I watched a fun sports movie last night: Chak De! India, a feel-good movie about female Indian field hockey players, starring Shah Rukh Khan as the coach trying to get the national Indian team to the World Cup. It hits all the beats of the classic sports movie, with the redemption story and the underdogs make good and all that. Filmed on location in Delhi and Melbourne. Very uplifting if it's the kind of movie you like.
Niska: Mr. Reynolds? You died, Mr. Reynolds. Mal: Seemed like the thing to do.
'War Stories'
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Consuela - Jun 23, 2017 8:34:39 am PDT #850 of 3463
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Dana - Jun 23, 2017 8:57:57 am PDT #851 of 3463
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
That is a super-fun movie.
Consuela - Jun 23, 2017 10:08:35 am PDT #852 of 3463
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Makes me wonder if there is any Komal/Preeti at AO3...
sumi - Jun 24, 2017 12:47:04 pm PDT #853 of 3463
Art Crawl!!!
Woo hoo Ethan! That is a career pinnacle of somesort.
I heard an interview of Kumail Nanjiani on the Bon Appetit foodcast and now I want to see The Big Sick.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 24, 2017 8:35:35 pm PDT #854 of 3463
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
The ads for that are looking interesting to me, and I'm not normally that big a fan of rom-coms.
Scrappy - Jun 24, 2017 9:07:04 pm PDT #855 of 3463
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Just saw The Big Sick and it was wonderful. Just lovely and smart and warm-hearted.
Dana - Jun 25, 2017 4:59:53 am PDT #856 of 3463
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Note to self: Just because you watched It Follows does not mean that something is following you up the stairs.
chrismg - Jun 25, 2017 7:38:18 am PDT #857 of 3463
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
I have to argue against myself that way all the time: "If there are real things that stand by people's beds,how big a coincidence would it be for one to show up right after you watched a movie about things that stand by people's beds?"
Dana - Jun 25, 2017 10:19:58 am PDT #858 of 3463
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
We're watching Annie on Netflix, and I can add this to the list of movies with stuff that went over my head as a child. The random Orientalism, oh my god. There's an Indian character played by a black man who can do magic. WHY, ANNIE, WHY?
chrismg - Jun 25, 2017 12:57:35 pm PDT #859 of 3463
"...and then Legolas and the Hulk destroy the entire Greek army." - Penny Arcade
So I just got back from Power Rangers at the dollar cinema and....I'm confused. That was a fun action movie with good pacing, some characters I liked spending time with, and some teen drama that never made me cringe. Why was everyone so down on this movie?
(I should specify - not everyone here, just the reaction in general)