Last movie you watched......

I don’t know, man. You go and see Lincoln, Titanic or The Doors? How about Darkest Hour? How about read such things like The March by EL Doctorow about Sherman’s March to the Sea? I understand the reticence in regard to well-known material, but in the hands of artists such things can truly surprise you. I look forward to watching The Post, mostly because of the participants in front of and behind the camera. If it were populated by lesser lights, I would probably skip it.

 

It is OK, but the movie is also about seizing the day, the boys' growth, and the importance of developing an ability to stand up for oneself and say/do what you want, as long as it is thought through.

And, in/by that last scene, Todd was a leader, answering Neil's question in the affirmative, while Neil, ironically struggled to do with his father exactly the things Mr. Keaton tried to teach, causing tragedy to ensue. The whole point and message of the movie, full circle, in two main characters.

Loved it.

 

"Bright."

My how the Fresh Prince has fallen.

 

"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" last night.

Much darker than I expected. And a hell of a movie. Frances McDormand, Sam Rockwell and Woody Harrelson were all superb.

 

Saw The Post today. Wasn't entirely familiar with the whole story and I enjoyed it. As I was watching it overseas, I wondered how many in the audience (which was packed) realized what was happening at the very end, with the break-in.

When they brought in the attorney guy at the end, I couldn't place him. Had to IMDB him when I got home -- Todd, from Breaking Bad.

 

Saw it last night, too.
This all occurred during my high school and college years. When I transferred from JC to a four-year college in 1972, there were 60 in the School of Journalism. A year later, there were 240. "Newspaper reporters get to bring down the President. Sign me up."

It was almost distracting that the Breaking Bad and Madmen actors were in this movie. Odenkirk in Better Call Saul. And, yes, Todd, the lawyer. Alison Brie in Mad Men. Deirdre Lovejoy, the newsroom secretary, was in a Bull last week. Matthew Rhys, who played Ellsberg, starred as the gay brother in Brothers and Sisters. It got to the point that every actor who showed up I wondered what else they were in.

 

My wife does that in almost every movie we watch, and it drives me nuts. We'll miss a plot point because she's asking me where we saw Actress X before.

 

There's a reboot of Crocodile Dundee for this summer.
Danny McBride is playing the son of Mick Dundee.
Danny McBride Stars In Mysterious New Crocodile Dundee Sequel Trailer

 

We saw it on Saturday night and I totally agree. However, it’s hard to end a movie like that. Graduation or the airport would have made the most sense.

I thought it was really well written an acted, with the exception of the bratty rich kids, who should have been more 3 dimensional.

 

Totally. The boyfriend of the rich girl, I don’t think he said a single word the whole movie. I hate how writers portray most high kids and adolescents. They make them out to be much meaner and shallower than they are, often for cheap theatrics or as a contrast to some supposedly sensitive soul. In my experience, all young adults are mostly middle of the road little assholes. Not dissimilar from adults in that regard.

 

I think that they did a nice job making a number of the bit players seem like real people (a lot of what I liked about The Big Sick), but the snobby new best friend and the second boyfriend were cartoons.