Fingernails. Was OK. Felt kinda like a Charlie Kaufman joint.

The Morning Show. Decent drama. Billy Crudup is fantastic, as is Reese Witherspoon, and much of the cast. Jennifer Aniston seems to have had some face work that I just cannot get past.

Dune (1984). First 2/3 is pretty good and somewhat ridiculous, last 1/3 is ridiculousissimo. Los Angeles Supergroup Toto and Brian Eno on the same score. LOLZ.

Dune (2021). Visually really great, story more cohesive than the 1984 version. Looking forward to pt 2 coming out, but I have low expectations. Preparation for battle and battle sequences are usually pretty boring for me.

Started watching Oz (HBO series from the 90s). Can see how it was groundbreaking at the time, but it's not really working for me.

zircona1 wrote: Sat Nov 11, 2023 11:16 am

andyman wrote: Sat Nov 11, 2023 7:38 am I was hyped for that^^ and then people started linking to articles saying he beat the shit out of his girlfriend in 2009.

Fincher? Fassbinder?
I thought The Killer was pretty good.

Fassbender

Physical on Apple TV is pretty good.

enframed wrote: Sun Oct 22, 2023 10:07 am Slow Horses
Happy Valley

Both pretty good.

Slow Horses is great, but if you've read the books , Shirley is cast all wrong.

Will probably have to sign up for some free trial to watch Nathan Fielder's new show 'The Curse', anyone seen it yet?

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-cu ... 235786715/

Invasion on AppleTV. It's a slow roller but ends up being worth it after a good number of episodes. Something kept me coming back. Just finished season 1.

Only watched the first one, but Blue Eye Samurai... FUCK YEAH!

(edit: fat fingers.)

penningtron wrote: Mon Nov 13, 2023 11:28 am Will probably have to sign up for some free trial to watch Nathan Fielder's new show 'The Curse', anyone seen it yet?

https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/the-cu ... 235786715/

It's a tough one: lots of detestable characters and cringiness with little humorous payoff. Will proceed though..

Netflix



May December. It's pretty intense. Just watched it and still rolling it around in my head. Recommended.

Watched S1 of Welcome to Wrexham, the thing where Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney buy a Welsh football team.

It's somewhat watchable, but there's an underlying feeling the entire time of it being very carefully crafted with a certain narrative. The two guys try to pass as humble dudes trying to serve a dying town out of sheer reverence for its history (even though there are so many towns just like it), while really the TV show is the product, not the team, and they want to create a merchandising empire.
Once they start using their Hollywood bankroll to convince players and staff 2 leagues above to drop down into obscurity, the narrative that the team are underdogs (or represent the town, really) goes out the window.