What are You Watching? [2024] Please Rate 1-5

[kcghost]

I finished watching "Millenium Actress". It has plenty of good animation in this film. Millennium Actress is a 2001 Japanese animated drama film co-written and directed by Satoshi Kon and produced by Madhouse. Loosely based on the lives of two actresses. It blurs the line between reality and cinema at times.

4/5

 

[Peter Turbo]

I am watching "The Castle in the Sky" by master animator Hayao Miyazaki. It is wonder of two youngsters battling against evil in the story. An airship carrying Sheeta – an orphan girl abducted by government agent Muska – is attacked by air pirate Dola and her gang, who seek Sheeta's crystal necklace. Attempting to escape, Sheeta falls from the airship but is saved by the magic of the now-glowing crystal, which lowers her gently. She is caught by Pazu, an orphan who works as a mechanic in a 19th-century mining town, and he takes her to his home to recover.

It is truly charming (not on par with 'Kiki's Delivery Service" but nonetheless it is very good. I don't what it is rated put it's either G or PG depending on how you view the mild violence in the move,

4/5

Just watched this for the first time the other day, really excellent. I was at the Ghibli Studio Museum in Tokyo over the winter and it was absolutely amazing. We were incredibly lucky to get tickets.

Back on topic:
Fallout, easy 5/5. Never played the games. Quirky dark humor, excellent writing, great casting, props and sets.

 

[kcghost]

I must confess that I have a real weakness for the Japanese TV series "Bleach". It is an anime of a 15 year old bou who suddenly thrust into the being a "soul reaper". This is the movie "Fade to Black" which based on the TV series. I found it to be just as enjoyable as the TV series. This the third movie a series of four.

4/5

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$18.99

 

[jpmcwjr]

Do we need a separate thread for animated films?

 

[kcghost]

I think it would be simpler to just ask me to stop posting these.

 

[jpmcwjr]

No, wouldn't do that.

 

[kcghost]

I've watched the first four episodes of "A Gentleman in Moscow". Nothing much to say other than a man is placed under house arrest at five-star hotel & restaurant. He ends up watching as the secret police haul off about one person an episode and murder them. Not sure I can wade through the next four weeks.

3.5/5

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8230448/mediaviewer/rm3417065217/?ref_=tt_ov_i

 

[jpmcwjr]

Ripley, Netflix

I can't get over the photography in this rather long series which I just finished. Yes, it could have been shorter, but camera work kept me enthralled. The story is pretty darn good as well.

5/5

 

[karam]

Ripley, Netflix

I can't get over the photography in this rather long series which I just finished. Yes, it could have been shorter, but camera work kept me enthralled. The story is pretty darn good as well.

5/5

Finished it yesterday, 3/5 from me, 5/5 from the wife. Really crisp and tight photography indeed, quite funny situations/quotes. Ok 4/5

 

[jpmcwjr]

Finished it yesterday, 3/5 from me, 5/5 from the wife. Really crisp and tight photography indeed, quite funny situations/quotes. Ok 4/5

Some of the scenes looked like a print made on big silver saturated paper.

 

[VDL_Piper]

Some of the scenes looked like a print made on big silver saturated paper.

I found it enthralling to say the least

 

[sablebrush52]

I've been binging the detective series, Cardinal, on HULU. It's a somber affair, and my only gripe about it is the almost obsessive minimalist art direction. The result is quite beautiful, but cold, and extends even to the costumes with very muted colors. The performances kind of match, with characters speaking to one another in hushed tones. Despite this overbearing "stylishness" I enjoy the show and will recommend it as an engaging diversion.
4 out of 5, mostly because of the style.

 

[karam]

Did 5 out of 7 episodes in one sitting of "Baby Reindeer" on Netflix. Very well done, deeply deeply disturbing, thought-provoking. No clue how it's down as "dark comedy" on Netflix's suggestions. It's dark for sure. 5/5 so far, would never watch again.