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Only Murders in the Building: The Boy from 6B (2021)
As a lip reader, this episode was amazing
I love seeing deep characters with hearing disabilities! So great! I read lips and i do what he does all of the time to figure out conversations that people don't think anyone else can see. Such a super power. But oh, I won't give spoilers but I am so saddened by this and the direction the show takes. It involves real people and real drama now. But it makes things so suspenseful and goooood. What depth!
And just generally speaking, i really love this show. The characters are so great and the writing, phenomenal. I am so pleased to see older actors really in their prime. Hope much better can Steve or Martin get?!
Continental Split (2024)
So many errors
Ok, I grew up in eastern MO and did my grad research in seismology and tectonics and now work as a hydrogeologist. I know my faults and I know my rivers. The science here was pretty bad. There are so many "let's drop a nuke in the fault and make it stop" movies already. Don't know why that's always the solution in Hollywood but this is just as wrong as usual only know they blame fracking. We're going to ignore that there's no fracking in alluvium soil (think consolidated sand...you don't need to break that into pieces to get oil or gas out).
They called New Madrid like the Spanish city of Madrid instead of the colloquially known New MA-did in MO.
They called the fault an extension fault and said it would be a magnitude 10 but extension faults don't produce mega quakes like subduction zones (think compression). New Madrid is a strike slip fault. You could maybe argue parts are under transtension, but yeah.
The kid breaks his leg really bad and then he's running all over and operating a helicopter with foot pedals.
The black geologist survives (yay!) but then he disappears from the last helicopter scene. Where did they put him? Cargo?
They show a map of earthquakes at some point and it's...southern California, not southeast Missouri. I about choked I laughed so hard.
Seismologists and geologists generally believe that no fault can break a continent in half. You could have a surface rupture but it's not like in the movies.
I still give this a solid six stars because the acting wasn't terrible. The script was ridiculous, though. Plus I love cheesy disaster movies.
The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005)
I didn't have high hopes and I loved it
Ok, so I have seen a handful of Judd Apatow movies and while I've enjoyed them, I've thought the were just kind of juvenile and left me feeling kind of meh. But I saw a clip of this on an instagram reel, oddly enough, and laughed so hard I had to find it. I adore Paul Rudd and figured if nothing else I'd smile.
So I went into this thinking "It'll be funny but nothing to write home about." I absolutely fell in love with Steve Carell's character. You really feel a sense of hope and vulnerability with him and it feels real. You just start rooting for this guy who seems genuinely sweet. It is just a delightful film. Yes, it's raunchy at parts, but that's Judd Apatow's style. But overall, I really loved this movie.
Northern Exposure: Tranquility Base (1995)
Such an odd season finale
After Fleischman is in NY, the show doesn't have much cohesiveness. The Capra relationship drama is so mild compared to Maggie and Joel. This finale just kind of sneaks up on you as a whisper instead of the usual season, nay entire show, finale.
I really feel that the season finale felt like the episode where Joel goes to NYC and this is almost a whole different show.
For die hard fans who couldn't stop bingeing the entire season after it hit Amazon, you'll find the last several episodes a real slog. I guess this is what happens when the writers who were so lauded left. Too bad. At least it still had some sweetness but it just doesn't grab you like it did up through season 5.
Northern Exposure: The Quest (1995)
Tone shift
This is Rob Morrow's last episode and as such the show just feels so much different after this. The love that Joel shows Maggie here shows a real character shift for him which I adore. You can tell he's really changed and has such admiration and respect for her. But after this episode the show is just missing the soul of the show. As much as Joel Fleischmann is a whiny princess, who has had a major personality shift in the episodes leading up to this, he really drives the show. I noticed it later because even other characters you associate with him, like Marilyn, just don't have the same character without his 2 cents.
As for the storyline of the episode, it is classic Northern Exposure. Lots of creative magical weird plot stuff but with an undercurrent that reminds you of a deep philosophical epic novel. It's a fitting end to Rob Morrow's run on the show. But like another reviewer said, it really feels like the show finale. The remaining shows after this are cute but not enough to really hold your attention.
Koyaanisqatsi (1982)
It's art more than anything
It's not really a movie because there is no plot or dialogue. Still it's interesting. But it drags on (I kept checking how much was left halfway through). Not really sure it needs 89 minutes to get to the point but whatever. I did like the scenes from factories and other industrial stuff. Overall this was sort of like How It's Made meets 2001 A Space Odyssey. With zero dialogue. I normally really like Philip Glass and his music and this felt heavy and overly produced.
Summary: If I dabbled in certain substances this movie might be a whole lot more interesting. It's nice to have in the background while I'm knitting. Other than that...not my fave.
Once Upon a Time in Northern Ireland (2023)
Informative
I was born in the 70s and grew up as a child in the 80s in the United States. I am an American of primarily Northern Irish (and British) ancestry, and when hearing news stories about bombings and violence I remember thinking how horrible these people who could have easily been my family if they had stayed. But I was a kid it was across the pond so whatever so I forgot five minutes after heading the news story.
I thought the approach to the film, a 5 part series of slow interviews, was a snooze fest at first. But as you watch the series, you realize how the Troubles went from isolated events that didn't register to families and communities being torn apart. It really builds and drives home the point that these were just ordinary people.
Really enjoyed this and learned a lot.
Chef's Table: BBQ: Rodney Scott (2020)
So much better than episode 2
There was much more of a human element in this episode compared to episode 2. It was more like the Tootsie episode 1. Like, there was an actual story arc about the chef's beginning, a few struggles in the middle, and climaxing with a high point in his life. Episode 2 was just a weird blip, in case anyone was wondering if they should keep watching after episode 2.
Chef's Table: BBQ: Lennox Hastie (2020)
This just seems like a waste of an hour
I mean, the cinematography is beautiful. But the plot. It doesn't exist. There's nothing interesting here aside from a ten second video clip of Anthony Bourdain. I got excited then, thinking this would be anything other than "i'm an artist" type navel gazing.
Hoping the next episode is more interesting. The first one was great!
Two and a Half Men (2003)
It's the same thing every day
Charlie Sheen wakes up in the arms of a beautiful ditzy woman. Some stuff happens. Charlie decides he wants to sleep with some other woman. Witty dialogue ensues between lower cast mates who seem genuinely decent, and then Charlie gets another woman.
I would catch this on syndicated reruns for a free months on my local FOX affiliate, and then I wondered, does Charlie ever not act himself? The other characters are decent and seem interesting, but I just couldn't get over that disgusting subplot that never changed.
Magnetic (2018)
Ok, there's no real plot
I mean, you're not watching this for the story. It's all about the photography. That being said, it was kind of boring, but the pictures were gorgeous.
Fasting (2017)
Great info, but delivery was meh
I thought a lot of the content was great, but it could have been an hour shorter. The anecdotes dragged on and on. And the sound quality sucked...
But the actual information in the film was pretty great. It's inspired me to try intermittent fasting.
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Brilliant cinematography and audio, slower than slow
Brilliant but blah. The story line was brilliant, the cinematography was amazing, and the use of music and sound was immersive. Would give 10 for all of those. But the speed of this film made it painful to watch. I just didn't see the point of the last 20 minutes. Overall, I'm glad I've seen it but I'm never watching this again. LOL