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#10401 Tsundoku

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Posted 05 March 2019 - 08:01 AM

Interesting, RT finally stopped allowing audience votes before a movie was released:

https://www.theatlan...-trolls/584032/

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Posted 05 March 2019 - 01:11 PM

Tsundoku, on 05 March 2019 - 08:01 AM, said:

Interesting, RT finally stopped allowing audience votes before a movie was released:

https://www.theatlan...-trolls/584032/

This seems like a no brainer that other sites should enact, like goodreads and amazon...like how you are able to review something before it's been seen/read ect. is so weird. I'm not sure why this feature was ever allowed to begin with.

Finished OUTLAW KING, and it continued to be absolutely excellent throughout. Probably the best version of the Scottish Wars of Independence done on film thus far. And it's nice to know that it was made by an newly started Glasgow-based production house, and a Scottish director and writer. Homegrown stuff always feels best when dealing with historical epics.

Watched INCREDIBLES 2...it was....fine. I was never one of the people who fell head over heels for the first one. I liked it, but didn't love it (I also don't care much for the TOY STORY movies...sue me)...this one was more of the same. Entertaining, but not doing much special.

Started THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND this morning, Chiwetel Eijiofor's directorial debut (he also wrote its and stars in it), and though I'm only about 50 minutes in, it's REALLY well done. Excited to finish it.

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Posted 05 March 2019 - 02:15 PM

Morgoth, on 05 March 2019 - 07:15 AM, said:

To me it all felt very much like a cult.

My main takeway from the documentary though, was the people being unable to distinguish between a great entrepreneur and a great salesman. It says a lot about the culture they live in that they fail to see the distinction.

How do you think cults begin?

The stuff about entrepreneurs was indicative of a society that massively values taking other people's money and creating "value" - the amorphous concept that is usually narrow enough to ignore the eventual fallout and human cost.

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Posted 05 March 2019 - 02:23 PM

QuickTidal, on 05 March 2019 - 01:11 PM, said:

Finished OUTLAW KING, and it continued to be absolutely excellent throughout. Probably the best version of the Scottish Wars of Independence done on film thus far. And it's nice to know that it was made by an newly started Glasgow-based production house, and a Scottish director and writer. Homegrown stuff always feels best when dealing with historical epics.

That's good to hear! It's been on my to watch list for a while, but mainly because (fun fact time!) I know the people who provided the birds of prey and falconry services on set

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Posted 05 March 2019 - 03:10 PM

TheRetiredBridgeburner, on 05 March 2019 - 02:23 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 05 March 2019 - 01:11 PM, said:

That's good to hear! It's been on my to watch list for a while, but mainly because (fun fact time!) I know the people who provided the birds of prey and falconry services on set

AH! Really? That's an awesome connection.

Yes, it's very good. I hope you enjoy it.

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Posted 06 March 2019 - 05:16 AM

QuickTidal, on 05 March 2019 - 01:11 PM, said:

I mean, with books it's a bit different, because it's not terribly difficult to get a review copy, or for lots of people to do so, and publishers generally want those reviews out as early as possibly on as many platforms as possible in order to build good word-of-mouth.

With movies, though, and their private screenings for critics, I agree there's no reason to allow reviews from the general public. (And for what it's worth, I've never even given RT audience scores a second glance.)

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Posted 06 March 2019 - 01:39 PM

Finished THE BOY WHO HARNESSED THE WIND. Excellent flick, and well worth your time. I never heard this story before, so it was nice to see in the credits the actual people involved. The actors in this film did an amazing job, especially Maxwell Simba who plays the lead William...man he's amazing. He communicated emotions so well with a twitch of his eye, or a furrowed brow. Hope to see him in more things. Also, the Chief of the Wimba village...is Joseph Marcell...that's right, muthufuzukin' Jeffrey from Fresh Prince!

Watched about 20 minutes of LA LA LAND...what an insufferable piece of garbage. Turned it off. I like musicals, but jeezus that was bad.

Started CONAN THE BARBARIAN (the 1982 Arnie one) since...and brace yourselves...I've never seen either of the Conan flicks. I'm about 45 minutes into it, and I'km really liking the set design, direction and music. Also...did....did Conan just punch a CAMEL in the face?

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Posted 08 March 2019 - 08:55 AM

Tolkien

https://youtu.be/QjBKkkjcL0Y

Wasn't sure about this when I first heard of it, but this actually looks quite promising.

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Posted 08 March 2019 - 03:07 PM

Watched Netflix's IO....what a disappointing, ultimately boring Piece of trash film. Anthony Mackie is WASTED in the role, and deserved better.

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Posted 08 March 2019 - 03:53 PM

QuickTidal, on 06 March 2019 - 01:39 PM, said:

Started CONAN THE BARBARIAN (the 1982 Arnie one) since...and brace yourselves...I've never seen either of the Conan flicks. I'm about 45 minutes into it, and I'km really liking the set design, direction and music. Also...did....did Conan just punch a CAMEL in the face?

When watching the first one, people should really take special notice of the score. It's so brilliantly composed that you could basically watch the entire movie without any of the characters actually speaking.

Screw you all, and have a nice day!

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Posted 08 March 2019 - 04:01 PM

Primateus, on 08 March 2019 - 03:53 PM, said:

QuickTidal, on 06 March 2019 - 01:39 PM, said:

I knew going in that the score was well liked, but yes after watching it, I can agree. It's an EXCEPTIONAL film score.

I also like that aside from the narration and the speech Conan's dad gives about "steel", literally no one else speaks for the first like 23 minutes or something, and Conan's first words in the film are the ones about seeing your enemies driven before you ect.

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Posted 08 March 2019 - 04:06 PM

You mean to crush your enemies, drive them before you and to hear the lamentations of their women?

Screw you all, and have a nice day!

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Posted 08 March 2019 - 06:26 PM

Oh man I wish I could have told people not to inflict IO on themselves

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Posted 08 March 2019 - 06:58 PM

Illuyankas, on 08 March 2019 - 06:26 PM, said:

Oh man I wish I could have told people not to inflict IO on themselves

I wish you could have told me! What a waste of time that was.

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Posted 09 March 2019 - 05:47 AM

Apparently Jan Michael Vincent also known as Stringfellow Hawk on Airwolf died a month ago but the media didn't pick up on it until now.

https://www.bbc.com/...t-arts-47502183

Keeping tabs on him the past decade was a sad affair but I loved Airwolf as a kid. Stringfellow Hawk is perhaps the coolest character name ever invented.

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Posted 09 March 2019 - 07:03 AM

Alternative Goose, on 09 March 2019 - 05:47 AM, said:

I recall the character's brother was named St John - pronounced "Sin-jinn". Parents, huh?

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Posted 09 March 2019 - 07:37 AM

Wasn't St. John the organisation leader? The guy with the eye patch? He seemed much older than Stringfellow

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Posted 09 March 2019 - 12:14 PM

Alternative Goose, on 09 March 2019 - 07:37 AM, said:

Wasn't St. John the organisation leader? The guy with the eye patch? He seemed much older than Stringfellow

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airwolf

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Posted 09 March 2019 - 09:29 PM

Alternative Goose, on 09 March 2019 - 05:47 AM, said:

Oh man, I can't believe I didn't know about that. Airwolf was probably my very favorite show of that era. I still love the musical theme. As a bird of prey lover, I also thought Stringfellow Hawk(e?) was an awesome name. And his character played the cello - String, lol. I actually bought a model of the Airwolf chopper but never finished it. Jan Michael Vincent lived REAL hard by all accounts. He could've/should've died more than once, if I recall correctly..