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Post by brutalis on Jul 5, 2020 11:23:21 GMT -5
Kicking off this month with a 4th of July showing of 1776, the 1972 movie adaptation of the Broadway musical. Plenty of noticable historical inaccuracies all in favor of simplifying moments & characters for audiences. Entertaining none the less & Lin Manuel Miranda states for having seen this and reading it's Playbook helped supply inspiration for writing Hamilton.
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Post by brutalis on Jul 5, 2020 17:10:51 GMT -5
My 2nd adaption movie for Sunday remains in the patriotic theme with G.I. Joe the Rise of Cobra. For many a hit or miss mess that was uncertain how best to adapt a beloved best selling toy line, a comic book series and animated television series (all 3 with multiple iterations, stories, characters & thrills & fun for generations of collectors. Lots done right in the movie & lots done wrong too. Yet overall a true fun Saturday popcorn movie which captures quite a bit of what makes the Joe concept exciting.
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Post by shaxper on Jul 6, 2020 9:15:54 GMT -5
Showed Superman II to the kids for the first time, last night. My initial goal with this assignment was to show them Garbage Pail Kids: The Movie, but when I showed them the trailer, they found the "kids" too terrifying! So instead I'd been meaning to show them this one, as we watched Superman I several months back.
It had been so long since I watched this one, probably two decades. I remembered the plot perfectly, but I was surprised this time around to find the final kiss incredibly touching, as opposed to super-dickish. I really felt something for Clark and Lois in that scene, and I did not expect that. Also, my girlfriend's son called Superman's trick for defeating the rogue Kryptonians!
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Post by brutalis on Jul 6, 2020 11:17:00 GMT -5
Showed Superman II to the kids for the first time, last night. My initial goal with this assignment was to show them Garbage Pail Kids: The Movie, but when I showed them the trailer, they found the "kids" too terrifying! So instead I'd been meaning to show them this one, as we watched Superman I several months back. It had been so long since I watched this one, probably two decades. I remembered the plot perfectly, but I was surprised this time around to find the final kiss incredibly touching, as opposed to super-dickish. I really felt something for Clark and Lois in that scene, and I did not expect that. Also, my girlfriend's son called Superman's trick for defeating the rogue Kryptonians! Now that is what I call a really SUPER family movie night Shax   |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jul 11, 2020 17:43:31 GMT -5
I'm not sure if it really counts, so I may need a ruling on the field here but I watched Hamilton with the Mrs. today and it was much better than the sound track and clips I had seen online. Don't get me wrong, I love the music but it's even better when seen as a whole as the story really brings more power to the songs...but as it isn't a true film version of the musical but rather a taped performance I could see where it might not count.
Either way, well worth seeing.
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Post by shaxper on Jul 11, 2020 18:21:19 GMT -5
I'm not sure if it really counts, so I may need a ruling on the field here but I watched Hamilton with the Mrs. today and it was much better than the sound track and clips I had seen online. Don't get me wrong, I love the music but it's even better when seen as a whole as the story really brings more power to the songs...but as it isn't a true film version of the musical but rather a taped performance I could see where it might not count. Either way, well worth seeing. I haven't seen it, myself. Normally, I'd say it counts if it is filmed as a movie and it doesn't if it's just the Broadway show with cameras. However, the musical itself was adapted from a specific biography of Alexander Hamilton, so it counts either way 😉 |
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Post by thwhtguardian on Jul 11, 2020 18:59:21 GMT -5
I'm not sure if it really counts, so I may need a ruling on the field here but I watched Hamilton with the Mrs. today and it was much better than the sound track and clips I had seen online. Don't get me wrong, I love the music but it's even better when seen as a whole as the story really brings more power to the songs...but as it isn't a true film version of the musical but rather a taped performance I could see where it might not count. Either way, well worth seeing. I haven't seen it, myself. Normally, I'd say it counts if it is filmed as a movie and it doesn't if it's just the Broadway show with cameras. However, the musical itself was adapted from a specific biography of Alexander Hamilton, so it counts either way 😉 Ha, a fairer judgement couldn't be wished for! I've seen a few operas filmed at the met before and the way this was shot was definitely more cinematic than those...though I enjoyed them as well. With the crazy cost of live theatre I'm glad these options are becoming more frequent. |
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Post by brutalis on Jul 23, 2020 12:33:36 GMT -5
Last night watched Randolph Scott in Tall Man Riding which adapts the Norman Fox book. Tale of a wronged man returning to exact his personal revenge on the man who whipped him, refusing his daughter to be with him and ran him out of town. As Scott goes about his plan he is in turn betrayed by the lawyer he hired to assist him until Scott defeats & kills the look lawyer during a land rush claim race. In the end all is well, Randolph gets his lady back and forgives her stubborn now blind father as he saves their home.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 23, 2020 13:00:48 GMT -5
Up to third episode of the first season of The Alienist, adapting Caleb Carr's novel.
