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The last movie I saw was The Greatest Showman. Too much singing of pop songs, not enough story.

Do any of you have a critic or two whose stuff you regularly read?
 
Jae said:
The last movie I saw was The Greatest Showman. Too much singing of pop songs, not enough story.

Do any of you have a critic or two whose stuff you regularly read?
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Not really at the moment. I read the reviews on comingsoon.net sometimes, but they have about three different critics and sometimes they get reviews for a movie from all three so I don't necessarily have a favorite. Ditto io9, but they generally only review "geek" movies (s-f, fantasy, horror). Used to hear Eli Glasner, CBC's critic on Ontario Morning but since we started getting our own local morning show, I'm not sure when he's on here anymore. His reviews, or at least a capsule of them, usually get posted to the Entertainment section of their website.
 
Nope. I have a gf who is a movie buff who seems to have good taste picking movies. I let her. We're off to a documentary tomorrow: Human Flow.

Also, we have quite a good film club here, so we often go to those. Flat $10. Nice wide choice of films.
 
revjohn said:
Most recent viewing was Finest Hours.

Gary Oldman is phenomenal as Churchhill. Artistic license taken apparently to humanize Churchhill and present him as likeable. Which makes scenes with family where all admit that he is difficult to like somewhat perplexing.

It covers Dunkirk from the homefront. Stunningly more boats heading out for the evacuation than we ever saw on screen during the film Dunkirk.
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I think it's actually titled "Darkest Hours" - re Churchill. I actually found him surprisingly unlikeable in the movie - didn't realize he was such a drinker and so nasty to women - I always thought of him as more benign I suppose, although I have no idea why.
 
@Jae - you asked about critics upthread. I don't follow any in particular; often read reviews in the Star. My husband uses the Rotten Tomatoes website a lot when looking for movies to watch.
 
Carolla said:
@Jae - you asked about critics upthread. I don't follow any in particular; often read reviews in the Star. My husband uses the Rotten Tomatoes website a lot when looking for movies to watch.
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I also like looking at RT, but my favorite critic is Tyler Collins of The Oakville News.
 
Carolla said:
I think it's actually titled "Darkest Hours" - re Churchill. I actually found him surprisingly unlikeable in the movie - didn't realize he was such a drinker and so nasty to women - I always thought of him as more benign I suppose, although I have no idea why.
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You are correct Darkest Hours was Churchhill.

Finest Hours was a Coast Guard rescue story that was released in 2016 starring Chris Pine and Casey Affleck.
 
Jae said:
The last movie I saw was The Greatest Showman. Too much singing of pop songs, not enough story.

Do any of you have a critic or two whose stuff you regularly read?
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Oh oh, not good? My cousin produced and mixed the songs for this film so I was going to see it.
 
Waterfall said:
Oh oh, not good? My cousin produced and mixed the songs for this film so I was going to see it.
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What I personally didn't enjoy Waterfall was the sheer amount of songs. My grumble is against the quantity of them. The quality of some of them was really top notch.
 
Jae said:
What I personally didn't enjoy Waterfall was the sheer amount of songs. My grumble is against the quantity of them. The quality of some of them was really top notch.
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Good to hear, Greg just won the 2017 Pensado award, so I was wondering why you didn't enjoy the music. We're not close cousins and FB is our friend, but I do enjoy the music he produces.
 
Well, it's a limited run TV series rather than a movie, but Neil Gaiman is currently the writer and showrunner for an adaptation of Good Omens, which he co-wrote with the late Terry Pratchett. It's the kind of novel that I'd normally be skeptical about adapting but having one of the original writers in charge and the other's estate producing (the production company is owned and run by Pratchett's daughter) gives me a fair bit of hope. The casting is good, too. Alas, I think that, like the adaptation of Gaiman's American Gods, the international streaming rights are in the hands of Amazon rather than NF (BBC will be broadcasting it in the UK). Amazon Prime is looking better all the time, but I really don't want to pay for multiple streaming services.
 
Schrodinger's cat hums an howls about release ... like Pu din and the trump thingy ... something smells ... Finnegan's' wakening?

Data's de Puss ...
 
Been going through the raft of trailers released with the Superbowl yesterday. Nothing that's got me jumping up and down in my seat. Solo, the new Star Wars film focussed on Han Solo's early career and how he met Chewie and Lando looks better than expected but I can't say I'm overly excited about it. I'm so far behind on the Marvel movies that Avengers : Infinity War is just one more. Ditto Mission Impossible. Jurassic World lost me with the genetically engineered freak dinos. Sorry, dinos are cool and interesting enough, we really don't need fake ones. Red Sparrow does sound promising (Soviet-era spy movie starring Jennifer Lawrence).

Most interesting from a business standpoint was Cloverfield Paradox, the third in JJ Abrams' loosely connected Cloverfield movies. Not only did they release the final trailer during the big game, but the movie launched on Netflix right after, scooping theatres. I haven't seen the first two but from what I've read, they are loosely connected enough that you don't necessarily need to see them in order.
 
We saw "The Shape of Water" on the weekend - loved it. Interesting imaginative story & characters (well cast), great sets, images & cinematography. It's one I could easily see several times. Sally Hawkins plays the lead; last saw her in "Maudie" which I also enjoyed.
 
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