Criminal (2016) - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3014866/reference
Kevin Costner action-spy film with much star cast and classic hollywood tropes.
Out of the gate, putting Kevin Costner - whom i suspect was a driving force behind this production - in this role is the proverbial shot in the foot; there is just no way anyone is going to see him as anything but the one, same character he plays in every film.
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I watch it mainly for the imaginative ways they cover things up. Sure, most of the time it's just plain old bribery or black mail, but sometimes they come up with something pretty cool - like this season with the cop in the hotel room. Genius. There were some plot holes, but hey . . . . still not bad.Ray Donovan, Season 4
I'm really enjoying this season. Four episodes so far, and, so far, less blood, fewer broken legs, and a little bit less of every single character in the show being a complete shitbag.
The Night Of -- 9.5/10 -- Liimited series on HBO. I think it's only 8 eps. Best thing on TV.
Stan Lee's 'Lucky man' episodes 1-4 8.5/10
episode 5 5/10
- scene where you betmade no sense. why would they be against the winner not wantingbody partsthe loser'sto cut off?tongue
and what happened next seemed even more confusing. Why did everyone have a stake in that bet???
- ill gotten usb drive. why plug it into your work computer?
you know your boss is gunning to have you fired.
last month i liked:
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Der letzte Mann (The Last Laugh)
Faust
Nosferatu
Umberto D
Bicycle Thieves
La Strada
Nights of Cabiria
Mouchette
The Hateful Eight - 8/10
QT knows how to write some decent dialogue and characters. The only thing I disliked about this film was the exploding brains type gore: It's appropriate for some types of film, say Inglourious Basterds [sic], or in Kill Bill it was meant to be a nod to crappy effects in kung-fu movies, but here I thought it was pointless and cheapened the action. It's worth watching Reservoir Dogs again because someone who is all bloody ought to be a shocking sight, and in that film (RD) it achieves that, but exploding brains et al really doesn't, it just makes me think of pointless gore in say the first 'Total Recall' film from the eighties or whenever.
Quite the opposite. While watching Hateful Eight, I'm constantly thinking about how brilliantly the story is told.but really, the people who liked QT for his visual style will love H8, while the people who loved QT for his storytelling will dislike it.
but really, the people who liked QT for his visual style will love H8, while the people who loved QT for his storytelling will dislike it.
Quite the opposite. While watching Hateful Eight, I'm constantly thinking about how brilliantly the story is told.
I simply could not bare to watch any more after about 10-15 minutes in Minnie's Haberdashery, or whatever they called it. I'd found nothing to like and a whole lot to detest.+1
The (very) basic plot isn't anything special, but QT's talent of writing interesting characters and dialogue (which IMO defines "QT's style"), coupled with his directing skill, is what makes this film special IMO.
I wouldn't say it's near being in my list of favourite movies, but I definitely enjoyed it.
One thing I find a bit odd though is how - before seeing the film - a lot of people described this film as being regurgitated and recycled QT material with lots of self-referential content. It didn't strike me as that at all.
Café de Flore (?/10 2011, Jean-Marc Vallée)
Having been super impressed with Dallas Buyer's Club I decided to watch something else by him. He also did Wild, which I liked a lot. So, I checked this out from the library and slipped it in last night (had no stomach for any more from the GOP convention, couldn't watch without FF staccato).
I'm ~47 minutes into this ~2 hour movie and start to feel sick. It's like an asthma attack (I don't have asthma, but do have allergies, I think). I hit stop and crash.
I dream about (or think about while trying to sleep) looking up this movie because I was truly feeling lost. I speak no French, was watching with subtitles. Truly, the cinematic values of this are tremendous, but the story lines had me utterly confused and it was just getting worse. I figured I better look up the plot or it was just going to get worse for me.
Late in my sleep I had a dream about being in a car with some friends and we have a bad car accident. I get up and look up the movie in Wikipedia and find out that indeed there are two as yet unrelated story lines being developed and that they come together in a fatal car crash!!! I'm thinking I got premonitions of the crash in the movie, the director was setting us up for it. That doesn't say much for the director on this, but I figure I will watch the rest.
Hateful Eight sucked balls. But of course we won't get into that again. I'm all about the story.ok man, that's it, you just went over your allowance of divisive - you can no longer use that word. you gon' have to type out "half the people like it and half the people dislike it" every time.
but really, the people who liked QT for his visual style will love H8, while the people who loved QT for his storytelling will dislike it.
BoJack Horseman S2 10/10
This continues to be one of the best shows on TV/Netflix that few have seen. Once you get past the first couple of episodes of season 1 the show really takes off. It's unbelievable how an animated show can make you laugh one minute then cry the next. The cast is amazing from top to bottom. I'm really looking forward to season 3.
I tried watching the first episode and just couldn't finish. Maybe I need to give it more time to grow, but there's just other things I'd rather get caught up on.
I keep reading about this show being so great but I also tried watching the first episode, twice, and couldn't finish it. It was so awful and unfunny but maybe I need to watch a few episodes? Can anyone else comment
Quite the opposite. While watching Hateful Eight, I'm constantly thinking about how brilliantly the story is told.
I watched the first two seasons a couple months back. I thought it did get better later and I ended up enjoying it quite a bit, though I would never say it was amazing. Really loved Paul F. Tompkins' character on it; very funny. I also really love the opening credits. I'd probably give the first two seasons a 7/10.
Keep in mind I was in the hospital and on a lot of drugs while I watched it though, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.
KT