I almost always finish movies/tv, even if they are terrible...couldn't do that for this one. Ooofenframed wrote: Wed Jun 18, 2025 11:22 am My wife and I watched the AppleTV+ film Echo Valley and OMG is this the quintessential "Mid TV." Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney are excellent, particularly Sweeney, who is terrifying as an addict. But man is the film stupid. The premise is great and even the overall story but the way it's put together is very "In case you're really dumb, here's what we alluded to."
That's a good way of putting it. it's like, yes we love food and food is important... but no one really cares, to be honest. Not that much, anyway. Shit, Mikey basically says it in EP 1 when he and Carm are talking about their dad and the Irish restaurant. From the first season, it had this false sense of importance put towards chefs, and by that I mean they take themselves way too seriously, why feed the egos by creating a whole show around it? The scene where Carm goes to apologize to Claire, I just loved her response. Yeah, ya jamoke, just get over yourself.andyman wrote: Mon Jun 30, 2025 12:00 pm I feel like The Bear is the food world trying to achieve the feeling of recognition that the design community got in the 2000s. "You know what we do is important and hard...". Big, important feelings (while hoping they look really good).
Preacher was a straight up dumpster fire with non-creeps involved.losthighway wrote: Tue Jun 17, 2025 8:49 amI enjoyed Season 1, it caught the unique energy of the comics. A shame Gaiman turned out to be a creep, but I'm not opposed to watching this because of that.Anonymous37 wrote: Tue Jun 17, 2025 8:36 am Netflix
The Sandman, season 2, coming in July. As it is now June, I can't actually say that it's "good" just yet.
gonzochicago wrote: Doubling down on life, I guess you could say.
This was my one sentence review that I posted a couple of weeks ago in the 'movies' thread:jeff fox wrote: Tue Jul 01, 2025 8:04 am What's NOT good lately: PAVEMENTS. I'm not giving it its own thread. Jesus fucking christ.
First off: Why are people, critics and non-critics alike, such fucking idiots when talking about this band? Since the very beginning!! ('Slackers'. 'Divas'. 'Pavement is for Smart, cool people'. This movie certainly proved that last one wrong.) I can't even begin to imagine how tiresome 35 years of that must be, and I'm sure that's why SM is the way he is in interviews. Because he seems like a chill dude who likes sports and good music and doesn't take his own shit too seriously. They were an incredible band who wrote countless incredible, unique songs. The filmmakers claim to be huge fans but they made this piece of garbage that really focuses in on and exaggerates all of the made up shit about them. Celebrity gossip obsessed TMZ-for-indie-rock-douchebags. I hate it. The band's begrudging participation is charming, and no one ever gets to call them divas again after watching them witness this impossibly stupid bullshit while they must have been burning with second hand embarrassment on the inside.
Second: Musical theater continues to be the lowest art form with the saddest losers. Jaw droppingly lame.
The live footage was cool tho. Can someone make an edit of just that stuff? Granted, it would only be 20 minutes long.
I meant this in the worst way possible. Uranus Fudge Factory sells fudge, which is certainly wonderful for people who like fudge, but every employee in the store is trained to only speak in 'Uranus' puns. It is fucking insufferable to be in there for more than two minutes. That's how I felt watching this film. And I fucking love Pavement, absolutely one of my favorite bands.jfv wrote: Thu Jun 12, 2025 9:57 pm Pavements
It was like being in the Uranus Fudge Factory store for two hours.
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