Path: ...!news.nobody.at!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? 2024-05-31 (Friday) Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2024 18:16:10 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 62 Message-ID: References: <1098081335.738969818.320966.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: Sun, 02 Jun 2024 03:16:11 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="6063c09295cdd3507342b4b4f3d1c883"; logging-data="3206234"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+nwkXbPwml316fA9XJ5T50u1zzzXnvcls=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:0vk8uziRCIKc0yV68grII7l1vVU= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: <1098081335.738969818.320966.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Bytes: 3847 On 6/1/2024 5:52 PM, anim8rfsk wrote: > Ian J. Ball wrote: >> On 6/1/24 12:32 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote: >> >>> On 6/1/2024 10:21 AM, Ian J. Ball wrote: >>> snip >>>> >>>>> What did you watch? >>>> >>>> Yesterday, I was finally 100% done for the year. I had a couple of >>>> errands to run in the afternoon, but once I was done with that, it was >>>> movie time! >>>> >>>> The Squad (Tubi!) - This is all Anim's fault!!  :p >>>>     Actually, in Anim''s defense, I've been wanting to see this 2023 >>>> (seemingly filmed in 2022, in Oklahoma City!!) direct-to-video flick >>>> for a while, because it co-stars Lifetime's Meghan Carrasquillo) - >>>> long before he mentioned it yesterday. >>>>     It's just his mentioning it made me realize that this flick had >>>> finally come to Tubi. >>>>     Result: This flick is a mess. >>>> >>>> Next up: "Spare Parts" from 2020!!  :) >>>> >>>> Dune: Part Two (Max) - With my tier of Max, this was not in 4k, but it >>>> actually doesn't matter because this flick looks so good, being in >>>> actual "4k" likely wouldn't have made it look any better. >>>>     This is more convoluted, and I think also longer, and thus not as >>>> enjoyable as "Part 1". Though I guess things actually happen (at the >>>> end) of this one. >>>>     I also gather this one departs more from the books more (IIRC, the >>>> Emperor is not actually a character in the original Dune novel). >>> >>> I did not know that. >> >> I'm not exact sure how true this is. The Emperor may be a "bit part" >> character. But I think I read that the film definitely expands his role. >> Like, I don't think the Emperor is one of the hostages in the book >> (maybe just the daughter?). >> >>>>     But this one introduces some new character/actors (Austin Butler, >>>> Florence Pugh, and an uncredited cameo from Anya Taylor-Joy), so it's >>>> got some freshness, at least. >>>>     Overall, I did enjoy this one, and it does *look great*. But it's >>>> also a bit of a slog, and does suffer from a "who do you root for?" >>>> problem (though not a "who do you root against?" problem!). >>>> >>>> And thus ushers in my "weekend of movies"! I plan to do little else >>>> this weekend but watch movies and/or streaming series, and maybe some >>>> golf. >> >> I am likely to get to Blumhouse's "Fantasy Island" this week, as it's >> turned up on, I think, Hulu now. (Hopefully, Lucifer Hale gets hers!!) >> > > She’s skinny and almost unrecognizably hot. But the movie is a mess. > > > But it's a fun mess. :-)