What Movies or TV shows are you watching (2021)

[Daffy D]

2 hours ago, LosLobo said:

Sorry , I found the subtle pacing actually magnified the boredom I suffered watching the movie.

 

I enjoyed Cumberbatch's performance in his Oscar nominated performance in The Imitation Game (2014) much more.

 

Fair enough each to their own.

 

The Imitation Game (2014) is also good, personally I did prefer it over The Courier, but just think how boring life would be if we all had exactly the same tastes 

 

A couple of movies I'm currently downloading to watch again:-

The Mule   --   2018  --  Clint Eastwood

Harry Brown   ---  2009  --- Michael Caine

 

 

 

[longball53098]

22 hours ago, canthai55 said:

Time 2021

TPB

I see it there today . I could have sworn I looked at TPB last week,,,,,,,,,old age I guess

[canthai55]

Garage People

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11496136/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

MV Group

[canthai55]

The Serengeti Rules

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6838670/

MV Group

[thaibeachlovers]

On 9/8/2021 at 2:52 PM, bobandyson said:

It just had a cliche ending and was expected, (boy gets girl.) If they had horses they would've rode off into the sunset. 

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I never liked the Beatles but then I didn't dislike them either. But hearing all those Beatle songs again makes me realise how great they were and how khrap a lot of music is today, including that Ed Sheera.

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Especially that Ed guy. No idea why he's supposed to be so great.

 

I stopped liking the Beatles when they made that Sgt Pepper thing, but before that I loved them, but not as much as the Rolling Stones. They were awesome in the 60s and 70s, but IMO sold out after.

I saw that Shine a Light movie and gave up before the end as it was so boring.

Mind you, Mick had something to say about pop singers after 40 ( back when he was young ), and it wasn't complimentary.

[thaibeachlovers]

6 hours ago, LosLobo said:

Sorry , I found the subtle pacing actually magnified the boredom I suffered watching the movie.

 

I enjoyed Cumberbatch's performance in his Oscar nominated performance in The Imitation Game (2014) much more.

 

I did pay to see The Courier, but it was so fantastic that I can't remember a thing from it. Sarcasm alert for the humour challanged.

[sanuk711]

18 hours ago, Daffy D said:

Benedict Cumberbatch's best performance to date, which makes it one of the greatest acting performances period

It was good acting--as you expect from him. The Movie--:  I guess living in that era, knowing what the end will be,

 

it sort takes the drama out of it a little.

[worgeordie]

Wolfe  a new UK series about a black CSI  guy, 6 episodes out now,

it was worth watching i thought , opinions may vary....

regards worgeordie

[sanuk711]

Fever Pitch The Rise of the Premier League------BBC 6 episodes ..............6/9/

Once upon a time, football was just a game... From those who lived it, and those who made the beautiful game a billion pound business.

 

The creation of the English Premier League through the stories of people, is just riveting stuff to watch, not just for football fans. The series traces the revolution that Rupert Murdoch and the breakaway group of top-flight teams inflicted on English and Welsh football from 1992 on wards. Murdoch’s paper the Sunday Times laid the groundwork for this revolution in the 1980s, claiming football was a slum sport for slum people. Since the media baron brought the beautiful game to the masses in the 90s, the sport has taken over the media and society.

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

The Protégé ( 2021 )

6.1 imdb 

 

Seems like a familiar formula this, a good cast ( Maggie Q, Sam L Jackson and Michael Keaton ) try every trick in the book to make this work but it seems like a montage of every super beautiful  assassin working to avenge the murder of her aged mentor who taught her everything she knows movie ever made.

 

The stately home residence seems very familiar as does the using a fire hose to descend a few floors while killing a few bad guys on the way down , all in the first 30 seconds of the trailer, sets the tone for the rest of the movie.

 

It’s not a particularly bad movie but coming so soon after the Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard ( unfortunate timing ) it just seems like another gorgeous female dressed in a tight leather jumpsuit ( not that there is anything wrong with that !! ) running around shooting people . 

I made it about halfway through then the attempt to hang her with a bedsheet scene was the straw that broke the camels back.

 

I much preferred Colombiana or Catwoman’s Halle Berry  in this genre .

 

 

 

[worgeordie]

Just finished  watching a double feature  Don't breathe  and Don't breathe 2 ,

and very good they were too , thriller, horror, suspense and lots of killing.

regards worgeordie

[Andrew Dwyer]

Ghost Town ( 2008 )

6.7 imdb

 

Ricky Gervais is not everyone’s cup of tea I know but this movie shows a little of his serious side , along with the wise cracking of course, more recently seen in After Life.

