How about a movie thread?

[donquixote99]

Originally Posted by Tom Joad

If anyone's interested, "The Stand" is on Netflix.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsMp2pZK-Cw

OK, I watched part 1 of it.

I've come to a great realization. Don't know why it took me so long to figure it out, but I'm stubbornly literal and sort of miss things like this--until I get them. But I suddenly now realize what is going on with the whole horror genre (that is, besides 'let's get scared and have an adrenaline rush'). It is a metaphor for the whole real life and real death situation. Like, everybody dies. Really. What could be more absurdly horror-show than that? The fantasy menaces and monsters of the horror show, in slaughtering everyone, are just doing what happens anyway, they're just kind of sudden and blatant about it.

And the plot usually has some good hero who somehow beats the system. Don't we wish! That's the real fantasy, the real payoff of the classic horror plot. It tells how someone beats the system.

Alas, it's just a story. In the real world, no one beats the system. One could regard real life as the real horror, if one were of a morbid cast of mind.

But there's no percentage in that, of course.

[Dondilion]

Strangers On A Train: FARLEY GRANGER, RUTH ROMAN

Produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

A psychological crime thriller, in black and white - from the fifties.

I really enjoy these old thrillers.

[bobabode]

'Monuments Men' tonight.

[BlueStreak]

Watching; "The Descent" on IFC.

Lots of pointless gore. Which relaxes me for some odd reason.

Dave

[donquixote99]

Watched 'Ordinary People' last night. Had missed it before, which was stupid. One of the most real and revealing dramas out there.

[nailer]

The Machine, excellent SF.

Thanks Vanishing Point (AI thread).

[donquixote99]

The Machine was too 'comic book' for me. I like the science in the SF not to be too blatantly BS. And all the combat had this strong 'scripted like a wrestling match' feel. The early 'animation of the android' scene was really showy, though....

[nailer]

Thanks for the confirmation.

Her is another excellent SF/AI flick.

[Tom Joad]

I enjoyed "Three Days to Kill" with Kevin Costner.

It got mixed reviews, but I think that's because some people tried to take it too seriously. I consider it a spoof.

[Tom Joad]

Watched "Catching Fire" on netflix last night.

Not as good as the first Hunger Games IMO, but Jennifer Lawrence is such an awesome looking warrior chic, so who cares if the movie isn't all that good?