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I was very happy to see the on some days totally unsung masterpiece "The Game" is in the proper aspect ratio. I was worried, especially after watching "Rango" in altered form.

That's the M. Douglas joint? I'd watch that.

fincher too

Refn's Drive now available. We all watched it tonight; I liked it well enough, but my wife and daughter were fed up pretty quickly. Taking note of the nonstop teal and orange was kind of entertaining.

drive was my favorite film of last year

for some reason, I was able to suspend disbelief for the action scenes in Drive, but not the love story.

we get free instant movie-watching with our Amazon Prime membership

last night I watched In The Loop, and Time After Time :D

Amazon Prime doesn't let you queue things up though, does it?

It doesn't seem to. But I've only just started using it.

Anyhoo: Friends Of Eddie Coyle!

I was very happy to see the on some days totally unsung masterpiece "The Game" is in the proper aspect ratio

YES, I thought I was the only one who held this deeply challenging opinion

I was very happy to see the on some days totally unsung masterpiece "The Game" is in the proper aspect ratio. I was worried, especially after watching "Rango" in altered form.

― Josh in Chicago, Monday, May 14, 2012 2:19 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

WHAT WHY

is it 4:3??!?!?!?

why do they even MAKE versions of movies at that aspect ratio these days??

You asking about Rango? Rango was closer to 1.85, but to be fair, a lot of CGI animated films aren't pan and scanned but digitally recomposed for 1.85, which is a much better option.

"Game" was glorious Scope.

oic.

ya, i find a weird number of films on netflix are 4:3 p&s, what kind of lazy asshole studios send over those versions? because it's for tv? what's wrong with people?

So, I just watched The Baby… That may be one of the flat out creepiest movies I've ever seen. What is wrong with people?

That's in my queue to watch!

Just saw the Helvetica doc. Neat. But also kind of creepy!

Driver was really great though they overstepped the 80's feel with the music a bit. Otherwise, total gem. Love the fonts!

You guys...525 minutes of The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!. What up, jr. high.

Huh, Michael Mann's "The Keep" is streaming. That's not even on DVD, I don't think.

Ooh, and "Everyday Sunshine," the great Fishbone doc!

watched gainsbourg: a heroic life this week. pretty terrible! dude who played serge was ok, but the rest was cliche biopic cringe-a-minute.

Watch the Fishbone doc!

the keep is bad, i couldnt get through it

It's terrible! Nice to see it there, though.

the keep could've been great, but iirc there was a lot of pressure on mann to keep the runtime down. it has this languorous rhythm, feels like it should've been 2.5 hours long and been a thoroughly immersive experience. movie also suffers from weak monster design, it's clearly not mann's forte, or he hired the wrong ppl. that said I still enjoy watching it from time to time and imagining what it could have been.

Weak monster, also Scott Glenn with magic flashlight.

http://horrorfanzine.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/the-keep-32.jpg

Not my cuppa, but my wife has been streaming marathon sessions of Dark Shadows. Even weirder, she's been alternating an episode of Glee for every 2 episodes of Dark Shadows.

Yeah The Keep is terrible, just does not fucking work. The beginning where they are truckin' into the village scenery enveloped in T-Dream has real Herzogian power tho. The novel is pretty great.

If you want to check out another super odd mainstream 80s movie that's almost WTF enough to be good, watch Nomads. Pierce Brosnan is french! Gail Anne Gurd is Pierce Brosnan! Adam Ant is a numinous being of some sort! Ted Nugent and Bill Conti team up on the music!

Yeah The Keep is terrible, just does not fucking work. The beginning where they are truckin' into the village scenery enveloped in T-Dream has real Herzogian power tho.

otm the setup & the premise are good, it's just horribly executed the rest of the way

The beginning where they are truckin' into the village scenery enveloped in T-Dream has real Herzogian power tho. The novel is pretty great.

otm

there are a couple of other cool sequences scattered throughout, I actually hated it the first time I saw it because of the gap between promise and delivery, subsequent viewings better cuz I knew what I was getting

I was watching it while tripping once and at the end the fog that rolls through the keep came out of the TV and started filling the room

Yeah, its one of those bad movies I know I'll watch again...

This Emotional Life - Harvard psychologist and best-selling author Dr. Daniel Gilbert hosts this three-part PBS series that explores the range of human emotions and how we can strive to become more positive in our day-to-day lives.

Cast: Chevy Chase, Larry David

Yeah, the opening scene of the Keep set me up to be knocked down. I fell asleep about 15 minutes in, but my wife kept shaking me awake saying "Watch how stupid this is! You can't sleep if you're making me watch this stupid movie."

I had just finished reading the book by F. Paul Wilson too, which is actually really strong and wholly recommended, although it might be poisoned for you if you've already seen the film.

love the new streaming setup, v nice looking

timely:

http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=4440

omg dawson's creek is now available to watch instantly there goes my ever doing anything except watching dawson's creek

ha! i started watching this on amazon (free with prime) and omg it's so much more terrible than i remember!! katie holmes is also the worst actress in the history of time.

it's way more talky than even I remember, like lets not do anything ever but stand and emote for half an hour DON'T YOU SEE DONT YOU UNDERSTAND
I still,love it though

Thank u Pacey for being awesome in Fringe

aw i think katie holmes is kind of good in the first season! maybe not good exactly, she's pretty limited but she's kind of likable in the first season. there's so little that's likable about this show; why am i obsessed with it? i really do love katie holmes; she was so young and full of hope and unencumbered by tom cruise irl then.

v. bummed that the theme song had to be replaced

it's hilarious how the fake theme song is maybe even worse than the paula cole theme

after watching Antichrist, I made my 20yo friend watch Dawson's Creek. She made fun of me for 20 minutes (also castigating everyone on the show) then got hooked and made me watch two more episodes

didnt realize till now that antichrist was an adaptation of DC

lol

She made fun of me for 20 minutes (also castigating everyone on the show) then got hooked and made me watch two more episodes

this is the exact quality of watching dawson's creek. my senior year of college i would regularly watch the last season with two friends of mine at their apartment. we told no one. one day i went over early and they were watching n'sync concert videos and were incredibly embarrassed that i'd surprised them in the act. layers upon layers of shame.

that's how i discovered n'sync's terrible cover of "just got paid."

what is this thread about again?

she doesn't understand my appreciation of Michelle Williams and thought having the sun dress unbutton between her legs was pretty skanky