Author Topic: What are you watching now?...2023 (Read 49153 times)

verga · « **Reply #175 on:** September 13, 2023, 02:52:41 pm »

Quote from: corbe on September 12, 2023, 07:14:58 pm

Got this last week but didn't watch it this Sunday, my Robin Day. Will WE find it interesting?

Wife and I loved it.

240B · « **Reply #176 on:** September 14, 2023, 01:11:27 pm »

Watched this and cannot recommend it. Story about dead people coming back to life (real life, not zombies) and then having to deal with all the issues they left behind. But the writers get lost halfway through the story and it just gets more and more absurd. It is not a terrible story, it is a story which has no point or clear direction. If you skip it, you will have missed nothing.

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #177 on:** September 14, 2023, 03:20:41 pm »

Quote from: corbe on September 12, 2023, 07:14:58 pm

Got this last week but didn't watch it this Sunday, my Robin Day. Will WE find it interesting?

I thought it was good.

Smokin Joe · « **Reply #178 on:** September 14, 2023, 03:21:27 pm »

SOBIBOR.

deb · « **Reply #179 on:** September 15, 2023, 09:20:22 am »

Quote from: 240B on September 14, 2023, 01:11:27 pm

Watched this and cannot recommend it. Story about dead people coming back to life (real life, not zombies) and then having to deal with all the issues they left behind. But the writers get lost halfway through the story and it just gets more and more absurd. It is not a terrible story, it is a story which has no point or clear direction. If you skip it, you will have missed nothing.

I hate when that happens. And it happens all too frequently. It’s challenging to find decent TV programs.

Gefn · « **Reply #180 on:** September 27, 2023, 03:16:46 pm »

New season of Kitchen Nightmares on Fox. Brought back after 10 years.

These types of shows make you almost afraid to eat out.

Fishrrman · « **Reply #181 on:** September 27, 2023, 06:05:05 pm »

This past weekend I watched two anti-communist films from the 50's:
- Five Steps to Danger (1957) (with Sterling Hayden in his early years)
- Captain Scarface (1953)

Both were enjoyable.
You can find them either on YouTube or at archive.org ...

Gefn · « **Reply #182 on:** September 29, 2023, 03:54:55 pm »

Saw "The Golden Batchelor" last night.

The Batchelor is 71 and lovely. The women- I want to know how do these women in their 60s and 70s look so good? Plastics and hair extensions?

Well, shoot, I just got motivated to loose 10 lbs and look into hair extensions myself.

goatprairie · « **Reply #183 on:** September 29, 2023, 10:32:59 pm »

Quote from: Fishrrman on September 27, 2023, 06:05:05 pm

This past weekend I watched two anti-communist films from the 50's:
- Five Steps to Danger (1957) (with Sterling Hayden in his early years)
- Captain Scarface (1953)

Both were enjoyable.
You can find them either on YouTube or at archive.org ...

While Hayden was politically far to the left, he was a very interesting actor. Nevertheless, in those days many Hollywood actors and actresses were conservative. Maybe 50-50. Many major stars were staunch Republicans.
Those days are over. Now the ratio of liberal actors to conservative actors is about ten to one.
And try to find a popular female actress who is a strong conservative.

goatprairie · « **Reply #184 on:** September 29, 2023, 10:36:14 pm »

Quote from: deb on September 15, 2023, 09:20:22 am

I hate when that happens. And it happens all too frequently. It’s challenging to find decent TV programs.

Yes, there many modern tv shows and movies where there is literally nobody to root for. In some shows all the characters are morally vacuous.
I like shows with heroes and villains. Shows where everybody is an obnoxious jerk or pantywaist is not something I like to watch.

goatprairie · « **Reply #185 on:** September 29, 2023, 10:41:59 pm »

Finally saw Robert Mitchum's "Night Of The Hunter" from 1955. It shows why Mitchum was a very underrated actor.
Good actors can play evil characters like Mitchum did in this movie. He played a homicidal preacher out to find a bundle of stolen money hidden by two children whose father (Peter Graves) was hanged after stealing the money and killing some people.
The movie was directed by Charles Laughton and was the only movie he ever directed. It originally got bad reviews from the critics and discouraged Laughton so much he never directed another flick.
It is now rated as one of Hollywood's best movies. And Mitchum's favorite role.

verga · « **Reply #186 on:** October 02, 2023, 01:51:33 pm »

Quote from: goatprairie on September 29, 2023, 10:32:59 pm

While Hayden was politically far to the left, he was a very interesting actor. Nevertheless, in those days many Hollywood actors and actresses were conservative. Maybe 50-50. Many major stars were staunch Republicans.
Those days are over. Now the ratio of liberal actors to conservative actors is about ten to one.
And try to find a popular female actress who is a strong conservative.

Not as popular as she used to be, but Patricia Keaton.

Polly Ticks · « **Reply #187 on:** October 02, 2023, 02:21:48 pm »

Quote from: verga on October 02, 2023, 01:51:33 pm

Not as popular as she used to be, but Patricia Keaton.

Gina Carano

Fishrrman · « **Reply #188 on:** October 02, 2023, 05:41:19 pm »

This past weekend, watched "The Impossible", a 2012 film based on a story of a family that survived the tsumani in Thailand in 2004. Very very good, and recommended.

