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prplchknz

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Speaking of Woody Allen movies I saw his latest, Blue Jasmine, on Monday. I liked it, although not as much as I liked Midnight in Paris.
i've not seen many of his films and haven't seen either of those
 

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i've not seen many of his films and haven't seen either of those

I haven't seen many of them either. I'm almost embarrassed that I haven't seen the well-known stuff like Annie Hall, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask), and Hannah and Her Sisters.

I saw Midnight in Paris on a whim. It was very good.
 

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I saw Riddick yesterday. I enjoyed it. It captured the '80s B-movie vibe very nicely, although the visual effects were frequently horrendous, except for Starbuck's tits.

I would say that this was the most memorable Riddick movie. I remember liking Pitch Black when it came out, but it wasn't good enough to have lasting appeal. And then there was The Chronicles of Riddick, which I'll just say :rofl1:
 

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I saw Insidious 2. I think I can safely say that this was the first horror sequel I've ever seen that was better than the first.
 

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How did you like the finale of 'The Newsroom', [MENTION=6724]DiscoBiscuit[/MENTION]?

Not thrilled.

Romantic garbage.

Will explaining his conservatism, was one of the weakest bits of that show so far. You could tell that Sorkin was responding in the most limited and self serving way possible to those asking for Will to display a single ounce of actual conservatism.

All of this being said, I will most certainly be tuning in for the 3rd season. The election and the world occurrences covered this season were actually pretty boring.

Next season we get to look forward to Sandy Hook, the debt ceiling compromise from dec. 2012, the state of the union which basically pronounced victory over Republicans now and forever, Paul's drone filibuster, the NSA, Benghazi, IRS scandals etc.., the death of gun control, Syria and a host of other things I'm looking forward to (Keystone XL etc..), burgeoning GOP acceptance of Libertarian policies.

The events the show has covered so far, have been basically one giant parade of how awful Republicans are. The second term for Obama has thus far been poor.

I'm curious to see how the show will handle stories that make the left look bad. Will Sorkin care as much about the lack of transparency within the Obama admin's intelligence apparatus, as he does about stupid statements made by tea party candidates?

To be honest almost all of the big stories this year have played well into the hands of those on the right.

Will Sorkin cover the Obamacare delays?

I'm curious to see if the show works when it has to cover events that play against Sorkin's ideology.
 

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Not thrilled.

Romantic garbage.
I concur. In Election Day: Part I, I had a faint hope that they finally prepared the plot to remove MacKenzie from the show. But in Part II, they spit her right back in my face.

Will explaining his conservatism, was one of the weakest bits of that show so far. You could tell that Sorkin was responding in the most limited and self serving way possible to those asking for Will to display a single ounce of actual conservatism.
That is probably as far as Sorkin can go without feeling that he has made Will stupid. Because, you know, there is nothing Sorkin wants more than to have his lead character appear smart.

All of this being said, I will most certainly be tuning in for the 3rd season. The election and the world occurrences covered this season were actually pretty boring.
The election could have been such an interesting topic, but they made precious little of it. Genoa was a colossal waste of time. Africa might have been interesting if it had ever been allowed to breathe. Then again, I really could not care less about Maggie or Jim or Gary Cooper.

Next season we get to look forward to Sandy Hook, the debt ceiling compromise from dec. 2012, the state of the union which basically pronounced victory over Republicans now and forever, Paul's drone filibuster, the NSA, Benghazi, IRS scandals etc.., the death of gun control, Syria and a host of other things I'm looking forward to (Keystone XL etc..), burgeoning GOP acceptance of Libertarian policies.

The events the show has covered so far, have been basically one giant parade of how awful Republicans are. The second term for Obama has thus far been poor.

I'm curious to see how the show will handle stories that make the left look bad. Will Sorkin care as much about the lack of transparency within the Obama admin's intelligence apparatus, as he does about stupid statements made by tea party candidates?

To be honest almost all of the big stories this year have played well into the hands of those on the right.

Will Sorkin cover the Obamacare delays?

I'm curious to see if the show works when it has to cover events that play against Sorkin's ideology.
I am curious if those on the left share your interpretation of how things went and look.
 

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Thank God for Boardwalk Empire being back.

And East Bound and Down is coming back for its 4th season this Sunday!
 

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I actually have a recommendation for you, [MENTION=6724]DiscoBiscuit[/MENTION].

Just finished watching Undefeated, a documentary about an inner-city football team in Tennessee that won the Oscar for Best Documentary last year. I have no clue what it was about this movie. It recycles virtually every possible trope that one associates with either feel-good sports films, or films you know of about educating the troubled youth in an inner city environment. But it's done so impeccably, so lovingly, that it had me in tears pretty much for the entire film.

"Inspiring" films are so often trite; let's call this one instead a love story, and a beautiful one at that. There should be more films that celebrate the unexpected decency of everyday people, and I'm glad this one received the recognition that this one did.
 

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Hellraiser:Bloodline I love love love pinhead, and the hellraiser movies though this is my second one. I've seen the first and now this one. anyone remember the Wishmaster trilogy? this reminds me of that.
 

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I saw Don Jon about a week ago and decided to watch (500) Days of Summer yesterday. The former is sort of the antithesis of the latter in that Tom, the main character from (500) Days of Summer, is a man whose concept of love was moulded by romantic Hollywood movies and the like while Jon, the main character from Don Jon, is a man whose concept of love is moulded by hardcore pornography. Tom yearns for "the one" while Jon yearns for bedding a '10'.

I enjoyed both movies although I think some people will probably find Don Jon offensive.
 
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