Stuff I watched recently...

Been binging on the classics lately... Miami Vice has held up astonishingly well over the years. Or maybe it's just the soundtrack and general nostalgia.

In current events, uhm, shows, Breeders is a decent series (a bit dark at times), and I forgot how much fun Don Cheedle was in House of Lies until I started watching Black Monday.




Speaking of Miami Vice --- fun to see guest stars before they became stars... Ed O'Neill as the rogue FBI agent in episode 3, a very young Bruce Willis as the arms dealer in episode 8, etc. Sometimes it takes me a while to recognize who they are... :)

David Strathairn is a cool one as he looks a lot different younger and it's in one of the best episodes.

I just watched A Quiet Place II. It was whatever.
And been watching TONS of South Park. It's my porn. The little fat one does it for me.

Besides those two things I watch my neighbor a lot. No harm in it. I lurk in real life as I do on this site and most other sites.

The Suicide Squad (2021) 0/10

I quit watching it after 60 seconds because I don't abide me no animal cruelty even of the digital variety especially if presented as some sort of sight gag. James Gunn can fuck off.

Well, if that offended you then it's a good thing you did not watch the movie at the 50-minute mark...

I was buying into the hype leading up to the release, but kept waiting for it to live up to anything resembling good. I made it an hour in and decided to sleep.

While Idol sets the standard for films as life-changing, I aim for 'entertaining'. Sadly, it failed to meet my criteria. I believe the only chance it has for Idol's requirement is along the lines of the infamous BK burger that led Robert Downey jr. to reevaluate what he was doing with his life.

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Originally Posted by Caballero

Well, if that offended you then it's a good thing you did not watch the movie at the 50-minute mark...

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It offended me in the same way that murdering any defenseless, harmless, innocent lifeform would. That's why I'm against this horrible computer generated tweetycide but then seemingly OK with hookers being killed in snuff films. So basically me and John Wick have the same code.

I want a film to be life changing only in the "not totally wasted another two hours of it" way.

Btw, I ended up buying a Shark. Not the vacuum, an actual shark. Now let any of those layabout neighbourhood kids try and use my pool without my permission.

I wasn't offended by the digital death of tweety, but it started things off with an emptiness that continued through as much of the movie as I have (still only) seen. Weak writing if that's the only way to introduce Man With Overgrown Blond Mullet. The first 10+ minutes are filled with hollow, less-than-one-dimension, obviously disposable characters. At least the killing of tweety results in some kind of empathy.

I watched a great bit with Matt Damon explaining why the don't make good "small" films like they use to a couple of decades ago. He says that without DVD sales, all the profit basically has to be from initial box office. With a $25 million dollar film you require another $25 million in marketing and then profit is split with the distributors(theatres) and so a $25 million dollar movie really requires at least $100 million dollars to make a profit and that's too much of a gamble for most projects.
That's why it's easier to just hire John Cena who already has name recognition with morons, sell it to China and fuck everything else.

I know that the streaming services try to somewhat take up the slack on the "small" films but mostly they are either total shite or burdened by Hollywood's need be liberal agenda driven.

Also I lied and I have watched some of The Suicide Squad and besides what you mentioned, what irks me is how people think it's being edgy with the explicit violence when it's not. I've seen edgy(ex Dog Day Afternoon) and unless you're 14 maybe this definitely isn't.

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Originally Posted by Caballero

Well, if that offended you then it's a good thing you did not watch the movie at the 50-minute mark...

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I'm pretty sure this isn't true. I've been paying closer attention to the news lately and apparently the only thing you Americans like better than your cricket is lying.

Matt Damon