I did. Came home from work yesterday and started watching. It's much better than I remember.
I think I'll watch Knight and Day again this evening.
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I think I'll watch Knight and Day again this evening.
I tune up Netflix and start scrolling through the choices, and for every 19 rejects there might be 1 “let’s try this”. What irritates me a bit are the categories such as “based on your viewing habits you’ll love these”, some I might love, but most not. Or “This zoomed to number eight in the first week of release on Netflix!” But when I go check Rotten Tomotos, the feature got a 35% audience rating. 🤔
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Knight and Day has become one of my favorite movies because it’s lighthearted, fun, unpredictable (airline sequence), humorous elements, music, and action that is well suited to Cruise’s action persona. And of the Cameron Diaz movies I’ve seen, regarding her performance, this is her best, even better than Something About Mary.
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Agreed!Knight and Day has become one of my favorite movies because it’s lighthearted, fun, unpredictable (airline sequence), humorous elements, music, and action that is well suited to Cruise’s action persona. And of the Cameron Diaz movies I’ve seen, regarding her performance, this is her best, even better than Something About Mary.
It appears that AI is driving the recommendations on sites like Netflix and Youtube. For example, we watched one (1) video on tents and one (1) video on RVs, and now that's all we get recommended.
The problem is not that it's AI but AS (Artificial Stupidity) that is driving so much of this.
Yeah, I don't think we've achieved true AI yet, those companies try to portray it like we have, but its all still just computers and programs.
I’d describe it as approaching or mimicking AI, as far as in a very limited, basic manner it’s making recommendations based whatever the criteria it was fed. As far as I can tell it makes recommendations based on criteria like 1) genre, 2) if it’s popular, and 3) possibly other criteria like particular male or female star, setting, time frame, etc, and other adjectives applied to a title, based on posted reviews.
Now I’ve played with Gemini and Copilot those are technically LLMs, but feel like something greater than just recommending titles.I am impressed at what feels like a conversation you might have with a human being, but that is with limited exposure on my part. 🤔
Just watched Dune the other night. I never read the book. Finally when I got that super excited into it didn’t expect end credits to roll.
The picture quality and shots were great which is what kept me all the way through.
Walk On The Wild Side ( 1962)
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At the Doll House, a 1930's New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction both for clients and for Jo, the madame. Her comfortable if tedious life is...
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..found this after wondering about the lyrics in Lou Reeds song.
Movie based on the book by Nelson Algren. His background is an interesting read.
He also wrote: 'The man with the golden arm' which became a movie staring Frank Sinatra
..starring Laurence Harvey, Capucine, Jane Fonda, Anne Baxter and Barbara Stanwyck.
Its B&W..but the mid tones look amazing in some shots.
The Old Guard (2020)- A small group of people have immortality, and have affected history, frequently with violence as they shape events in this action, thriller. It’s ok, the story is competant, but the atmosphere is a bit oppressive, maybe depressive is a better word. I did not great vibes or satisfaction from it.
A sequel is reported to be released this year.
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A sequel is reported to be released this year.
The Old Guard 2: Netflix Release Date & What We Know So Far
The Old Guard Chapter 2: Force Multiplied is expected to release in 2024.
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I really enjoyed this one. Neo noir...crime thriller? I guess...
The Old Guard (2020)- A small group of people have immortality, and have affected history, frequently with violence as they shape events in this action, thriller. It’s ok, the story is competant, but the atmosphere is a bit oppressive, maybe depressive is a better word. I did not great vibes or satisfaction from it.
A sequel is reported to be released this year.
The Old Guard 2: Netflix Release Date & What We Know So Far
The Old Guard Chapter 2: Force Multiplied is expected to release in 2024.
I saw that when it came out ages ago, was surprised by how good it was. It was perfectly set up for a sequel too so glad one is planned.
I liked that one too.
I really enjoyed this one. Neo noir...crime thriller? I guess...
So much so that I've ordered another book by John Brandon...
This was fantastic! Sweet little romcom...
