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Little Women was very good.

A few scenes where there was a bit too much "acting" by that Timothy Chalemane (sp?) fella who I really don't like, but Saorse Ronan is such a good actress.
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Thanks to the Swamp Q Movie Night I finally sat down and watched The Hateful Eight this week.

-Sam Jackson is the god damn best
-the score kicked ass
-the atmosphere, from the way it was shot to the constant snow and visible breath was incredible
-need to watch Reservoir Dogs again soon to compare Tarantino “bottle” movies
-I love Goggins but it took a while for me to warm up to his performance
-Tim Roth seemed like he had a ball with that character
-what a horribly cruel movie
-I really thought OB was Luke Perry for a bit, because he looked enough like him and I guess because of Once Upon a Time...
-the number of “n...” dropped has me a little nervous to watch Django Unchained
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rass wrote: Sat Aug 01, 2020 4:21 pm Thanks to the Swamp Q Movie Night I finally sat down and watched The Hateful Eight this week.

-Sam Jackson is the god damn best
-the score kicked ass
-the atmosphere, from the way it was shot to the constant snow and visible breath was incredible
-need to watch Reservoir Dogs again soon to compare Tarantino “bottle” movies
-I love Goggins but it took a while for me to warm up to his performance
-Tim Roth seemed like he had a ball with that character
-what a horribly cruel movie
-I really thought OB was Luke Perry for a bit, because he looked enough like him and I guess because of Once Upon a Time...
-the number of “n...” dropped has me a little nervous to watch Django Unchained
I just watched Django with my sons last weekend. I warned them ahead of time about all the n-words, but considering it's a movie about slavery, it wasn't too unexpected. Needless to say, they loved it. It was my second time seeing it and I really liked it again. It might be my second or third favorite Tarantino flick.
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We watched Palm Springs tonight. Fun flick.
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BSF21 wrote: Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:13 pm We watched Palm Springs tonight. Fun flick.
Can ask me anything. I didn't end up watching it every day, but I've seen it about 12-13 times so far.
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Saw a headline that Amazon rebooting "A League of Their Own"...
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So watched a documentary on Amazon Prime last night called Ultimate Goal. Story of a club soccer team from California. Covers their final year before they go to college, etc. Covers a 3 game tour in the UK (West Ham, Fulham, and some club that no longer exists). It is clearly a project the coach put together, but he got Mark Burnett to produce...so I keep looking for son of CBS Reality King on the roster. While not winning any awards, it is pretty neat to google where these kids ended up. Clearly a very talented group. One kid is still on LA Galaxy, a few had cups of coffee in the MLS, a number went pro, many are still chasing the dream in USL (Richmond Kickers), National Independent Soccer League, etc.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2933580/
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Fri Aug 07, 2020 6:38 am Saw a headline that Amazon rebooting "A League of Their Own"...

They've been advertising the F out of the original on the ad that my kindle likes to DL before I can read a non-Amazon eBook.
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2020 11:15 am So watched a documentary on Amazon Prime last night called Ultimate Goal. Story of a club soccer team from California. Covers their final year before they go to college, etc. Covers a 3 game tour in the UK (West Ham, Fulham, and some club that no longer exists). It is clearly a project the coach put together, but he got Mark Burnett to produce...so I keep looking for son of CBS Reality King on the roster. While not winning any awards, it is pretty neat to google where these kids ended up. Clearly a very talented group. One kid is still on LA Galaxy, a few had cups of coffee in the MLS, a number went pro, many are still chasing the dream in USL (Richmond Kickers), National Independent Soccer League, etc.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2933580/
What an odd production that was. Thanks for the time killer, enjoyed certain aspects. Would've been nice if they'd done a better job with showing the actual soccer. Just cut them into tight highlight packages, instead of all the tight shots that a) were tough on the eyes and b) didn't really show how good the team was moving the ball.

Entertaining way to spend 90 minutes or so. Thanks!
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Nonlinear FC wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2020 2:34 pm
wlu_lax6 wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2020 11:15 am So watched a documentary on Amazon Prime last night called Ultimate Goal. Story of a club soccer team from California. Covers their final year before they go to college, etc. Covers a 3 game tour in the UK (West Ham, Fulham, and some club that no longer exists). It is clearly a project the coach put together, but he got Mark Burnett to produce...so I keep looking for son of CBS Reality King on the roster. While not winning any awards, it is pretty neat to google where these kids ended up. Clearly a very talented group. One kid is still on LA Galaxy, a few had cups of coffee in the MLS, a number went pro, many are still chasing the dream in USL (Richmond Kickers), National Independent Soccer League, etc.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2933580/
What an odd production that was. Thanks for the time killer, enjoyed certain aspects. Would've been nice if they'd done a better job with showing the actual soccer. Just cut them into tight highlight packages, instead of all the tight shots that a) were tough on the eyes and b) didn't really show how good the team was moving the ball.

