Sam Sanchez

As a dark horse candidate goes, what would Votto's chances be?

31 minutes ago, Adam said:

I was thinking about it today. I think gyllenhall (sp?) was just god awful. Ruined everything else

It's weird because that's what I enjoyed most and what is generally praised the most from that movie. Like when "Oscar So White" controversy last year was happening and everyone was upset that black people didn't get nominated, a lot of people were citing the lack of a Jake Gyllenhaal nomination being the biggest snub of all.

Wait...Nightcrawler actually would actually have been two years ago. So I guess it was people being overwhelmingly upset about the lack of David Oyelowo not being nominated for Selma and people citing Jake as a bigger snub.

It's a heightened performance so I'm assuming his mannerisms just got on your nerves?

And also one of my favorites from that year. It's a generally very well-regarded movie. Basically a twisted Broadcast News/Network, and definitely a better movie tackling similar subject though far less seriously than the recent movie Christine, about the reporter Christine Chubbuck.

Averages a 4.0/5 on Letterboxd.com, which is normally a more discerning crowd than IMDb, but both seem to pretty much exactly on the same wavelength.

3 hours ago, red321 said:

The book was fantastic, looks like the US release of the film is coming up. Interesting twist on the genre.

 

 

Watched this. It's a solid movie. There's a lot similar in the story to The Last Of Us (videogame). Made me curious to check out the book.

For me, Everybody Wants Some was just a very fun hangout movie thought I actually did find funny. But beyond that, echoing a bit what Mr. Cat who shat said, it's about guys just about entering college and having the chance to basically establish a new identity, which is shown in the distinctly different parties they attend. I don't think you're necessary supposed to view at as D&C 2 but I think it definitely works as a spiritual successor to it. Basically picks off where D&C leaves off in that takes place last days of High School in the mid to late 70s, and now it's guys about to enter college in 1980 and showing that nothing that came before really mattered.

In the end though, I think it's just a fun movie to watch.

It's more like Damien Chazelle jerking himself about jazz and basically remaking The Umbrellas of Cherbourg to an extent, but it's a blast to watch. This isn't a Chicago or The Artist type case. It's a very crowd-friendly movie with still a lot of artistic merit to it. It's a guy a who is a fan of musicals from the 50s and 60s and who is also obsessed with jazz and making it with today's technology. It's the same guy who directed Whiplash from a couple years ago which was also great.

Is it going to win Best Picture? Yeah probably. But that doesn't make it bad. It's a cheerful/charming film about L.A./Hollywood and reaching for your dreams in a year when people could probably use some uplift, so of course it'll probably win. Is it my favorite movie of the year? No, but it's up there. As of right now, I'd put Manchester By the Sea and Moonlight ahead of it.

It has backlash written all over it like any movie that gets praise because people like to hate. Hell, even No Country For Old Men got a ton of hate after it won, and that was one of the few years where they got it "right" though There Will Be Blood and Zodiac are right up there with it for me.

59 minutes ago, Taggart said:

you made me curious, so i just checked all the movies released this year and have literally only gone to the movies twice this year, for triple 9 and hell or high water (after hohw i walked into mechanic: resurrection, but was the only one in the theater and fell asleep before the movie even started).

even looking at the list again, i really have no interest in watching a lot of these movies. some i would generally see at the theater, like bourne, while others i will catch on demand or hbo, etc. but even then i didn't rent any of these.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_in_film 

By "list" are you talking about the Top 10 grossing on that list? Because, yeah I agree, none of those would touch what I consider the best of the year. But if you're talking about the whole movie list as a whole for the year, I don't understand what context you could look at an enormous list like that and say nothing interests you. What do you base that on, the title, who's in it, who directed it? I understand I'm not the "general public" as I try to watch about 50-100 current movies each year, so I actively seek stuff out.

Just a few movies I'd toss out that are worth checking out:

Moonlight

Nocturnal Animals

Elle (Paul Verhoeven's first movie in like 10 years and it's Paul Verhoeven as hell)

The Handmaiden

Arrival

Manchester by the Sea

The Nice Guys

Hail, Caesar (this movie got so much better on a rewatch)

The Lobster

The Witch

Everybody Wants Some

The Edge of Seventeen

Hunt for the Wilderpeople

Sing Street

And a couple other random smaller movies that maybe only I would like but would recommend anyway to a lesser extent: Krisha, Love & Friendship, Things To Come, Indignation and Wiener-Dog.

Watched La La Land yesterday.

While I loved the movie, I would like to go and see it again because I didn't see it in an ideal way. I had a free movie pass with only a limited time to sneak out yesterday for a bit, ended up getting the last ticket available of assigned seating and it was front row center. Terrible seat but enjoyed the hell out of the movie despite that. Just a very joyful movie which catches the feel of classic Gene Kelly and Jacques Demy musicals but with a modern setting.

I've been reading a lot of "horrible year for movies" talk on the internet and I don't see it. Unless people are specifically referring to a shitty a blockbuster summer, than yeah I guess, but I think it's been a pretty solid year this year. For the last 10 years, I always make an ongoing "Top 25" for each year, and when I look at what I have on there so far for 2016, I've been pretty happy with a lot that I've seen this year so far.

I hope to make that sooner rather than later. I own it on Blu-Ray actually, so I have no real excuse why I haven't, just need to set aside 3+ hours to do it.

