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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 13, 2011 7:01:30 GMT
Amazing ~~ just watched the last two episodes of the 2nd season of Treme. They finally hit their stride and made me care about the characters, plus kept everything moving without the alternate sluggishness and jerky switches that so marred the first season.
If they'd only stop subjecting me to Steve Zahn, I'd be happy.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2011 14:17:23 GMT
Some kind of snafu has occured with my Netflix account and as a result, Black Swan is en route(due today) with Homicide episodes to follow. I will watch Black Swan as quickly as I can and hope to have Homicide by the week's end.
I still have not been able to wrap my head around Treme and invest my time in watching it. The one or two episodes I watched had me squirming around too much. It was a combination of things,bad writing IMHO,and yes,one or two of the characters I simply could not embrace in the least. I'm not quite sure who the Steve Zahn character is,I'm that detached from the whole series.
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Post by Kimby on Jul 13, 2011 18:21:28 GMT
Based on the last few posts, I had concluded that this thread is all about television shows, as its name might imply, and I hesitated to post about recent movies we've watched on DVD. But when I go back to the OP, here's what I find: For those of you who watch films at home, have you seen anything interesting lately? DVDs are a last resort for me, when there is no way to see (or see again) a film that interests me on a big screen. Is it time to split this into two threads, one for MOVIES watched on the small screen and one for TV SHOWS? Just asking...
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Post by Kimby on Jul 17, 2011 18:00:53 GMT
Finally got around to watching Inception. What a mind-bender that is, with all the levels of dreaming to sort through. It reminded me of so many other movies that I've seen and liked, too. (Having trouble remembering movie titles, though, I'm afraid I can't list them here.)
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2011 20:52:35 GMT
Oh god, I am watching The Midnight Meat Train on cable starring Bradley Cooper and Brooke Shields, and I don't think either of them really wants this mentioned on their résumé.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2011 19:58:47 GMT
I don't know who Bradley Cooper is . The name of the movie alone is a tad bit of a put off. Brooke Shields certainly did do some real bombs. Why isn't she in the actors who can't act thread anyway....??
OK Bixa,I got the first two discs of Homicide and am in the process of watching them. I'm ready whenever you and hopefully others are to appreciate,discuss etc.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 27, 2011 17:38:38 GMT
Hey Casimira ~~ I should have posted about this sooner, but I'm traveling right now, so won't be watching Homicide until I get back home. Don't worry, though -- I will catch up with you! Please go ahead & make a thread if you want. I've watched all the first season (I think), so will be able to comment on that. Also, if there is a thread, maybe it will pull in some other aficionados or potential aficionados.
Re: Brooke Shields -- it is strange that she's never panned or even dismissed entirely. Maybe we all feel too badly about her being forced into a degrading lifestyle when she was a mere pretty baby.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 30, 2011 15:27:06 GMT
Last night I watched the dvd of Rango. Super fun!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2011 14:18:57 GMT
I have watched the first 6 episodes of Season One of HOMICIDE. I had forgotten just how intense and heavy these are. I found that I had to pace myself a little more than I thought I would. Jeez,is the writing and acting good. The episode Adena and Three Men blew me out of the water. And,remember,I had already seen these some ten years ago. Phew!!! Chilling!
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Post by palesa on Aug 5, 2011 13:34:08 GMT
I recently watched a movie called Water, I am hoping to get the rest of the trilogy, Earth and Fire.
Water is about the way Hindu widows were (are) treated. It was a deeply moving and profound movie. Highly recommended.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 5, 2011 14:40:03 GMT
Casimira, I'm getting back home Sunday morning, so will be able to get back to watching Homicide.
Yes, the Adena episode is like nothing else ever on tv. Waiting ten years to watch it again was probably a good idea!
Thanks for the reminder about that trilogy, Palesa. I've never seen it. Is there a particular order in which it should be watched?
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Post by palesa on Aug 5, 2011 15:54:59 GMT
Bix, I am not sure as I have only seen water, but from what I understand they are 3 different topics so i would imagine that there is no particular order.
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Post by spindrift on Aug 5, 2011 18:02:55 GMT
I have seen the Trilogy, Earth, Fire, Water... directed by the admirable Deepa Metha. I found Fire and Water far more profound than Earth, although I enjoyed this film as well.
I have been assured by my Indian friends that these movies were made for Anglo Indian consumption and I was pointed in the direction of the feted Bengali director Satyajit Ray whose films won Academy Awards...
On the subject of Mehta's Water - this film was to be made in India but because of the fuss and disruption concerning the portrayal of Indian widows and their role in society, the filming had to move to Sri Lanka.
Fire is a dramatic expose of what took place during the dreadful time of the Partition of India and some of the scenes are hard to watch...