Entertaining way to spend 90 minutes or so. Thanks!
With a bigger budget and smarter camera thought they could have told the story of that 14 year old kid too. He is now with the Richmond Kickers after some time overseas.

Clearly some talented players. That kid AB and the right wing stood out in the highlight. They barely hit on the player who ultimately gets minutes in the MLS. And the kid who is the captain is a data analyst for LAFC. But yeah the production was not great and the championship game commentary was just a poor decision.
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I'm chuckling thinking about the champ game commentary. Hoo boy.
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Thu Aug 13, 2020 4:49 pm

Clearly ...AB ... hit on ... the kid ... anal.... poor decision.
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Enjoyed American Pickle. Regardless of the playing both Ben and Hershel gimmick, it was just a well.done with decent acting.
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wlu_lax6 wrote: Wed Aug 19, 2020 10:07 pm Enjoyed American Pickle. Regardless of the playing both Ben and Hershel gimmick, it was just a well done with decent acting.
I liked it too. After the opening montage, I expected a slap stick movie.

Still some good laughs and some social commentary that was well done.
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BSF21 wrote: Sat Aug 01, 2020 9:13 pm We watched Palm Springs tonight. Fun flick.
Finally saw it tonight. Very fun.
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Bill & Ted Face the Music...enjoyed it but Bill and Ted has a special place in my movie world based upon a time in life when I saw the original. Decent movie. Not terrible, not great. Fun though.
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Irresistible
Good cast (Steve Carell, Rose Byrne, Chris Cooper, Topher Grace, Natasha Lyonne) and the usual campaign story that happens every 4 years (The Campaign, Welcome to Mooseport, election, bob roberts, primary colors, bulworth, etc). This one happens to be Jon Stewart produced.

Enjoyable to have on a screen during a Swamp FFL draft.
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Watched "The Amazing Jonathan Documentary" on Hulu. He was a comedian I remember from growing up. Well there are actually two documentaries. The youtube one is worth watching first. Then the Hulu one. They sort of are tied together. Very interesting film, very interesting person.

For you youngins who don't know Amazing Jonathan...just go down the youtube rabbit hole
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If I ruled the swamp, this film version of Dune would be worthy of its own thread. The trailer looks amazing. The cast looks amazing. Not sure I would trust anyone currently alive more than Villeneuve to direct.
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That trailer was great. Here is where I confess I was never able to get into the book and the david Bowie version was so bad that I didnt give this a look today. Do I need to read the book to follow the movie when it is released someday?
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tennbengal wrote: Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:06 pm That trailer was great. Here is where I confess I was never able to get into the book and the david Bowie version was so bad that I didnt give this a look today. Do I need to read the book to follow the movie when it is released someday?
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tennbengal wrote: Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:06 pm That trailer was great. Here is where I confess I was never able to get into the book and the david Bowie version was so bad that I didnt give this a look today. Do I need to read the book to follow the movie when it is released someday?
I read the first two books... maybe the 3rd? And got kind of burned out.

I assume it's like Lord of the Rings, only a bit more heightened for Dune, in the sense that the authors are creating a VERY different world. A lot of exposition about what the fuck is going on. You can absolutely watch LoTR without reading the books, but you're kind of getting a crib notes version of the original story.

And that's fine, really. But for at least the first book? I'd read it. It's just a really cool fucking book.
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Coincidentally, I was combing my son's books the other day looking for something to read and decided to pick up Dune. Never read it before. Good timing, I guess.
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Give me a movie with a cast more stacked than the 2000 Charlie’s Angels.
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Looking back now, Constantine was a really good movie and it holds up.
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Watched Wargames last night with the kids. The internet didn’t disappoint in providing a list of the scenarios that WOPR ran through at the end.

