What Movie(s) Did You Watch Today?
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Wife got that for me on 4K for Christmas. Watching it though, not sure it could be made the same way today.
Merry Christmas!
Mr.6
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It's still holds up quite well today. Love that movie!
Agreed! They did a pretty good job with the 4K transfer as well.
Since everybody was talking on Facebook about the Sandra Bullock movie on Netflix, Bird Box, I decided to watch it yesterday. Meh! It was an ok movie, just not sure why everyone was so enthralled with it. I'd like to complain that they never answered any questions, but they never asked any questions in the first place.
KINGSMAN 1 AND 2
How was #2? Been thinking about at least renting it... I was kinda so-so on #1.
It was fun. Nothing sophisticated, no brainer fun.
If you didn't like one so much, you ain't gonna like two. I loved the first one, second one, not so much.
Forgot to mention, but I thought I recognized the girl Elliot kisses in the frog release scene. It's a very young Erika Eleniak.
Last night I sat down in my listening room and watched "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs".
As with all Coen brother movies, it was somewhat strange with fascinating characters who surprise with every line. The film-making was tight and clean, and it was a hoot to watch. It was also darker than I anticipated.
What I found extremely interesting was the tone of the storytelling was identical to that used by my elder relatives who grew up in the last days of the wild west in what is now New Mexico, Colorado, Texas (panhandle) and Oklahoma. They retold the stories their grandparents
told about life in the "wild west" and it really was dark. Most people owned almost nothing and death was so common that it wasn't terribly emotional or heavy when facing it. They laughed when they could as the smallest things, and they walked into danger not necessarily because they were terribly brave, but because they had little choice. Too often it really was kill or be killed because so many were struggling to survive. Honest and trustworthy folk banded together, and those hired to help had a sense of duty which often put them in positions of risking their lives for their charges rather than walking away when they could.
Anyway, watching the movie reminded me of my childhood sitting with my long dead relatives as they told stories about Kit Carson, Billy the Kid and other people who later became legends as well as those who we may never remember.
As with all Coen brother movies, it was somewhat strange with fascinating characters who surprise with every line. The film-making was tight and clean, and it was a hoot to watch. It was also darker than I anticipated.
What I found extremely interesting was the tone of the storytelling was identical to that used by my elder relatives who grew up in the last days of the wild west in what is now New Mexico, Colorado, Texas (panhandle) and Oklahoma. They retold the stories their grandparents
told about life in the "wild west" and it really was dark. Most people owned almost nothing and death was so common that it wasn't terribly emotional or heavy when facing it. They laughed when they could as the smallest things, and they walked into danger not necessarily because they were terribly brave, but because they had little choice. Too often it really was kill or be killed because so many were struggling to survive. Honest and trustworthy folk banded together, and those hired to help had a sense of duty which often put them in positions of risking their lives for their charges rather than walking away when they could.
Anyway, watching the movie reminded me of my childhood sitting with my long dead relatives as they told stories about Kit Carson, Billy the Kid and other people who later became legends as well as those who we may never remember.
Ha! I started watching Buster Scruggs a couple of weeks ago, and I got so bored and lost I only made it about halfway through. It was interesting but I couldn't see the point, if there was one. Maybe all the little stories come together in some way later on, dunno. I'll give it another shot someday.