The Last Movie You Watched

[Angrboda]

A NOVA / NatGeo special.


I found this incredibly fascinating.

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And I watched the second film in Park Chan-wook's 'Vengeance' trilogy.

[Faith No More]

I just watched Super, which is a film about a guy that believes god has chosen him to become a super hero to save his ex-wife. It's a dark comedy with an identity crisis. Just when I thought they had forgone the humor, there would be some schtick pop up amidst the graphic violence. It wasn't a great film per se, but I enjoyed it for the depths of insanity it probed, albeit in a shallow manner. It's definitely a film that's not for everyone.

[Angrboda]

A 13-year-old boy who vanished in Texas and shows up three years later in Spain.

What I expected was some Geraldo Rivera bullshit.

What I got was a thriller with unexpected twists and turns, and psychological elements that I never anticipated.


Much, much better than I was expecting.

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(I was planning to spend the afternoon watching documentaries about American serial killers, only to find that most of the crap on Netflix is "fictionalized accounts" rather than documentaries. I'll have to fill that niche some other way. This was a runner-up to my planned fare.)

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[Angrboda]

老子说
(Laozi says)

A basic introduction to the Taoism of Laozi. Good and thorough, but it adds little that can't be learned directly from reading the Tao Te Ching. Still, useful.

[Faith No More]

Was "The Imposter" a documentary or fiction based on real events? IMDB describes it as a documentary but then lists a cast.

[Angrboda]

Was "The Imposter" a documentary or fiction based on real events? IMDB describes it as a documentary but then lists a cast.

It's a documentary.

[Tea Earl Grey Hot]

I last saw "Goats". Only watched it because it had David Duchovny.

[Angrboda]

I watched the latter third of Thor last night. I wanted to watch the battle with the Destroyer in the town again, and my memory of certain plot points was fuzzy.

[Tonus]

Pacific Rim: Apparently, someone found the script for Independence Day and thought it would be brilliant if it was remade with two significant changes: the aliens would come from under our feet instead of over our heads, and they would be fifty-story tall monsters. As it turns out, this was a fairly brilliant twist, as the massive monsters and the human-controlled robots that fight them make for a great foray into the monster movies of my youth. But it also uses pretty much every Hollywood plot device in the book. Turn off your brain and enjoy the monsters.

The Cabin in the Woods: A nice turn on the old horror theme that starts a bit slowly but picks up the pace and provides an wildly entertaining final half-hour with just enough twists to keep things fresh.

Oblivion: Decent action film which also has a couple of nice plot twists that lead to more plot twists that make for a pretty interesting ride. I particularly like that what seems like a plot hole in the earlier part of the film becomes a plot twist that catches you off-guard.

[Silver]

I just watched Oblivion, with Tom Cruise and Morgan Freeman. It was okay.