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U.S. FIRST STRIKE
USSR FIRST STRIKE
NATO / WARSAW PACT
FAR EAST STRATEGY
US USSR ESCALATION
MIDDLE EAST WAR
USSR CHINA ATTACK
INDIA PAKISTAN WAR
MEDITERRANEAN WAR
HONGKONG VARIANT
SEATO DECAPITATING
CUBAN PROVOCATION
ATLANTIC HEAVY
CUBAN PARAMILITARY
NICARAGUAN PREEMPTIVE
PACIFIC TERRITORIAL
BURMESE THEATERWIDE
TURKISH DECOY
ANGENTINA(SIC) ESCALATION
ICELAND MAXIMUM
ARABIAN THEATERWIDE
U.S. SUBVERSION
AUSTRALIAN MANEUVER
SUDAN SURPRISE
NATO TERRITORIAL
ZAIRE ALLIANCE
ICELAND INCIDENT
ENGLISH ESCALATION
MIDDLE EAST HEAVY
MEXICAN TAKEOVER
CHAD ALERT
SAUDI MANEUVER
AFRICAN TERRITORIAL
ETHIOPIAN ESCALATION
TURKISH HEAVY
NATO INCURSION
U.S. DEFENSE
CAMBODIAN HEAVY
PACT MEDIUM
ARCTIC MINIMAL
MEXICAN DOMESTIC
TAIWAN THEATERWIDE
PACIFIC MANEUVER
PORTUGAL REVOLUTION
ALBANIAN DECOY
PALESTINIAN LOCAL
MOROCCAN MINIMAL
BAVARIAN DIVERSITY
CZECH OPTION
FRENCH ALLIANCE
ARABIAN CLANDESTINE
GABON REBELLION
NORTHERN MAXIMUM
DANISH PARAMILITARY
SEATO TAKEOVER
HAWAIIAN ESCALATION
IRANIAN MANEUVER
NATO CONTAINMENT
SWISS INCIDENT
CUBAN MINIMAL
CHAD ALERT
ICELAND ESCALATION
VIETNAMESE RETALIATIO
SYRIAN PROVOCATION
LIBYAN LOCAL
GABON TAKEOVER
ROMANIAN WAR
MIDDLE EAST OFFENSIVE
DENMARK MASSIVE
CHILE CONFRONTATION
S.AFRICAN SUBVERSION
USSR ALERT
NICARAGUAN THRUST
GREENLAND DOMESTIC
ICELAND HEAVY
KENYA OPTION
PACIFIC DEFENSE
UGANDA MAXIMUM
THAI SUBVERSION
ROMANIAN STRIKE
PAKISTAN SOVEREIGNTY
AFGHAN MISDIRECTION
ETHIOPIAN LOCAL
ITALIAN TAKEOVER
VIETNAMESE INCIDENT
ENGLISH PREEMPTIVE
DENMARK ALTERNATE
THAI CONFRONTATION
TAIWAN SURPRISE
BRAZILIAN STRIKE
VENEZUELA SUDDEN
MAYLASIAN ALERT
ISREAL DISCRETIONARY
LIBYAN ACTION
PALISTINIAN TACTICAL
NATO ALTERNATE
CYPRESS MANEUVER
EGYPT MISDIRECTION
BANGLADESH THRUST
KENYA DEFENSE
BANGLADESH CONTAINMENT
VIETNAMESE STRIKE
ALBANIAN CONTAINMENT
GABON SURPRISE
IRAQ SOVEREIGNTY
VIETNAMESE SUDDEN
LEBANON INTERDICTION
TAIWAN DOMESTIC
ALGERIAN SOVEREIGNTY
ARABIAN STRIKE
ATLANTIC SUDDEN
MONGOLIAN THRUST
POLISH DECOY
ALASKAN DISCRETIONARY
CANADIAN THRUST
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S.AFRICAN DOMESTIC
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MALAYSIAN MANEUVER
JAMAICA DECOY
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RUSSIAN SOVEREIGNTY
CHAD OPTION
BANGLADESH WAR
BURMESE CONTAINMENT
ASIAN THEATERWIDE
BULGARIAN CLANDESTINE
GREENLAND INCURSION
EGYPT SURGICAL
CZECH HEAVY
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Watched 'The Last Black Man In San Francisco' this weekend. Really liked it, but found the ending to be disappointing.
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On the Rocks looks promising.
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Borat 2!

Who knows? Could be great.

(Near the end of the trailer, there's a scene at the CPAC convention that made me howl.)

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Is nice!
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Michael Pennis!

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the first trailer I've seen in a quick half year that makes me think braving a movie theater might be worth it...

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tennbengal wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:34 am the first trailer I've seen in a quick half year that makes me think braving a movie theater might be worth it...

I'm between intrigued and perplexed.

How long ago did Mel get off the naughty list? We decided that he got to go away and think about what he did for a while and then come back and be cool and I missed it?
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I think the last movie I saw him in was the Daddy's Home sequel and his face work had reached some weird place (uncanny, even). Maybe the beard will help. And hopefully he won't grin too much in this one.
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BSF21 wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:46 am
tennbengal wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:34 am the first trailer I've seen in a quick half year that makes me think braving a movie theater might be worth it...

I'm between intrigued and perplexed.

How long ago did Mel get off the naughty list? We decided that he got to go away and think about what he did for a while and then come back and be cool and I missed it?
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tennbengal wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 9:01 am
BSF21 wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:46 am
tennbengal wrote: Thu Oct 08, 2020 8:34 am the first trailer I've seen in a quick half year that makes me think braving a movie theater might be worth it...

I'm between intrigued and perplexed.

How long ago did Mel get off the naughty list? We decided that he got to go away and think about what he did for a while and then come back and be cool and I missed it?
I guess I am here for Goggins first.
I'd watch Goggins act out a tea party with some toddlers. Guy is a genius.
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