The Movie and TV Thread

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I started a thread here that I meant to put somewhere else,  and I erased it.  So what to discuss in the coffee lounge?

Have you seen any good movies lately?  

Last movie I saw was "The Last Duel". Pretty good.

Anyone seen "Dune"?  I see it's available for streaming and might rent it.  It's up for an Academy Award for best picture.  

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Wel deserving of his Oscar nomination for Best Actor is Brendan Fraiser in "The Whale".  It has many layers to it the movie about an obese dying man and his complicated relationship with his daughter, his dead ex, and food.  

 

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This is available on Amazon for Prime members and it was really good.  It has a lot of commentary about contemporary society, our values and family.  

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Oscar nominated for "Best Picture" this is an excellent movie.  Deals with several themes such as violence to women and religion.  

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I usually don't care about celebrity culture but "Pamela, a Love Story" got such good reviews, I decided to watch it.  I like how she doesn't play victim but lets us know how she felt about events she found herself in such as the stolen sex tape put out without her consent and her marriage to Tommy Lee.  It was good to see that she has good kids and a good relationship with them.

On a side note, I remember Baywatch.  It was a worldwide phenomenon and at one time I think had a billion viewers around the world.  

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Baptized as the "most watched TV show in the world," Baywatch had a weekly audience of 1.1 billion people in 148 countries, translated into 44 different languages. There were very few nations around the world unfamiliar with the self-assured David Hasselhoff and the well-endowed Pamela Anderson.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-baywatch-unknowingly-changed-the-world_b_3891368


On another side note she's always been advocate for animals.  She's hosting a plant based cooking show in Canada.  I didn't know she was Canadian.

https://plantbasednews.org/culture/tv-and-radio/pamela-anderson-new-vegan-cooking-show/

 

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Netflix movie "All Quiet on the Western Front" is a brutal movie to watch.  Nominated for numerous Academy and BAFTA Awards,  including Best Picture it's very well done, well acted and clearly shows the brutality of war and the dehumanization of the front line soldier by those higher up.

It's a German language movie but Netflix has put up a version dubbed in British English and they did a good job.  This made it easy to enjoy the cinmatic excellence without having to read subtitles (which I usually don't mind doing).

 

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Finally saw Top Gun:  Maverick, one of the last in the world to do so given its 1.4 billion dollar take at the box office.   It was okay.  Glad to see it in the Best Picture category but not even in the top five of my favorites of the bunch.  Still very good.

 

 

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I wanted to see "Bones and All" because it is nominated for a Spirit Award for best feature.  Spirit Awards are given to Indie movies (although this is an MGM movie).  The lead actress is also nominated for best performance.  Mark Rylance also has a nomination for Supporting performance.  

Wikipedia describes it as a "romantic horror" film.  I usually don't like the horror genre but because of the positive reviews gave it a view.  It was good but pretty gruesome.  

https://ew.com/awards/2023-film-independent-spirit-awards-nominations-full-list/

 

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Saw the Banshees of Inisherin and loved it.  Its genre is described as a "black tragicomedy".  Its great cast are well deserving of the four acting Academy Award nominations they got.  Recently the cast won both best supporting actor prizes at the BAFTA's (British Academy Awards)

 

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Tweety said:

Saw the Banshees of Inisherin and loved it.  Its genre is described as a "black tragicomedy".  Its great cast are well deserving of the four acting Academy Award nominations they got.  Recently the cast won both best supporting actor prizes at the BAFTA's (British Academy Awards)

 

I forced myself to finish watching The  Banshees of Inisherin in January. Well acted, awards deserved but I'm not into tragiccomedy, lost my interest towards end. Others may like it.

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"The Inspection" is a very well done and acted movie about a gay man that joins the marines while dealing with the rejection of his mother and the "don't ask don't tell" era of the military.  It's based on the writer/director's life.

 

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Swan Song is a very well acted movie based on a real life character in Sandusky.  It's a good reflection on love, loss, forgiveness.  Well done.

 

 

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I watched "Decision to Leave" because of its good reviews and its inclusion on my "Best of 2022" lists and award nominations.  

It was very well done and held my attention but honestly was a bit hard to follow with its twists and turns.  Very well acted.

 

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