General Film and TV Discussion Thread

[Daenerys 101,821]

@Dennis Reynolds on the topic of old movies from last night, have you ever watched All About Eve? 

[Dennis Reynolds 16,529]

46 minutes ago, Daenerys said:

@Dennis Reynolds on the topic of old movies from last night, have you ever watched All About Eve? 

No, I actually haven't seen it, I do want to though. Did you watch it recently?

[Daenerys 101,821]

5 hours ago, Dennis Reynolds said:

No, I actually haven't seen it, I do want to though. Did you watch it recently?

Watched it for the first time years ago and it’s honestly... one of my favorite films period. The story and the characters are just great. Bette Davis was robbed of her Oscar. I definitely recommend!

[Dennis Reynolds 16,529]

2 minutes ago, Daenerys said:

Watched it for the first time years ago and it’s honestly... one of my favorite films period. The story and the characters are just great. Bette Davis was robbed of her Oscar. I definitely recommend!

I was wondering who won that year, apparently it was Judy Holliday for Born Yesterday, which I also have not seen  At least All About Eve bagged a record amount of nominations (tied with Titantic and...La La Land ) and won 6 though.

[Daenerys 101,821]

19 hours ago, Dennis Reynolds said:

I was wondering who won that year, apparently it was Judy Holliday for Born Yesterday, which I also have not seen  At least All About Eve bagged a record amount of nominations (tied with Titantic and...La La Land ) and won 6 though.

People think it was because the other actress was submitted for Best instead of Supporting (both were great tbh!) Bette was definitely the star of the movie, but both deserved. I think they both would have won Actress/Supporting Actress if they were in those categories.

 

 

That record makes me cry... La La Land being the only one to have 14 noms and not win Best Picture... I don't wanna talk about it

[Mr. Mendes 12,350]

42 minutes ago, Daenerys said:

That record makes me cry... La La Land being the only one to have 14 noms and not win Best Picture... I don't wanna talk about it

To this day this confuses the shit out of me. I'm not going to at all say Moonlight didn't deserve to be recognized as it's such an amazing film....BUT the fact that they gave La La Land all that they did and leaned so heavily into the idea it could be winning the big prize only to rug pull at the end didn't sit right and combined with the presenter mistake it just added insult to injury. That whole ceremony kind of just negated both films in pop culture in my opinion because they're gonna be remembered by general audiences now more for the mistake than the fact they're brilliant movies. 

[max 15,151]

The Halloweentown franchise > The Halloween franchise

[Ruthless Love 7,324]

5 hours ago, Max said:

The Halloweentown franchise > The Halloween franchise

Marry me. 

[Mr. Mendes 12,350]

so Antebellum is terrible. seriously, if you wanna watch it, don’t pay anymore than like $10 for it, it’s not worth more than that. dumbest plot twist I’ve seen in a LONG time, 

[Daenerys 101,821]

Gonna have to start Succession now as it won Best Drama Series  first 10 minutes were so boring omg  

 

I hope for Ozark's last season, they can snatch the big award. It's such an underrated show.

[Ruthless Love 7,324]

Re-watching the Mildred Pierce mini-series, and it was so well done.

[Ruthless Love 7,324]

Five minutes into Batman Begins and Christian Bale is already three-times the "Bruce Wayne" Val Kilmer and George Clooney were.

[Daenerys 101,821]

Started Succession and I'm absolutely obsessed with it.

[max 15,151]

On 9/20/2020 at 2:19 AM, Ruthless Love said:

Marry me. 

Yes, please. Is sunday fine?

[Shego 36,600]

Batman movies in the 80s/90s > Batman movies in the 00s/10s

[Ruthless Love 7,324]

17 hours ago, Max said:

Yes, please. Is sunday fine?

It should be fine. I will always make the time for you! 

13 hours ago, Shego said:

Batman movies in the 80s/90s > Batman movies in the 00s/10s

Yes. Even the cheesiness of the two latter 90s films far outweigh the over-produced 00s/10s.

[Shego 36,600]

20 minutes ago, Ruthless Love said:

It should be fine. I will always make the time for you! 

Yes. Even the cheesiness of the two latter 90s films far outweigh the over-produced 00s/10s.

It's not about the production only, Batman is a comic character and when i watch a Batman movie i wanna have fun. There's nothing interesting in Batman movies since the 2000s, they're like, idk, crime movies with someone dressed as a bat.

[Ruthless Love 7,324]

Just now, Shego said:

It's not about the production only, Batman is a comic character and when i watch a Batman movie i wanna have fun. There's nothing interesting in Batman movies since the 2000s, they're like, idk, crime movies with someone dressed as a bat.

It has become about the production value, honestly. The companies are more into the production than the story they're telling. I hope The Batman changes the narrative.

[Mr. Mendes 12,350]

On 10/1/2020 at 9:23 AM, Ruthless Love said:

I hope The Batman changes the narrative.

I doubt it highly. The three comics that Matt Reeves have taken inspiration from are three of the darkest, most noir Batman stories ever printed. It may not place an emphasis on the production value alone, but it's certainly not gonna be campy and bright hahah

[max 15,151]

I just started watching the pilot of Netflix' 'The Mist'. Any opinions?