jed, have you watched Peep Show?
― flopson, Thursday, 10 January 2019 18:44 (five years ago) link
my libraries do not have Peep Show DVDs, dickoids
ILL, and you're still on a computer
― sans lep (sic), Thursday, 10 January 2019 19:04 (five years ago) link
yeah, Amazon Prime has it
what makes the Required Viewing list is rather easy to predict around here
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 10 January 2019 19:08 (five years ago) link
I haven't! I don't think I like David Mitchell. He's annoying on panel shows.
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Thursday, 10 January 2019 19:17 (five years ago) link
you should watch it. shame about having that baggage going into it, but it’s the best sitcom of the 21st c imho
― flopson, Thursday, 10 January 2019 19:37 (five years ago) link
I can't fucking stand the sight of either of 'em on panel shows or in peep shows, nauseating tossers!
― calzino, Thursday, 10 January 2019 19:48 (five years ago) link
This ruled
― Conceptualize Wyverns (latebloomer), Thursday, 10 January 2019 20:16 (five years ago) link
Finally saw this, reminded me of a more commercially-minded Peter Greenaway. Also was that crazed organ music on the soundtrack Messiaen? Olivia Colman was fantastic, she's shaping up to be this generation's Judi Dench if that's not an absurd assertion (I realise it probably is).
― Zeuhl Idol (Matt #2), Saturday, 2 March 2019 10:46 (five years ago) link
Do we need one?
― Let's have sensible centrist armageddon (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 2 March 2019 11:12 (five years ago) link
as soon she accepts any royal honours she's on the list - no exceptions
― calzino, Saturday, 2 March 2019 11:38 (five years ago) link
Huh just watched this an hour ago too, really liked it. It's nice just to have a movie with three female leads. Certainly my pick of the Best Picture nominees (though yet to see Green Book)
― Vinnie, Saturday, 2 March 2019 11:42 (five years ago) link
Funny seeing Olivia turn up as a secretary in Green Wing last night which was presumably from before she had made a name for herself.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 2 March 2019 12:11 (five years ago) link
Or at least, had it on the tv for the first time in ages. Have the box set from shortly after it was on tv for first time.& while she is a recurring character she is a lesser part of an ensemble cast. Or something to that effect.
― Stevolende, Saturday, 2 March 2019 12:15 (five years ago) link
Peep Show was already airing when it debuted
― Number None, Saturday, 2 March 2019 14:24 (five years ago) link
Was Mitchell and Webb Look post Peep Show?
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 2 March 2019 14:57 (five years ago) link
yes
― Number None, Saturday, 2 March 2019 14:59 (five years ago) link
she appeared in a few other sketch shows with them prior to Peep Show though
― Number None, Saturday, 2 March 2019 15:00 (five years ago) link
her work on Peep Show is god-tier
― bhad bundy (Simon H.), Saturday, 2 March 2019 15:23 (five years ago) link
Colman met Mitchell & Webb when all were 18-19 yrs old at the Cambridge U. Footlights (1992-93).
― moistly harmless (Sanpaku), Saturday, 2 March 2019 18:09 (five years ago) link
but let’s not hold that against her
― Backdoor Pathway To Making Human Penis Started With A Wallaby (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 2 March 2019 18:30 (five years ago) link
another one for the dossier!
― calzino, Saturday, 2 March 2019 18:34 (five years ago) link
hang on
― imago, Saturday, 2 March 2019 18:42 (five years ago) link
https://acrossthepondtv.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/mitchell-colman.jpg
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Saturday, 2 March 2019 18:42 (five years ago) link
This was what I was hoping Phantom Thread would be, the difference being that I actually wanted to hang around these characters. Loved the economy of the screenwriting within the lavish setting.
― ... (Eazy), Saturday, 2 March 2019 18:46 (five years ago) link
That’s kind of an enigmatic take
― moose; squirrel (silby), Saturday, 2 March 2019 19:12 (five years ago) link
Finally saw this last night. It was ok, but overall it was underwhelming compared to Lanthimos' other films. I did like the lens choices, and belly-laughed at the dancing in the grand ball scene.
