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Clown Car
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JB Breakfast Club
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El Camino Christmas was a mind melting dumpster fire. No clue if it's supposed to be a comedy or drama. Do a few decorations in a desert count as a Christmas movie? There's a bunch of real actors in this (Dax Shepard, Jessica Alba, Tim Allen, Ms Katy from Letterkenny, and more), so why is it such a train wreck? What a weird 90 minutes.
Only watch if you embrace trash.
Only watch if you embrace trash.
dmac37
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KarmaPolice
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I wouldn't go this far, but I didn't like it much. Neutered any political leanings or points from the book and was just melodrama about the family. It also very much came off as a "let's ugly up Close and Adams and hope for an Oscar" type of project.
I got through it, but it's not something I would recommend. 
First four seasons were the Sorkin years. Top notch most of that run.
IMO, seasons 5-7 were still better than most network dramas, but not as consistently good as the Sorkin years. A presidential campaign and election were the underlying theme for season 7 so if you are a political junkie you might enjoy that one.
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agree. first four are as good as it gets. The rest are decent, but Sorkin made it go. I thought they finished pretty good with 7-8.
boilerdave
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I wouldn’t say they uglied up Close. From the home movies shown at the end they made her look exactly like his real grandma.I wouldn't go this far, but I didn't like it much. Neutered any political leanings or points from the book and was just melodrama about the family. It also very much came off as a "let's ugly up Close and Adams and hope for an Oscar" type of project.
I enjoyed the movie.
BeTheMatch
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It says there's another season comingClown Car said:
Clown Car
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Finished queens gambit last night. So very good. Based on a 1983 novel. Why don’t they do more of that instead of remaking and rehashing the same old stuff.
Someone asked upthread if Beth was supposed to have slept with the chick French model. I didn’t take it that way. Women will share a bed without it being sexual. It just told me that they partied late into the night and that was that. I don’t think there was anymore to it. However now I want to read the book to learn more about Townes. So maybe I learn I’m wrong about the model.
Someone asked upthread if Beth was supposed to have slept with the chick French model. I didn’t take it that way. Women will share a bed without it being sexual. It just told me that they partied late into the night and that was that. I don’t think there was anymore to it. However now I want to read the book to learn more about Townes. So maybe I learn I’m wrong about the model.
KarmaPolice
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My point was more about the typical joke/trope that actors do the heavy makeup thing/physically morph/ugly themselves up for an Oscar push - Adams here, and stuff like Monster, etc.
KarmaPolice
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They do this all the time. I am always surprised how many things I think are original ideas for movies are just adaptations of a book or short story.
Clown Car
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That’s good. I’m talking about remaking movies/shows and constantly rehashing the same old themes. I like that this was from a novel not a newer version of another movie.
Moe.
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If you're into historical fiction Barbarians is solid. Fictionalized telling of the events leading up to and including the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. If you like Vikings, The Last Kingdom, etc I think you'll find it worth the time. Only 6 episodes. Dialogue is all German and Latin so if you're a no subtitle guy don't bother.
El Floppo
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Mile High
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I liked Barbarians. Just did a quick check to confirm the Barbarians I watched the dialogue is in English. You could tell the dialogue was a little off but nothing distracting.
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Moe.
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Don Quixote
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Anybody else watch How to with John Wilson? One of my favorites of the year. At turns bizarre and profound.
GroveDiesel
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Just finished Klaus on Netflix. Great family Christmas movie. You can see everything coming a mile away, but it’s a fun inventive take on the origins of Santa and the animation style is enjoyable as well IMO.
mr. furley
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GroveDiesel
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Also watched an episode of Aunty Donna’s Big Ol House O Fun. Single most surreal and weird show I’ve ever watched and I used to watch quite a bit of Robot Chicken.
jamny
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TripItUp
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simey
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I liked the movie too. I saw an interview with Close, and she said it took about an hour every day in the makeup chair to look like Mamaw. They put on a prosthetic nose, made her ears bigger, put on a wig, and used makeup to age her skin. Adams had on a wig, but for the most part she looked like herself. I thought the casting of the boy (J.D.) was good for both his youth and college age years. As for KP saying the movie neutered any political leanings or points from the book, Ron Howard said the movie wasn't made with politics in mind.I wouldn’t say they uglied up Close. From the home movies shown at the end they made her look exactly like his real grandma.I wouldn't go this far, but I didn't like it much. Neutered any political leanings or points from the book and was just melodrama about the family. It also very much came off as a "let's ugly up Close and Adams and hope for an Oscar" type of project.
I enjoyed the movie.
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B Maverick
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ok, I watched the Saved by the Bell reboot...... As I told my sister, not sure I can recommend it to anyone. Did make me laugh at times, hit some nostalgia, made some good references to the originals (and one to Franklin and Bash 
). Most of the acting was bad and at times tried to be too much like the original. Ok, back to finishing Schitt's Creek.....
I still love Tiffany Thiesen
Yeah, I wasn’t exactly expecting Shakespeare but a good chunk of the pilot was cringeworthy. In addition to the poor acting and Lucas-worthy dialogue virtually every character was one-dimensional and there seemed to be endless cliches.
Ok, back to finishing Schitt's Creek.....
I still love Tiffany Thiesen
jamny
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The Australia trip episode is awesome.Episode 3 of the new season of the crown- the lead up to the Di/Charles marriage. As good as tv gets imo.