So far, so dark.
Set in New York City in 1890s when TR is the police commissioner. Carr's protagonist is a combination of Holmes and Freud who uses a team of outcast types (two ahead-of-their-time Jewish cops, a Vassar grad employed by TR as his secretary, a savvy street urchin, a murderer freed by his testimony,and a patrician artist with self-loathing and daddy issues) as his Watson/ Baker Street Irregulars/ Shadow's operatives/ IMF to try to solve what we would call today serial murders.
Gruesome in spots, definitely grim, and the usual "I must become the murderer to figure him out" shtick that seems to be the only way detectives can catch serial killers any more. It was probably less common when Carr's novel came out in 1994. I read it, but recall almost nothing, so I don't know how loyal it is to the source.
Still, I like the atmosphere, some of the characters are intriguing (especially the two Jewish cops and Dakota Fanning as the society woman turned investigator) and I'm sticking with it.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 23, 2020 14:47:47 GMT -5
Up to third episode of the first season of The Alienist, adapting Caleb Carr's novel. So far, so dark. Set in New York City in 1890s when TR is the police commissioner. Carr's protagonist is a combination of Holmes and Freud who uses a team of outcast types (two ahead-of-their-time Jewish cops, a Vassar grad employed by TR as his secretary, a savvy street urchin, a murderer freed by his testimony,and a patrician artist with self-loathing and daddy issues) as his Watson/ Baker Street Irregulars/ Shadow's operatives/ IMF to try to solve what we would call today serial murders. Gruesome in spots, definitely grim, and the usual "I must become the murderer to figure him out" shtick that seems to be the only way detectives can catch serial killers any more. It was probably less common when Carr's novel came out in 1994. I read it, but recall almost nothing, so I don't know how loyal it is to the source. Still, I like the atmosphere, some of the characters are intriguing (especially the two Jewish cops and Dakota Fanning as the society woman turned investigator) and I'm sticking with it. I quite liked it. But then I read the book when it first come out and loved it. |
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 23, 2020 15:06:00 GMT -5
Up to third episode of the first season of The Alienist, adapting Caleb Carr's novel. So far, so dark. Set in New York City in 1890s when TR is the police commissioner. Carr's protagonist is a combination of Holmes and Freud who uses a team of outcast types (two ahead-of-their-time Jewish cops, a Vassar grad employed by TR as his secretary, a savvy street urchin, a murderer freed by his testimony,and a patrician artist with self-loathing and daddy issues) as his Watson/ Baker Street Irregulars/ Shadow's operatives/ IMF to try to solve what we would call today serial murders. Gruesome in spots, definitely grim, and the usual "I must become the murderer to figure him out" shtick that seems to be the only way detectives can catch serial killers any more. It was probably less common when Carr's novel came out in 1994. I read it, but recall almost nothing, so I don't know how loyal it is to the source. Still, I like the atmosphere, some of the characters are intriguing (especially the two Jewish cops and Dakota Fanning as the society woman turned investigator) and I'm sticking with it. I quite liked it. But then I read the book when it first come out and loved it. Yeah, it's been so long that I'm only retaining glimmers of the book in my memory. I'm in it to win it now. And I think there's a second season, too. Which will also be ineligible for the contest, as it's based on a novel, too. Sorry, shaxper!  |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 23, 2020 16:16:12 GMT -5
I quite liked it. But then I read the book when it first come out and loved it. Yeah, it's been so long that I'm only retaining glimmers of the book in my memory. I'm in it to win it now. And I think there's a second season, too. The second season just started in the last couple weeks. I haven't seen it. The second book was significantly weaker than the first. I've not read it since it came out in '97. |
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Post by berkley on Jul 23, 2020 16:48:45 GMT -5
Wait - we are counting books after all? In that case I can add a couple that I've watched this month.
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Post by Prince Hal on Jul 23, 2020 17:17:44 GMT -5
Wait - we are counting books after all? In that case I can add a couple that I've watched this month. My bad. Sorry. Hadn't recalled that part of the criteria. I'll leave it here in case someone wants to watch it. |
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Post by brutalis on Jul 23, 2020 18:30:11 GMT -5
So you're saying no books. I guess that's up to you all. I don't mind, but it would be repetitive. Since limited viewing time for myself this month I went ahead and am including a few book based movies. |
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