The Movie Thread...

I am thinking about signing up for HBO again just to see "The Little Things." Is there anything else on there worthy of watching or binging over the course of a month?


Of the newer shows, I liked Succession. The Wire if you haven't watched it already. Probably the best cinema I've ever seen. Euphoria is supposed to be good, but I have teenagers and don't need something that close to home. And Veep... OMG Veep is the BEST! I've watched it through twice, and it is so densely packed with verbal and visual humor.
 
Personally I am a bit partial to Young Frankenstein....

What Knockers!

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Abby something....Abby-Normal?
Frau Blücher!
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Y'all non-Southerners is funny. Not sure how I missed that discussion, but further clarification is necessary. "All y'all" is typically not a reference to the size, or completeness of a group. It's more of an exclamation point, typically in the negative. For example, in a group of 5, 1 could turn to the other 4 and say "I like y'all. Y'all want to come over to my house?". If they decline, that same 1 person could retort to the same group of 4, "well f@ck all y'all.". Hope that helps.
 
Y'all non-Southerners is funny. Not sure how I missed that discussion, but further clarification is necessary. "All y'all" is typically not a reference to the size, or completeness of a group. It's more of an exclamation point, typically in the negative. For example, in a group of 5, 1 could turn to the other 4 and say "I like y'all. Y'all want to come over to my house?". If they decline, that same 1 person could retort to the same group of 4, "well f@ck all y'all.". Hope that helps.
This means my use of “all ya’llz” has no negative connotation in your context. The z represents the SoCal undertone.
 
The Wire is great, lots of future stars in that show. Sopranos too. And Weeds.
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Anyone mention News of the World? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6878306/
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Agree. The Wire (my #1) did produce lots of future stars - 2 of whom are on Bosch (Amazon Prime - Bosch's partner and the Chief of Police) which is also an excellent series.

Other great streaming series:
Chernobyl (HBO) - had no interest in seeing this but my son wanted to too...mind blown. Just 5 episodes but tied with The Wire as my #1.
Westworld (HBO) season 1
Homeland (Showtime) seasons 1 -5
Band of Brothers (HBO) 20 years old (like The Wire) but still amazing
Ray Donovan (Showtime) solid but not on same level as the above

I think it's easier to follow the story arcs with multiple characters and plot lines by bingeing 2 episodes at a time on consecutive nights so generally sign up to a streaming service for a month to watch the series I'm interested in and then cancel.
 
Agree about Westworld, Season One; spectacular even if you don't like all the nude girls. Also, thanks for The Night Messenger; wife and I loved it.
 
I didn't watch it dubbed, kept German with subtitles.
Kind of like the original Girl With a Dragon Tatoo....better in Swedish.

The newer english version of GWaDT is on Netflix now. Watched it for the second time. Pretty good, but the original is better.
IMO the Swedish version is far better (even reading subtitles) and the other 2 movies in Swedish Dragon Tattoo trilogy pull all the threads together. Excellent.

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Gina Carano fired from Mandalorian...yay! She's the worst actress.
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Main character killed off Expanse.....WTF?
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Snowpiercer and WandaVision........must watch TV.
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@senderos_949 Thanks for the rec on Chernobyl. It's been in my watch queue for a long time, but haven't got around to it. I like short mini-series like that. The McDonalds one was good as well.

@scottay GC was soooo wooden. They were trying for a younger Lucy Lawless, but all they could find was a cardboard cutout. We've been really enjoying WandaVision... hope the payoff is worth it! Just re-watched Antman and the Wasp tonight, and it has a lot of tie ins.
 
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