I wasn't all that into the Charles and Diana storyline so I'm glad it hasn't been the complete focus. I do have a little issue with the way Gillian Anderson is playing Thatcher. I had to go back and confirm but never remembered her sounding so frail and if you watch video of her, she didn't.
The season has gotten better as it moves along.
jhib
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I agree. I mean, I guess it was fine. It just had this air from the beginning of "An important movie" that I just didn't get at all.I wouldn't go this far, but I didn't like it much. Neutered any political leanings or points from the book and was just melodrama about the family. It also very much came off as a "let's ugly up Close and Adams and hope for an Oscar" type of project.
I'm not sure why - since a lot of movies do that thing at the end with photos of the real-life people they were based on - but the credits made me feel like I just watched a 2 hour drama version of The Goldbergs. Maybe it was all the yelling during the movie?
KarmaPolice
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I admit to being cynical and jaded. To me that makes it worse, and basically just them using that book title (which was a big selling and well known book), to package up an Oscar bait family drama. Yes, that family stuff was in the book, but by doing so they glossed over a big point of the book and why is was a best seller to begin with.
simey
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The author of the book, J.D. Vance, is also the executive producer of the movie. He and Ron Howard were interviewed today on CBS this Morning. He said he was happy with the movie.
Capella
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I’m only up to 3 but I heard that one was great.
I don’t care at all about them in real life but the way the show portrayed it, with us all knowing it was a farce and ultimately tragic was very powerful imo. Great job.
I had read that Anderson had nailed the Thatcher thing, in that she had a weird voice, but not sure about the frail part.
jamny
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Thatcher was a strong woman. There's a reason she was called The Iron Lady. It's a strange take on her in the show, imo.
I actually didn't know that the Charles and Diana relationship was strained from the start. I thought it took time for it to fall apart
El Floppo
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Same. My wife is incredulous that I was so ignorant about the whole thing. Celebrity gossip was never my thing.
My family was randomly in England in the Cotswalds for the wedding when I was 13. It was a full day and night shut down and party for the town...like 4th of July and Superbowl mashed together. I think the whole town watches it together on a big screen, cheering and ooh-ahing the whole time. The english were fired up about it...so that part always resonated with me.
Cold Dead Hands
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This season of the Crown is not kind to Charles.
gianmarco
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While this season of the Crown was good,
1) It's my least favorite of all the seasons. Not because it wasn't done well, but the overall subject matter wasn't as interesting and I don't enjoy seeing those kinds of personal struggles, especially on public display, even if true.
2) The season was still a good watch but I particularly didn't like the last episode. They really painted Charles in an ugly light (deserved or not) and when it ended, I just felt "bleh". It made me think back on previous seasons and how I enjoyed watching them more.
1) It's my least favorite of all the seasons. Not because it wasn't done well, but the overall subject matter wasn't as interesting and I don't enjoy seeing those kinds of personal struggles, especially on public display, even if true.
2) The season was still a good watch but I particularly didn't like the last episode. They really painted Charles in an ugly light (deserved or not) and when it ended, I just felt "bleh". It made me think back on previous seasons and how I enjoyed watching them more.
Mile High
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Not at all.
Edited to add: Its almost like the Queen is determined to out live him so he never becomes king.
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Gr00vus
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Watching season 2 of Knightfall (was released almost a year ago I think). I'm not completely certain, but I can't shake the feeling that Mark Hamill isn't very good acting wise (barring voice work in cartoons and video games).
For the rest, pretty standard straightforward medieval good guy bad guy stuff. Not high concept, no nuance, 1 dimensional characters, i.e. nothing like Game Of Thrones. Entertaining if you like that kind of thing (which I do when the mood strikes me), probably not a must watch for everyone.
For the rest, pretty standard straightforward medieval good guy bad guy stuff. Not high concept, no nuance, 1 dimensional characters, i.e. nothing like Game Of Thrones. Entertaining if you like that kind of thing (which I do when the mood strikes me), probably not a must watch for everyone.
Capella
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Read somewhere that this season alone is undoing 20 years of goodwill he had worked so hard for since Di’s death.
El Floppo
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Just saw an article reiterating that this isn't a documentary...it's a dramatic reimagining. But the damage is clearly being done
The Liberator, 4 episode mini series about WWII. It's animated, but done with "Trioscope Enhanced Hybrid Animation, a technique that blends live-action actors with CGI" and is "based on the book The Liberator: One World War II Soldier’s 500-Day Odyssey by Alex Kershaw". It's not great but pretty good imo if you're into World War Two. I generally don't like watching cartoons but was ok with this show, pretty life like for the most part.
Undercover - I'm halfway through season one of two. It's subtitled which I will only watch it if I'm really digging the show, have probably watched give or six shows/ movies total that were subtitled. So far really liking it. By the name you can tell what it's about. Set in Germany and a few other parts of Europe. There's a little English sprinkled in so that's nice.
Undercover - I'm halfway through season one of two. It's subtitled which I will only watch it if I'm really digging the show, have probably watched give or six shows/ movies total that were subtitled. So far really liking it. By the name you can tell what it's about. Set in Germany and a few other parts of Europe. There's a little English sprinkled in so that's nice.
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jamny
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We finished it a few weeks ago. Good show. Not sure if I would have stuck with it if not for the parents, mostly the father, but it's still worth checking out.
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