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Random Entertainment Observations
timwakefield replied to BigDMcGee's topic in Entertainment: Television, Movies & Music
Another movie that I can't wait to see: -
Random Entertainment Observations
timwakefield replied to BigDMcGee's topic in Entertainment: Television, Movies & Music
Also, I should watch Pi again. I saw it forever ago and mostly remember that it was kind of disturbing but also interesting and intriguing. Requiem was just disturbing. I almost certainly didn't pick the right setting to watch it in, but I'm also not sure how to feel about a movie that I never want to watch again (although it was certainly exciting and beautiful at times). -
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timwakefield replied to BigDMcGee's topic in Entertainment: Television, Movies & Music
Here's my thoughts: Here's an interesting article about how DA created the visual effects. It's almost all organic, almost no CGI. There are some very minor spoilers in the article BigD, but way less than you would get from a 30 second trailer or a review, but if you want to go into the movie totally cold you shouldn't read it. You should watch it soon so I can hear what you think. http://www.awn.com/v...-vfx-petri-dish -
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timwakefield replied to BigDMcGee's topic in Entertainment: Television, Movies & Music
I'd be interested in your thoughts on The Fountain after you see it. -
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timwakefield replied to BigDMcGee's topic in Entertainment: Television, Movies & Music
What makes you say that? I think it's visually stunning, just an absolute knockout (and not just in the future scenes), and I also think it's fun, moving at times. quirky, intriguing, and open to wide interpretation and discussion, which is often enjoyable. You should probably watch it again if you really didn't like it, unless you just think that his worst movie is still like an A-. -
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timwakefield replied to BigDMcGee's topic in Entertainment: Television, Movies & Music
Speaking of upcoming biblical movies, what do y'all think about Aronofsky's upcoming movie 'Noah'? I'm a little skeptical from the trailer, and if it were some lesser director I'd probably scoff at it, but Aronofsky will probably hit a grand slam cuz he's kind of brilliant. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OSaJE2rqxU On a related note I re-watched his 'The Fountain' not that long ago. It's extraordinary. Pretty easily my favorite of his. -
I'd probably go with Harper simply because I like him the best so it would be fun to follow him day to day, and it's really a coin toss with all 4 of those guys for who will have the best season. Harper Hanley Cano Braun But that's just the list of who I like best.
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2014 Oscars, March 2
timwakefield replied to timwakefield's topic in Entertainment: Television, Movies & Music
That's a great article. Also we do get some decent discussions in the specific threads like True Detective and Game of Thrones, when they're on. Frankly though this forum lives and dies with JJJ. I think he knows how important he is, which is why he keeps coming back. -
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is an awesome movie.
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Pretty uneventful episode, although now we're all set up for the last 2, which I'm super looking forward to.
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I liked how Glenn's plan was to put on a body-armor suit and just run out into a throng of zombies, get totally surrounded by them and overtaken, hope that none of them bothered to gnaw at his juicy unprotected kneck, and then apparently call upon previously-unknown reserves of strength and break through them and just whatever his way out of there.
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Ok one more, I just had a thought and maybe it's stupid but maybe the reason MM investigated the missing girl with no apparent connection to the case (where they ended up finding the twig sculpture in the yard at her uncle's house), and the reason he's been investigating it on his own the last decade, is that his daughter didn't really die in a car crash. It obviously would have been widely known among the police if she'd been kidnapped and never found or something so I don't think it's that, but maybe there's a personal connection with her, more than just a surrogate connection. I'm su
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So I re-watched the first episode and either I didn't watch very closely the first time, or it's just so dense that there are too many connections and minor characters and notable lines to pick up on all of them, or maybe a little of both. One thing I didn't remember was that Tuttle was the cousin of the governor. I also completely missed MM's line to Brother Mouzone near the end: "I bet you wanna hear the hero shot huh? The place we carried the kids out?" Mouzone says, "Eventually, sure." Also maybe some more meta shit, describing it as "the hero shot."
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One other thing somebody else pointed out that I thought was interesting was that during the interrogation/debriefing MM knew that anything he said after he started drinking would be inadmissible, and that's why he requested the beer. Although that might not have any real significance.
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How did he end up investigating the school building in the first place? I forget what its significance is. I really need to rewatch the whole series so far before seeing the last 3 episodes.
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I think I'll be pretty disappointed if it turns out that Woody (or MM, but more likely Woody) was a bad guy all along - not necessarily the killer but at least complicit or something. This show seems a lot smarter than to have a Shocking Twist! like that. It seems very likely that the daughter is tied to all of this somehow though, otherwise it's just a character-building tangent and with only 3 episodes to go there seems little point in that. In fact the whole subplot with Woody's marital problems is pretty unnecessary to the story unless it eventually ties in to the case. Also,
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Also, The King In Yellow (via Hank's link) is available for free Kindle download from Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00847UYWA/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&force-full-site=1&linkCode=ur2&tag=film-20
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Wait, did I miss Tuttle's 2010 murder? Mouzone and his partner finally got interesting.
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That was what I guessed from the chapter titles, but I was also a little afraid that he'd killed off like everybody worthwhile. At least that's not the case, but it's definitely disappointing to know cuz I get kinda bored already at some of the repetitive intrigue involving lesser characters.
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One good thing about the way they are chapterized is that it seems to me you might be able to easily skip over or skim over the parts and characters that aren't that interesting, but that might not be very fulfilling either. You guys have read all 5 books so far?
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Yeah but it's a spoiler in a sense because you see who the major characters are gonna be and you might notice some omissions as well. They also weren't what I was expecting them to be, which maybe gets to your point about the series going off the rail after book 3. Disappointing to hear, but I'm not totally shocked. I heard him say somewhere that he had to whittle his last book down from 1800 pages, which is a little insane and which explains some of why he doesn't just bang them out.
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Another, even better trailer for season 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2ZNaLQD60Y I'm not quite sure what you meant by this, but maybe you shouldn't tell me. I adored the first book, and the second one which I'm halfway through is great too although a little slower at times (but having seen the show I also know it's gonna pick up). Little Finger often bores me, on the show too, but at least on the show he's surrounded by titties. But Arya just gave Jaqen her first name, and their relationship is one of the highlights of the whole series. Mild book spoilers, in case oth
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2014 Oscars, March 2
timwakefield replied to timwakefield's topic in Entertainment: Television, Movies & Music
I think he may not even get a mention. If I recall from the past, I think the tributes are for the year 2013, so he would be honored at the 2015 Oscars, having died in 2014. If so it will certainly be confusing as people wonder why they skipped him. Maybe they've amended that by now though. -
I've been waiting for brvheart to make his annual Oscars thread, but it seems like it wasn't gonna happen so I made it myself. Nominees: Best Picture American Hustle Captain Phillips Dallas Buyers Club Gravity Her Nebraska Philomena 12 Years a Slave The Wolf of Wall Street Best Actor in a Leading Role Christian Bale (American Hustle) Bruce Dern (Nebraska) Leonardo DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street) Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club) Best Actress in a Leading Role Amy Adams (American Hustle) Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) Sa
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Yeah yeah I was agreeing with you. The shot itself is of course incredible but the stitching is also incredible - there's no obvious spot where I can see where it was done, even when I look for it. Apparently they did build in a potential cut in the True Detective shot - where the camera pans up to the helicopter was a purposeful potential hidden cut, but they didn't need it, it was actually all one shot.