Glottis posted:

West Side Story (the new one) is the most interesting and best possible version of that story, while keeping the original songs, that I can imagine. I still think the songs are hokey as gently caress, and dancing gang members will never make sense, but if you just accept those things and try to enjoy everything else it's pretty great. Some fun shots, sets, and a few pretty decent acting performances.

My main complaint is the Maria actress looking, and actually being, like 8-9 years younger than everyone else. It was distracting and odd.

FishBowlRobot posted:

I just finished binging the series (first watch). I liked it less as it went on but there were always things to enjoy.
Walton Goggins as a young Baby Billy stole the show, even though they tried so hard to make Boyd unlikeable in the final season. Sam Elliot, Jeff Fahey, and Mary Steenburgen were nice additions and I was glad that the ending left both Boyd and Raylan alive. Wynn Duffy, too.

Just started Banshee based on thread mentions and it’s a fun watch so far.

precision posted:

heck yeah they are:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3oWrNQo_Ng

precision posted:

It's kind of crazy though, if you went back in time and told me "hey yeah, the douchebag in Waiting? Gonna be one of the biggest stars in the country when he's in his 40s"

Papercut posted:

But it doesn't matter anyway because there are infinite other Wanda's out there, if this one is dead you can just hop to another universe and grab another.

Papercut posted:

I'm not sure I agree, or at least not sure Disney agrees, based on the way Christine was used in this movie

Punkin Spunkin posted:

I think the truly disheartening thing was how little "Raimi" it felt like really came across. I guess it's naive to have expected a soul of any kind, but I mean, Taiki and Gunn kiiiinda come across with their contributions to the boring 3 hour long punchman genre.
I really wish Raimi's latest film in nearly a decade had been, well, actually a Sam Raimi movie. Seems like a waste.

regulargonzalez posted:

The only reason to ever watch his Oz movie is so you can then listen to the recent Blank Check podcast episode about it. It is an astonishingly bad film.

Papercut posted:

It's the dramatization on HBO, I didn't know anything about the case before that but just assumed the show was based on a real story. In terms of his guilt the show goes back and forth throughout, showing different possible scenarios, mostly hinting at his innocence for most of it, but then pulling the he's guilty twist at the end

mystes posted:

On the other hand Pixar is now putting out stuff like Lightyear which is like if a Disney Junior cartoon was given a completely insane budget

Punkin Spunkin posted:

It's my own fault for watching a Predator sequel, but the most fun and compelling parts for me were like The Revenant/Northman rear end historical poo poo with them dealing with vile French trappers and hunting bears and just the setting and environment, and then eventually she's just like delivering generic lines and sliding around fighting a big goofy alien man but again what did I expect anyway.

Upsidads posted:

I forgot how bad omen 2 was and last time I saw it was pan and scan vhs

pumped up for school posted:

I'm enjoying Slow Horses.

My internal thread title for: For All Mankind: Why am I still watching this show?

B-Rock452 posted:

I loved it and am fully prepared to be angry when Bernthal does not get an Emmy nom but they could have cut everything with the federal prosecutors and the consent decree and it would have been a lot better. It really didn't feel like those scenes fit the show at all and almost seemed like they were shot for a different show

Wolfsheim posted:

The Edward Norton Hulk and first Captain America felt like movies genuinely made by someone who wasn't just trying to make Iron Man lite

The first two Thors also felt like that but they're both pretty bad so eh

After the first Avengers is when it all started to feel truly homogeneous with Iron Man 3 being the last gasp of feeling like a director had any actual control over the movie he was directing

Wolfsheim posted:

How many of them had all the action scenes pre-rendered before they even hired a director, gotta be at least 75%

Wolfsheim posted:

They literally fired Edgar Wright from Ant Man for trying to make it an Edgar Wright movie lol

Big Mean Jerk posted:

Why would any up-and-coming creator ever choose to work with WB/HBO after this poo poo? You’re kneecapping your future creative slate by loving over all these projects just to save a few bucks in the short term.

mystes posted:

I'm sure established creators are also happy to have their projects suddenly cancelled mid-way through due to dumb corporate politics

BonoMan posted:

Batgirl?

forest spirit posted:

Did Brolin elevate the entire production at all? The one thing I keep reading is that it's his first time on TV in over 20 years (feigned gasp)

Class Warcraft posted:

I watched the first couple seasons of Barry with my wife. I like all the hitman stuff, but the amateur acting parts are so cringey that I couldn't handle it anymore and bailed.

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Shageletic posted:

When did Community start making Britta funny? I think that's when the show peaked

Deadite posted:

The episode of Community they chose to remove was odd because in season 4 there is an episode where Pierce paints his hands as racist puppets. I'm not sure how they decided Chang pretending to be an elf was worse than the old racist character being racist.

Jolo posted:

Toni Collette is a powerhouse. It's unfortunate that horror is often not seen as worthy of accolades as drama. Mia Goth puts in an excellent performance in Pearl but it's in the wrong genre of movie to get recognized.

Also, do yourself a favor once you've seen X and Pearl and look up an interview with Mia Goth to hear her normal speaking voice. My jaw dropped like it did the first time I heard Idris Elba speaking after only knowing him as Stringer Bell from The Wire.