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From: Arthur Lipscomb <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org>
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Subject: Re: What Did You Watch? 2024-05-29 (Wednesday)
Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 18:13:19 -0700
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On 5/30/2024 1:02 PM, shawn wrote:
> On Thu, 30 May 2024 10:40:00 -0700, Arthur Lipscomb
> <arthur@alum.calberkeley.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 5/30/2024 6:07 AM, shawn wrote:
>>> On Thu, 30 May 2024 05:02:00 -0700, anim8rfsk <anim8rfsk@cox.net>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net> 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.