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