What Movie Are You Watching?

[lizkat]

Yup, my kids would have a heart attack with any Alien movie.

It didn't take aliens or zombies to freak me out when I was a kid.

My mother took me along with her to watch the British film The Red Shoes (1948) when it first came to movie theatres, because she could not find a babysitter. Now there's a movie not for kids. Yes it's a classic now, and a wonderful film I've rewatched many times as an adult, but as a child I had nightmares behind seeing that film for awhile. True horror lay behind the lighthearted musical scenes and ballet themes...

 

[ericwn]

It didn't take aliens or zombies to freak me out when I was a kid.

My mother took me along with her to watch the British film The Red Shoes (1948) when it first came to movie theatres, because she could not find a babysitter. Now there's a movie not for kids. Yes it's a classic now, and a wonderful film I've rewatched many times as an adult, but as a child I had nightmares behind seeing that film for awhile. True horror lay behind the lighthearted musical scenes and ballet themes...

British cinema, the stuff for traumatic experiences, no doubt. Only topped by the warm beer, driving on the wrong side of the road and - who could forget - Brexit and mint sauce ( a close race between the last two).

 

[DT]

I know one I'm super excited to see but won't see it at the theater, in addition to other concerns, I need to watch this at home with this kind of runtime:

Is the World Ready for a 3-Hour Batman Movie?

Matt Reeves’ The Batman is reportedly three hours long, which suggests a different kind of superhero origin story.

www.denofgeek.com

Holy restless legs, Batman, your new movie is going to have the same length as The Godfather! That’s at least what appears to be the case for The Batman, which has been recorded by IMDb to have a running time of two hours and 55 minutes—just three minutes shorter than Peter Jackson’s theatrical cut of The Fellowship of the Ring.

 

[lizkat]

I know one I'm super excited to see but won't see it at the theater, in addition to other concerns, I need to watch this at home with this kind of runtime:

Is the World Ready for a 3-Hour Batman Movie?

Matt Reeves’ The Batman is reportedly three hours long, which suggests a different kind of superhero origin story.

www.denofgeek.com

Speaking just for myself, I can see binge-watching decent spinoffs of the Godfather (and the Sopranos had its moments) but not a three-hour Batman-themed movie and not anything related to films of those MIddle Earth tales. Just couldn't get into those for some reason.

But yeah, if I were interested in the Batman one, it would have to be an at-home experience. The last multi-hour film I saw in theater was Gone With the Wind... on the memorable occasion when my aunt noticed it was playing at matinee hour in the village movie house, and rushed her daughter and us nieces into our coats with "we have just enough time to get there, c'mon!" So we went and enjoyed the film. And came back to realize my aunt had left eggs to hard boil on the stove, yeah. Memorable indeed. Lucky she didn't burn the house down.

 

[Huntn]

Speaking just for myself, I can see binge-watching decent spinoffs of the Godfather (and the Sopranos had its moments) but not a three-hour Batman-themed movie and not anything related to films of those MIddle Earth tales. Just couldn't get into those for some reason.

But yeah, if I were interested in the Batman one, it would have to be an at-home experience. The last multi-hour film I saw in theater was Gone With the Wind... on the memorable occasion when my aunt noticed it was playing at matinee hour in the village movie house, and rushed her daughter and us nieces into our coats with "we have just enough time to get there, c'mon!" So we went and enjoyed the film. And came back to realize my aunt had left eggs to hard boil on the stove, yeah. Memorable indeed. Lucky she didn't burn the house down.

But Gone with The Wind gave you an intermission, yes?
Whenever I boil eggs, I put a loud timer on, but if I then left the house??

 

[lizkat]

But Gone with The Wind gave you an intermission, yes?
Whenever I boil eggs, I put a loud timer on, but if I then left the house??

Sure an intermission, we stood around while the aunt chatted with friends who'd also brought kids to the show..., nary a thought of the eggs cooking away at her home.

As for me and boiling eggs, I start w/ room temp eggs, and stand right there for the time it takes them to come to a boil and I let them go for 2 minutes then turn the heat off and let them sit covered in the water for nine minutes and then ice-bath them and stick them in the fridge. So no "Gone With the Wind" eggs for me!

 

[Huntn]

Sure an intermission, we stood around while the aunt chatted with friends who'd also brought kids to the show..., nary a thought of the eggs cooking away at her home.

As for me and boiling eggs, I start w/ room temp eggs, and stand right there for the time it takes them to come to a boil and I let them go for 2 minutes then turn the heat off and let them sit covered in the water for nine minutes and then ice-bath them and stick them in the fridge. So no "Gone With the Wind" eggs for me!

I drop refrigerated eggs in boiling water (gently), but sometimes the temp difference makes them crack, put the timer on for 12 minutes, and that seems to work well.

 

[DT]

This looks kind of amazing and beautiful!

 

[ericwn]

I know one I'm super excited to see but won't see it at the theater, in addition to other concerns, I need to watch this at home with this kind of runtime:

Is the World Ready for a 3-Hour Batman Movie?

Matt Reeves’ The Batman is reportedly three hours long, which suggests a different kind of superhero origin story.

www.denofgeek.com

Yikes how many remakes of the franchise will they push?

 

[Herdfan]

Yikes how many remakes of the franchise will they push?

