TODAY I WATCHED (Movies, TV series) 2014

manny wrote:

Star Trek: Into the Darkness

and yesterday The Runaways

I liked that movie and thought that Kristin Stewart put in a great performance as Joan Jett..... Lita Ford should have been a bigger character in the flick!!!!!

New England vs Green Bay

C'mon Packers, I HATE NEW ENGLAND!!!!!!!

tohostudios wrote:

New England vs Green Bay

C'mon Packers, I HATE NEW ENGLAND!!!!!!!  

Belecheat lost 26 - 21.

tohostudios wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

New England vs Green Bay

C'mon Packers, I HATE NEW ENGLAND!!!!!!!  

Belecheat lost 26 - 21.

Made my Wife happy. She's a Bills fan!

tohostudios wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

New England vs Green Bay

C'mon Packers, I HATE NEW ENGLAND!!!!!!!  

Belecheat lost 26 - 21.

Everything is right in the world this week - the Cowboys got slammed and the Patriots lost.


Today: Marvels Agents of Shield

"Deathdream" (aka "Dead of Night," 1972)


After her son is killed in action in Vietnam, a grieving mother wishes that he would "come back to her" - and he does. Unfortunately, he's become some sort of personality-free, undead blood sucking something-or-other. Yeah, I hate when that happens too.
This disturbing, slow burning horror flick by Bob Clark of future "Black Christmas"/"Porky's"/"A Christmas Story" fame takes a little while to get going but has creepy atmosphere to spare. Weird as hell but worth a look.

^^Cool flick; I haven't seen it in a long time. Bob Clark (RIP) always had me confused--from a strong horror director to Christmas classic to teen sex romp--it's like he wanted to make one of everything.

"Fahrenheit 451" (1966)


Artsy adaptation of Ray Bradbury's dystopian sci-fi classic, set in a future world where literature is outlawed. When a "fireman" whose job is burning books takes an sudden interest in reading them instead, he instantly becomes Public Enemy #1. A bit on the stuffy/pretentious side but the performances are good and Julie Christie (who plays two different roles) was quite the babe back in the day.

This flick was the first (and only) English language film by French director Francois Truffaut.

Sherlock - Series 1

Fat Freddy wrote:

"Fahrenheit 451" (1966)


Artsy adaptation of Ray Bradbury's dystopian sci-fi classic, set in a future world where literature is outlawed. When a "fireman" whose job is burning books takes an sudden interest in reading them instead, he instantly becomes Public Enemy #1. A bit on the stuffy/pretentious side but the performances are good and Julie Christie (who plays two different roles) was quite the babe back in the day.

This flick was the first (and only) English language film by French director Francois Truffaut.

Cool film. Yes, Julie Christie was a stunning beauty.

"Space Station 76" (2014)

The arrival of an attractive new crew member (Liv Tyler) causes a shake up among the dysfunctional residents of space station in this parody of 70s style sci-fi flicks. The movie captures the '70s "look" perfectly but never finds the right tone...not much happens, and it can't seem to decide whether it's a dark comedy or a drama. Skip it.

Basket Case 3

Supernatural

The Flash

Agents of SHIELD

Arrow

"The Amazing Spider-Man 2" (2014)


Andrew Garfield is back for a second go-round as the friendly neighborhood web-slinger, and this time he romances Gwen Stacy (Emma Stone) while tangling with Electro (Jamie Foxx) and the Green Goblin (Dane DeHaan), as well as digging deeper into the mystery of his parents' disappearance.

This flick apparently didn't go over too well with the fanboys, but I enjoyed it, despite its over-reliance on CGI effects, particularly in the second half. It's a cool popcorn flick, nothing more, nothing less.

Both of those Spider-Man reboots have the same problem. The relationship between Peter and Gwen is the most interesting part, then both films throw all character development out the window for the second half which turns into a video game that unfortunately they didn't give me a controller for.

S.D. wrote:

...turns into a video game that unfortunately they didn't give me a controller for.  

I'm tempted to steal that. Nicely put.

American Horror Story : Freak Show

thejokeriv wrote:

manny wrote:

Star Trek: Into the Darkness

and yesterday The Runaways

I liked that movie and thought that Kristin Stewart put in a great performance as Joan Jett..... Lita Ford should have been a bigger character in the flick!!!!!

Lita Ford did not give her consent to the filmmakers, so they really weren't allowed to do anything with her character.

S.D. wrote:

thejokeriv wrote:

manny wrote:

Star Trek: Into the Darkness

and yesterday The Runaways

I liked that movie and thought that Kristin Stewart put in a great performance as Joan Jett..... Lita Ford should have been a bigger character in the flick!!!!!

Lita Ford did not give her consent to the filmmakers, so they really weren't allowed to do anything with her character.  

That explains it!

Watched South Park