What To Watch As A COVID-19 Escape

cb7893 said:
Until Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
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You mean Once Upon gets better? I may give it another try then. It did not take the first time I tried.

Now I did recently watch Once Upon a Time in America. I still have no idea what the last scene means. But it’s worth the time as well.
 
I saw the new Spider Man movie with older DS. It is not my cup of tea. But I would say it is “Good of its kind,” as the New York Times movie reviewer used to say.
 
Small Team Bacsi said:
You mean Once Upon gets better? I may give it another try then. It did not take the first time I tried.

Now I did recently watch Once Upon a Time in America. I still have no idea what the last scene means. But it’s worth the time as well.
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I'm not sure how I feel about Quentin Tarantino. I'm not an unqualified fan. Don't get me wrong. He is a tremendously talented film director and I've seen most of his movies, but his films often times reduce characters to cartoon figures and fetishize violence. Jackie Brown was not in that mold. It had likeable main characters, tight narrative and a great story.

What I liked about Once Upon...:

-I was never a fan of Kung Fu movies, but did like The Green Hornet, so I loved the scene and story involving Bruce Lee.
-Although it is fiction, it nonetheless humanized a whole lot of people we knew from the news of the time. Tarantino handled that-both of the scoundrels and the innocents with a daft touch.
-In a matter of speaking, he lead me down a dark alley to the end and mugged me. I like that in a director and IMHO, no one does that better than Guy Ritchie.
 
NJROTC-CC said:
DS is having all four wisdom teeth out tomorrow. While he is recovering, we are going to watch

A few Good Men
The Caine Mutiny
The Bridges at Toko-Ri
Run Silent, Run Deep
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Das Boot
cb7893 said:
I'm not sure how I feel about Quentin Tarantino. I'm not an unqualified fan. Don't get me wrong. He is a tremendously talented film director and I've seen most of his movies, but his films often times reduce characters to cartoon figures and fetishize violence. Jackie Brown was not in that mold. It had likeable main characters, tight narrative and a great story.

What I liked about Once Upon...:

-I was never a fan of Kung Fu movies, but did like The Green Hornet, so I loved the scene and story involving Bruce Lee.
-Although it is fiction, it nonetheless humanized a whole lot of people we knew from the news of the time. Tarantino handled that-both of the scoundrels and the innocents with a daft touch.
-In a matter of speaking, he lead me down a dark alley to the end and mugged me. I like that in a director and IMHO, no one does that better than Guy Ritchie.
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Great review.
Daft touch (which I want to use!!) or deft toucg? I think Siri was being clever with you.
 
Been binging on Amazon Prime as of late:
Kruty 1918.
The Star.
They Fought For Their Land.
White Tiger.
On The Road To Berlin.
Tanks Are Not Afraid Of Mud.
T-34.
 
kinnem said:
Das Boot is a must see. However, be prepared to feel exhausted. I think it's part of the point of the movie .
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One of the most memorable parts of the movie (to me) is when they get orders to go through the straits of Gibraltar into the Mediterranean and the crew is terrified. One of the newbie sailors asks what the big deal is about going through the straits of Gibraltar. The explanation was memorable.
 
No kidding. Not a single U-Boat made it back from the Mediterranean in WWII.
 
If you are a fan of Six Days of the Condor book or 3 Days of the Condor movie and even if you have never seen them I suggest Condor a two season mini series on epix.

A third season has been promised but nothing solid so far.

The first season was good the second imo even better.
 
Just finished Netflix’s The Last Kingdom. Very good! Anyone else?
 
In final season of “The Fall” on PBS/BBC. Gillian Anderson as DCI Stella Gibson. Excellent.

Also, “Seaside Hotel,” PBS, period drama with some comedy in Danish with sub-titles, set in the years before WWII run-up. Culturally delicious, and I get to see if I remember any of my grandmother’s Danish. Tak! (Great food scenes in the hotel kitchen.)
 
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