Movies/TV worth watching (or at least discussing)

CrazyNotCrazie said:
Through 5 episodes. Hoping to get 6 later today. I saw the run times and 7 is a long one - over an hour. So far I'm enjoying this season - some ups and downs but overall good. Don't want to spoil anything, and I still have a long way to go. I will note that many of the best episodes throughout the course of the show are the ones where they only feature one regular and do a deep dive on them, and that held true again this season.

I love the music from The Bear. I found this page with a list of all the songs from this year, plus I think it has a link to past years. They choose incredible songs that really capture the moments, and are not always the best known songs.

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The Bear Season 4 Full Soundtrack: Every Song From Taylor Swift To Led Zeppelin

The Bear season 4 has a massive soundtrack.
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The music is really excellent. I hadn't heard Susanne (Weezer) in ages, then they hit me with that and Tenderness (General Public) back to back like they stole one of my old mix tapes.

You haven't gotten there yet, so hopefully we're not counting wedding reception background music as a spoiler.
 
CrazyNotCrazie said:
Quiet day at work so logged off early and watched the rest of the season of The Bear. It had some ups and downs but overall was enjoyable. Agree with someone above that the wedding table scene was a highlight. I am likely in a minority but after loving her in the Fishes episode, I grew to dislike Jamie Lee Curtis' character and the scenes she was in. I know she wasn't necessarily meant to be "likeable" but I could do without her as a whole. I love the character development in the show but some of the extended one-on-one, super deep conversations started to drag.
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Her character seems is divisive, but she does freakishly good work with that character. My step mom is like a Donna Lite (non-alcoholic), and there are just so many little things Jamie Lee Curtis does with that character to bring her to life and make even the simplest interaction more difficult and deeper than necessary. I am glued to the TV during her scenes and episodes despite them being such heavy stuff.

I 100% understand not liking Donna, but when I see people trying to say that JLC isn't throwing absolute heat as an actor is when I tap out of any debates because she is a completely different (and realistic) character than I'd ever come close to seeing from her in anything else. She is tremendous.
 
We have watched a couple of old Alfred Hitchcock movies on Netflix that we’ve never seen. Rear Window, which we liked, and Vertigo, which we didn’t like the ending of.
 
BrummieDevil said:
Her character seems is divisive, but she does freakishly good work with that character. My step mom is like a Donna Lite (non-alcoholic), and there are just so many little things Jamie Lee Curtis does with that character to bring her to life and make even the simplest interaction more difficult and deeper than necessary. I am glued to the TV during her scenes and episodes despite them being such heavy stuff.

I 100% understand not liking Donna, but when I see people trying to say that JLC isn't throwing absolute heat as an actor is when I tap out of any debates because she is a completely different (and realistic) character than I'd ever come close to seeing from her in anything else. She is tremendous.
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Totally agree - full respect to her acting ability. The Fishes episode was a master class and she is very good in all other episodes. I tend to like very light, escapist television. The Bear is darker than what I normally like but the upbeat, brighter episodes are what keep me going. It feels like everything involving her just feels so dark. As an actress, she pulls this off really well. And that's the way life is often and I get that. But her scenes just go too far for me at times. Not to give much away but the primary scene about her just went on and on and on for me. To a lesser extent I felt this way about some of the extended one-on-one dialogue scenes that Carm is in as well. They are incredibly acted scenes but they are just such pained souls that it is almost too much for me. I understand why others would feel very differently - different strokes for different folks.
 
OZZIE4DUKE said:
We have watched a couple of old Alfred Hitchcock movies on Netflix that we’ve never seen. Rear Window, which we liked, and Vertigo, which we didn’t like the ending of.
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Both films part of a series of films Hitchcock owned the distribution rights to, and so weren’t overplayed on late-night television over the years. They were re-released after his death, which aligned with the recovery of some old art-house movie theaters in my hometown. Going to watch them was a revival of sorts.

Rear Window and Vertigo were my favorites.

 
If you like Hitchcock-style movies that don't involve Hitchcock, look for Mirage (1965, Gregory Peck). Used to be shown on TV frequently back in the day, but you'd probably need luck finding it now. It's a favorite of mine, but I've never found it on DVD.
 
CrazyNotCrazie said:
Totally agree - full respect to her acting ability. The Fishes episode was a master class and she is very good in all other episodes. I tend to like very light, escapist television. The Bear is darker than what I normally like but the upbeat, brighter episodes are what keep me going. It feels like everything involving her just feels so dark. As an actress, she pulls this off really well. And that's the way life is often and I get that. But her scenes just go too far for me at times. Not to give much away but the primary scene about her just went on and on and on for me. To a lesser extent I felt this way about some of the extended one-on-one dialogue scenes that Carm is in as well. They are incredibly acted scenes but they are just such pained souls that it is almost too much for me. I understand why others would feel very differently - different strokes for different folks.
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I get it. I'd have to be in just the right mood (or maybe the wrong one) to rewatch Fishes. It's great, but it is a very tough watch.
 
BrummieDevil said:
The music is really excellent. I hadn't heard Susanne (Weezer) in ages, then they hit me with that and Tenderness (General Public) back to back like they stole one of my old mix tapes.

You haven't gotten there yet, so hopefully we're not counting wedding reception background music as a spoiler.
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I didn’t even know a wedding was coming until this thread, so maybe a bit of a spoiler.
 
75Crazie said:
If you like Hitchcock-style movies that don't involve Hitchcock, look for Mirage (1965, Gregory Peck). Used to be shown on TV frequently back in the day, but you'd probably need luck finding it now. It's a favorite of mine, but I've never found it on DVD.
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Amazon shows two versions - a blu-ray for 14.99 and a DVD with three other movies for 8.34.

 
A few pages back somebody said they loved This is Us. I absolutely hated that show. So saccharine, sentimental, and treacly. Couldn't watch it after maybe the first two episodes.

A show that my wife and i really enjoyed, and one that virtually nobody ever talks about, is Kevin (Probably) Saves the World. Funny and tender at the same time. It introduced (occasionally) moments of true emotion (rather than pure sentimentalism) that I found touching, even though the show itself is clearly a comedy. I don't even know if there is any way of watching this show anymore. I haven't been able to find it.
 
CrazyNotCrazie said:
Quiet day at work so logged off early and watched the rest of the season of The Bear. It had some ups and downs but overall was enjoyable. Agree with someone above that the wedding table scene was a highlight. I am likely in a minority but after loving her in the Fishes episode, I grew to dislike Jamie Lee Curtis' character and the scenes she was in. I know she wasn't necessarily meant to be "likeable" but I could do without her as a whole. I love the character development in the show but some of the extended one-on-one, super deep conversations started to drag.
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Ya good season but Jamie Lee became a bit too much for me (and Carm)
 
I'm seeing Superman tonight. There was a leaked review from The Daily Beast last week that was bad but the dude who wrote it also wrote one of the very few bad reviews of Sinners so I'm not overly worried about him.

I doubt it will be as good as the first or third Guardians, which were amazing comic book movies, but I'm hopeful.

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bundabergdevil said:
Started to re-watch this masterpiece last night. Forever etched in my memory as the film I was watching as a 6 year old at my friend’s house when the alarm went off and mom armed both herself and my 6 year old friend and then left us to go check things out…my six year friend still with the gun.


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I hope you enjoyed your last trip to your friend's house.
 
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