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3 Body Problem (2024)
a very smart drama with a touch of physics and yeah
When I watch something a second time, that's usually a good sign. A third time, even better, when it inspires me to buy and read, the best.
What works best with 3 Body Problem....a drama. Sure Sci-Fi, possibly little green men; but the story is so solid, The animation, CGI, whatever...I'm not going to fill this with spoilers, that would be pointless, and is the science sound? Sure, but it's like listening to Brian Green talk abut string theory, it's smart without simplifying everything, nothing's dumbed down....
the acting, solid roster, some you'll recognize from GoT, and Doc Strange...but solid character actors that play their parts so well......and yes, I'll probably re-watch until the next season.....
MASH (1970)
remember it's not the TV show
The only issue I can see with what's an amazing movie, is that we watching it now are aware of the TV series. That wasn't the case when the movie was released in 1970...two years before MASH the TV show.
The two have a few things in common; Korea, some of the characters names, the theme song, and Gary Burghoff as Radar.
The movie, it isn't anti-war, a reaction to the Vietnam War. Based on the novel written by Richard Hooker, it's a dark look on life inside a Mobile Army Surgical Hospital during that war, and how those drafted into that war dealt with the horrors of trying to piece together broken and torn bodies under those conditions.
I had watched it years ago, and I read the book before then, and yes a fan of the program. And I'm still a fan of the movie. Donald Sutherland as Hawkeye, Elliot Gould as Trapper John.were a perfect paring, and the rest of the casting was inspired, and the story moves along with out any lags, and ends much like it ends (no spoilers.)
I judge movies by whether I'd see myself watching it yet again. That's the case with MASH and a visit to the 4077.
The Party (1968)
loved it yet again. despite the ewww factor
Having watched so many times, I know what's coming when, but am still surprised by little bits and pieces.
The trick is like you're a part of the Party, it's kind of like someone's super 8 home movie at times...it's not a laugh out loud comedy, part social experiment, a snap shot of a moment of time (I know homes that kid of look like that, and have been to parties like that) a time capsule. Peter Sellers plays his part well, te main focus, and the second half when you foget it's like Seller's in black (brown) face which is awful in a way, and probably not politically corect now, but he does so respectfully...unlike Breakfast at Tiffany's cringe worthy, but humorous. His charcter is the center piece to the mess and social life going on around him/
True Spirit (2023)
it's not a documentry, but true in spririt
I am not going to admit to how many times I've rewatched True Spirit, but I think it's that good. Yes I've read the other reviews and nasty posts on YouTube, and maybe you have to know the story (Jessica's Book and the Vlogs on YouTube helps) but this is a motion picture, and it was made as true to the facts as could be for 210 days or more into a 2 hour movie. Yes the charcters in some cases are four or five into one, and where her boat Pink flips over is a minor part in that journey, she didn't bawl when becalmed, but at times that emotion was true...and as for the goof, it's a movie....but well done, the quote at the end,'the power of inspiration' here is huge...the actual footage during the credits was perfectly placed, and yes watching Jessica's Vlogs are a worthwhile watch as well....
Travelers (2016)
science fiction but really a drama
Characters you actually care about. A well written drama.
Sure it's science fiction, but a drama, built around relationships, interactions between those characters, well done.
I pretty much binge watched twice, the acting is well done, and really built around character actors we've seen before.
If you loved the 100, Continuum, Battlestar Galactica you'll know what I mean, Yep Eric McCormack is there for the star power,but the rest do what they do well.
Country singer MacKenzie Porter, who knew?....
We'll all recognize Leah Cairns, Stephan Lobo, and LetterKenny's Dylan Playfair.
I've read the other reviews, actually before I started watching. Yep, they're all right. Something done really well, worth watching....pretty much right from the start. Should there be more episodes...you know what? There was an ending....it was fine.
My only critique....why can't they call Vancouver, Vancouver? The big Woodward's W, the Lion's Gate Bridge, Hastings Street.... I think by now most people know that ain't Seattle.
FM (1978)
I'm old enough to have watched in the 70s and yeah liked it then
FM was pretty much standard fare for the era....but for what it is, liked it...come on Martin Mull? The soundtrack was 1978....i's not meant to be a documentary, it's fun nonsense along the lines of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and Fernwood Tonight.....
A User's Guide to Cheating Death (2017)
he's got the knowledge that backs up everything
A great series that debunks everything that most of us know is nonsense.
it's not only Caufield on his own, he has the experts, with the degrees to back them up, to pass on their knowledge.
unlike a lot of documentary's like hungry for change for instance, the people in the series have the knowledge, use peer reviewed studies, and have the degrees to back them up..it's not opinions, it's facts.