OT: Let's talk about movies (and TV shows)... Part III

[JuicyHam]

Check out the original Japanese version from the fifties, now that's Godzilla.

Godsirra! Godsirra!

 

[Domenic]

I need to get into a new TV drama series, need some suggestions. So far I have seen all of: Breaking Bad, The Wire, True Detective, Game of Thrones. Not a fan of the Walking Dead and I am having a hard time getting into the Sopranos. Any other good ones out there?

Season 2 of The Americans starts tomorrow, so you have time to binge watch season 1 before the new season really gets going.

 

[yianik]

i wrote this huge thing on the terminators but the forum ate it so **** it: abridged version

1 is the best
4 is a ****ing joke

1 and 2 are close for me, but I give 2 the nod for the best. Hated no.3, just awful, was okay with 4.

 

[poetryinmotion]

1 and 2 are close for me, but I give 2 the nod for the best. Hated no.3, just awful, was okay with 4.

I must have watched the second one about a gillion times. So good. But they are almost different genres when comparing 1 and 2.

 

[Durvann]

Didnt read the thread but "True detective" on HBO, that is all.

 

[GoHabsGo57]

Didnt read the thread but "True detective" on HBO, that is all.

Love that show. I was never a fan of Matthew McConnaughey but he is great on this show.

 

[Adriatic]

Didnt read the thread but "True detective" on HBO, that is all.

Definitely. Great freakin show!

 

[MasterDecoy]

Didnt read the thread but "True detective" on HBO, that is all.

nope, never heard of it

 

[Kimota]

the music, the final scene, the acting, the story for the time it came out (1967)...

the problem with classics like this is that they have been lampooned so many times that, even if you watch it for the first time, decades later, you feel like you've already seen it a hundred times.

everything has to be put in perspective no?

Yea but again it's not like there hasn't been other movies done with a similar subject matter before this. I think it's a case of the music making the film, basically.

Sure it's a product of its time, but sometime viewing it cold you can properly access what it was with no nostalgia or anything like that.

 

[MasterDecoy]

Yea but again it's not like there hasn't been other movies done with a similar subject matter before this. I think it's a case of the music making the film, basically.

Sure it's a product of its time, but sometime viewing it cold you can properly access what it was with no nostalgia or anything like that.

i really don't know... maybe it's a chicken/egg thing. does it sound familiar because that movie made it familiar (the same way that animal house put the idea of ridiculously over the top frat parties in our collective minds, or the way that this is spinal tap made mockumentaries and faux-verite), or because it has been done countless times before that movie?

im just throwing this out there...

 

[LastChancePrice]

Love that show. I was never a fan of Matthew McConnaughey but he is great on this show.

Yop,a gree with you. McConnaughey change a lot the way he is acting. If you wanna see a performance as equal as True Detective, i recommand you watching Dallas Buyers Club. Its a must see.

 

[nfs5217]

I've heard nothing but praise for True Detective. It's now on my to-watch list. Does anyone have any recommendations on other crime series like that?

 

[Kimota]

i really don't know... maybe it's a chicken/egg thing. does it sound familiar because that movie made it familiar (the same way that animal house put the idea of ridiculously over the top frat parties in our collective minds, or the way that this is spinal tap made mockumentaries and faux-verite), or because it has been done countless times before that movie?

im just throwing this out there...

Maybe not the "mother slept with the teenage guy" but the "parents don't want boy to be with/marry their daughter and try their best to separate the two" has been done to death. It's the source of every melodramas, this has been done for ages on daytime soaps, not to mention Romeo and Juliet.

 

[groovejuice]

I've heard nothing but praise for True Detective. It's now on my to-watch list. Does anyone have any recommendations on other crime series like that?

Ray Donovan. Season 2 in a couple of months. Liev Schreiber is outstanding.

 

[LastChancePrice]

I've heard nothing but praise for True Detective. It's now on my to-watch list. Does anyone have any recommendations on other crime series like that?

I seriously havent seen a crime serie at that level. Tons of great series to watch, but for crime like, well, no. Some people claim that The Wire and Shield arent that bad, but they didnt get my attention like True Detective.

Sad there is only 2 episodes left

 

[LastChancePrice]

Ray Donovan. Season 2 in a couple of months. Liev Schreiber is outstanding.

Yeah , liked thats serie, but i dont think its the same level as True Detective.

 

[ThaDevilGirl]

Didnt read the thread but "True detective" on HBO, that is all.

I got to see McConnaughey's ass, so I guess it's a win for me.

 

[Mrb1p]

look at it this way: it can't possibly be worst than the ones from the 90's

well it could, but it likely won't

I grew up with this movie, stop.

I even remember having a huuuuuge toy godzilla that made sound when you touched his back.

 

[Agnostic]

Yop,a gree with you. McConnaughey change a lot the way he is acting. If you wanna see a performance as equal as True Detective, i recommand you watching Dallas Buyers Club. Its a must see.

Great performance . He was also fantastic as Mark Hanna in Wolf of Wall Street. Smaller role but absolutely brilliant.

 

[Team_Spirit]

Sooo is he crazy or smart?

 

[overlords]

Sooo is he crazy or smart?

He's crazy smart.

 

[Eagle Eye Cherry]

I watched Dallas Buyer's Club. I found it hard to watch. Very visceral film. I almost threw up in some scenes.

 

[WG]

So, Survivor started tonight and happily the first person voted out was David ****ing Samson. Unfortunately he did not last to a challenge with swimming where he might have been eaten by a giant squid or anything.

GTFO tiny dancer. I projectile vomit in your general direction.

 

[MasterDecoy]

black sails is pretty cool, (as opposed to the musketeers... )

the battle scene in the last episode is ****ing amazing

 

[WhiskeySeven*]

I decided to check out the pilot and second episode of Mixology. It's kept me interested but it's definitely not "good" but not obnoxious enough to be bad. Reminds me of Happy Endings, which I loved.

Hello Ladies is much funnier for instance.