Movies and TV

[MrX]

I'm dreading the day I decide to give The Ladykillers a second chance.

 

[Matty]

Loved True Grit. I think I'm just about ready for a rewatch.

 

[Mudcat]

I can't explain why it had so little impact on me. Like if someone had asked me if Matt Damon was in it, I think I would have replied

- yes but I think just one quick scene or something?

But it is a repeating pattern for me with the Coens: movies get better with repeated viewings. I have strong doubts that will be the case with Hail Caesar - and Blood Simple just kinda sits there for me - but otherwise, yap.

 

[Blitty]

Just caught up with Night Of. It's excellent.

The whole Freddy just likes Nas because, he's a sophisticated guy, he can relate to is far-fetched. But I suppose having a clean-cut drug mule sidekick makes a bit more sense.

Seems too early and obvious that the black guy killed her.

 

[Mudcat]

I watched The Peanuts Movie (2015). I ain't gonna lie, I found it wanting.

There were a lot of good reviews - I disagree. Found it weak.

There might have been points for nostalgia but it actually broke the traditional rules of Peanuts-world I grew up with so no, it's limited as far as that.

4.4 out of 10.

 

[Blitty]

Also love how there is a dozen scenes and references to my old street/neighborhood.

I.e. 10th st/Stuy, 10th st/2nd ave, East Village, 19th century church that is so old, it's placed at an angle on the grid system streets.

 

[Matty]

Seems too early and obvious that the black guy killed her.

But that's also how The Wire played out. There were no games played with the audience, everything was laid out plainly and clearly. It's not a whodunit, it's an exploration of multiculturalism and the US legal system.

Black guy did it. As usual. -housepicks

 

[Blitty]

So the big mystery is: The Night of the girl getting murdered by black guy.

Revealed in Episode 5? There's gotta be more.

 

[Matty]

There is no mystery. Black guy did it. It was pretty clear right from episode 1, when The Wire's Bodie lied to the cops, saying he was alone when he encountered Naz and the girl.

The show is exposing the mechanisms of the legal and penitentiary systems is all.

 

[Blitty]

I was hoping that lawyer lady was involved. Why did she offer to defend him for free?

Exposure to make her a famous lawyer?

 

[Mudcat]

Nas himself is being set up as a red herring now - the one and only alternative possibility really. That is my feeling anyway. This sudden transformation and sly comments about him having a buried rage all along. It's supposed to get us thinking.

But I'm not up to much thinking along those lines.

 

[Matty]

He's just adapting to his environment. His only alternative is to curl up into a ball and cry like a bitch.

Prolly went crazy on that guy who called him a fag 'cause he was bullied in school. Payback time. Nothing more.

 

[Blitty]

The part about him him taking huge lines of ketamine, when he though it was blow is pretty major.

Just a few small bumps of the stuff could put you in a K Hole. Which is a tripped out situation where you can't control your body.

I foresee more dialogue about this.

 

[Blitty]

Based on the BBC series 'Criminal Justice'.

Ketamine is very popular in the UK.

 

[roguejuror]

Ice Age 5

ray romano's voice was distracting, kept thinking of the jew character from vinyl

4 out of 10 eggs unpaid winter bills

 

[Mudcat]

Three movies from this week's releases going on my Want to See list

Pete's Dragon
Sausage Party
Florence Foster Jenkins

 

[Virtuoso]

Stranger Things - 10 stars
The Get Down - 7.5 stars

 

[Blitty]

Sausage Party

Atheism-themed animation.

All the laughs you expect.

Although it was short, I was yawning towards the end.

Wish I had Dl'ed instead of paying $13.

7.4