Huffy Flounce

Jubbers wrote:In that case, we will tell Goiter's mom to avoid it.

She simply wouldn't stop bitching about the ending of The Force Awakens.

She also bitches about the endings of almost every story I write. Always has. Goes back to when I was a preteen.

Some of the ambiguous endings she bitches about aren't even all that ambiguous. It should be obvious what happened. I just didn't bother to say what happened. Because it's obvious. Or, in some cases, because it's unnecessary.

But nooo, she has to see the thing. For all I know, she'd be angry that SPOILER: you don't actually see the bullet enter Fredo's brain if she were ever to watch The Godfather: Part II.

I watched Deadpool.

It's fun.

Kermode and Mayo are on Sunday Brunch - bickering as usual.

Whiplash. Because nothing says Sunday afternoon like some aggressively macho jazz drumming.

Godfather II.

I am so tired of my 20-something co-workers dissing the GF films for whatever reason. Shows a real disrespect of movie history.

Plus, it's neat to see the time shift of Robert DeNiro. In the last week I watched Analyze That and Casino.

Tripping old skool now.

Hey, I was jus' talkin' 'bout that movie.

I watched The Finest Hours yesterday which was...well...fine. Nothing bad, nothing special.

But then for the first time ever, I watched Heat. Holy hell is that ever a fantastic movie.

First time ever? Holy crappola Adam!

I believe there's an entire thread somewhere dedicated to classic films I haven't seen, isn't there? This should come as no surprise, Dimple.

"Heat" is amazing. That shoot out, it's beautiful.

I personally prefer "Collateral", but it's a close call between the two.

The Big Short.

Fucking amazing.

"And here is Selena Gomez to explain a synthetic CDS!"

That wetted my appetite for financial drama. I think I will watch Margin Call again!

I'd be curious to hear your take on The Big Short a few months from now. I felt exactly the same way right after I saw it, but my love has sort of dissipated over the time since.

Margin Call, on the other hand, is one of the most criminally underrated movies of the last decade. I think I'll watch that soon as well!

The Big Short is really elegant in how it sets up its characters so you can follow them through a really complicated set of circumstances and tell the story from points of view that makes it relatable and covers the bases. The interludes to explain financial points are genius. Particularly "Fish Stew".

I am nearly at the end of Margin Call now. It remains probably the best Wall Street movie since Wall Street.

Also - Paul Bettany's monologue in the car back from Brooklyn in Margin Call about being necessary to let people live how they want to live, with the hands on the scales in their favour, is perhaps the best snapshot of financial reality that has been in one of these movies. Everyone should understand it when the pitchforks come out and the mob lights their flaming torches.

It's up there with "You want me on that wall, you need me on that wall!" From A Few Good Men.

I watched the Conjuring 2 last night. Very effective. I did not all sleep well.

Just started Season2 of Daredevil. Looks very good so far.

Rambo:First Blood

Still a great movie.

Genuinely interested in the political climate around this movie. Were Vietnam vets really treated badly on return? Was there a climate of distrust against small town law enforcement making the character of Rambo an anti-hero? Or did it cause any outrage to see police portrayed that way in 1981?

Also considering nowadays we would consider Rambo as suffering from PTSD. Was it a widely known and understood condition back then?

Most definitely PTSD material. Shell shock was a term used in Canada for vets who came home "a little off" after ww2 and Korea. Even up to the Bosnia and Somalia mess. These guys were written off by govt and the general pop as lost causes. A good portion went homeless and became addicts of some sort.

Today I like to think it's looked upon differently by govt, I know it is by society in general. But week after week stories come out about homeless vets or those in need of some kind of assistance. There was a story recently on the CBC about how much marijuana vets were smoking. Something like 30% more than the rest of the country. Alarming stats I think.

I haven't seen Good Will Hunting in a while.

Netflix just informed me that Season 3 of Agents of SHIELD is now streaming. I watched the first couple of episodes when they aired, and have the rest on my DVR but never got around to watching them. Now that it's more convenient, I started watching it again.

I'm taking a break from The Americans to watch June 17, 1994, one of my favorite 30 for 30 documentaries.