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I saw Challengers yesterday.
The only other Luca Gudagnino film I've seen is Call Me By Your Name, which has become one of my favorite films of all time, and I'll admit the main reason I went and saw this was the director's name. I don't know anything about or particularly care about tennis, but a good film can make the subject interesting even if it's not something I'd normally want to watch a movie about, and did it ever. If you'd told me just a couple weeks ago that a romantic drama about tennis players would've had me on the edge of my seat by the end, I don't think I would've believed you.
Brilliantly shot, non-linear story, at times agonizing...it gets a 4/5 from me.
The only other Luca Gudagnino film I've seen is Call Me By Your Name, which has become one of my favorite films of all time, and I'll admit the main reason I went and saw this was the director's name. I don't know anything about or particularly care about tennis, but a good film can make the subject interesting even if it's not something I'd normally want to watch a movie about, and did it ever. If you'd told me just a couple weeks ago that a romantic drama about tennis players would've had me on the edge of my seat by the end, I don't think I would've believed you.
Brilliantly shot, non-linear story, at times agonizing...it gets a 4/5 from me.
My first holiday job during High School was with 'Coopers Tank Works', making corrugated iron water tanks. Sydney had just started to fluoridate the water, and people wanted to drink pure rain water, along with all the crap, crud, bird droppings, dead frogs and everything else that washed off the roof.
Sydney Water's* solution was to get councils to ban home water tanks, for the good of their health. It had nothing to do with Sydney Water's bottom line...
* the corporation that supplied our water
Good lord, besides these days with all the pollution in our atmosphere (atmosflat for you flat earthers) not sure even standing outside with your mouth open during a rainstorm is a good idea. There was a big issue with acid rain from unregulated industry in Eastern Canada and the US killing off lakes in the 1980s that led to a joint effort to reduce emissions, especially sulfur dioxide.
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Sorry to go off-topic but well there are plenty of films dealing with the environment as well as apocalyptic films where an ecological collapse is the cause.
The first of that kind of film that I watched was The Hellstrom Chronicle.
Wall-e may be the best of those films.
Going back to water tanks. In London in the 1800s many houses had rain barrels, filled from the roof. They had a swinging down pipe that was directed away from the barrel for the first 20 minutes or so of the rain so that the roof was properly rinsed of coal soot and other crud. After that time the junior footman had to go out into the rain and swing the down pipe over to the barrel to collect 'clean' rain water. I believe this is covered in one of the several books that Mrs Beeton wrote about Household Management.
FURIOSA was pretty good. Anya Taylor Joy had very little dialog, maybe 5-6 lines. Mostly Action
Very funny and moving.
Thanks for this one. One of the best movies I've seen this year. Unpredictable, characters that you care about. The way the main character deals with absolutely insane situations which seem quite realistic in the film. Simultaneously funny, sad, emotional, novel situations, real living characters, excellent dialogue. You don't know what is going to happen next and when it does happen it seems quite realistic. Almost every scene is unpredictable. Quite emotional at the end.
I plan to watch it this weekend. Most likely the box office numbers are bad because no one really cares about Mad Max’s IP and the trailers were awful.
Battlestar Galactica: Razor (2007)
TV film: Battlestar Galactica special that tells the story of the Battlestar Pegasus several months prior to it finding the Galactica. Might have to break out the series and give it another spin
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TV film: Battlestar Galactica special that tells the story of the Battlestar Pegasus several months prior to it finding the Galactica. Might have to break out the series and give it another spin
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The series was unsettling to watch sometimes. I normally don't get surprised or "jump out of my seat," but that scene where Boomer suddenly shoots Adama - I literally got startled.
Yeah, the carbonized ashes of you would have mixed with the desk you were under
Was good in the day and still stands up in 2024, a decent space opera done well. They wisely knew when to stop and not spoil the broth...
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Godzilla Minus One just dropped in the US for streaming. Paid of course, not free yet. I'm checking that out tonight.
Don't forget The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, for the trifecta of "classic" English literature adaptations...!
Now that it is available on streaming (Max) finally was able to watch it. Was good, but had major flaws.
1. Christopher Walkin was poorly cast as the emperor. Appeared tired, weak, uninvolved. Not the sort who who would exterminate an entire house.
2. I was looking forward to seeing the scene where the navigators appear before the emperor. Not only was that scene entirely left out, but the whole story of the navigators and their relationship to the spice was omitted. Major diaappointment.
I just watched Triangle of Sadness. Talk about a cutting satire, mostly about the rich, but focused on abuse of power at many levels... Well worth watching.
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Hey, it turns out if you have Netflix, it is free to stream (dubbed in English too).
The Creature From The Black Lagoon (1954)
Firm favourite will never leave the media server, simply a classic...
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Firm favourite will never leave the media server, simply a classic...
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