It can "be found", if you know where to look...

goatprairie · « **Reply #189 on:** October 02, 2023, 10:28:41 pm »

Watching episodes of "The Virginian" on a regular basis. Didn't watch it much back in the day because my father didn't like it much. When I did see I liked it (I liked all westerns

), but I didn't get to see many.
Even the early episodes were filmed in color. And the color resolution was very good. Many color shows from the sixties and even the seventies had poor color resolution. The big shift from black and white to color for most tv shows occurred in the mid-sixties.
Maybe NBC just had better people doing that than CBS or ABC. I believe NBC was the first major network to start color tv back in the fifties.
BTW. the theme from The Virginian has been going through my head all day. Fortunately, I like the theme music.

Timber Rattler · « **Reply #190 on:** October 03, 2023, 07:07:23 am »

Quote from: goatprairie on October 02, 2023, 10:28:41 pm

Watching episodes of "The Virginian" on a regular basis. Didn't watch it much back in the day because my father didn't like it much. When I did see I liked it (I liked all westerns ), but I didn't get to see many.
Even the early episodes were filmed in color. And the color resolution was very good. Many color shows from the sixties and even the seventies had poor color resolution. The big shift from black and white to color for most tv shows occurred in the mid-sixties.
Maybe NBC just had better people doing that than CBS or ABC. I believe NBC was the first major network to start color tv back in the fifties.
BTW. the theme from The Virginian has been going through my head all day. Fortunately, I like the theme music.

Watch a Local TV Station Switch From Black & White to Color for First Time (1967)

https://www.openculture.com/2022/04/watch-an-iowa-tv-station-switch-from-black-white-to-color-for-first-time-1967.html

Sighlass · « **Reply #191 on:** October 03, 2023, 11:39:24 am »

Watching a dang good movie (ain't finished it yet, over 2 hours long)... Polish Period piece movie, that is fabulous as of yet... absolutely near perfect so far (just a little slow, but deliciously so). Think it is also on Netflix.

Forgotten Love

Trailer shows English overdubs, I am watching the Polish original with subtitles and prefer it. PM me if you need a link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUbs1-j5JOg

EDIT: Ok I finished it... tears.... Rating 10/10 .... Damn Good Movie. Kiss my butt Hollywood, this is how you make movies.

corbe · « **Reply #192 on:** October 03, 2023, 08:31:03 pm »

Where the Crawdads Sing is a 'Chick Flick' throughout, but @Texas Robin and I watched it last weekend and it was GOOD.

verga · « **Reply #193 on:** October 04, 2023, 02:00:22 pm »

Quote from: corbe on October 03, 2023, 08:31:03 pm

Where the Crawdads Sing is a 'Chick Flick' throughout, but @Texas Robin and I watched it last weekend and it was GOOD.

Vergette and I watched it and loved it.

Fishrrman · « **Reply #194 on:** October 04, 2023, 05:52:51 pm »

"Where the Crawdads Sing is a 'Chick Flick' throughout"

I think the title is a ripoff from a charming 1974 film named "Where the Lillies Bloom":
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Where_the_Lilies_Bloom
(with music by none other than Earl Scruggs...!)

Sighlass · « **Reply #195 on:** October 06, 2023, 12:42:07 am »

Nobody gonna give "Forgotten Love" a try ? ... Best movie of 2023 IMHO ... and no wokeness, cursing (at least as far as I could tell in the subtitles, or gratuitous sex scenes). Great story, some twists, great scenery, humor, great soundtrack. Watch the version with subtitles over the overdub version. Could pass as a "Chick Flix" date night film, but guys will like it too.

There was also a 1982 version (called "The Quack") (and previous version I think in the 1920s and an Indian remake)... Movie is so good I may try the 1982 version too (on Youtube).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUbs1-j5JOg

deb · « **Reply #196 on:** October 06, 2023, 07:03:51 am »

Quote from: Sighlass on October 06, 2023, 12:42:07 am

Nobody gonna give "Forgotten Love" a try ? ... Best movie of 2023 IMHO ... and no wokeness, cursing (at least as far as I could tell in the subtitles, or gratuitous sex scenes). Great story, some twists, great scenery, humor, great soundtrack. Watch the version with subtitles over the overdub version. Could pass as a "Chick Flix" date night film, but guys will like it too.

There was also a 1982 version (called "The Quack") (and previous version I think in the 1920s and an Indian remake)... Movie is so good I may try the 1982 version too (on Youtube).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUbs1-j5JOg

Thanks for the suggestion. Gonna give it a try.

Gefn · « **Reply #197 on:** October 14, 2023, 06:32:00 am »

New season of "Rick and Morty" starts tomorrow night (October 15)

Gefn · « **Reply #198 on:** October 14, 2023, 07:41:57 pm »

I found a great old show on Hulu that I missed when it was first run back in the day (because of school)

Moonlighting. Just dropped and it's so much fun to watch a really good show from the 80s and to see how young everyone looked.

plus the two assistant leads are hilarious!

libertybele · « **Reply #199 on:** October 14, 2023, 08:06:17 pm »

Quote from: corbe on October 03, 2023, 08:31:03 pm

Where the Crawdads Sing is a 'Chick Flick' throughout, but @Texas Robin and I watched it last weekend and it was GOOD.

I read the book which was wonderful, but the movie was lacking a bit I felt.