Yesterday was Monday, but I'm here today, so let's do it now instead. I can't say I saw a ton, but I'll think of something.
47 thoughts on “Movie Day”
It's taken four months but we have one episode of The Wire left. I'm not sure if I'm happy to be close to finishing, sad that it's over, or happy that it's over so I don't feel so depressed about the characters.
Man, seasons 4 & 5 really, really are a kick in the nads character-wise.
glad you made it to end. my 3rd go through has stalled in the 3rd, but i should probably pick it up again.
Recently finished the first season of Agents Of Shield and am 3 episodes into season 2. What a great show. I really really enjoyed the first handful of episodes, before things changed based on The Winter Soldier, and the darker tone it has taken on has really been driving it forward ever since. I kind of want the protagonists to catch a break or two, and a bit more of the early humor would help it balance nicely, but... a very fun show.
One thing I've been amazed by is how well the show has been handling the balance between being serialized and episodic. At the same time, they really haven't been afraid to take directions that irrevocably change the direction of the show.
And I'm not talking just about Ward... which, that still frustrates me. I'm angry at him, just like the writers wanted me to be. I'm thinking of Fitz' brain trauma. That was a punch in the gut. At the same time, the ongoing love for him from the rest of the team - and mind you, I'm only 3 episodes into season 2 - really hammers in the family connection the team has.
AoS is the one series I was watching I quit after season 1 (I think I made it to the end). I had no investment in the characters. It was starting to remind me of Heroes season 2.
I can see the comparison, but I think the key difference for me is what I said about "irrevocably changing the direction." Heroes bounced between a character being good one week and bad the next, etc. There was no consistency and each change meant nothing a couple weeks down the road. AoS made some quick changes but they absolutely stuck by them.
I very much enjoyed the characters too, including some of the ones the added towards the end of Season 1.
The switcheroo with one of the major characters in AoS bugged me, but I'm still watching.
I see that there's a new (rebooted??) Heroes coming soon.
Watched the premier of the Minority Report series last night. It has some promise. Too much gratuitous boobage with the female lead (can't we just have a female lead without going all sex-kitten?), but she seems to be an ok character. I'll give it a few more episodes.
That switcheroo bothered me too, but for all the right reasons... it really helped put us in the other character's shoes.
can't we just have a female lead without going all sex-kitten?
Hahahaha, you're so funny! Of course not. I'm late (very late) to the Spider-Woman cover scandal of fall 2014, but I came across this the other day.
The Age of Adaline 6/10 stars Daredevil (Netflix) - Episodes 1-3 8/10 Neighbors5/10 Selma8/10 Insurgent6/10 A Most Wanted Man7/10 What We Do in the Shadows9/10 Ted (watched perhaps half of it ... a Peter Griffin teddy bear? stoopid) 1/10 Fear the Walking Dead Episodes 1-4 7/10 Kingsman: The Secret Service7/10 Appaloosa6/10 Big Eyes6/10
I really enjoyed "Daredevil" I'm glad they renewed it for Season 2. Only problem is FW doesn't really like violence in her media, so I have to watch it while she's not around.
The first three episodes were very entertaining.
That hallway fight will undoubtedly make the fight scene hall of fame.
Oh yeah.
Yeah, that was a good one. I'm a sucker for continuous shots - Goodfellas and "True Detective" come to mind immediately, though there are plenty of other fantastic examples.
Boogie Nights.
The Protector!
Inglorious Basterds
I haven't watched it yet but if it's the hallway scene I think it is then the closed captioning for it was great.
Heh, I may have to rewatch it sometime with that on to verify.
Correction, it's the audio description version. Here it is.
The only part of Oldboy that lived up to the hype!
I've watched it at least that far.
EAR's not too big on the violence or the bleakness, but still likes it just enough that I'm not watching it without her.
Linds and I have been struggling to find the time to watch Fear the Walking Dead. We started the pilot, but fell asleep almost immediately, because exhausted.
I see you give it a 7/10. Just curious, what would you give the main series?
Things have been ramping up slowly, but the world feels plausible, like they've realistically captured what the public's response might be to a little understood - or in this case, unbelievable - epidemic.
Easily an 8/10 - I really like the main series. As we've talked about around here, some seasons have been better than others, but it feels like it's gotten progressively better. The characters still occasionally do (or don't do) things that I can't believe they haven't learned to avoid, but for the most part I enjoy the show and look forward to watching it each week. Talking Dead on the other hand .... oye.
