Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Dimensional Traveler Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-03-28 (Thursday) Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 22:27:42 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 142 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2024 05:27:39 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="b12536d43939bc0e8f9e37764893dea8"; logging-data="876000"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX197R4y/CcB2BIsNSqlfYxe+" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:ApdUwCy7CZHqA2HNbm48OIedWqw= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 7809 On 3/29/2024 8:26 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote: > On 3/29/2024 4:31 PM, Dimensional Traveler wrote: >> On 3/29/2024 4:19 PM, Arthur Lipscomb wrote: >>> On 3/29/2024 4:05 PM, Ian J. Ball wrote: >>>> On 2024-03-29 22:42:16 +0000, Dimensional Traveler said: >>>> >>> >>> I don't remember either episode of Twilight Zone mentioned.  I >>> especially don't remember an episode where someone ages backwards. >>> The closes I can think is the guy who was obsessed with his mom and >>> the episode ends with him being a child again while his wife looks on >>> in horror. >>> >> That was an earlier episode. >> >>> >>>>> Apparently I missed the time travel bus to today that departed >>>>> yesterday so you'll just have to settle for what I watched >>>>> yesterday, not what I'm going to watch this evening. >>>> >>>> You didn't - Ubi trolled the rest of us, and I didn't notice because >>>> I just followed up to Anim. >>>> >>>>> What Did You Watch? >>>> >>>> I saw: >>>> >>>> March Madness - San Diego State, which did OK in the first half, >>>> gets blown out by UConn in the second. Arizona loses a close one. >>>> UNC loses a close one. Meh. >>>> >>>> An ep. of B&B - Gotta love how you can check back on this show after >>>> months, and have missed absolutely nothing! But, in this one, it >>>> seems like they're going to write out Thomas (and his kid) at least >>>> temporarily, which leaves dumb Hope with *nothing*, which I do find >>>> amusing. But at the end, Steffi shows up to gloat, which just makes >>>> her an asshole! >>>> >>>> A lackluster ep. of "Wheel of Fortune" in which Pat made two >>>> uncharacteristic mistakes. >>>> >>>> Part of "Moneyball", which I had never seen before. >>>> >>> >>> >>> It's a good movie.  It was on my short list when I did a sports movie >>> marathon a few weeks ago.  But all the sports movies I watched were >>> football based and this is baseball movie. >>> >>> >>> I watched: >>> >>> >>> Invincible (Amazon streaming) Season 2 resumed a couple of weeks ago. >>> I watched the first two episodes that were already available. >>> >>> "This Must Come as a Shock" - Season 2, episode 5.  Picking up where >>> the last episode ended Mark is still on an alien planet.  The people >>> build a ship so he can return home but ask that he take his half >>> brother with him.  He does and his mother takes it surprisingly well, >>> all things considered.  She is basically asked to raise her murderous >>> ex husband's son.  Meanwhile the Martians finally head towards Earth >>> forcing the team to break into two with one group going to stop the >>> Martians and the other left to protect Earth resulting in a >>> cliffhanger ending involving both teams. >>> >>> "It's Not That Simple" - Season 2, episode 6. This episode resolves >>> the cliffhangers from the previous episode. >>> >>> >>> Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (theatrical) Latest entry in the new >>> Godzillaverse franchise. >> >> Trademark pending. >> >>> Picking up after "Godzilla vs. Kong" there is an uneasy truce between >>> the two titans.  Kong lives in hollow Earth and is searching for his >>> people while Godzilla remains on the surface and is hunting other >>> monsters and has basically become the savior of humanity. Although >>> it's almost comical how one country tries to "stop" Godzilla from >>> trashing one of their cities.  Look if Godzilla needs to trash your >>> city to stop some other monster, just stay out of his way and let him >>> do his thing!  Anyway Kong finally finds his people and it turns out >>> they aren't very nice.  Forcing him to call Godzilla for >>> reinforcements and once again save the day.  Story wise, the plot was >>> paper thin.  But it did deliver on giant monsters smashing stuff. >>> I'll take what I can get.   But I would appreciate a better story >>> next time.  Or at least better acting!  I know it's a giant monster >>> flick, I was a bit spoiled with the earlier movies having much better >>> casts and stories than this one. >> >> So the CGI needs to take some acting classes? >> > > > The CGI was OK.  I'm actually planning to see it a second time in IMAX > 3D.  A lot of the look of the movie was clearly meant to be in 3D and I > think it will benefit from the extra dimension.  But the actors were for > the most part just sort of alright.  I think the movie suffered from > losing all of their A-List cast.  Even Millie Bobby Brown ditched the > franchise.  I was actually expecting to see her in it.  And I was also > hoping to see some of the TV series cast and they were MIA too.  Kurt > Russel would have done wonders for this movie.  Look at the cast > comparison: > > Godzilla: Ken Watanabe (Academy Award nominee), Juliette Binoche > (Academy Award nominee), Elizabeth Olsen (multiple award nominee), Sally > Hawkins (multiple award nominee), David Strathairn (multiple award > nominee), and Aaron Taylor-Johnson (multiple award nominee), Bryan > Cranston (Academy Award nominee).  This movie is *stacked* with Academy > Award / Golden Globe Award nominees and winners. > > Kong: Skull Island: I'm not going to go through the whole list, but once > again you have multiple Academy Award nominated actors including Sam > Jackson. > > Godzilla: King of the Monsters: Once again excellent cast multiple > Academy Award nominated actors.  This one is my favorite of the franchise. > > Godzilla vs. Kong: This is the one where they started to sideline the > actors a bit and worry less about plot.  Look, I know these are all > giant monster flicks.  I'm not saying any of them are best picture > material.  Just the actors weren't necessarily phoning it in, in the > earlier movies, and even if they were Ken Watanabe or Sam Jackson's B > game is still better than most other actors A game. > > Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire: The actors were phoning it in!  This > was just a pay check.  Top billing went to Rebecca Hall, a respectable > actress, but completely forgettable.  And the other hold over was Brian > Tyree Henry who I was over the top, but not in a good way. > > I think what the earlier movies understood is when you're not watching a > giant monster smash something, you're watching the actors act.  So don't > skimp on that part.  This movie did. So you're saying that Kong and Godzilla were better actors than the humans. :P -- I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky dirty old man.