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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 24, 2019 22:45:11 GMT
One time did it for me with Titanic, but it might have been a whole different movie had you been in it. I've been working my way through The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. This was a show I tried when it first came out, but I couldn't make it through more than 10 minutes of the pilot. Finally gave it another try and am now into the second season. Really, I am still resistant to Rachel Brosnahan's putative charm, but it is a show that makes you want to know what happens next, plus I'm ga-ga over the late '50s clothing. One of the things that has made me stick with it was the segment (1st two episodes) in Paris in season two. They pull out all the stops of every romantic fantasy and stereotype about Paris in that era -- berets everywhere, everyone smokes, the women are très chic, etc. And you know what? It works! I was so enthralled that I misted up a bit when they left Paris. Here ~ read about it in French: www.telerama.fr/series-tv/les-americains-de-the-marvelous-mrs.-maisel-arrivent-a-paris,n5917611.php
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 24, 2019 22:56:33 GMT
I have discovered that it is impossible to abandon Titanic once the ship starts sinking. So I have about another 30 minutes of ice water to endure.
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Post by rikita on Jan 25, 2019 0:43:03 GMT
never quite sure if this goes to this thread or to movies, if we watch a movie, but an older one, and at home, but we have a projector rather than a screen, and it's not on tv but we watch it on dvd or netflix or similar. either way, had a movie night with agnes the other day, watching a movie based on a famous children's book that i read to her recently: "the little ghost" by ottfried preussler.
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Post by casimira on Jan 27, 2019 17:59:52 GMT
I'm so thrilled that you are enjoying The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Bixa!!
I was dubious of it initially but became engaged in it quickly.
Of course seeing a 50's NYC period piece certainly helped and as you mentioned the clothing is fantastic. ( I remember my mother having so, so many of the outfits featured.)
I adore Rachel Brosnahan as a comedienne. (I was familiar with her from the ill fated House of Cards in which she plays a tragic character).
So, imagine my delight to see her transformation and talent in a comedic role.
I haven't seen Season 2 yet because of lack of time to sit back and really enjoy.
I am really looking forward to continue watching it.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 27, 2019 18:46:58 GMT
Today I found myself watching something called I'm Reed Fish on the Sundance channel. It was so incredibly "nothing" that I had to look it up on IMdB. I saw that it grossed a totzl amount of $3,567 at the US box office. And yet such movies end up being shown around the world since there are so many television channels now and not enough things of value to show.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jan 31, 2019 3:04:48 GMT
Last night I watched Leave No Trace and can unreservedly recommend it. It's by the same writer & director of Winter's Bone. Thomasin McKenzie, who plays a 13-year-old girl in this movie keeps getting compared to Jennifer Lawrence in Winter's Bone. They're nothing alike except in the excellence of their acting skills. The father in the film is played by Ben Foster, also excellent. Both he and McKenzie come across as entirely real in their roles.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 31, 2019 4:36:28 GMT
Yes, I quite liked it. It did everything right that Captain Fantastic did wrong.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jan 31, 2019 21:12:56 GMT
I recalled Spielberg/Cruise's War of the Worlds to be pretty much a piece of crap back when I saw it, but it holds up quite well on television. The special effects don't look as fake on a small screen, and I must admit that Dakota Fanning's little girl glass-shattering screams are much more believable now.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 7, 2019 2:57:14 GMT
Looking around for that essential light sit-com which has been lacking in my life, I gave Rosehaven, which I saw touted everywhere, a chance and quickly succumbed to its charms.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 8, 2019 8:37:55 GMT
The latest series of Star Trek started on Netflix recently...its ok. Weve only watched 2. Also started watching a French drama The Forest last night, that seems promising.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 10, 2019 10:06:01 GMT
Discovered a vintage TV channel showing old British films and early TV shows. Such fun.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 10, 2019 15:35:11 GMT
I really think you and Patrick need to room together next semester.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 10, 2019 16:52:22 GMT
I watched A Bigger Splash again. It is still delightfully toxic, and I still need to see La Piscine again, of which it is a remake. I'm pretty sure I said the same thing when I saw A Bigger Splash on the big screen. I also watched the first third of Avatar again. I'll finish it soon, because it is just as impressive as the first time. It is almost scary to think of the upcoming sequels since special effects have progressed by leaps and bounds since the movie came out. Discovered a vintage TV channel showing old British films and early TV shows. Such fun. We unfortunately do not have such a channel in France. We used to have one that showed vintage American and British series like Route 66 or The Saint, and it was great, but it withered away and died.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 10, 2019 21:29:15 GMT
Good lord don't frighten the poor chap Bixa 😋
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 10, 2019 21:33:07 GMT
Jeff and I watched Avatar when it was first released here. There were only 6 others in the cinema and we were all astonished. It was the first impressive 3D film I've ever seen...we loved it.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Feb 10, 2019 21:35:08 GMT
New series of Endeavour started this evening. Excellent.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 11, 2019 3:12:07 GMT
Thank youuuuuuuuu ~ didn't know. Happy now!