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Post by spindrift on Aug 5, 2011 18:04:51 GMT
Bixa - the order in which this trilogy should be watched is Earth, Water and Fire....(Fire at the time of Partition leads us onto the present day of the Rising India)....well that's my view
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Post by palesa on Aug 5, 2011 18:44:30 GMT
Yes Spindrift, I read that they started filming in Varanasi but had to shut down filming for a number of years and then re-locate to Sri Lanka.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 6, 2011 4:02:22 GMT
Thanks, ladies! The subject of Water seems difficult enough, and reading what you said about Fire, Spindrift, makes me think I'd probably skip that one. What does it mean that "these movies were made for Anglo Indian consumption", please? Gosh, Palesa ~~ can you imagine being a director in mid-flight & having to abandon such an important project?
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Post by palesa on Aug 6, 2011 8:48:15 GMT
I am about to book Invictus, I have watched it before but have friends coming from overseas who would like to see it
It is a really touching story about the 1995 World Cup Rugby hostd by South Africa and how Mandela used the opportunity to unite the Nation. Having been here during that time, and not at all interested in Rugby, I can say even I got caught up in the hype. When we won, I remember driving through town with my brothers with a flag flying out the window.
It is a deeply moving film and I am looking forward to seeing it again.
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Post by mich64 on Aug 6, 2011 14:07:48 GMT
Invictus, a very good choice, we have seen it and enjoyed it very much. A wonderful tribute to those involved. Cheers, Mich
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2011 14:37:25 GMT
I'm taking note of these cool sounding movies now having a Netflix account again. Thanks good people. Ok,Bixa,I will await your return from your journeys and follow your lead with regard to starting up a thread on the Homicide series. I am now 9 episodes into I guess what would be now Season 2,(the slip cover of the DVD is confusing,as it reads,Seasons 1 & 2,Volume 3. ). I remain riveted.
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Post by Kimby on Aug 23, 2011 2:58:02 GMT
Based on the last few posts, I had concluded that this thread is all about television shows, as its name might imply, and I hesitated to post about recent movies we've watched on DVD. But when I go back to the OP, here's what I find: For those of you who watch films at home, have you seen anything interesting lately? DVDs are a last resort for me, when there is no way to see (or see again) a film that interests me on a big screen. Is it time to split this into two threads, one for MOVIES watched on the small screen and one for TV SHOWS? Just asking... Still wondering about this. Don't the TV series deserve their own thread, separate from movies on DVD ? Bixa could do the fork thing she's so good at...or maybe kerouac could, since he made the OP.
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Post by lola on Aug 26, 2011 15:45:31 GMT
I picked up Catfish the other day, seeming to remember that K thought it was interesting. Well, it was quite compelling, I thought, well done and suspenseful. The interview with 3 film makers on DVD filled in a few gaps in the narrative.
Also quite the cautionary tale about life in Internetland.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2011 19:21:18 GMT
I'm not the one who discovered Catfish here -- I watched it after other people talked about it.
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Post by lola on Aug 28, 2011 0:19:58 GMT
Oh, sorry, Casimira. I'm not the ace word searcher around here.
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Post by lola on Aug 30, 2011 3:44:28 GMT
We just watched Prisoner of the Mountains, a remarkable 1996 film based on Tolstoy's Prisoner of the Caucasus, set in Chechnya during their war with Russia.
I loved this movie, discovered by Netflix recommendation. They have this great algorhythm for predicting what you'll like. I kind of average out what we like as a family when I rate ones we've seen, and have expanded out horizons a lot that way.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2011 20:29:29 GMT
I rarely watch movies on a small screen, but I had missed An Education and really wanted to see it. I must confess that I found it very grim and suffocating, which I suppose was the point due to the time period of the story. In spite of the excellent acting, I was completely unable to enjoy it.
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 13, 2011 21:18:54 GMT
I did not care for that movie, and was completely unable to accept the reality of it. The protagonist was so clever and so poised that it's hard to avoid the impression that Lynn Barber re-wrote her younger self in a super flattering light. Also, the parents seem perceived through the eyes of a teen, as though she gained no perspective on them with age. I can't accept that they were that naive, rather that little Lynn was an accomplished liar. It didn't strike me as grim and suffocating, but more empty and rather nasty because of the joyless amorality. It got rave reviews.
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Post by nycgirl on Sept 13, 2011 22:53:49 GMT
Movies with age-inappropriate couples always kinda make my skin crawl. I did think Carey Mulligan gave a good performance. She's got nice range, she was way different from her giggly dingbat in Pride and Prejudice.
On a shallow note, I loved the clothes.
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Post by lola on Sept 19, 2011 17:51:37 GMT
I recently scooped up a handful of library movies hoping to hit the sweet spot of film both my husband and I enjoy. I hit roughly .300.
RhythmThief 1993, on DVD. It's black and white, lower east side NY tale of a cassette bootlegger who messes with the wrong militant all woman band. It's all about the style, and has some fun characters.
Mafioso, also B&W, interesting in an italian New Wave way. Man brings his lovely young family home to Sicily, has complications. I was less taken with this combo comedy/tragedy.
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Post by lola on Sept 19, 2011 17:57:31 GMT
This one was fun for me, but Himself bailed out, too tired to keep up with the rapid subtitles. I liked that they rendered the slang in British.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 19, 2011 18:02:08 GMT
I confess that I was quite disappointed with that movie, as much as I like Gael Garcia Bernal.
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