Movies and TV shows (general recommendation thread)

[Xerxes]

Hahah

 

 

[Spekulatius]

Watched King of New York for the first time. Not the best script, but has outstanding cast (Christopher Walken, Buscemi, Fishburne etc) and some great performances.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099939/

[rkbabang]

Finished “The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga” on Netflix. It’s a crazy story with crazy people. Of course it is a documentary, because fiction needs to be credible. Recommended.

[Xerxes]

On 12/17/2024 at 7:08 AM, Spekulatius said:

Watched King of New York for the first time. Not the best script, but has outstanding cast (Christopher Walken, Buscemi, Fishburne etc) and some great performances.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099939/

that is one hell of boring 1980-90s movie with an overacting Christopher Walken of which I no longer have any recollection 

 

[Liberty]

Counterpart is worth a watch. 2017 show with J.K. Simmons. It was canceled after just two seasons, unfortunately. Season 1 is very strong. S2 is weaker, but still good.

[weighingmachine]

Bad Sisters season 2 is about as good as the excellent first season. Acting, writing, scenery top notch. Sharon Horgan is a real talent.

[Parsad]

Eddie Redmayne in "The Day of the Jackal", a series created based on the book has been fantastic...hints of Bond, Jason Bourne, 24, etc.  Beautiful and lots of fun!  Terrific soundtrack as well!  Cheers!

 

 

[benchmark]

2 hours ago, Parsad said:

Eddie Redmayne in "The Day of the Jackal", a series created based on the book has been fantastic...hints of Bond, Jason Bourne, 24, etc.  Beautiful and lots of fun!  Terrific soundtrack as well!  Cheers!

 

 

+1, the sound tracks are just awesome. 

[formthirteen]

5 hours ago, Parsad said:

Eddie Redmayne in "The Day of the Jackal", a series created based on the book has been fantastic...hints of Bond, Jason Bourne, 24, etc.  Beautiful and lots of fun!  Terrific soundtrack as well!  Cheers!

 

Yes, The Jackal was a very good show and beautifully done on a budget of £100 million.

[buylowersellhigh]

7 hours ago, formthirteen said:

 

Yes, The Jackal was a very good show and beautifully done on a budget of £100 million.

Was enjoyable to watch!

[Pelagic]

Really enjoyed this, a glimpse at one of the second world war's forgotten theaters.

 

 

[formthirteen]

12 minutes ago, Pelagic said:

Really enjoyed this, a glimpse at one of the second world war's forgotten theaters.

 

War Sailor was also excellent:

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt17633184/

[nsx5200]

I really enjoy That Built Series from the history channel.  It provides a lot of the origin stories for many brands and things we commonly see and use every day.

[buylowersellhigh]

Watching Shogun right now.  I find it to be excellent.

[ACooke]

On 10/9/2024 at 3:15 PM, UK said:

 

I am not sure about War and Peace or other aurhors, but almost certain you can read Dostoevsky in your own language and it will still beat like 80 percent or more of original language alternatives. I also read same book by Bulgakov in both languages and translated version was not bad either. 

 

Yeah, I've read a few by both Tolstoy and Dostoevsky and found they were great in English. I'm sure they're much better in Russian but as someone above stated; there's simply too much time involved in learning a new language for a few specific authors - particularly when there's so many very worthy authors outside of the Russian language, as well.

 

I've listened pretty extensively to people who've read 'the greats' in both English and their native language; most say they are indeed, by far the best in their native language (of course) but are still extremely good (depending on the specific translation) in English. I would guess it comes down to how 'poetic' they are and aim to be, as words with specific meanings and feelings, often simply don't exist in alternate languages.

 

Anyway - that's not a judgement I can, or will ever be able to personally make.

[nafregnum]

4 minutes ago, ACooke said:

Yeah, I've read a few by both Tolstoy and Dostoevsky and found they were great in English. I'm sure they're much better in Russian but as someone above stated; there's simply too much time involved in learning a new language for a few specific authors - particularly when there's so many very worthy authors outside of the Russian language, as well.

