Oh fuck that is good
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My son and I watched it on Saturday night. I really liked it, but need to see it again. I miss stuff in Andersonās movies the first time through.
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oh, me too. good thing is, his movies have so much eye candy going on, they easily bear a repeat viewing.
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I re-watched this (thanks to the Criterion Channel service) and just wanted to say that after this re-viewing Iāve decided Maitresse merits a strong recommendation. Part documentary of S&M discipline techniques (genuine documentary as lead actress Bulle Ogier wanders off camera before the most extreme stuff to be replaced by a similarly clad real dominatrix. This switch is well done, but I still found it fairly easy to figure out.), part strange love story. I resisted the love story at first, partially because Depardieu plays quite the lout and partially because Iām not certain if I believe the psychology, but then thatās true of so many screen romances, why pick on this one. Besides Iām a sucker for a suitably chic hidden lair.
Contains one slaughtered horse and one perforated penis, but at least not in the same scene.
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Is there a whole subgenre of dystopian car-racing expoitation shows?
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Deathrace 2000 was inevitable after the Cannonball Run series.
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Now youāre thinking like Roger Corman!
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The first monday in May, (netflix) Good, butI think I preferred oceanās 8.
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More like Whatcha Not Watchināā¦ I just went through my Top Picks list on Netflix, and thumbs-downed all the āARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME???ā suggestions.
There were a lot to do.
Things Netflix doesnāt understand: just because Iām obviously a woman does not mean I want to watch a reality show about moms. Just because I watched an architecture show doesnāt mean I like shows about house flipping. Just because I like thrillers and non-gross horror didnāt mean I like gory horror.
It just gets worse and worse.
Iām going to watch A Quiet Place. Mostly psychological horror with some science fiction elements, it should work for me. Iām not looking forward to what gets recommended though.
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the new criterion channel is trying to market its curatorial approach as an alternative to netflixās insidious algorithms.
If you liked SALO, youāll love these other filmsā¦
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Iām getting close, very close, to canceling Netflix. Right now itās just films and BBC docs keeping me on. One of these days Iām going to sit down and do the math, and figure out how many films I can rent from Google Play for the Netflix fee every month.
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I also have amazon prime, The only way I could keep my FIOS bill under control was with a netflix package.
Amazon has a lot of junkā¦
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The autoplay feature that plays inside the fucking list of shows is getting me close to canceling the fucking thing.
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Iām amused by how they spin having fewer titles than some other services:
But we try to make the series [that we feature] not overwhelmingāwe want you to get that sense of achievement that you can actually watch all of them.
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This is why I canāt stand broadcast tv or cable. Iāve seen enough ads for one lifetime. DVDs are almost the only way I can tolerate programs and even then I shove the disk in and do something else till the ads (excuse me, previews) are over with and the menu loads.
Amazon prime is watchable because you can search and pretty much go right to what you want, but we havenāt used it too much.
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Iām ok with their business plan (so far) but instead of acknowledging a potential flaw (relatively few titles) but then countering potential complaints by saying, yeah, but our titles are on the whole much, much better, they are saying that fewer titles is, in itself, a good thing. Even if this is true for some people (and considering how Criterion has attracted gotta catch em all fanatics, it probably is) itās still ad speak.
ETA: To be fair, Becker may be referring to their specifically curated and highlighted programs rather than the depth of their catalog as a whole. I havenāt had a chance yet to assess how many of their in print titles are available on the service.
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I actually have chosen not to watch a show because I canāt handle what the recommendations would be. On the other hand, certain movies unlock magical portals to content.
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I was an early adopter of DVR tech, so I havenāt really watched any commercials that I specifically havenāt wanted to in the past 20 years. Thereās still a few minor annoyances about the system, like losing half of a show because of a presidential speech screwing up the schedule, or a recording chopping off the end scenes for an upcoming episode, but the ability to watch what I want, when I want, and to fast-forward through commercials, is worth it.
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Do tell!
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Broadcasting always was a stop gap measure to a large extent ā something broadcasters donāt always appreciate.
I still listen to radio, especially in the car, but broadcast TV ceased to be a thing for me in the late 80s. When I watch it now at someone elseās place it seems weird. A lot of the ads especially look retrograde. Thereās this series of ads by Bell Canada where a very young wife and mother hangs out at home wearing a very formal pink, high-necked blouse ā the sort of thing a very conservative woman would wear to church. They drive me batty.
But thatās a discussion got a media thread.
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