Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Arthur Lipscomb Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-05-29 (Wednesday) Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 18:13:19 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 82 Message-ID: References: <1207696532.738763205.516216.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2024 03:13:19 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b3950cb17e5e6e6fb071b75516269936"; logging-data="2594627"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18CFmZSAk1ekaOjb+yUqPp8LZvheXdSCa8=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:k3CJysSBun8Hq4WkJsc2lfAmVLQ= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 5013 On 5/30/2024 1:02 PM, shawn wrote: > On Thu, 30 May 2024 10:40:00 -0700, Arthur Lipscomb > wrote: > >> On 5/30/2024 6:07 AM, shawn wrote: >>> On Thu, 30 May 2024 05:02:00 -0700, anim8rfsk >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Ubiquitous wrote: >>>>> I watched: >>>>> >>>> >>>> You didn’t ask, which is OK because I didn’t watch anything. >>>> >>> >>> Only thing I watched was TOP CHEF where Lara returned from the Last >>> Chance Kitchen and kicked butt. As usual some of the chefs had trouble >>> when they were asked to do something outside of their normal comfort >>> zone without restrictions. Some chefs shine when given freedom to do >>> what they will while others really like to have limitations placed on >>> what they can do. Seems to be something that has been true since the >>> very first season. >>> >>> What did you watch? >> >> >> Over the past couple of days I watched: >> >> >> Ghosts - "Isaac's Wedding" - Season 3 finale Isaac plans to get married >> but has second thoughts. Meanwhile a vengeance ghost from the past >> makes a reappearance. > > If you are in the mood for a drama involving ghosts may I recommend > GHOST WARS. Just finished re watching this and it really shines on > this ultra wide monitor as it was shot in wide aspect like a film. > I've never heard of this before. I can add it to the ever growing list... Thanks for the recommendation. >> >> Inside Out (4K disc) 2015 Pixar movie that mostly takes place in a young >> girls head following her emotions (Joy, Sadness, Fear, Anger, and >> Disgust). Joy (Amy Poehler) pretty much runs things and bullies the >> other emotions into doing things her way. She especially bullies >> Sadness (Phyllis Smith), to the point of at one point drawing a circle >> on the floor and telling Sadness to not leave the circle. When the >> girl's family moves to a new city the tension between Joy who insists on >> forcing a positive spin on everything and Sadness reach a breaking point >> with the two emotions accidentally being expelled from the girl's head >> leaving Fear, Anger, and Disgust in charge while Joy and Sadness have to >> make their way back to headquarters. The movie holds up very well. > > Pixar doing Pixar type things usually does well. Haven't seen this yet > but it's on my list. Sad to think that we may never see the good films > from them again if Iger has his way as Pixar is one of the places > where he plans to cut a large number of the staff. They can still make > some good stuff like the PIXAR POPCORN but the big films will be too > much to tackle. > > >> >> Ratatouille (4K disc) 2007 Pixar movie about a rat that loves human food >> who teams up with a young man who works as a janitor at a famous >> restaurant but doesn't know how to cook. With the rat's help (the rat >> can control the man by pulling his hair) the young man is able to create >> wonderful meals that puts the restaurant at the top. However it also >> puts the restaurant on the radar of a tough food critic who previously >> destroyed the restaurant's reputation and would be happy to do it again. >> I don't think I've watched this since seeing it originally in the >> theater. It has been high on my watch list for a while and after >> enjoying "Inside Out" I was looking forward to watching this again. >> Unfortunately I didn't enjoy this nearly as much as I enjoyed "Inside >> Out." The movie was perfectly fine. It's not bad or anything, but it >> was just OK. I remembered it being a lot better. > > Haven't seen this since the first time I saw it. I don't remember it > being a spectacular movie but it was good fun. Yeah, that about sums it up.