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I preface this by saying I am not a huge Elvis Presley fan (not a hater though either) and even less a fan of director Baz Luhrmann. As for the motion picture Elvis, I liked it.

I thought the part up to him joining the army was the most interesting, dramatizing his younger days in Memphis associating the the black artists of the time especially BB King & Little Richard.

Interesting to see Tom Hanks play a most unlikeable character, Col Tom Parker. It felt he was channeling Lionel Barrymore/Mr Potter. Austin Butler as The King was phenomenal, he looked, sounded and had the moves like Elvis.
 




fan of Ray Williams said:
Geeze, there’s going to be a John Wick 4? Squeezing the heck of of that one.
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AND maybe a TV Mini-series. "The Continental" is still in the works for later this year. Doubt Christopher Walken's SNL character will be in it. ;)

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Iceland12 said:
AND maybe a TV Mini-series. "The Continental" is still in the works for later this year. Doubt Christopher Walken's SNL character will be in it. ;)

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Watched The Gray Man a few days ago and it was also a shoot everyone in sight type movie. Guess that one is getting a sequel too.
 
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fan of Ray Williams said:
Watched The Gray Man a few days ago and it was also a shoot everyone in sight type movie. Guess that one is getting a sequel too.
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The Bourne movies probably kicked-off that genre. The Wick movies moved it along. Can't blame the producers. Action without a lot of dialogue allows the films to be sold around the world. That adds-up to a lot of Box Office money.

Though John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum was damn near satire and The Bourne Legacy was basically a remake of The Bourne Identity.
 

in the Documentary category-

Disney+ has a new 6-part documentary called "Light and Magic."

it is a history of Industrial Light and Magic, the special-effects company that was founded by George Lucas to work on the 1st 'Star Wars' movie.

the first few segments pretty much focus on how the original group developed a lot of the technology used in Star Wars. Later on, it details the shift from practical effects to computer-generated effects.

lots of interviews with people including George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Jon Favreau, etc.
(spoiler - George Lucas thinks very highly of himself....)

my favorite parts were the early segments. If you like special effects, you learn a lot about motion-controlled cameras, stop-motion animation, etc.

the whole thing runs for about 5 hours, give or take.
 




short ornery norwegian said:
in the Documentary category-

Disney+ has a new 6-part documentary called "Light and Magic."

it is a history of Industrial Light and Magic, the special-effects company that was founded by George Lucas to work on the 1st 'Star Wars' movie.

the first few segments pretty much focus on how the original group developed a lot of the technology used in Star Wars. Later on, it details the shift from practical effects to computer-generated effects.

lots of interviews with people including George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard, Jon Favreau, etc.
(spoiler - George Lucas thinks very highly of himself....)

my favorite parts were the early segments. If you like special effects, you learn a lot about motion-controlled cameras, stop-motion animation, etc.

the whole thing runs for about 5 hours, give or take.
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I don't give a shit about Star Wars....but this sounds VERY interesting.
 


Hell has frozen over.

Hollywood is doing a remake of.................."Road House."

apparently starring Jake Gyllenhall as a former UFC fighter turned bouncer. and Conor McGregor is going to appear in it.

they will never top the original.

"A polar bear fell on me......."
 



Watched the new Woodstock 99 documentary on Netflix. Could that promoter John Scher be a bigger asshole? My wife was ready to punch him through the TV.
 

Nope. Good, I enjoyed it.

I would probably place it behind Get Out & Us as far as Jordan Peele movies, but really well crafted and executed. As far as science fiction-western thrillers go, hard pressed to think of a better one. Less comic levity than his other films, which is probably why I rank it a bit lower, but I enjoy the originality.
 

I'm upset. They have remade "A League of their own" and are remaking Road House. WTF.
 




Ope3 said:
Nope. Good, I enjoyed it.

I would probably place it behind Get Out & Us as far as Jordan Peele movies, but really well crafted and executed. As far as science fiction-western thrillers go, hard pressed to think of a better one. Less comic levity than his other films, which is probably why I rank it a bit lower, but I enjoy the originality.
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Didn't love it. Felt like something was missing for most of it. Still a decent way to spend two hours, but not in same league as Get Out or Us.
 

WilliamsArenaGuy said:
Didn't love it. Felt like something was missing for most of it. Still a decent way to spend two hours, but not in same league as Get Out or Us.
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I have a completely different perspective looking at clouds since viewing the movie a few days ago. Kinda creepy.
 

BleedGopher said:

Go Gophers!!
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Very good documentary. I thought Teo was in on it all these years, and didn’t realize he was the victim. He sure paid a heck of a price for being a victim.

I give him a lot of credit for the last interview. He seems like a very good man, I hope he has a happy and successful life.

Go Gophers!!
 

Ope3 said:
I have a completely different perspective looking at clouds since viewing the movie a few days ago. Kinda creepy.
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I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all
 

short ornery norwegian said:
I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all
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The great Joni Mitchell is implying by "both sides now" there are "2". Without going too deeply and issuing a "spoiler", the movie "Nope" suggests there may be more than 2 sides to Clouds.
 

Last night I saw the movie Emily the Criminal starring Aubrey Plaza in a dramatic roll.

It's really good, best new movie I have seen so far in 2022. I could see Plaza getting some recognition in awards season.
 

watched "Prey" last night. It's on Hulu. (which I get on the Disney+ bundle)

Wow. really liked it. keeping spoilers to a minimum, it's set in the 1700's on the great plains. a tribe of Comanche native Americans is confronted with a deadly threat - a Predator.

the story focuses on a young woman member of the tribe who wants to be a hunter like her older brother. a lot of the movie is just this woman and her dog out in the wild.

relatively little dialogue. tremendous cinematography - movie looks great. very tight story - about an hour & 40 minutes. I highly recommend it.
 

Don't Worry Darling. Not good. Some fine performances and cinematography wasted by a lousy plot.
 




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