― 27 Discounts ILXors Get Only If They Know (WmC), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 18:46 (five years ago) link
"That’s kind of an enigmatic take"
lol otm, i kinda disgree with every assertion in that sentence.
this was ok.
― circa1916, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 19:19 (five years ago) link
Eazy, you wanted to hang around... vermin?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 19:28 (five years ago) link
Saw it the other day. I hated the other Lanthimos movie I saw (The Lobster), but liked this quite a bit. It reminded me of Barry Lyndon a little.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 19:47 (five years ago) link
^blasphemy
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 20:01 (five years ago) link
natural light, period piece
comparison falls down bcz The Favourite is not so boring that you ossify to death halfway through
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 20:20 (five years ago) link
Well, tbf that's where comparisons to any Kubrick film fall apart.
― grawlix (unperson), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 20:51 (five years ago) link
weirdly significantly better than i expect oscar winning films to be
― plax (ico), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 20:56 (five years ago) link
yeah wigs wigs wigs
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 20:57 (five years ago) link
xp Well, were it not for Olivia Colman's natural charisma, it would've gone 0-for-10 there.
― zama roma ding dong (Eric H.), Wednesday, 13 March 2019 20:58 (five years ago) link
weisz was best imo
― flopson, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 21:12 (five years ago) link
phantom thread is better tho
― flopson, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 21:13 (five years ago) link
flop otm
― boobie, Wednesday, 13 March 2019 21:14 (five years ago) link
"are you here to seduce me or rape me?"
― flappy bird, Thursday, 14 March 2019 02:52 (five years ago) link
"were you sent here to ruin my evening, or possibly my entire life?"
― steven, soda jerk (sic), Thursday, 14 March 2019 03:13 (five years ago) link
shot, chaser
― flappy bird, Thursday, 14 March 2019 04:27 (five years ago) link
Just viewed. I was enchanted until the last 5 minutes, and really wish this could have stuck the landing.
The Draughtman's Contract (likely Lanthimo's major inspiration) is a better film (though the available video transfers from 16mm aren't), but this will remain in rotation.
― contains pieces the size of a child's esophagus (Sanpaku), Thursday, 14 March 2019 05:42 (five years ago) link
Really? I thought the ending was perfect! They both realized they were trapped, but were in their own separate versions of reality. After all of the harshness of the preceding story I thought it was kind of moving
― Dan S, Thursday, 14 March 2019 06:33 (five years ago) link
this was okay, mostly just reminded me that every 10 years or so everyone in the industry appears to develop an insatiable need for an artsy royals/costume drama to enthuse over
― Οὖτις, Monday, 8 July 2019 20:42 (four years ago) link
But especially if it lets loose with the c-word throughout.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Monday, 8 July 2019 20:43 (four years ago) link
Dangerous Liaisons, Marie Antoinette, etc. Something about combining the grotesquerie of prior eras' ruling classes and then rendering them "human"
― Οὖτις, Monday, 8 July 2019 20:44 (four years ago) link
er combining portraying
thought this was really excellent -- Rachel Weisz is becoming one of my "favourite" actors (her failed attempt at seducing the queen immediately after returning from her traumatic accident was darkly hilarious) and i always enjoy Colman and Stone, though i was most surprised by Hoult in this. he's vv funny and also extremely fucking tall, i mean he really downplayed that height in Fury Road w/that hunched over gait i guess but damn. i thought this looked great and just generally the ending was really something else, abrupt but appropriately so. Anne realizing the cruelty of Abigail in that moment and turning on her was quite the moment. i enjoyed the general uselessness of the male characters and the cinematography was really beautiful.
― omar little, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 23:15 (four years ago) link
"Anne realizing the cruelty of Abigail in that moment and turning on her was quite the moment.”
yes! and Abigail realized that she was trapped right at the same time. it was a great ending.
― Dan S, Wednesday, 10 July 2019 23:27 (four years ago) link
Shakey, that's a bizarre argument ocnsidering that 'costume dramas' aren't a static genre. We wouldn't say the same about acclaimed sci-fi, film noir, etc. We can have more than one good genre film per quarter
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 10 July 2019 23:35 (four years ago) link