Theatrical release is December 25th. I'm looking forward to this. I actually followed through and saw this in theaters. The buzz around the film and all the positive reviews lifted my expectations...too far. That's not to say I didn't enjoy it or that it's not worth watching, but I could have waited for home video. I guess I was expecting just a little more action (based on the trailer) and there was a surreal scene about two-thirds into the film that didn't quite work for me. The filmmakers do a great job of putting you into the main characters' shoes. As they venture alone across enemy lines you see what they see and fear every corner and every step. But, while the suspense is there, the journey itself isn't quite as exciting as you might expect. I'd also say the film felt "smaller" than I expected (again, based on the trailer). Then there's the odd decision or two that irks you (like every movie), but fortunately the ending was really well-done, IMO. I'd like to watch it again 20 years from now. The cinematography is incredible. It certainly succeeds in placing you into that world. It feels real (except for the aforementioned scene). 7/10
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Post by kds on Feb 26, 2020 16:18:49 GMT
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Post by Kapitan on Feb 26, 2020 16:51:27 GMT
I’m trying to contain my excitement...
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Post by kds on Feb 26, 2020 20:20:59 GMT
I’m trying to contain my excitement... I'm actually curious to see how the humor of the show would transfer over.
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Post by Sheriff John Stone on Feb 26, 2020 23:20:38 GMT
Jackie Brown is on cable TV tonight and I'll watch it...again. It's one of my all-time favorite movies and whenever it's on TV, I'll watch it, even though I have the DVD.
I was recently thinking about my favorite movies which at this time would be, in no particular order:
- Jackie Brown - Goodfellas - The Godfather - Pulp Fiction - Scarface
Then I got to thinking, almost all of my favorite movies are very violent and feature a lot of killing. I don't know what that says about the "great" movies - or me.
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Post by Kapitan on Feb 27, 2020 19:42:31 GMT
I have an admission to make: I watch This Is Us. Not just that, but I only watch This Is Us: there isn’t another current scripted show I make a habit of watching. For those who don’t know, it’s an hour-long drama about a family with the wrinkle of cutting back and forth between times: sometimes it’s the parents’ love story in the ‘70s; sometimes it’s their early child-rearing years, when they had triplets (one died and was “replaced” by an adopted child); sometimes it’s the kids’ high school or college years; sometimes it’s the children’s lives as adults with their families. It’s incredibly sentimental, a show that most people would call the television equivalent of a “chick flick.” I’m a straight male and nobody is forcing me to watch. (In fact, my gf doesn’t watch it.) What the…? I can’t answer that. What I can tell you is, I’ve had a history with hour-long “dramedies” dating back 30 years. In 1990, I happened to catch the beginning of a new show in which some teenagers moved from Wayzata, Minnesota, to Beverly Hills. Obviously the regional reference caught my attention (especially how they mispronounced their so-called hometown as “way-ZAT-uh” rather than the typical “Why-ZET-uh”), and the girls in the show were cute. I was about 15, 16. I kept watching Beverly Hills 90210 for years. I also watched Party of Five. In both cases, I pulled my hair out, they were so stupid. And I wasn’t even into that kind of show, generally. But I watched those. As time moved on, I switched to Dawson’s Creek. After that ended, eventually I picked up the television series version of the ‘80s movie Parenthood. And then This Is Us. Along the way, there were a few others that got a look. Seventh Heaven. (Not good!) Relativity. My So-Called Life. But none made the main list. It has never made sense to me, but generally speaking, I have a single television show that I watch despite not really liking either the genre or to any serious degree the show itself. Only one at a time. It’s what you’d call a guilty pleasure if you believed in the concept, I guess, but I don’t feel guilty. I just wonder what the hell is up with me that I have for decades now continued this bizarre practice.
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Post by kds on Feb 27, 2020 20:05:14 GMT
I generally don't much care for reality television, but I love Bar Rescue (although the show is getting very repetitive of late).
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