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[mrwicked]

started watching Bates Motel.

we are only through about 4 episodes but loving it so far.

it's kind of a horror-chic fargo. the writing is great (100x better than something like wayward pines), but not quite as good as fargo (but what is??).

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 5/17/2016 at 11:00 PM, Tank said:

You forgot @Tank

Not until you come around on iron eagle.

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 5/17/2016 at 7:15 PM, gotbeer said:

Just saw Cloverfield.  Should have been called Douchefield.  It was just a disappointing movie, which is a shame, was looking forward to it being good.

You cant name anything douchefield. Fenway park already trademarked it.

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

Count me in on hating Cloverfield.  One of the most overrated movies of all time.

 

I finally saw The Ladykillers on Showtime.  Just one more Coen movie and I will have seen all.  That movie is The Man Who Wasn't There.  They're my favorite directors.

I also saw Lost In Translation on the same network.  Great movie and performance by Murray and even Johansson who I think is an overrated actress in most movies but this is easily her best performance.  Oddly enough, she's in the aforementioned Coen movie I have yet to see.

[mrwicked]

She is also great in Ghost World.

And I liked her in Match Point, even though the dialogue can get a bit too high brow. 

[Ray McKigney]

9 minutes ago, mrwicked said:

She is also great in Ghost World.

And I liked her in Match Point, even though the dialogue can get a bit too high brow. 

Ghost World is great. "If you like authentic blues, you really gotta check out Blues Hammer."

[mrwicked]

oh man i sing blues hammer prob once a week. thats real deep, down in the delta blues.

"i been plowin' behind the mule, son.. pickin' cotton all day loooooong"

[Sam Sanchez]

23 hours ago, cysomeawfulpitcher said:

I finally saw The Ladykillers on Showtime.  Just one more Coen movie and I will have seen all.  That movie is The Man Who Wasn't There.  They're my favorite directors.

I also saw Lost In Translation on the same network.  Great movie and performance by Murray and even Johansson who I think is an overrated actress in most movies but this is easily her best performance.  Oddly enough, she's in the aforementioned Coen movie I have yet to see.

 

Coens are also my favorite directors. Had seen all Coen movies before, but a couple months ago, I marathoned all their movies in about two week span, in order. Good times.

 

The Ladykillers and Intolerable Cruelty are their only movies I count as a "low" points, but still above average.

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

Just saw The Nice Guys at the AMC Victoria Gardens not too far from The Epicenter.  Another great action comedy from Shane Black.

"Don't say 'and stuff.'"

[Jay]

Law and Order SVU.

I am wondering if Blarg saw the recent episode in which they basically did a hatchet job on The Bachelor. If I were ABC I would be pissed.

 

 

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

12 hours ago, calscuf said:

Go to Tokyo and you'll gain an even greater appreciation for Lost in Translation.

Oddly enough, my mom's friend since high school has been on vacation there this week and has been posting some amazing photos on Facebook.

 

And, yes, Tokyo looks really nice in that movie.

[JAHV76]

Anyone else see the movie Focus with Will Smith. I watched it on a plane Friday. It's a decent flick.

[cysomeawfulpitcher]

Just saw a recent addition to Rifftrax, a really bad movie called Arachnia and it's from the studio behind that MST3K "classic," Time Chasers.

[Tank]

watched "the lone survivor" this morning. not too many surprises in this one. decent flick, but it's no Road House.

[NrM]

10 cloverfield lane.

shit was dope. Probably my favorite movie this year.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I watch Wheeler Dealers. It's fun to read their Facebook page, to see all of the Brits bitching about all of the American cars they are restoring. They don't seem to realize that the show has an international following now.

[mrwicked]

21 hours ago, Vegas Halo Fan said:

I watch Wheeler Dealers. It's fun to read their Facebook page, to see all of the Brits bitching about all of the American cars they are restoring. They don't seem to realize that the show has an international following now.

is that the one with the british guys. the skinny dude is the mechanic and the other guy's job is to to just buy/sell them?

agreed, very fun show.

[Vegas Halo Fan]

That's the one. The mechanic is 6'7", and watching him get into low slung sports cars is interesting.

Mike Brewer is the sales guy, and Edd China is the mechanic. Mike owns a used car sales shop in the UK, and Edd owns a repair shop. Mike does live streaming feeds on Facebook occasionally.

Edited May 24, 2016 by Vegas Halo Fan

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 5/23/2016 at 10:03 PM, Tank said:

watched "the lone survivor" this morning. not too many surprises in this one. decent flick, but it's no Road House.

Few movies can match the awesomeness of road house, tank.

Rewatched the big short. Great flick.

[Angels_Make_Me_Drink]

The Nice Guys -- 4.5/5

This movie is the one I was most excited for this year. I loved it. It had good comedy and good action. Gosling was terrific; as was Crowe. Angourie Rice also stole the show. Highly recommended. It really is a shame that it bombed at the box office. It's such an original film in an industry full of high scale blockbusters and stupid movies based off of brands and games. 

[Vegas Halo Fan]

I have been a Deadliest Catch fan ever since the show premiered. However, I am very disappointed in what has to be Discovery Channel's laziest effort yet in developing supporting programming. Their lead-in show is basically a rebroadcast of the previous week's show with a few tidbits of information and a couple of brief interviews thrown in. After the second week, I stopped recording it.

[ten ocho recon scout]

On 5/24/2016 at 4:53 PM, cezero said:

yeah, road house is a guilty pleasure for me.

the big short was fun because it took a boring subject matter (for me), and managed to make it more of a character piece than i would have imagined possible. i can see why so many good actors were attracted to it.

Just downloaded the book to my kindle. Next trip ill give it a read. Been reading internet pieces the last few days about it. Really interesting, and almost kind of suprising more werent involved (but then maybe the pieces are more hindsight and it wasnt as easy to presict as they make it seem now). Anyone catch "too big to fail" on hbo? I missed it but saw its on amazon prime.

[Lou]

6 hours ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

Just downloaded the book to my kindle. Next trip ill give it a read. Been reading internet pieces the last few days about it. Really interesting, and almost kind of suprising more werent involved (but then maybe the pieces are more hindsight and it wasnt as easy to presict as they make it seem now). Anyone catch "too big to fail" on hbo? I missed it but saw its on amazon prime.

That's great.

Never knew Road House was based on a book

[ten ocho recon scout]

4 hours ago, Lou said:

That's great.

Never knew Road House was based on a book

It was originally called daltons rules. The sequel was called mijo. Always hoped theyd turn that one into a movie.

[Ray McKigney]

Watched the Key and Peele flick, "Keanu." I thought it was really funny. George Michael music is featured prominently in it, which I had no idea about prior to viewing. Overall, an above average comedy.