 

RG plays self centred Dr Bertram Pincus ( I think they possibly overstretched a little with the name ) a dentist who finds he can communicate with the recently deceased and help them , well one in particular, to find closure and send them on their way, a variation on the Ghost/Just like Heaven type of movie.
A nice little rom com with a feel good ending which works well with Ricky’s witty repartee.

Whether you like this movie all depends on how much you like RG, I can take him or leave him but liked this comedy.

 

 

[bobandyson]

2 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Just finished  watching a double feature  Don't breathe  and Don't breathe 2 ,

and very good they were too , thriller, horror, suspense and lots of killing.

Recently finished 'Don't Breathe' and forgot about 'DB2'. Thanks.

 

On a similar vein, 'Quiet Place 1 + 2' are quite good along with 'The Silence.' A sequel is out for that one too.

 

Be careful, these movies deals with having to remain quiet/silent from the enemy so there's lots of whispering that'll have you turning up the volume to follow the dialogue one minute, and then jumping out of your skin at the next sphincter-puckering scene when the soundtrack blasts the wax out of your ears.

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[Jingthing]

Chichinette

 

 

[worgeordie]

7 hours ago, bobandyson said:

Recently finished 'Don't Breathe' and forgot about 'DB2'. Thanks.

 

On a similar vein, 'Quiet Place 1 + 2' are quite good along with 'The Silence.' A sequel is out for that one too.

 

Be careful, these movies deals with having to remain quiet/silent from the enemy so there's lots of whispering that'll have you turning up the volume to follow the dialogue one minute, and then jumping out of your skin at the next sphincter-puckering scene when the soundtrack blasts the wax out of your ears.

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Thanks , Yes I have watched the Quiet Place 1 & 2 , will have to watch the Silence

regards Worgeordie

[giddyup]

2 hours ago, worgeordie said:

Thanks , Yes I have watched the Quiet Place 1 & 2 , will have to watch the Silence

regards Worgeordie

 Don't Breathe 1 & 2 are watchable.

Edited September 11, 2021 by giddyup

[Daffy D]

Shame on you if you if you missed this first time round. If you saw it already go see it again, great movie well worth seeing several times. A must for the "keep" collection. 

 

The Shawshank Redemption  --  1994 --  IMDB Rating 9.3  --  Tim Robbins - Morgan Freeman

The Shawshank Redemption has become a classic film - it's even IMDb's top-rated movie of all time.

Chronicles the experiences of a formerly successful banker as a prisoner in the gloomy jailhouse of Shawshank after being found guilty of a crime he did not commit. The film portrays the man's unique way of dealing with his new, torturous life; along the way he befriends a number of fellow prisoners, most notably a wise long-term inmate named Red.

Beautiful ending 

 

Edited September 11, 2021 by Daffy D
Forgot Image :(

[giddyup]

22 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Especially that Ed guy. No idea why he's supposed to be so great.

 

I stopped liking the Beatles when they made that Sgt Pepper thing, but before that I loved them, but not as much as the Rolling Stones. They were awesome in the 60s and 70s, but IMO sold out after.

I saw that Shine a Light movie and gave up before the end as it was so boring.

Mind you, Mick had something to say about pop singers after 40 ( back when he was young ), and it wasn't complimentary.

That "Sgt Pepper thing" changed the course of music, it was revolutionary.

[mikebike]

33 minutes ago, sanuk711 said:

Google is your friend Mike---

Not only has Peter Jackson been sacked (& I would think he would find it difficult to get another "Like"

job in the current Kiwi climate)   1/

But it has now gone further in the UK press-- "Was Tolkien a racist"/--"Should Tolkien's books be read"?        2/

 

In demonising orcs, the ugly, monstrous enemy of the elves, did JRR Tolkien betray a belief that

“some races are worse than others”? That’s the debate that has been at the heart

of claims in the British press recently accusing the Lord of the Rings author of harbouring racist views

 

1/https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/11/in-middle-earth-must-all-hobbits-be-white/343239/

2/ https://theconversation.com/was-tolkien-really-racist-108227

 

 

 

Yes, I have read all this previously. Does not change my opinion that the fantasy genre is not history and it's characters and geographic locations are up to the imagination of the reader.

[sanuk711]

12 minutes ago, mikebike said:

Yes, I have read all this previously. Does not change my opinion that the fantasy genre is not history and it's characters and geographic locations are up to the imagination of the reader.

I understand your opinion Mike--just that the people in charge of these things don't seem to agree with you---so look for some changes,  whatever you & the readers imagine what Tolkien did mean,

 

I think your find that Gandalf is in fact a Somalian..........................

 

 

Edited September 11, 2021 by sanuk711

[canthai55]

I can not believe some people - debating whether a mythical creature is being treated in a Racist manner.