A set for every generation it looks like. And in movie terms, a generation is about 5-7 years as kids today don't want to watch a 15 year old movie.

 

[Huntn]

No Time To Die (2021)- It was ok, a little to slick, can’t compete with the Casino Royal/Quantum of Solace one-two punch imo.

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Spoiler

Daniel Craig had a good run as Bond. His replacement if she is his permanent replacement did not impress me. The bad guy inexplicably comes back at the end by himself to confront Bond. Rumor has it that Q recorded all of Bond’s brain waves and the next installment will feature Bond, Android Bond. [/SPOILER]

 

[Thomas Veil]

I drop refrigerated eggs in boiling water (gently), but sometimes the temp difference makes them crack, put the timer on for 12 minutes, and that seems to work well.

Everybody has a different method. I put eggs in water and bring them to a boil, then turn it off, wait 12 minutes, and run them under cold water to help separate the eggs from the shells.

Then I eat them while watching a Bond movie. (Just trying to stay relevant to the thread.)

 

[Huntn]

I know one I'm super excited to see but won't see it at the theater, in addition to other concerns, I need to watch this at home with this kind of runtime:

Is the World Ready for a 3-Hour Batman Movie?

Matt Reeves’ The Batman is reportedly three hours long, which suggests a different kind of superhero origin story.

www.denofgeek.com

You never know, they could come up with something different, but better.

The Heath Ledger Joker performance was pretty amazing, but most of the Batman Movies other than that, I have no real desire to rewatch. Overall Gotham City is a pretty dark place.

However, I recently saw Ben Affleck in The Last Duel where I liked his performance, he actually surprised me, but overall disliked that story.

 

[Huntn]

Everybody has a different method. I put eggs in water and bring them to a boil, then turn it off, wait 12 minutes, and run them under cold water to help separate the eggs from the shells.

Then I eat them while watching a Bond movie. (Just trying to stay relevant to the thread.)

Lol… I too run them under cold water for that purpose.

 

[Huntn]

Rented The Last Duel with Matt Damon, Adam Driver, and Jodie Comer. I found the story itself fascinating, and was unaware of its background (probably zoned out in High School world history). It really showed that the victim in rape has been the accused for centuries, but more so back then women had less recourse in reporting the crime than they do today. I read that even today the accusation is still controversial in France, which just made me more curious about the story and the times. I am not sure the I would rate the movie anything more than somewhat good, but it got me to read up on a piece of history that I had little knowledge on.

Agreed!

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The Last Duel (2021)- The wife of a knight accuses another knight of rape in 14th century France, we get to see the story told 3 times from the perspective of each primary character. Did the book do that I wonder? But all 3 stories basically confirm the same thing, then there is a trial where the character of the woman is assailed repeatedly. It’s a tough she said, he said trial without witnesses, and typical gender biases, then a brutal duel.

For myself, I did not see any great benefit of injecting these perspective, I did not read the book and don’t know if the testimony of the trial was recorded in detail. And it’s not as if the 3 stories were significantly different and I did not feel it made the story more intriguing or artistically cutting edge because of it. Actually the perspective of the accused knight is rather peculiar for claiming his innocence if this was the testimony he actually gave at the trial.

Spoiler

I showed up unannounced, basically tricked/forced my way in, chased her all over the house, finally caught her, and despite her protestations, physically assaulted and forced myself on her… but it wasn’t rape because I’m madly in love with her! Maybe this was the point of the story? Why the court wanted to know if she experienced pleasure, because we all know that is the only way a woman can conceive… and she did conceive, maybe this was the real message of the movie, historical gender bias and oppression …

The performances were good, Matt Damon’s character was really a disagreeable sort who seemed like he was devoted to his King but did not really get along with his peers. Adam Driver, Jodie Comer, Ben Affleck were excellent, but the story itself, the atmosphere felt oppressive… Ehh.

Update: Fixed some typos…

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

Agreed!

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The Last Duel (2021)-

And it’s not as if the 3 stories were significantly different

That was my biggest issue with the movie. I found the premise of telling the story from 3 different angles intriguing but there really wasn't much of a difference. Even if it was based closely on historical records, I think this is one of the few times Hollywood exaggeration would have been better to make the point.

 

[Chew Toy McCoy]

I might have posted this before, but even if I did, I highly recommend watching the 1935 Shirley Temple movie The Littlest Rebel, but not for reasons you might think. It might be considered part of Hollywood’s early golden era but by today’s standards it's more like a psychological horror movie. It’s full of problematic scene after scene and I often found myself going “Whoa!”, “Jesus!”, and “Yikes!”. It’s basically an anti-CRT wet dream depicting slaves as doing just fine during the civil war and having a good ‘ol time with their owners.

 

[Thomas Veil]

Matt Damon’s character was really a disagreeable sort

I find him even more objectionable in those commercials where he’s hawking a cryptocurrency website.

 

[JamesMike]

Everybody has a different method. I put eggs in water and bring them to a boil, then turn it off, wait 12 minutes, and run them under cold water to help separate the eggs from the shells.

Then I eat them while watching a Bond movie. (Just trying to stay relevant to the thread.)

I do it the easy way, I get the hard-boiled eggs from Costco, they are already shelled and packaged so they will last up to two months in fridge.

 

[DT]

Yikes how many remakes of the franchise will they push?

You say you want more Batman? HBOMax this month ...


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