Not sure if this is the right place for it, but the Smart Bitches have a review of the Will Ferrell Eurovision movie. It has embedded clips and such. The reviewer had some things she liked, some she didn't and is specific.
Gunn: Well, how horrible is this thing? Lorne: I haven't read the Book of Revelations lately, but if I was searching for adjectives, I'd probably start there.
'Hell Bound'
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Toddson - Jul 13, 2020 6:29:59 am PDT #2738 of 3424
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Consuela - Jul 13, 2020 6:39:02 am PDT #2739 of 3424
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I really enjoyed The Old Guard, even though I found a lot of the tropes pretty predictable. I knew Booker was going to betray them; that Quyen (sp?) was going to come back as a villain; that Copley was going to second-guess his loyalties.
I would like to know when Nile had time to redo her hair between getting picked up by Andy and when they went to London...
Jesse - Jul 13, 2020 7:33:23 am PDT #2740 of 3424
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I assumed that was indicative of time passing (so Andy could heal up and etc), and was glad to see it because I was wondering about her hair! Like, how long would it have stayed in those braids -- the regular amount of time or no?
I wished I had seen it in the theater.
Jessica - Jul 13, 2020 7:37:00 am PDT #2741 of 3424
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I really enjoyed The Old Guard, even though I found a lot of the tropes pretty predictable
Same. I am enough of a "Charlize Theron saves the world even though she is so. fucking. tired." genre fan to be pretty forgiving of tropeyness.
Jesse - Jul 13, 2020 7:43:23 am PDT #2742 of 3424
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
She even drives through the desert!! Sorry, thought that might be a spoiler...
megan walker - Jul 13, 2020 6:50:20 pm PDT #2743 of 3424
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I loved the Eurovision movie in that it was exactly what I wanted to watch at the time I watched it. And I've been listening to the songs on repeat.
Cashmere - Jul 14, 2020 12:09:16 pm PDT #2744 of 3424
Now tagless for your comfort.
Palm Springs is up to the hype. And I am no Samberg fan, he's more subtle than a lot I have seen him in and the female lead (the mother from HIMYM) is lovely.
Scrappy - Jul 15, 2020 10:33:23 am PDT #2745 of 3424
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Yeah, I really enjoyed it. I love a film where the male and female leads fall in love by spending time together and actually doing stuff, rather than locking eyes across the room.
Vonnie K - Jul 31, 2020 10:30:11 am PDT #2746 of 3424
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Instead of watching stuff on Criterion Channel (I guess I'll catch up on Godard or Aguirre, The Wrath of God at some other time, haha), I have been watching ALL the Studio Ghibli flicks on HBO Max for the last few weeks, subs first obviously but also some selected dubs for fun comparison. Miyazaki is good for calming the brain worms in these uncertain times, I find.
Favourite Miyazaki unknown to me previously: Porco Rosso
Most joyous marriage of the music and the visual: Ponyo riding the waves to Joe Hisaich's take on the Ride of the Valkyrie
The one 14-year-old Vonnie would have liked the best had she seen it at that impressionable age: Castle in the Sky
Coolest morally ambiguous antagonist: Lady Eboshi from Princess Mononoke
Best all-around cast of dub performances: Howl's Moving Castle, mostly for Billy Crystal's Calcifer, but with a particular shout-out to Jean fucking Simmons, the screen icon of my heart, for being such rad Old Sophie
I haven't yet gotten around to seeing the 2 recent films that have been highly praised: The Wind Rises and The Tale of Princess Kaguya -- hope to catch them soon. And I'm saving the rewatch of my fave, Spirited Away, until I'm done with the rest of the collection.
Honestly, I'd probably keep paying monthly HBO subscription fee if even Ghibli films were the only ones I watch (and rewatch) on the service. What a treat.
megan walker - Jul 31, 2020 12:50:42 pm PDT #2747 of 3424
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Instead of watching stuff on Criterion Channel (I guess I'll catch up on Godard or Aguirre, The Wrath of God at some other time, haha)
My thoughts exactly. I started to watch Vivre sa vie and decided life was too short and watched The Big Country (speaking of Jean fucking Simmons) instead. What a glorious movie. Definitely going to be pretty high up on my eventual western rankings.
Probably will catch a few of the expiring Frances Marions later today.