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[Redondo]

Finished Black Sun S2.

Writers did a good job bringing it all together at the end. 

Hopefully there will be another season. 

[gotbeer]

Netflix:  The Last Dance  Finally got around to seeing it.  It was good, although I didn't like how they kept flashing forward and back in the timeline.  I wish it was just a steady linear history lesson.  Oh, and Carmen Electra is still pretty hot.  Overall, if you like basketball even a fraction bit, it's worth the watch.  Heck, even if you don't like basketball but know who MJ is, it's worth the watch.

[St1ck]

Birds Of Prey. Somehow they found a way to make a movie even worse than Suicide Squad. 

[Keener]

The Last Narc, on amazon prime.

Fascinating look into the murder of a dea agent by "Mexican drug cartels".

4 part series, about 45 min each.  Quite a tangled web.  

Edited August 16, 2020 by Keener
Oops, not netflix

[Taylor]

5 hours ago, st1ckboy said:

Birds Of Prey. Somehow they found a way to make a movie even worse than Suicide Squad. 

Birds of Prey was pretty meh, but no way was it worse that Suicide Squad. 

[Redondo]

Serious Man on Netflix

Strange movie

[AngelsLakersFan]

11 minutes ago, Redondo said:

Serious Man on Netflix

Strange movie

It’s on my underrated list. One of the Coen’s more literary movies... it’s sort of a modern retelling of the book of Job.

[T.G.]

Movie... "Southpaw" I thought it was really good. I will watch it again sometime.

[Redondo]

On 8/16/2020 at 5:38 PM, AngelsLakersFan said:

It’s on my underrated list. One of the Coen’s more literary movies... it’s sort of a modern retelling of the book of Job.

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Larry had everything that could go wrong, go wrong.

 

[AngelsLakersFan]

28 minutes ago, Redondo said:

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Larry had everything that could go wrong, go wrong.

 

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My favorite aspect of the movie was how Larry kept trying to see the rabbi for guidance, so he could understand why he had such terrible luck, but he never could. Finally his son, who doesn't give a shit, has his bar mitzvah and gets a one-on-one with the rabbi and the wisdom he offers is simply Jefferson Airplane lyrics. 

 

[gotbeer]

Netflix:  3% Season 4.  Season 1 was worth at least the view, but it had huge flaws to it.  Then it becomes a trainwreck and fittingly ends in the appropriate trainwreck fashion.  It's a pass.

[Redondo]

9 hours ago, gotbeer said:

Netflix:  3% Season 4.  Season 1 was worth at least the view, but it had huge flaws to it.  Then it becomes a trainwreck and fittingly ends in the appropriate trainwreck fashion.  It's a pass.

I've watched the first 3 seasons.

It's a weird show to begin with.

Thanks for the heads up.

[Taylor]

Watched the premiere of Lovecraft Country on HBO. It's basically a mystery drama in the Jim Crow era with fantasy-horror elements thrown in. Really solid first episode.

[T.G.]

Watched the first two episodes of Luther and I really like it so far.

Hard to follow the accents at times, but it's a solid show (so far)

[Redondo]

Just now, True Grich said:

Watched the first two episodes of Luther and I really like it so far.

Hard to follow the accents at times, but it's a solid show (so far)

I use closed caption feature so I don't miss anything. 

[Redondo]

Luther gets better as the seasons progress. If you like S1 you will like all of them. S1 was the weakest one for me. 

[gotbeer]

14 minutes ago, Redondo said:

Luther gets better as the seasons progress. If you like S1 you will like all of them. S1 was the weakest one for me. 

Weird.  I liked season 1 the best.  I thought the story line kind of started unravelling after that.  

[T.G.]

I am continuing to enjoy Luther, but it bugs me just a little how easily he figures some things out. 

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And the relationship with Alice is hard to believe...

It's kind of like a more serious version of Monk

[gotbeer]

HBO Max:  Richard Jewell A Clint Eastwood movie.  It's pretty drawn out and one dimensional.  Probably would have been better as a Netflix true crime type series.  But it's an interesting story, and worth it for those that want a small history lesson on what happened at the Atlanta Olympics.  

[gotbeer]

HBO Max:  Deadwood the movie.  This is one of those where I haven't seen the series in years.  And yet all those characters came right back with the movie.  It almost feels like a whole season would have been better.  But this was better than nothing.  It had the same feel as the series, although I don't remember them talking that proper all the time.  And the movie does what the series did and kind of left everything open at the end with no real finality.  

[Redondo]

5 hours ago, True Grich said:

I am continuing to enjoy Luther, but it bugs me just a little how easily he figures some things out. 

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And the relationship with Alice is hard to believe...

It's kind of like a more serious version of Monk

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Those things bothered me at first also.

Along with him being so violent and breaking things. Everyone just accepts it.

But it does get better. The writers take a lot of liberties with the script all the way through.

 

[Slegnaac]

10 hours ago, gotbeer said:

HBO Max:  Richard Jewell A Clint Eastwood movie.  It's pretty drawn out and one dimensional.  Probably would have been better as a Netflix true crime type series.  But it's an interesting story, and worth it for those that want a small history lesson on what happened at the Atlanta Olympics.  

I saw the last 10 to 15 minutes.  I think that was the whole story. Good ending.

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Came in where he asks if they have any hard evidence to arrest him.

 

[T.G.]

Finished season 1 of Luther. I liked it less with each episode, but will give season 2 a shot...

Some of the characters are a little over the top, but I am willing to hang in there.

[Redondo]

8 hours ago, True Grich said:

Finished season 1 of Luther. I liked it less with each episode, but will give season 2 a shot...

Some of the characters are a little over the top, but I am willing to hang in there.

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Now that the wife is not in the picture it actually gets better.

Get used to the Alice thing because it sticks.

 

[Lou]

Alice was great