Saul Goodman
It's all good, man
It might be because I've been trying to watch it in bed.
Or it might be because it's boring me to sleep.
I'll give it another go and see can I get any further.
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Or it might be because it's boring me to sleep.
I'll give it another go and see can I get any further.
rubbershoes
not the only raver in the village
I may just have shit taste
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
You are Lucy Mangan and I claim my five pounds (of vomit).
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
I really enjoyed it
T & P
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Rather enjoying the first two episodes of Bodkin. It’s a dark comedy/ crime mystery miniseries set in rural Ireland. Some very funny dialogue so far and a bit like Only Murders in the Building.
‘Bodkin’ Review: Will Forte in Netflix’s Low-Key, Ireland-Set Mystery-Comedy About True Crime Podcasts
Barack and Michelle Obama are among the executive producers of the seven-part series about podcasters investigating a cold case in rural Ireland.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I did three eps and didn't continue. I don't think I hated it, but I wasn't really engaged. I reckon I would have fallen asleep if I was in bed. I also don't think it looks anywhere near as good / beautiful as people are saying. . . The pacing is OK, refreshing even, but something is not clicking.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
It just completely failed to grab my attention, unfortunately.
I did 2 or 3 episodes.
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
I need to watch some mindlessly entertaining movies, cheesy disaster movies, action movies, romcoms, to take my mind off stressful overwork situation.
Any suggestions?
Any suggestions?
T & P
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If you don’t mind a bit of Kingsmen-level slapstick violence, Bullet Train is a brilliant watch. Dark comedy action thriller about a bunch of assassins finding themselves riding on the same train in Japan. Ensemble cast as well.
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
Loved Kingsmen. Will check Bullet Train out, thank you.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I thought bullet train was a fun enough family film. A bit less exposition, a bit more show than tell would have gone down better, but I have no idea how that would have been possible without it being a TV show. Don't get me wrong, the conversations were good and the flashbacks were part of the style, but some of the chit chat that outright explained the plot were a bit relentless.
Obviously silly/impossible for loooaaadds of reasons, but this is a cartoon not a film.
Obviously silly/impossible for loooaaadds of reasons, but this is a cartoon not a film.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
It's cartoonish for sure or like a pop song, have mostly forgotten what happened...
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Smashing a shinkansen window with your fist, empty platforms in kyoto and mount fuji large and clearly visible out the window after they have passed nagoya? Suspension of disbelief is required.
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
Very much so.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Helping yourself in the (empty) buffet carriage.
I'm a shinkansen fan and have ridden that route and almost nothing about that film resembles my journey. . . . But I still like the cartoon logic of the film.
Just too much exposition.
As a family it was a film where our tastes all met somewhere in the middle and I think we all enjoyed it on some level.
I like seeing my daughter care about who lives and dies, it means she has become invested in some respect (she becomes quite verbal about how she thinks/hopes the plot will unfold).
I also noticed it was quite heavily laden with the deadpool 2 cast.
I'm a shinkansen fan and have ridden that route and almost nothing about that film resembles my journey. . . . But I still like the cartoon logic of the film.
Just too much exposition.
As a family it was a film where our tastes all met somewhere in the middle and I think we all enjoyed it on some level.
I like seeing my daughter care about who lives and dies, it means she has become invested in some respect (she becomes quite verbal about how she thinks/hopes the plot will unfold).
I also noticed it was quite heavily laden with the deadpool 2 cast.
belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Yeah, that was daft. Articles on Tom and Dickie in the papers but no photo of either?? Just of Marge. Peculiar.
I see Reeves Minot makes an appearance at the end. He doesn't appear in the books until Ripley Under Ground. So that makes me think they are going to do that next, which would be good. It hasn't been filmed much, there's a British version from a few years ago thats meant to be crap and The American Friend, with Dennis Hopper as Ripley (possibly my favourite of all the movies) - half of which is in German so it isn't seen as widely as it should be. It's set about ten years after Talented, so that might be why they thought Scott would be okay, he will look around the right age for that.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
A Man in Full.
Adapted from a (early noughts?) novel by Tom Wolfe. It's obviously meant to cash in on the post-Succession interest in Succession type tales. Jeff Daniels is good ole boy millionaire Charlie Croker of Atlanta, heavily in debt to his bank. While Logan Roy was a great original monster, this is just thickly sliced ham. If you have a Succession-shaped hole in your life, this might fill the gap.
Adapted from a (early noughts?) novel by Tom Wolfe. It's obviously meant to cash in on the post-Succession interest in Succession type tales. Jeff Daniels is good ole boy millionaire Charlie Croker of Atlanta, heavily in debt to his bank. While Logan Roy was a great original monster, this is just thickly sliced ham. If you have a Succession-shaped hole in your life, this might fill the gap.
T & P
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Finished Bodkin. Very good. A slow-burning but well paced mostly dark comedy with a dash of drama crime series about a real crime podcast team travelling to a small Irish community to investigate an unsolved disappearance of three local youngsters a couple of decades ago.
Good dialogue and dry humour. My only minor criticism is that it dips slightly in the middle episodes and feels like it could have been one or two shorter, but then the final two episodes make up for it. I read one review in which the writer thought the show's reliance in apparent Irish stereotypes was neither fun nor clever, but they clearly stopped watching after the first episode if that's the impression they got.
7/10 for me, and recommended.
Good dialogue and dry humour. My only minor criticism is that it dips slightly in the middle episodes and feels like it could have been one or two shorter, but then the final two episodes make up for it. I read one review in which the writer thought the show's reliance in apparent Irish stereotypes was neither fun nor clever, but they clearly stopped watching after the first episode if that's the impression they got.
7/10 for me, and recommended.
felixthecat
are we there yet?
I enjoyed Bodkin too. Entertaining, easy watching, easy to binge on.
Mr.Bishie
pickled egg
On the list now!
krtek a houby
Merry Xmas!
As long as it's not Ballykissangel, looking forward to it.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
We are now watching the horrifically bad Bodkin. Don't, don't watch Bodkin.
T & P
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Wrong’un you are. Never in a million years less than a 6/10, let alone anywhere near horrifically bad. What episode are you on?
AnnO'Neemus
Is so vanilla
Loved it. Lots of action and tension and over-the-top cartoon violence with a lot of comedy of errors. Also lots of twists and turns. Very entertaining. Thank you.
Artaxerxes
Look out, he's got a gnu!
Watched this the other day and enjoyed it far more than expected.
Absolutely ludicrous, the British assassins probably improved it immensely and raised its game.