 

I've listened pretty extensively to people who've read 'the greats' in both English and their native language; most say they are indeed, by far the best in their native language (of course) but are still extremely good (depending on the specific translation) in English. I would guess it comes down to how 'poetic' they are and aim to be, as words with specific meanings and feelings, often simply don't exist in alternate languages.

 

Anyway - that's not a judgement I can, or will ever be able to personally make.

 

Dostoevky's best English translators are a married couple, Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky.  They're fantastic, very much worth seeking out their versions over earlier translators:

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Pevear_and_Larissa_Volokhonsky#Translations_credited_to_Pevear_and_Volokhonsky

[formthirteen]

Primeval America on Netflix has everything ().

Edited January 18 by formthirteen

[Parsad]

13 hours ago, formthirteen said:

Primeval America on Netflix has everything ().

 

I found most of it was really good, but it sort of lost it in the last couple of episodes, only to redeem itself towards the end.  Not bad and worth watching if you like Westerns.  Cheers!

[Parsad]

Anyone who liked The Jackal, may be interested and enjoy The Recruit on Netflix.  Created by Doug Liman, who did the Bourne Identity, Suits, Edge of Tomorrow, the new Roadhouse, etc. 

 

Very clever, lots of action and the lead actor reminds me of a young Mark Ruffalo but a ton more charisma.  A fun show...season 1 came out two years ago, and season 2 just came out.  Cheers!

[Ulti]

1 hour ago, Parsad said:

The Recruit on Netflix

+1….just finished season two last night.

 Very entertaining 

[flesh]

Check out The Terror, from 2018, the first season, based on a book written by Dan Simmons, famous for writing a top five sci fi book all time, Hyperion. Also, hyperion is awesome if you haven't read it. 

 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2708480/episodes/?season=1&ref_=tt_eps_sn_1

[Xerxes]

Gladiator 2 is one of the worse movie ever made. Bad script. Bad acting.
 

Useless nods to the first movie. Everyone know everyone 12 years later. 
 

my god. What happens to Ridley Scott. How the almighty has fallen.

 

Just all around bad. Hollywood at its worse. And in the middle of it all, Denzel Washington with his Chicago accent.  

Edited 20 hours ago by Xerxes

[Luke]

 

The lead actor in this movie had the role of a lifetime, honestly, this was an oscar worthy performance and the movie overall was intense at all times, really stuck in my head, way better than reviews say IMO.

 

 

Movie is even free on YT

Edited 13 hours ago by Luke

[Spekulatius]

15 hours ago, Xerxes said:

Gladiator 2 is one of the worse movie ever made. Bad script. Bad acting.
 

Useless nods to the first movie. Everyone know everyone 12 years later. 
 

my god. What happens to Ridley Scott. How the almighty has fallen.

 

Just all around bad. Hollywood at its worse. And in the middle of it all, Denzel Washington with his Chicago accent.  

I totally agree. Watched it for 1/2 hour and abandoned it. Unbelievable lousy in all respects compared to the Gladiator I.

 

Not even one redeeming factor I could point out.

[Xerxes]

32 minutes ago, Spekulatius said:

I totally agree. Watched it for 1/2 hour and abandoned it. Unbelievable lousy in all respects compared to the Gladiator I.

 

Not even one redeeming factor I could point out.

SPOILER.
 

now ponder this:

 

the little child in the first movie is revealed to be actually Maximus’ son with that hot Italian woman. (Marcus Aurelius’ daughter)

 

note that a major pillar of the first movie is Maximus desire to revenge the killing of his family. 
 

So the second movie implies that he not only was having an affair with emperor’ daughter, but also had a son, alongside his legitimate family. Whatever happened to Strength and Honour !

 

So not only Gladiator 2 was a disaster on a biblical proportion, it also destroyed Gladiator 1 and raped my memories.

 

 

PS: the first Gladiator movie is said to be closely based on Spartacus. Not quite. Those who have seen Sir Alec Guinness performance in The Fall of Roman Empire, would know that in fact it is 100% correlated to that movie with sprinkles of the Spartacus. 

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fall_of_the_Roman_Empire_(film)