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| carrobin |
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| The first episode that instantly comes to mind for me is the one in which Marge played Blanche in "Streetcar!" I love every episode but somehow that one stands out. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2016 10:49 am |
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"Streetcar!" was the best ever for sure.
YOU CAN ALWAYS DEPEND ON THE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS,
TO BUCK UP YOUR SPIRITS AND SHOO YOU FROM DANGERS.
NOW HERE'S A TIP FROM BLANCHE YOU WON'T REGRET:
A STRANGER'S JUST A FRIEND YOU HAVEN'T MET!
YOU HAVEN'T MET!
STREETCAR! |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2016 11:36 am |
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Yeah, that is pretty great.
I just rewatched that a few weeks back.
Very enjoyable.
The B story is Maggie at the Ayn Rand School for Tots, which is pretty great too.
A Streetcar Named Marge is the 2nd Episode of Season 4.
I think Season 4 is really classic Simpsons and maybe the best year.
They've mostly fixed the off-model issues that crop up in earlier seasons, get the voices down much better and more consistently, and the secondary and tertiary characters start to be more developed.
But really the writing is just great in terms of both narrative and jokes. |
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| Befade |
| Posted: Fri Sep 02, 2016 9:23 pm |
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Bernie......unique..black comedy. Watched it twice.
Mr. Holmes. Yes. Miss Laura Linney.
Was very impressed with an Italian film, Come Undone. Realistic depiction of the highs and lows of having an affair with a married man with kids. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 11:39 am |
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gromit wrote: I'm trying to put together a list of favorite Simpson episodes.
Why is a question for another post.
But, thought I'd ask if anyone had a favorite Simpson episode, which I will then proceed to watch and swirl around in my brain.
I've also seen very few episodes beyond Season 20, so if anyone loved a more recent episode, that'd be interesting.
I also have fond memories of the Ace in the Hole homage. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 11:49 am |
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Mr. Holmes blew through without my having the chance to see it, but I do want to look for it.
Saw The Martian. Was entertained in a not really memorable way. Happy to have not known any scientific accuracy stuff. Can enjoy the whole, "This is how we solved the problem" stuff without worrying that they did not actually solve the problem.
Caught what is supposedly the highest grossing Swedish film of all time, The 100 Year Old Man Who Walked Out of the Window and Disappeared - if not exact title, close enough - which played like an uneasy and unsuccessful marriage of Forrest Gump, No Country for Old Men, and a Road Runner cartoon. The type of movie where a character dies by slipping on elephant dung and having the elephant sit on his head. (Which caused me to pause, and check something I vaguely knew (elephants do not actually sit) See my comment about the science in The Martian.) If that sounds inviting, have at it.
On the advice of one of my wife's patients, caught something called 40 Days and 40 Nights. I am recommending my wife euthanize said patient in revenge.
Rewatched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind on Netflix. billy has never been wronger. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 11:58 am |
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| When it comes to The Simpsons' film homages, my vote goes to its take on "A Letter to Three Wives," with the guys worrying that one of their wives is going to be absent when they return from their boys' day out. I wondered how many viewers would have seen the original film--but thanks to TCM, a lot of those old flicks are back in the public's awareness. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 6:56 pm |
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| WP, normally it's not euthanasia if the patient doesn't request it, but I think your wife could justifiably overlook such niggling details. 40Da40N caused me to take a vow of abstinence from Hollywood youth/sex farces. With a couple minor transgressions, I am enjoying my 7th year! |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Sat Sep 03, 2016 7:41 pm |
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bartist wrote: WP, normally it's not euthanasia if the patient doesn't request it, but I think your wife could justifiably overlook such niggling details. 40Da40N caused me to take a vow of abstinence from Hollywood youth/sex farces. With a couple minor transgressions, I am enjoying my 7th year! |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2016 9:15 am |
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Heh!
I wonder if that Swedish film could really be higher grossing than one of the Dragon Tattoo films. Had not even heard of Hundred YOM until you posted. But I may have
seen a trailer for it at an arthouse in Omaha, couple years ago. Don't recall the title, but there's some clip where he's helping Oppenheimer make the atom bomb. Yes, I googled it, that's the same movie. As you said, a Gumpish element. And his cat is euthanized by a fox. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2016 10:07 am |
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bartist wrote: Heh!
I wonder if that Swedish film could really be higher grossing than one of the Dragon Tattoo films. Had not even heard of Hundred YOM until you posted. But I may have
seen a trailer for it at an arthouse in Omaha, couple years ago. Don't recall the title, but there's some clip where he's helping Oppenheimer make the atom bomb. Yes, I googled it, that's the same movie. As you said, a Gumpish element. And his cat is euthanized by a fox. |
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| yambu |
| Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2016 5:37 pm |
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| Panahi's Taxi is a docufiction where the director plays a cabbie in Tehran. His various fares may be real or not, it doesn't matter. A man and women, strangers to each other, have an abrasive argument about politics. Two old women stress over their goldfish. A precocious 12 yr old spins out a stream of consciousness. A heart warmer. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Sun Sep 04, 2016 7:32 pm |
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| Just caught up with The Big Short, now Netflixing. Enjoyed it, even if I found the jumpy pop culture style off putting at times. And Christian Bale off putting throughout, which I might have written down to accurately portraying an off putting character, if I had not had that reaction to Bale in pretty much everything I have seen him in since Henry V. Confirmed my fondness for Steve Carrell as a quasi dramatic actor - he was roughly half of the things I liked in Little Miss Sunshine, for instance. I thought that the movie did a good job of quickly thumbnailing some highly arcane things. Having Margot Robbie explain things while drinking champagne in a bubble bath helped. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2016 9:20 am |
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whiskeypriest wrote: Just caught up with The Big Short, now Netflixing. Enjoyed it, even if I found the jumpy pop culture style off putting at times. And Christian Bale off putting throughout, which I might have written down to accurately portraying an off putting character, if I had not had that reaction to Bale in pretty much everything I have seen him in since Henry V. Confirmed my fondness for Steve Carrell as a quasi dramatic actor - he was roughly half of the things I liked in Little Miss Sunshine, for instance. I thought that the movie did a good job of quickly thumbnailing some highly arcane things. Having Margot Robbie explain things while drinking champagne in a bubble bath helped.
Totally agree about Christian Bale, although I quite liked his performance in The Fighter. In The Big Short and American Hustle I found him all-but-unwatchable. Also agree on the art of Steve Carell. A masterful actor. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Thu Sep 08, 2016 11:01 am |
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Quote: ....100 Year Old Man Who Walked Out of the Window and Disappeared ....which played like an uneasy and unsuccessful marriage of Forrest Gump, No Country for Old Men, and a Road Runner cartoon....
We saw this last night, and your (WPriest) description proves accurate. The mob boss/bag of money subplot also seemed to chunk in a part of a Guy Ritchie movie, as if the film were not already too much pastiche. Alcohol seems to play the role in this film that it does on a bad first date, smoothing over some of the rough patches and maintaining an unearned giggliness. Some bits were funny, some characters might have thrived in a better movie, like the Perpetual Student who is pathologically incapable of making a decision, but ultimately the movie doesn't induce you to care too much about any of them. |
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