OT - Movies thread

[Chongo94]

For you Downton Abbey/Naked Gun lovers…the priest at the end kills me.

Fackham Hall

 

[TxFrog1999]

Didn’t that movie help to nearly ruin some of the actors careers?

And provided Paul Rudd with several memorable appearances on Conan.

 

[Prince of Purpoole II]

We are wrapping up Down Cemetary Road on Apple+. It’s from the book by Mick Herron, author of the Slow Horses series. It’s a bit uneven but certainly worth a look.

Starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson

Down Cemetery Road (TV Series 2025– ) ⭐ 7.0 | Thriller

Down Cemetery Road: With Emma Thompson, Ruth Wilson, Adeel Akhtar, Darren Boyd. Sarah Trafford obsessively searches for a missing neighbour girl after an explosion. Aided by PI Zoë Boehm, they uncover a conspiracy involving the presumed dead still living and living dying, embroiling them in a...

www.imdb.com

 

[ShadowFrog]

We are wrapping up Down Cemetary Road on Apple+. It’s from the book by Mick Herron, author of the Slow Horses series. It’s a bit uneven but certainly worth a look.

Starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson

Down Cemetery Road (TV Series 2025– ) ⭐ 7.0 | Thriller

Down Cemetery Road: With Emma Thompson, Ruth Wilson, Adeel Akhtar, Darren Boyd. Sarah Trafford obsessively searches for a missing neighbour girl after an explosion. Aided by PI Zoë Boehm, they uncover a conspiracy involving the presumed dead still living and living dying, embroiling them in a...

www.imdb.com

Looks good.
I think same guy from Humans too.

 

[Mean Purple]

For you Downton Abbey/Naked Gun lovers…the priest at the end kills me.

Fackham Hall

Please tell me that's in theaters. I'm sure I missed it.

 

[Chongo94]

Please tell me that's in theaters. I'm sure I missed it.

Not yet I believe but it will be. I think it comes out in the next few weeks maybe.

 

[PurpleBlood87]

I have been watching "Coach" on Amazon. What a funny show.

 

[AroundWorldFrog]

We are wrapping up Down Cemetary Road on Apple+. It’s from the book by Mick Herron, author of the Slow Horses series. It’s a bit uneven but certainly worth a look.

Starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson

Down Cemetery Road (TV Series 2025– ) ⭐ 7.0 | Thriller

Down Cemetery Road: With Emma Thompson, Ruth Wilson, Adeel Akhtar, Darren Boyd. Sarah Trafford obsessively searches for a missing neighbour girl after an explosion. Aided by PI Zoë Boehm, they uncover a conspiracy involving the presumed dead still living and living dying, embroiling them in a...

www.imdb.com

I like it so far. The one I'm struggling with is Last Frontier. Thought the first 2-3 episodes were good then it goes off the rails in terms of being believable. Entertaining I guess.

 

[Prince of Purpoole II]

I like it so far. The one I'm struggling with is Last Frontier. Thought the first 2-3 episodes were good then it goes off the rails in terms of being believable. Entertaining I guess.

I’ll have to look into that…I’m not familiar

 

[Chongo94]

Mission Impossible Final Reckoning might be one of the dumbest movies I’ve seen in years.
Holy hell what a beating. I had to grind it out. Wish some of y’all that had already seen it had mentioned how bad it is.

 

[BrewingFrog]

Mission Impossible Final Reckoning might be one of the dumbest movies I’ve seen in years.
Holy hell what a beating. I had to grind it out. Wish some of y’all that had already seen it had mentioned how bad it is.

You were expecting..?

 

[Mean Purple]

Mission Impossible Final Reckoning might be one of the dumbest movies I’ve seen in years.
Holy hell what a beating. I had to grind it out. Wish some of y’all that had already seen it had mentioned how bad it is.

its an action flick.

 

[tcudoc]

For you Downton Abbey/Naked Gun lovers…the priest at the end kills me.

That is Jimmy Carr

 

[Chongo94]

You were expecting..?

The one before this was much better and I thought it would be similar. This one was just off the rails the entire time.

 

[Chongo94]

its an action flick.

Action is one thing…..Vin Diesel Fast and Furious type absurdity is another. As was the ego love fest of Tom Cruise throughout this one.

 

[Mean Purple]

The one before this was much better and I thought it would be similar. This one was just off the rails the entire time.

Isn't this one the part two of the previous? (That had the obsurd train cliff scene at the end)

 

[JogginFrog]

Ken Burns 'Vietnam' is also superb although his take on a few things were controversial.

Curious if any have been watching Burns' The American Revolution. I've worked through all 12 hours of it. He's been receiving a fair amount of criticism for over-emphasis on non-white perspectives, and especially opening by suggesting the Six Nations Confederacy inspired Franklin's 1753 proposal for a unified colonial government.

I think the bigger issue is that some of the sources he draws on for those parts were published generations later, apocryphal, and/or mischaracterizations.

But just about every critic also shoehorns in an admiring comment about the series as a whole, and I enjoyed it, too. Liked following the arc of people who intersected with multiple key events--fifer John Greenwood, soldier Joseph Plumb Martin and Yorktown debutante Betsy Ambler.

Also, I didn't realize how many founders were engaged in trans-Appalachia land speculation--and how those investments were threatened by the British 1763 Proclamation Line prohibiting colonial settlement in the Ohio country.

 

[Chongo94]

Isn't this one the part two of the previous? (That had the obsurd train cliff scene at the end)

Yeah. That’s where it started to go bad too but I thought this one would still be better and on the whole, good. But the bad guy (the entity) is worthless, and they just flash through scenes, and have too much Ethan/Tom Cruise is Superman love. And if you think the cliff scene was absurd, just wait until the submarine scene in this one….i don’t want to spoil too much if you haven’t seen it.

If you do see it, I’d say skip the first 30-45 minutes and then start watching.

 

[Panther City Frog]

I like it so far. The one I'm struggling with is Last Frontier. Thought the first 2-3 episodes were good then it goes off the rails in terms of being believable. Entertaining I guess.

Accurate. I slogged through to the end, though it got ridiculous.

 

[jack the frog]

Curious if any have been watching Burns' The American Revolution. I've worked through all 12 hours of it. He's been receiving a fair amount of criticism for over-emphasis on non-white perspectives, and especially opening by suggesting the Six Nations Confederacy inspired Franklin's 1753 proposal for a unified colonial government.

I think the bigger issue is that some of the sources he draws on for those parts were published generations later, apocryphal, and/or mischaracterizations.

But just about every critic also shoehorns in an admiring comment about the series as a whole, and I enjoyed it, too. Liked following the arc of people who intersected with multiple key events--fifer John Greenwood, soldier Joseph Plumb Martin and Yorktown debutante Betsy Ambler.

Also, I didn't realize how many founders were engaged in trans-Appalachia land speculation--and how those investments were threatened by the British 1763 Proclamation Line prohibiting colonial settlement in the Ohio country.

I’m going to queue it up, thanks.