Have actually been to theater quite a lot recently. Would recommend all of the following recent releases:

Nocturnal Animals (opening credits notwithstanding)

Manchester by the Sea

The Edge of Seventeen

Jackie

Elle

The Handmaiden

Still quite a few more later this month I hope to check out too. Like La La Land, Rogue One, Paterson, Silence, etc...

Spartacus is one of the few Kubrick films I still need to catch up with.

As for Kirk Douglas. Tons of great movies. From big ones like Ace in the Hole and Paths of Glory, to others like Detective Story and I Walk Alone, pretty much enjoyed him in everything that I've seen him in. 

My cousin who is a Braves fan, has been going on about this possibility for a while now. His brother, who is a Dodgers fan, has also been going about that possibility for a while now. I'm assuming one of them comes out happy.

On 11/15/2016 at 7:42 PM, Angels_Make_Me_Drink said:

I bought Incendies like 6 months ago but have yet to check it out. I actually just put it on the top of my to watch list and plan on getting to it this weekend.

It's not a pleasant, uplifting watch, so just a little warning. Not that most of his other movies are though either.

10 hours ago, Angels_Make_Me_Drink said:

Hacksaw Ridge is getting a lot of positive reviews and praise...I'm hesitant to check it though because it look overly stylized in the 1st trailer...a lot of slow motion action shots...I hate slow motion action shots; is there a lot of slowmo in the film?

I saw Arrival -- 4/5 .. Solid flick, pretty thought provoking. I want to see it again. I wouldn't rank it above Sicario or Prisoners for Villeneuve; but still a good film. Solid director.

Three movies opening up this Friday that I want to see -- Nocturnal Animals, Manchester by the Sea, and Bleed for This. 

I would put Arrival behind Sicario and Incendies for Villenueve but ahead of Prisoners, and on par with Enemy (a decisive one of his movies). Would highly recommend checking out Incendies if you haven't.

I really hope to see Nocturnal Animals and Manchester by the Sea as well.

I'd agree in that I would give it to Sanchez myself, but Michael Fulmer seemed to have been favored more over Sanchez, even Gary Sanchez but up Rookie of the Year caliber numbers in just 2 months. In most years, having the stats Sanchez had over the course of a whole year would have been enough to have a shot at RotY, seems a bit weird to penalize him for doing it too fast.

Gary Sanchez had 6 more HRs and 1 less RBI, as well as a slightly higher AVG, OBP, SLG, and OPS, then fellow finalist Tyler Naquin, in LESS than half the amount of games.

Watched both Arrival and Moonlight yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed both. Among my favorites of the year so far.

Hope to go and catch Hacksaw Ridge and/or Loving soon.

I really hope the Cubs offense wakes up soon. I hate the Dodgers, yes, so I'd be rooting against them regardless, but I find this Cubs team fascinating and would likely be rooting for them over any team with the exception of the Angels obviously.

The scary part, if I were a Dodgers fan is that the majority of the Cubs, with the exception of Bryant and Baez, are all hitting around .200, and many instances around .100 (Rizzo, Heyward, Russell). It seems like it's only a matter of time before the offense explodes, just hoping it's not too late by the time it does.

Foreshadowing for tonight's game hopefully?

2 hours ago, mtangelsfan said:

And our clean up hitter.................................

Andrelton Simmons!

He does have a near 1.000 OPS in the last 7 games!

I'm too lazy to research it, but the Rangers have to be the team that has hit (HBP) Trout the most, right?

I thought this thread was going to be about Brian Dozier.

On that exact same day (July 30th) Brian Dozier sat at:

.253 / .335 / .799

17 HRs

In just a month and a week, he's hit 22 bombs and has seen his OPS jump .130 points.

In the last 36 games: .338 / .385 / 1.238 (22 HRs)

Lucky month for anybody who has him on their Fantasy team.

Yeah, just thought this was a great baseball moment. Slight personal connection I guess, but awesome to see in general. Nice to see the joy the moment brought his family too based on Twitter reactions.

http://m.mlb.com/news/article/196509210/michael-lorenzen-honors-late-father-with-homer/

Me, my brother and my cousins all grew up playing little league in Anaheim with the Lorenzen brothers, Michael being the youngest. Both their parents coached me and I believe most my family at least one point throughout little league. My family heard from their oldest brother a couple days ago that their father past away. It's awesome to see this moment upon Michael Lorenzen's return from the bereavement list, getting a rare at bat as a reliever. Cool moment and not bad that it happened against the Dodgers.

EDIT: http://m.mlb.com/video/v1070550883/ladcin-lorenzen-belts-a-threerun-homer-to-the-gap

Here's the full video of the HR with curtain call and all that I thought was in the link above.

Yeah, we don't dominate Felix, but we usually fare pretty well against him, though he does have a decent 3.32 career ERA against us. And he has pitched more innings against us than any other team in baseball. Not by too much over the Rangers (325.0 vs 309.1)

He pitches well against us, but he's no Bud Norris! (4-0 in 6 starts, with a 0.43 ERA)

7 hours ago, OCAngelsNotLAA said:

Saw the movie Green Room the other day.  I thought it was really good.  It has the Anton Yelchin(rip) in it.  Its about a band playing a small out of town show when they get into a situation with the locals.  The suspense/horror felt very realistic and believable. I would recommend it

One of my favorites of the year so far. Probably should mention that the "locals" refers to neo-Nazis, as the bar/club they play it was a Neo-Nazi bar where the leader is played by Patrick Stewart.