The "I just saw" thread

[Halie Satanus]

Hmm seems very interesting. I'll check it out, when I get the time. I've recently started watching The Sporanos.

The Sopranos - Best TV show ever.. Enjoy..

[Kyriakos]

No. Paranoia Agent is the best tv show ever (it is japanimation, though).

[Your Lame Sister]

The Sopranos - Best TV show ever.. Enjoy..

Thanks. I hope it lives up to its reputation!

[Maximinus Thrax]

The Sopranos - Best TV show ever.. Enjoy..

Two years ago I gave my mother my complete Sopranos DVD series. She binge-watched the whole thing twice in a month (2x86 episodes).

[Halie Satanus]

Two years ago I gave my mother my complete Sopranos DVD series. She binge-watched the whole thing twice in a month (2x86 episodes).

Haha.. I've not binge watched it yet, yet.

[Thorn777]

the Century of the self: a five parts BBC documentary. Yes, it has five parts, I'm 45 years old and I lived through some of the times depicted in the documentary as French national living in France, yet I clearly believe there's a fifth episode. The first 4 parts describes the boxes people were seen to be living in and how the political and commercial world used it to "manipulate"/"emancipate" using core human behaviour. To resume it, we see ourselves as an individual random throw of the dice, yet as part of human nature/society, there are ways so that the majority of those throws will have a predetermined value that makes us easy to manipulate. I saw the first 4 parts as meta episodes to part 5: the box we are living in today: the age of social media and individually tailored google search results/ads. This Documentary tells you the way it was in a way that force you to reflect how it is today, and the sad truth about myself is that I just don't know, I'll need someone to tell me in 5/10 years time in a new documentary.

A brilliant piece of work, even though it may feels superficial/desultory at times, it does put "free will" where it belongs, on the antiquated shelves.

Here is the 4 parts put together, that's 4 hours long, a simple google video search will make a more comfortable 4 parts watch.
contains a few distressing images

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The 5th part.

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No srsly, Adam Curtis is brilliant and so is his works to 99% IMO. But this snobbish prolly sponsored parody is alo quite brilliant. The guy who made this Video also took part in a contest to make a Boris Johnson election campaign vid...so...there is that.

[John Doe]

The 5th part.

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

No srsly, Adam Curtis is brilliant and so is his works to 99% IMO. But this snobbish prolly sponsored parody is alo quite brilliant. The guy who made this Video also took part in a contest to make a Boris Johnson election campaign vid...so...there is that.

I liked that short clip, would making phoney documentary on how people are manipulated be the best way to hide how they truly are manipulated?
They just have to make us tilt at windmills , .....to be investigated .... by another documentary.

[RubiconDecision]

Here's two non-traditional Westerns. They're great as a double feature to compare and contrast.

First up is the marvelous 2014 Austrian Western, The Dark Valley. A stranger arrives to a mountain village, one so cloistered and remote that there's nearly no contact with outside world. This brooding oppressive film is shot in Winter, and save for the wonderful firelight illuminated scenes is practically a black and white film. Sure, we know immediately the plot outline, but Sam Riley transforms this austere film into art.

(Had this been filmed in Summer, it would have broken the spell, for the Austrian countryside is supernaturally lovely.)
7.5


The Proposition (2005) is a Australian gem with Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, Danny Huston, and Guy Pearce all turning in fantastic performances. Danny Huston is absolutely evil incarnate. It has wonderful cinematography which loving displays the deserts of Australia. The entire film is compelling.
7.8


Of course both films are cut from the same cloth, but that's only apparent from viewing them.

[Condottiere 40K]

Asterix and Obelix - Mansions of the Gods

The early comic books are actually better, but competent animation trying to recreate the scenes, though I felt without the ambiance.

Painless to watch, possibly my adult mind now thinks that what's lacking is a more balanced viewpoint than just slapstick and running jokes that were rather funny in the early books, rather dated like the rest of the humour later on.

[Inhuman One]

Asterix and Obelix have some great stories, but sadly they ruin it by renaming characters and changing dialogue in every reprint.

My favorite is still the one where they join the roman legion and there being an egyptian there who constantly thinks hes on vacation and not in the army.

[Killerbee]

Asterix and Obelix have some great stories, but sadly they ruin it by renaming characters and changing dialogue in every reprint.

My favorite is still the one where they join the roman legion and there being an egyptian there who constantly thinks hes on vacation and not in the army.

Yeah that's a great one - the middle/early middle ones were the best, when Goscinny was still around

[John Doe]

I, Claudius: I'm only finished episode 8, but I can't help thinking of Game of Thrones without dragons, fantasy and strings of topless girls, but several time better with a more classical feel. It even has captain Jean Luc Picard in it, with hairs and a regular voice....

[Lord of the Drunk Penguin]

Child 44

A good one. Hardy was decent in this.
Makes you think about the Stalinist regime and what monsters it created.
How can you hunt a wolf when the hunters are wolves too?
It's not about the banality of evil. It's about good men trying to do right in the most dire of circumstances.

[RubiconDecision]

I, Claudius: I'm only finished episode 8, but I can't help thinking of Game of Thrones without dragons, fantasy and strings of topless girls, but several time better with a more classical feel. It even has captain Jean Luc Picard in it, with hairs and a regular voice....

I, Claudius (1976) is a very dated but an excellent Ancient Rome drama, and easily seen online.
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Two ghost stories where female lovers haunt their male lovers.


Ugetsu Monogatari (1953) is considered essential cinema as one of the top 100 films. Its copyright has lapsed making it easily found online. I hope you watch it.
7.4


Ghost Story (1981) is a fine creepy tale deliciously played by Alice Krige(Chariots of Fire). Sadly, the script writer botched the story as it's literary horror at its finest. Hopefully someone will adapt the novel into a miniseries.
7.0

[Lord of the Drunk Penguin]

Knock Knock

A horror-comedy (more like a romantic-comedy gone wrong), for all Eli Roth fans out there to enjoy.
Well acted, well written and well directed.
Had some laughs while watching this. Don't know what does that say about me.
Especially since the perpetrators are supposed to be the victims.

[Lord of the Drunk Penguin]

Cooties

This would've been so much better if directed by Edgar Wright.
I could've laughed more.
But the jokes were... salty, to say the least. At least it held one hobbit reference.

[Condottiere 40K]

Maze Runner: Scorch Trials - From what I can tell from a summary, the movie is a helluvalot better than the book.

Change of pace from the poriginal, which seems to cater to the youngish, whereas the sequel would appeal more to an older audience, though it seems to be a collage of different movies, including I Am Legend, dystopian ones and environmental disasters.

Compelling, and a worthwhile watch. Some favourite antagonists guest star.

[Condottiere 40K]

Pan - Pirates of the Caribbean meets Indiana Jones and Star Wars.

The acting is good, especially Jackman's Blackbeard, but the story makes little sense, with the revisioned Tiger Lily and Hook, who is Indy; actually, the movie steals liberally from both franchises that Ford starred in, except the fridge.

Painless non-ending swashbuckling excitement; worth a watch.

[Lord of the Drunk Penguin]

Black Mass

Johnny Depp is no James 'Whitey' Bulger.
He should stick to Willy Wonka.
Just seeing him acting tough and being scrawny annoys me. All the good stuff was shown in the trailer.
What's missing is Bulger killing a teen hooker.
Oh, scary...

Give up, Depp. Go back to Tim Burton where you belong!

[Killerbee]

Sounds like somebody's got a little crush on Johnny Depp