What Da Funk has to world come to ? Do people not have enuf things to make a noise about ?

JRR is a fantastic author, and his books - and the movies based on them - are exceptional.

All those 'Woke, PC, Pot-Stirring as a holes should be taken to task.

What a Crock !

[canthai55]

Time

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11416746/

[canthai55]

5 hours ago, sanuk711 said:

Google is your friend Mike---

Not only has Peter Jackson been sacked (& I would think he would find it difficult to get another "Like"

job in the current Kiwi climate)   1/

But it has now gone further in the UK press-- "Was Tolkien a racist"/--"Should Tolkien's books be read"?        2/

 

In demonising orcs, the ugly, monstrous enemy of the elves, did JRR Tolkien betray a belief that

“some races are worse than others”? That’s the debate that has been at the heart

of claims in the British press recently accusing the Lord of the Rings author of harbouring racist views

 

1/https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2010/11/in-middle-earth-must-all-hobbits-be-white/343239/

2/ https://theconversation.com/was-tolkien-really-racist-108227

 

 

 

First link 11 years old.

What possible argument can you make for putting this here ?

Pot stirring MeThinks

[sanuk711]

28 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

First link 11 years old.

What possible argument can you make for putting this here ?

Pot stirring MeThinks

That's amazing (to me) canthai55 I just googled it without looking at the date because jokes about are all over the net this week.............

 

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Edited September 11, 2021 by sanuk711

[sanuk711]

Edit-------yer just checked --I didn't pick because our Comp does read out in Thai Calendar.......... Thank you daughter..

 

Its still my fault, for not checking twice ...

 

 

 

'Lord' of racism? Critics view trilogy as discriminatory

https://www.chicagotribune.com › lifestyles

 

 

Jan 12, 2546 BE — Happily for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien, director Peter Jackson stayed true to the fantasy author's artistic vision in "Fellowship of the Ring," 

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

The Cleaner (2021) 

tv series 6 eps

6.9 imdb 

 

Greg Davies ( Man down, Taskmaster, Inbetweeners, Cuckoo) stars as Paul ‘Wicky’ Wickstead a cleaner of crime scenes.

Expect some outlandish humour and unlikely situations from GD with some help from David Mitchell ( Peep Show ) and Stephanie Cole ( Man Down, Doc Martin)

 

 

A far cry from:

 

Cleaner (2007)

6.1 imdb

 

Sam L Jackson, Ed Harris and Eva Mendes among others.

Jackson stars as Tom Cutler, a retired police officer now runs a company which specialises in crime scene clean up. He is assigned a clean up job post a homicide. After doing the job he discovers that he has been conned into cleaning up a crime scene and must try to unravel the mystery behind what happened in that house. 
 

Not a great rating from imdb but anything with Eva Mendes must be worth watching imho.

[canthai55]

11 hours ago, sanuk711 said:

Edit-------yer just checked --I didn't pick because our Comp does read out in Thai Calendar.......... Thank you daughter..

 

Its still my fault, for not checking twice ...

 

 

 

'Lord' of racism? Critics view trilogy as discriminatory

https://www.chicagotribune.com › lifestyles

 

 

Jan 12, 2546 BE — Happily for fans of J.R.R. Tolkien, director Peter Jackson stayed true to the fantasy author's artistic vision in "Fellowship of the Ring," 

 

My apologies if I came across as a bit of a coont in my previous post

No insult intended or inferred.

[Will27]

Red Light

 

Enjoying this one.
On TPB with hard coded subs.

Summary: Red Light is a swirling, current drama series about three women who lose themselves and find each other in the world of prostitution and human trafficking. Selected for The Netherlands Film Festival and Film Festival Gent. Nominated for Cannes Series Festival.

 

 

[Andrew Dwyer]

Warrior ( 2011 )

8.1 imdb

 

I sort of remember this movie coming out but for some reason did not see it.

 

Tom Hardy is Tommy Conlon , a former marine, comes home to get back into the fighting game, his brother Brendan ( Joel Edgerton ) also gets back into it for financial reasons. The two boys, a long time estranged, are heading for a showdown in the octagon. Nick Nolte plays the recovering alcoholic father Paddy trying desperately to right his past wrongs and gain some respect from his sons.

 

Along with the many fight scenes there’s a strong family drama in this movie and ignoring the remarkably climatic rise of both brothers is, imho, a great movie.

It’s a classic underdog story x 2, think Rocky in MMA , 

 

 

[sanuk711]

Endeavour --New season --8--first episode just dropped.

 

If you like Vera etc--you will like Endeavour--set in Oxford early1970s