I watched the first season and wasn't sold. It was alright, but not worth the time investment from my calculations (your mileage has varied, obviously and that's cool). Did the show pick up when
Lori died? I cannot stand Sarah Wayne Callies. Didn't on Prison Break, didn't on Walking Dead
It definitely picked up. They got a new show runner I think, and several actors from the Wire started showing up on the cast.
Runner daughter and I watched The Maze Runner (because DVR: free) -- it was a good movie for that price. Very Lord of the Flies-ish. Just don't think too much about the premise. We also started the new Dr. Who season.
Enjoyed catching up on Rick and Morty; lots of immature spoofing on common sci-fi movie plots.
No movies. Not much TV.
I've been catching up on Archer, though. Halfway through the Archer Vice season. I think I like it (I mean, I still laugh pretty consistently, so that's not nothing), but I'm not sure what I think of it when stacked against the series, per normal.
Either way, Archer is great. I love Archer.
OUTLAW COUNTRY!
Whenever the young 'un does something particularly adorable, I want to say "Lindsey!! Lindsey!! Look! He thinks he's people!"
Eta: I know it's from The Simpsons, but I associate it more strongly with Archer now.
We say that about Omar all the time.
I've seen up until the last episode of the season. I've liked it as well, and kind of enjoy that the writers decided, meh, let's have a little fun this season.
Looking forward to The Muppets.
The only new show I've been watching is FXX's comedy You're The Worst. Its probably my favorite non-animated sitcom since Community.
Finally finished my run through all seven Fast & Furious films with my friends, then made J watch 5, 6, and 7 with me last week. My rankings: 5 > 7 > 6 >>> Tokyo Drift > 4 > 1 > 2. J definitely enjoyed them, and I think a big part of this is how awesome Duane Johnson fits into the cast. Also the cast is tremendously diverse and the movies are just dumb and fun. I can't really recommend the first four but the last 3 were all great and I'm incredibly excited for F8.
My group of friends and I enjoyed our movie nights so much we decided to work on another series of movies, and decided on Mission: Impossible. We watched the first one, and it was alright. I don't actually remember having watched it, though I know I've seen 2 and 4, and fairly certain I saw 3. I liked how much it felt like an old TV show, but holy crap it made me feel old.
Other stuff:
The Brothers Bloom: I love all of Rian Johnson's films. This is probably my least favorite, but it's fun as hell. Outstanding chemistry between the leads, a story that is never too obvious, and Rinko Kikuchi steals every scene she's in.
Orphan Black Season 3: J & I watched all of this in like two sittings. Love the show to pieces. Tatiana Maslany is incredible.
Mr. Robot: Incredible television. A series that uses an unreliable narrator without being cheesy, deals with mental illness and drug addiction in a fairly realistic fashion, and has the best cinematography on TV this side of Breaking Bad. I recommend it highly, and cannot wait for season 2.
Speaking of season 2, the second season of Review is somehow even better than the first. Nothing like a comedy that makes me cover my mouth with my hand in horror on numerous occasions!
Finished the last part of Show Me a Hero tonight. Great stuff. HBO running this right after True Detective 2.0 really emphasized how lame the latter was.
Show Me a Hero was terrific. And you're right, it was the antithesis of TD2. Oscar Isaac led a tremendous ensemble and David Simon once again proves he is without peer when it comes to intelligent, thought-provoking television.
On that note, I finally got around to watching Treme. Amazing. Loved it so much I bought the box set. Looking forward to perusing the bonus features on that one.
Treme? I had a difficult time with that one, and not just because we moved here in between season 2-3. None of the characters felt truly formed, and the situations that I felt deserved more attention were glossed over.
Really? I'll beg to differ. Ladonna, Big Chief, his son, Antoine and his lady all had fantastic story lines, IMO. I couldn't wait to sit down with those characters. (DJ Davis and Annie? Not so much.)
And the music and mood that was set throughout? Gorgeous. I do wish season 4 had been more than 5 episodes, though.
Having met the 'real' DJ Davis a handful of times I'm certain the the character is more of a likable dude.
Just started season 3 of Friday Night Lights. Very confusing since it basically unwrites season 2. Season 2 had some awful story lines so I am hopeful that 3 will be better.
