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.

[kaysixteen]

Anyone see the new Planet of the Apes movie yet?

[ab_grp]

We watched some more Prime movies this weekend.  Friday was The Interview (2014), another Seth Rogan and James Franco comedy about a TV entertainment/gossip show host and his producer getting an interview with Kim Jong Un.  There were some funny parts, and it was amusing, but I don't think it was as laugh out loud funny across the board as This is the End.

Last night was BlacKkKlansman (2018), which was better but still not great.  This one is more of a drama/action flick about a Black police officer who becomes a KKK member as part of an undercover investigation.  The acting was good, but for me sometimes Spike Lee get to be a bit much when driving home his point.  He used some similar techniques as in Malcolm X, but I don't think it really worked nearly as well.  The latter was just a way better film overall, but both Washington father and son were great in their roles.  Anyway, this is based on a true story, which is one of the reasons that I think it could have and should have been better.  It's a pretty interesting story to begin with! The Klan members and bad apple police are quite disturbing, but I just don't feel that it was built up or played out as well as it could have been.  Some of the people and events didn't really make sense, like there were some deleted scenes or something (though the trivia says that there weren't any, which is apparently rare).  Still worth a watch for the story, though.