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 16, 2019 6:50:48 GMT
That episode of Endeavour made me about as happy as I get.
I just finished watching Les Gardiennes / The Guardians, which I believe was reviewed positively somewhere on the forum sometime back. I loved it. I mean, I really loved it. The sedate, meditative pace was perfect, as was the casting and acting and even the incidental music and the long intervening silences. So beautifully filmed, every frame is a jewel.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 16, 2019 6:55:18 GMT
I'm glad you liked it, but I found it rather boring. I agree that the cinematography is excellent. I think women appreciate this movie much more than men.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 21, 2019 20:44:34 GMT
Due to the wonders of having so many television channels in a desperate search to fill my screen with anything the can find, tonight I found myself watching a Russian disaster movie called The Earthquake. Basically, Armenia is destroyed by an incredible earthquake, and I do not use the term "incredible" lightly. The special effects are actually quite good, but it is fascinating to see an aerial shot of the city with all of the buildings slowly collapsing at the same time instead of in succession as would happen in a real earthquake. Once the special effects are out of the way, it looks like the whole thing was filmed in Iraq since we have seen so many news reports of those cities totally in ruins. I don't think that the Russian totally demolished a city just to make this movie, but who knows?
As for the plot, it is much more realistic than American disaster movies. Parents do not miraculously find their children safe and sound. They find their little crushed bodies. There are no wonderful heroes. There are people attempting to be heroes and dying instead. Looters find lots of good stuff in the ruins, particularly gold and jewels. At night, doctors sit around fires drinking vodka when they should be delivering babies.
Actually, this movie got so depressing that I didn't watch it through to the end. Russians are cruel.
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Post by mickthecactus on Feb 23, 2019 21:23:34 GMT
La La Land is on tonight. We’ve watched 20 minutes and had enough of it and turned to something else.
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 23, 2019 22:16:57 GMT
Egg-zackly my response to that film, Mick!
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 26, 2019 21:15:23 GMT
I had no intention of watching Custody (Jusqu'à la garde) tonight, even though it won the César for best film last weekend. It was much too painful and stressful the first time at the cinema. But the moment it started, I was stuck to the screen against my will.
Some movies are like that.
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Post by kerouac2 on Feb 26, 2019 21:42:33 GMT
I stayed with it to the end and now my nerves are all tied in knots.
I actually lived through the same thing at the beginning of my parents' divorce.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 2, 2019 19:16:08 GMT
La La Land is on tonight. We’ve watched 20 minutes and had enough of it and turned to something else. I tried to watch it but really hated it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 3, 2019 1:46:11 GMT
I LOATHED it.
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Post by Kimby on Mar 3, 2019 4:48:35 GMT
Lal La Land - We survived it.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 3, 2019 15:22:05 GMT
I watched the old classic Gaslight this morning. Ooooh, that movie is evil.
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Post by cheerypeabrain on Mar 3, 2019 17:48:16 GMT
Treated us to a couple of DVDs yesterday. The Wife and First Man. Not watched them yet because Jeff is binge watching The Umbrella Academy on Netflix so I cant get near the tv.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 3, 2019 20:31:50 GMT
I watched Billy Elliot tonight. I don't think I have seen it since the first time at the cinema. I have been fascinated watching Jamie Bell as an adult actor, so it was really strange to see him as a child again.
He sort of reminds me of Tom Holland, who is another actor who transitioned from child to adult seamlessly without the drug and alcohol episodes.
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