I loved FNL, but Season 2 was absolute horseshit. It gets so much better.
When it was live, the only episode I saw was the murder episode. I totally wrote it off until had multiple people tell me to give it a chance.
My favorite part of the show is the coach's relationship with the daughter.
It's taken four months but we have one episode of The Wire left. I'm not sure if I'm happy to be close to finishing, sad that it's over, or happy that it's over so I don't feel so depressed about the characters.
Man, seasons 4 & 5 really, really are a kick in the nads character-wise.
*adds reminder to check this again on Friday*
Yeah, that was great.
heh, i'm impressed you kept that to the schedule.
glad you made it to end. my 3rd go through has stalled in the 3rd, but i should probably pick it up again.
Recently finished the first season of Agents Of Shield and am 3 episodes into season 2. What a great show. I really really enjoyed the first handful of episodes, before things changed based on The Winter Soldier, and the darker tone it has taken on has really been driving it forward ever since. I kind of want the protagonists to catch a break or two, and a bit more of the early humor would help it balance nicely, but... a very fun show.
One thing I've been amazed by is how well the show has been handling the balance between being serialized and episodic. At the same time, they really haven't been afraid to take directions that irrevocably change the direction of the show.
AoS is the one series I was watching I quit after season 1 (I think I made it to the end). I had no investment in the characters. It was starting to remind me of Heroes season 2.
I can see the comparison, but I think the key difference for me is what I said about "irrevocably changing the direction." Heroes bounced between a character being good one week and bad the next, etc. There was no consistency and each change meant nothing a couple weeks down the road. AoS made some quick changes but they absolutely stuck by them.
I very much enjoyed the characters too, including some of the ones the added towards the end of Season 1.
The switcheroo with one of the major characters in AoS bugged me, but I'm still watching.
I see that there's a new (rebooted??) Heroes coming soon.
Watched the premier of the Minority Report series last night. It has some promise. Too much gratuitous boobage with the female lead (can't we just have a female lead without going all sex-kitten?), but she seems to be an ok character. I'll give it a few more episodes.
That switcheroo bothered me too, but for all the right reasons... it really helped put us in the other character's shoes.
Hahahaha, you're so funny! Of course not. I'm late (very late) to the Spider-Woman cover scandal of fall 2014, but I came across this the other day.
Did you see the 3D render of that pose? It's pretty great.
The Age of Adaline 6/10 stars
Daredevil (Netflix) - Episodes 1-3 8/10
Neighbors 5/10
Selma 8/10
Insurgent 6/10
A Most Wanted Man 7/10
What We Do in the Shadows 9/10
Ted (watched perhaps half of it ... a Peter Griffin teddy bear? stoopid) 1/10
Fear the Walking Dead Episodes 1-4 7/10
Kingsman: The Secret Service 7/10
Appaloosa 6/10
Big Eyes 6/10
I really enjoyed "Daredevil" I'm glad they renewed it for Season 2. Only problem is FW doesn't really like violence in her media, so I have to watch it while she's not around.
The first three episodes were very entertaining.
That hallway fight will undoubtedly make the fight scene hall of fame.
Oh yeah.
Yeah, that was a good one. I'm a sucker for continuous shots - Goodfellas and "True Detective" come to mind immediately, though there are plenty of other fantastic examples.
Boogie Nights.
The Protector!
Inglorious Basterds
I haven't watched it yet but if it's the hallway scene I think it is then the closed captioning for it was great.
Heh, I may have to rewatch it sometime with that on to verify.
Correction, it's the audio description version. Here it is.
The only part of Oldboy that lived up to the hype!
I've watched it at least that far.
EAR's not too big on the violence or the bleakness, but still likes it just enough that I'm not watching it without her.
Linds and I have been struggling to find the time to watch Fear the Walking Dead. We started the pilot, but fell asleep almost immediately, because exhausted.
I see you give it a 7/10. Just curious, what would you give the main series?
Things have been ramping up slowly, but the world feels plausible, like they've realistically captured what the public's response might be to a little understood - or in this case, unbelievable - epidemic.
Easily an 8/10 - I really like the main series. As we've talked about around here, some seasons have been better than others, but it feels like it's gotten progressively better. The characters still occasionally do (or don't do) things that I can't believe they haven't learned to avoid, but for the most part I enjoy the show and look forward to watching it each week. Talking Dead on the other hand .... oye.
