What Movies Are You Watching Lately

[brokencycle]

My daughter requested this over the weekend.
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She made multiple observations- a) she knew how to play a couple of the pieces the string quartet was playing at the party, b) obviously, it's a Christmas movie; why would anyone think it isn't?, and c) that doesn't look like Professor Snape at all.

Maybe I can talk her into watching Die Hard 2 this weekend...

Best Buy had the 5 movie blu-ray pack for $8 this weekend, and I forgot to buy it.

 

[SixOhNine]

Best Buy had the 5 movie blu-ray pack for $8 this weekend, and I forgot to buy it.

I've got the 4 regular dvd set. I'd buy the blu ray collection, but I really don't want the fifth one. I'd pay extra to not have it.

 

[brokencycle]

I've got the 4 regular dvd set. I'd buy the blu ray collection, but I really don't want the fifth one. I'd pay extra to not have it.

I don't like 4 either, but I figure $8 for the first 3 is worth it.

 

[SixOhNine]

I don't like 4 either, but I figure $8 for the first 3 is worth it.

I actually like 4; weird, I know. But then, I'll watch just about anything with Mary Elizabeth Winstead. It's 5 I can't stand. I've tried to watch it a couple of times and make it about 20 minutes before I give up on it. Something about Jai Courtney is just incredibly unwatchable for me.

 

[Jr Mouse]

It’s hard for me to buy physical media these days. I’m aware of all the dangers of not being able to access content in the future, but I don’t have the space to store all of it. Most of my movie purchases are on Prime so I at least have a single place to go to watch them.

 

[brokencycle]

I actually like 4; weird, I know. But then, I'll watch just about anything with Mary Elizabeth Winstead. It's 5 I can't stand. I've tried to watch it a couple of times and make it about 20 minutes before I give up on it. Something about Jai Courtney is just incredibly unwatchable for me.

I just don't understand how Die Hard went from some off duty cop at a Christmas party fighting a few thieves to driving cars into helicopters.

 

[javyn]

Die Hard was good

 

[Texasmade]

I just don't understand how Die Hard went from some off duty cop at a Christmas party fighting a few thieves to driving cars into helicopters.

Clearly you haven't been watching the Fast and Furious franchise.

 

[brokencycle]

Clearly you haven't been watching the Fast and Furious franchise.

I stopped after #2, I think.

 

[Texasmade]

I stopped after #2, I think.

Only one I've never seen.

 

[SixOhNine]

I stopped after #2, I think.

Only one I've never seen.

2 was terrible. Easily the worst of the series. I think they peaked around 4-6, then have been getting steadily bigger, more ridiculous, and worse ever since.

 

[Texasmade]

2 was terrible. Easily the worst of the series. I think they peaked around 4-6, then have been getting steadily bigger, more ridiculous, and worse ever since.

Peak was 7.

 

[Oswald Cornelius]

May have mentioned this one but if you like noir try Paris by Night, free on Prime. Watched it again last night and better than I remembered. A Paris police vice captain makes his rounds of the nighttime club circuit. The plot is a bit confusing but coherent. Pay attention to the names of the characters to help keep things straight. In French with English subtitles. Only 90 minutes or so but seems longer--in a good way.

Just googled and the reviews are luke-warm, but they are, of course, wrong.

 

[shoewarma]

Only one I've never seen.

Only one I've ever seen.

 

[mktitsworth]

Saw the new Ghibli film, The Boy and the Heron, over the weekend. Beautiful, cerebral, and thoughtful. It's going to take a few viewings to really digest I think.