Akin to the "Musical Picks" topic, I want to hear what your all time favourite movies/television shows are. It can be anything from action to drama to sports to romance (who watches that anyway though?). Don't be shy and don't be mean to other members, even if they really did enjoy Superbaby-Geniuses or whatever that piece of crap was called

 

I'll start off with a couple of my favs; I find most of the ones I put down are great films all together, but have shining endings.

 

Blood Diamond (Thriller/Drama): Leo DiCaprio picks up a sick south african accent in this eye-opening thriller/drama. Great music but if you're a Leo fan, you can probably already guess how it ends lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtPX2kXhu7I

 

Friday Night Lights (Sports): I'm not a football guy, but the cinematography and story made this a refreshing change to the typical, predictable, sports movie. Plus, the instrumental music by Explosions in the Sky fits perfect (note: the trailer is crap, watch the film).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzyp4qOW0F0

 

The Lord of The Rings Trilogy (Fantasy): If you are on a Lego forum where Lego LOTR products are frequently discussed, you probably already know how awesome the films are. If you don't, I'll leave it up to the mods to immediately revoke your membership to BrickPicker (jk).

 

And last I'll just end with my favourite TV show, which is probably going into its final season this year, The Mentalist (crime procedeural): this murder-a-episode series focuses on a former psychic who is now tracking the serial killer who murdered his family. The show can be light and funny, but when the serial killer ("red john") gets involved, it can get pretty unnerving. The series has spent 5 years tracking down murderers so feels a bit tired, but it is still my favourite. And, I'll post a trailer for the 3rd season finally:

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yzejrms4YLk

 

Phew, if you got through all that... you don't get bored easily, do you? Now tell me your picks!

4 minutes ago, oneknightr said:

Finished Maid on Netflix. I'm Chinese but my wife is white, and we both grew up poor. This show hit home for the both of us. 

I continue to recommend Maid to almost everyone but it does have a lot of trigger warnings. Now I am on to Dopesick on Hulu which also may be hard for those that suffer with addiction, but Michael Keaton is great in it so far. 

8 minutes ago, Pseudoty said:

I continue to recommend Maid to almost everyone but it does have a lot of trigger warnings. Now I am on to Dopesick on Hulu which also may be hard for those that suffer with addiction, but Michael Keaton is great in it so far. 

I'm caught up on Dopesick.  Keaton is good and why I decided to give it a shot.  If you're familiar with the opioid thing then there's not much new there, unless you just like the drama of it, which is well done here.

Being from Maine, dopesick has hit close to home.  Wild to hear the Maine DOJ was an initial road block although not surprising.  I vividly remember in 2006-2008 waking up everyday checking the news seeing yet another cvs/rite aid/Walgreens being held at gun point for not cash but ‘just give me all the oxy’. It honestly felt like everyday. 

The recent episode was so intense, that surgery scene when Keaton’s character was high😲 He is such an underrated actor. 

My first ever VHS I could call my own was my godmother sent me in 1989, Batman, as part of my Christmas gift. Having 3 older brothers, they were very jealous.  We all had a major crush on Vicky Vail.💃 

 

 

Daughter created/directed/produced her first aerial show for Halloween this year.   If anyone is into aerial or halloween it turned out pretty good.   Aired on twitch for the first few weeks and they were able to post to youtube for more to watch.   @sauromosis , the kids should enjoy it.

 

"Eternals" was just ok, nothing great and lots of exposition and time jumping to try to world build.  I hope the MCU corrects course after this one.  I really enjoyed "Shang Chi".

Subtitles would help then again this looks good still.

I finally watched the new Mortal Kombat movie and it turned out pretty good in my opinion. An overall more serious tone than the original from 1995 with a really good casting. All the actors and actresses fit their roles very well.

Jessica McNamee really was Sonya Blade and Hiroyuki Sanada so badass as Scorpion. (Speaking of which that final fight scene against Sub-Zero was good.) Seeing the shaolin monks Kung Lao alongside Liu Kang was sweet. Max Huang gave off that air of confidence in his skill to go with the ego that Kung Lao has and Ludi Lin just felt right as the disciplined Liu Kang. Mileena's design here was alright not to mention her "teeth reveal" was actually wicked. The character of Cole Young did not seem to detract or take away from the focus of the film honestly.

And the handful of fatalities were freakin' awesome!

 

Who else got the chills ?

https://people.com/movies/harry-potter-reunion-hbo-max-special-emma-watson-daniel-radcliffe-rupert-grint-return/

2 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said:

Who else got the chills ?

https://people.com/movies/harry-potter-reunion-hbo-max-special-emma-watson-daniel-radcliffe-rupert-grint-return/

I need to watch these someday.

8 minutes ago, exciter1 said:

I need to watch these someday.

https://www.theonion.com/man-not-accepting-any-more-television-recommendations-a-1819579507

1 hour ago, exciter1 said:

I need to watch these someday.

The best way to get introduced...read the books aloud w/ your 3rd+ graders during bedtime (some themes are dark and maybe holdout till 5th grade for some audiences).  I saw the movies first and honestly...it's hard to not have the movie scenes in your head.

47 minutes ago, $20 on joe vs dan said:

The best way to get introduced...read the books aloud w/ your 3rd+ graders during bedtime (some themes are dark and maybe holdout till 5th grade for some audiences).  I saw the movies first and honestly...it's hard to not have the movie scenes in your head.

I only read the first 3-4 chapters of Book 5 which was condensed to 3 minutes in the movie.  I did not go back to the books

2 hours ago, Bold-Arrow said:

Who else got the chills ?

https://people.com/movies/harry-potter-reunion-hbo-max-special-emma-watson-daniel-radcliffe-rupert-grint-return/

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The first installment, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone premiered 20 years ago today.

I used to react "wow I am getting old" to these kinds of sentences.  Now it is just another sentence.  I guess I am old.  

This showed up on my Youtube.  Apparently there is an MMA fighter who is an anime fan (or is he an anime dweeb who happens to be an MMA fighter? )

 

 

19 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said:

This showed up on my Youtube.  Apparently there is an MMA fighter who is an anime fan (or is he an anime dweeb who happens to be an MMA fighter? )

 

 

He's the 185lb champ, so he's doing ok.

 

Closed captions are available.

 

F YEAH !!!!

 

 

Was the first Sonic that good where they needed a sequel? I love Jim Carrey but haven't seen the first.

3 hours ago, oneknightr said:

Was the first Sonic that good where they needed a sequel? I love Jim Carrey but haven't seen the first.

I enjoyed the first film better than I expected to honestly and I attribute that primarily to how well they got the main cast down. It also helped the studio went back to redesign (movie) Sonic to look closer to his original design over what was shown off in the very first teaser (the one which spawned numerous nightmare fuel memes).

As a videogame-based movie goes, Sonic The Hedgehog is in the middle of having little to do with the videogames far as scenery goes with but a few glimpses into those "zones" yet at the same time what was important to the videogames was brought forth and center with the characters acting as they should.

Jim Carrey as Dr. Ivo Robotnik is basically Jim Carrey playing a villain surrounded by a bunch of robots ....and he has a mustache. It's more him having fun as an almost cartoony comic book baddie crossed with classic James Bond archnemesis villainy than any of the various iterations of "the Eggman" between the older & modern Archie comics, the different animated series', and everything up to current gaming. There are also some traces of his "In Living Color" roots showing. In the end, if you do not enjoy Jim Carrey's style of acting or humor then I believe you would not enjoy his take on the role here.

Additionally, there was an after credits scene completely sequel bating the audience. I shan't spoil anything. Just saying it's there.