I watched the first season and wasn't sold. It was alright, but not worth the time investment from my calculations (your mileage has varied, obviously and that's cool). Did the show pick up when
It definitely picked up. They got a new show runner I think, and several actors from the Wire started showing up on the cast.
Runner daughter and I watched The Maze Runner (because DVR: free) -- it was a good movie for that price. Very Lord of the Flies-ish. Just don't think too much about the premise. We also started the new Dr. Who season.
Enjoyed catching up on Rick and Morty; lots of immature spoofing on common sci-fi movie plots.
No movies. Not much TV.
I've been catching up on Archer, though. Halfway through the Archer Vice season. I think I like it (I mean, I still laugh pretty consistently, so that's not nothing), but I'm not sure what I think of it when stacked against the series, per normal.
Either way, Archer is great. I love Archer.
OUTLAW COUNTRY!
Whenever the young 'un does something particularly adorable, I want to say "Lindsey!! Lindsey!! Look! He thinks he's people!"
Eta: I know it's from The Simpsons, but I associate it more strongly with Archer now.
We say that about Omar all the time.
I've seen up until the last episode of the season. I've liked it as well, and kind of enjoy that the writers decided, meh, let's have a little fun this season.
Looking forward to The Muppets.
The only new show I've been watching is FXX's comedy You're The Worst. Its probably my favorite non-animated sitcom since Community.
Finally finished my run through all seven Fast & Furious films with my friends, then made J watch 5, 6, and 7 with me last week. My rankings: 5 > 7 > 6 >>> Tokyo Drift > 4 > 1 > 2. J definitely enjoyed them, and I think a big part of this is how awesome Duane Johnson fits into the cast. Also the cast is tremendously diverse and the movies are just dumb and fun. I can't really recommend the first four but the last 3 were all great and I'm incredibly excited for F8.
My group of friends and I enjoyed our movie nights so much we decided to work on another series of movies, and decided on Mission: Impossible. We watched the first one, and it was alright. I don't actually remember having watched it, though I know I've seen 2 and 4, and fairly certain I saw 3. I liked how much it felt like an old TV show, but holy crap it made me feel old.
Other stuff:
The Brothers Bloom: I love all of Rian Johnson's films. This is probably my least favorite, but it's fun as hell. Outstanding chemistry between the leads, a story that is never too obvious, and Rinko Kikuchi steals every scene she's in.
Orphan Black Season 3: J & I watched all of this in like two sittings. Love the show to pieces. Tatiana Maslany is incredible.
Mr. Robot: Incredible television. A series that uses an unreliable narrator without being cheesy, deals with mental illness and drug addiction in a fairly realistic fashion, and has the best cinematography on TV this side of Breaking Bad. I recommend it highly, and cannot wait for season 2.
Speaking of season 2, the second season of Review is somehow even better than the first. Nothing like a comedy that makes me cover my mouth with my hand in horror on numerous occasions!
Finished the last part of Show Me a Hero tonight. Great stuff. HBO running this right after True Detective 2.0 really emphasized how lame the latter was.
Show Me a Hero was terrific. And you're right, it was the antithesis of TD2. Oscar Isaac led a tremendous ensemble and David Simon once again proves he is without peer when it comes to intelligent, thought-provoking television.
On that note, I finally got around to watching Treme. Amazing. Loved it so much I bought the box set. Looking forward to perusing the bonus features on that one.
Treme? I had a difficult time with that one, and not just because we moved here in between season 2-3. None of the characters felt truly formed, and the situations that I felt deserved more attention were glossed over.
Really? I'll beg to differ. Ladonna, Big Chief, his son, Antoine and his lady all had fantastic story lines, IMO. I couldn't wait to sit down with those characters. (DJ Davis and Annie? Not so much.)
And the music and mood that was set throughout? Gorgeous. I do wish season 4 had been more than 5 episodes, though.
Having met the 'real' DJ Davis a handful of times I'm certain the the character is more of a likable dude.
Just started season 3 of Friday Night Lights. Very confusing since it basically unwrites season 2. Season 2 had some awful story lines so I am hopeful that 3 will be better.
I loved FNL, but Season 2 was absolute horseshit. It gets so much better.
When it was live, the only episode I saw was the murder episode. I totally wrote it off until had multiple people tell me to give it a chance.
My favorite part of the show is the coach's relationship with the daughter.