Rogue One (2016)
The direction the franchise should have taken, Rogue One is by far the best Star Wars film since the original trilogy was released. Vastly superior to the last trilogy which should be simply scrapped as a social experiment gone wrong...
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The direction the franchise should have taken, Rogue One is by far the best Star Wars film since the original trilogy was released. Vastly superior to the last trilogy which should be simply scrapped as a social experiment gone wrong...
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Yup and it's sad, given the hope I had with the new characters which was wasted, especially John Boyega's character Finn. Still not over that. Also, the best SW series by far, Andor, is linked to this film.
I love this film but was pissed how it ended. They could have at least created a trilogy for these characters. It could have branched off. There was a series of books written. But remember how Disney disavowed much of the existing SW cannon?
Maybe in the continuing search for profits, they’ll do this for episodes 7,8 and 9 and start over where they picked it up. Can you imagine if they said, ok our lack of creativity, $$$ grubbing mistake, 7,8,9 never happened, here's what really happened. Not holding my breath.
I recently rewatched Andor, so good! I can’t wait for the second season. 😄
But we were sleeping. I've been sleeping. And I've been turning away from the truth I wanted not to face. There is a wound that won't heal at the center of the galaxy. There is a darkness reaching like rust into everything around us. We let it grow, and now it's here. It's here, and it's not visiting anymore. It wants to stay. The Empire is a disease that thrives in darkness, it is never more alive than when we sleep. (Spoiler source)
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That was epic! Not often we see this kind of uprising in cinema - also loved how none of the normal SW villians were shown, only Palpatine was mentioned (he was the emperor after all). Also notice among the members of the secret police there were only humans?
I look at it this way, better the ending of Rogue One than it be driven into the ground by the same crowd behind 7,8 & 9. They have seriously damaged the franchise in serving their own personal agendas that no one asked for or wanted.I love this film but was pissed how it ended. They could have at least created a trilogy for these characters. It could have branched off. There was a series of books written. But remember how Disney disavowed much of the existing SW cannon?
Maybe in the continuing search for profits, they’ll do this for episodes 7,8 and 9 and start over where they picked it up. Can you imagine if they said, ok our lack of creativity, $$$ grubbing mistake, 7,8,9 never happened, here's what really happened. Not holding my breath.
More money such endeavors loose the better, as the investors will step in sooner or later. We the paying audience might then just get back to solid entertainment not someones wet dreams & personal ideologies...
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Yes, but didn’t they have some droid help? 🤔🙂
What strikes me is in the spectrum in cinematic story telling, where on the small good end you are moved, thrilled, knocked out with how wonderful a story can be, and it does not necessarily have to be super expensive to produce. But on the other end, there is a huge collection of sub standard, mediocre, to awful titles that are lacking on multiple levels. This especially applies when a large and wealthy studio, who could hire the best writers in existence churns out the garbage I saw in episodes 7,8,9, correction, I did not bother watching 9, at least I don’t think I did, too disgusted by then. I acknowledge this is subjective when it comes to discussing specific titles.
I recognize that both sequels and trilogies face dangers, the temptation to take short cuts, or just a lack of enough creativity to pull them off. However when I become enamored with characters, I want to see more of them with the premise that the more will be good.
The ending of R1 did give the story gravity.
I love this film but was pissed how it ended. They could have at least created a trilogy for these characters. It could have branched off. There was a series of books written. But remember how Disney disavowed much of the existing SW cannon?
Maybe in the continuing search for profits, they’ll do this for episodes 7,8 and 9 and start over where they picked it up. Can you imagine if they said, ok our lack of creativity, $$$ grubbing mistake, 7,8,9 never happened, here's what really happened. Not holding my breath.
That's the point of these movies though, they are one-offs. Like Solo. To fill in the spaces between the trilogies. They weren't meant to be arcs. But people get upset because this one was so good.
I think the problem with the trilogies is, the story gets too expanded, too much filler, and so the trilogy suffers. But with one movie, you can sort of put everything into it.