Netflix recs?
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Accurate? Arent they both just aggregate #'s from users?
The internet is just full of people who review bomb stuff nowadays so I dont even bother to look at aggregate numbers.
If ONELOVE likes it its probably complete **** with heavy Epstein undertones. I've never heard of it, looks an ok cast, mostly Aussie TV actors, I watched a brief clip, poor Catherine McClements has aged about as well as a salamander left out in the sun. Damien Garvey is one of the finest comedic actors in the country. I really recommend two of his shows, firstly the Australian version of Rake (important note, the Australian version not the very disappointing US version.) , where he plays a corrupt NSW politician come media figure and Jack Irish where he plays an idiotic pub owner. If you can find them on US Netflix I highly recommend them. Both are currently available on Australian Netflix.
Wiki says it was shot in Hobart and at Melbourne's dockland studios (I believe they may have just been bought by Disney), Its interesting to see stuff getting made in Tassie, a mate worked for a small animation studio down there for a couple of years, seems like they're making a push for more stuff in that arts space. Good luck to them.
Watch RAKE!!!
If it wasn't for the Wire this would be my favourite show ever.
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Idk about imbd but rotten tomatoes provides 2 different scores
One is from professional critics and one is from anyone who has seen the show/movie
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People using RT absolutely baffle me. It’s the dumbest scoring criteria possible and eliminates any sense of accuracy. RT is known to inflate their scores.
Two things…one calling a movie simply good or bad is not going to lead to anything resembling an accurate indication of how good the film is or isn’t. Add in the fact that it’s pretty much been proven that RT has had manipulations of reviews and therefore scores for some films and it leads to what I’m talking about. Think Longlegs last summer which had like a 98% after a few days or week in the theater but worse and more obvious. And that movie is ****ing horrendous.
Two things…one calling a movie simply good or bad is not going to lead to anything resembling an accurate indication of how good the film is or isn’t. Add in the fact that it’s pretty much been proven that RT has had manipulations of reviews and therefore scores for some films and it leads to what I’m talking about. Think Longlegs last summer which had like a 98% after a few days or week in the theater but worse and more obvious. And that movie is ****ing horrendous.
Seasons 2 and 3 just didn't progress the show any further.
I get trying to come to a sensible resolution, but it was a yawn fest right til the end.
No great twists unlike season 1.
They could have done much more with it imo.
Yeah it didn’t get much better..
It’s a pity really .. so much more they could have done with the concept.
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Its just called "The Report"?This was pretty good.
Yeah good cast Adam Driver, Annette Benning, Jon Hamm. its on the lengths the CIA went to suppress their use of torture and its ineffectiveness during the GWOT
Its based on this dudes work, reading his bio, Trump will likely be after his citizenship.
Daniel J. Jones - Wikipedia
The other big take away from The Report for me was a universal truth. Those with power are concerned principally with power and not concerned with truth.
I have seen the same patterns of behavior on a smaller scale but with no less intensity in my own life. Management at the massive public health service I worked for have no interest in being told the truth, had no interest in anything resembling ethics, they were only interested in power and control.
It is sad human truth, those who should not wield power are the ones that seek it.
I have seen the same patterns of behavior on a smaller scale but with no less intensity in my own life. Management at the massive public health service I worked for have no interest in being told the truth, had no interest in anything resembling ethics, they were only interested in power and control.
It is sad human truth, those who should not wield power are the ones that seek it.
Miggs
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Watched a bunch of films streaming recently…
Plane: Gerard Butler—love this guy’s mindless films. On the Butler scale, I’d give it a 7.2. On a regular scale, more like a 6.2. Bear the end there’s a scene in which he somehow flies a plane 50 miles while at 155mph in just one minute! The guy is a marvel.
The Holdovers: I absolutely loved this. I haven’t seen Dead Poet’s Society since the theatre but I suppose it’s quite similar. Giamatti and his supporting cast were fantastic. I’d give it an 8.2.
Blue Ruin: The use of silence and simple conversations in this revenge tale are very strong. There’s a scene about 60% of the way through in which the protagonist’s decisions hurt the film imo. I realize people could do anything in high stress moments but it just felt a little bit unbelievable. Still, it’s one of the better more recent revenge tales. I’d give it a 7.3.
Companion: I went in with low expectations and this exceeded them quite easily. The less you know the better…I’ll just say it gets better the further it goes along. 7.4.
Insomnia (the foreign, original): Not sure if I liked it more or less than the Nolan version. This one was certainly more perverse and ****ed up. I’d give it a 7.3 which is about the same as I’d give the Pacino/Williams version.
Plane: Gerard Butler—love this guy’s mindless films. On the Butler scale, I’d give it a 7.2. On a regular scale, more like a 6.2. Bear the end there’s a scene in which he somehow flies a plane 50 miles while at 155mph in just one minute! The guy is a marvel.
The Holdovers: I absolutely loved this. I haven’t seen Dead Poet’s Society since the theatre but I suppose it’s quite similar. Giamatti and his supporting cast were fantastic. I’d give it an 8.2.
Blue Ruin: The use of silence and simple conversations in this revenge tale are very strong. There’s a scene about 60% of the way through in which the protagonist’s decisions hurt the film imo. I realize people could do anything in high stress moments but it just felt a little bit unbelievable. Still, it’s one of the better more recent revenge tales. I’d give it a 7.3.
Companion: I went in with low expectations and this exceeded them quite easily. The less you know the better…I’ll just say it gets better the further it goes along. 7.4.
Insomnia (the foreign, original): Not sure if I liked it more or less than the Nolan version. This one was certainly more perverse and ****ed up. I’d give it a 7.3 which is about the same as I’d give the Pacino/Williams version.
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Only one I have seen is companion. I liked it quite a bit
I enjoyed the Holdovers, Paul Giamatti has such a watchable quality and he's been in so many great films.