Movie Thread

[Cheerful]

Thanks very much for the Cold War recommendation, spork.  Sounds worthwhile, will take a look.  Didn't know this was on Amazon Prime.  Had to do a title search after it didn't appear when skimming numerous relevant movie categories.

As a recent Amazon Prime subscriber, wading through the movie menus is a chore. Not interested in Freevee movies, hate the loud ads.  Any tips for efficiently finding movies aligned with one's interests on this platform?

[secundem_artem]

Loved Oppenheimer.  Fell asleep half way through Barbie.  Don't think I'm it's demographic.

[Wahoo Redux]

Absolutely loved Unfrosted.  Cannot understand why the critics, or anybody for that matter, don't like it.

[secundem_artem]

Absolutely loved Unfrosted.  Cannot understand why the critics, or anybody for that matter, don't like it.

Agreed.  I thought it was an absolute hoot.  Seeing Hugh Grant as Tony the Tiger but shirtless and wearing face paint and viking horns and leading a protest.....  The allusion wasn't very subtle but I thought it was hilarious. 

But then again, I thought the 3 Stooges and the Marx Brothers were high art. 

And for those of you north of the 49th parallel and old enough to remember, I absolutely loved Wayne & Shuster back in the day. Some sample W&S humor:

"That's not Ojibway writing saying Ma Day in Oh Sha Wa.  It says Made in Oshawa." 

Also -

A Roman centurion walks into a bar.  "I'll have a martinus."

"Don't you mean martini?" asks the barkeep.

Says the Centurion "When I want 2, I'll ask for 2.  What's the matter don't you speak plain Latin???"

Still cracks me up

[Wahoo Redux]

Absolutely loved Unfrosted.  Cannot understand why the critics, or anybody for that matter, don't like it.

Agreed.  I thought it was an absolute hoot.  Seeing Hugh Grant as Tony the Tiger but shirtless and wearing face paint and viking horns and leading a protest.....  The allusion wasn't very subtle but I thought it was hilarious. 

But then again, I thought the 3 Stooges and the Marx Brothers were high art. 

And for those of you north of the 49th parallel and old enough to remember, I absolutely loved Wayne & Shuster back in the day. Some sample W&S humor:

"That's not Ojibway writing saying Ma Day in Oh Sha Wa.  It says Made in Oshawa." 

Also -

A Roman centurion walks into a bar.  "I'll have a martinus."

"Don't you mean martini?" asks the barkeep.

Says the Centurion "When I want 2, I'll ask for 2.  What's the matter don't you speak plain Latin???"

Still cracks me up

Both Stooges & Marx Bros were brilliant, as were Laurel and Hardy.

[ab_grp]

I had never heard of Unfrosted! It does sound fun.  I will put it on the list, thanks!

This past weekend we needed some levity so picked Game Night (2018), Joy Ride (2023).  Both were a lot of fun and outrageous in their own ways.  I think I preferred Game Night just a wee bit more.  That one is about a murder mystery game night gone awry and is a dark comedy.  My husband preferred Joy Ride a little more.  That one is about four women who travel to China to find one's birth mother and of course have a bunch of adventures along the way.  That is a pretty raunchy drama comedy.  They both had us laughing and served their purposes well.  I think we gave them both 7/10.