The "last movie I saw" thread

[old_gregg]

But will the actresses be pirates?

well they'll be playing pirates

And will the show have elements of politics and economics?

is it good enough if they're wearing glasses?

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Anyone else going to the new Sponge Bob movie tonight? I'm excited for this one.

[Paperback Writer]

well they'll be playing pirates



is it good enough if they're wearing glasses?

I'm in provided they start out wearing some white lacy pirate shirts and have Ben Stein's lecture from Ferris Bueller's Day Off playing in the background. Glasses are optional but a nice feature.

[wally]

Don't be so coy. Which programs are you enjoying?

At risk of sounding like I am 35 going on 74, lately I am watching Poirot in the evenings with my wife.

There, my guilty pleasure has been laid bare.

Sometimes if we are feeling a little too grandma-ish after watching Poirot, we will chase it with an episode of Brooklyn nine-nine, to make us feel young again.

[BigPiney]

At risk of sounding like I am 35 going on 74, lately I am watching Poirot in the evenings with my wife.

There, my guilty pleasure has been laid bare.

Sometimes if we are feeling a little too grandma-ish after watching Poirot, we will chase it with an episode of Brooklyn nine-nine, to make us feel young again.

Sounds good to me. I enjoy both of those shows.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Sponge Bob is still awesome! A lot of fun, kids in my family from 3 to 36 were all throughly entertained.

[Pelado]

Jack Ryan: Shadow Agent

Starting to understand why some don't care for Keira Knightley.

[Walter Sobchak]

Sponge Bob is still awesome! A lot of fun, kids in my family from 3 to 36 were all throughly entertained.

I saw it tonight with my 8yo. She liked it. I will give the movie props for using the voice talent of Matt Berry. Brought back some memories.

[Katy Lied]

Kingsmen: The Secret Service. What an utterly charming movie. It's rated R so we had to see it as part of a "Valentine Date." Kids not allowed along.

I regret that I am not so familiar with Brit accents that I can truly appreciate the transformation of our young Eggsy. And it took me a while to pick up on the class undertones of the movie. I just thought Eggsy looked very american, not that he was representative of a lower class hooligan strata. Ahaha.

The movie was quite derivitive, but I'm okay with that because it borrowed from my favorite movies of the past. A strong slice of Tarantino (Reservoir Dogs and Kill Bill mostly) but also Scorsese and maybe some Paul T Anderson. Particularly with their joyous celebration of incredibly violent scenes. Oh yeah, some John Woo too. And the main plot device was stolen from the Stephen King novel

Spoiler for Book name hidden so as not to give away the plot.:

Cell

I could have done without the stark references to anal sex at the end of the movie-- up to then it was a fun ride. It also did Obama's image no favors. And there was a huge zit on actor Taron Eggerton's neck that was covered with a flesh covered patch that was not well blended and every time Eggsy had a close up shot it would bug me.

Speaking of derivitive, there was a joke about My Fair Lady and related movies that came after it. The punchline of the joke bugged me a little, and after thinking about it, I guess the director wasn't confident in the audience enough to use "Pygmalian" as the punchline. Although the whole metaphor of the My Fair Lady story didn't escape my sharp-as-a-wet-noodle notice.

If you go to the movie, could someone please do me a favor? I know that some of you instinctually count the number of bullets coming out of a gun in the movies and I am interested in seeing how many came out of a main character's gun in the church. You will know what I mean when the scene starts.

One last tidbit: Mark Hamill is in this movie. Try to guess which character he plays. I would have never guessed.

[jay santos]

Saw the Stephen Hawking movie. Nice film but shouldn't really be talked about in the best film of the year conversation.

Wife asked me if Stephen Hawking was still alive, and I thought he was dead but didn't really know. So I googled it, and as a joke I typed in "Is Stephen Hawking dead or alive?" and as I typed, the following were offered as autofill options:

is stephen hawking dead
is stephen hawking rich
is stephen hawking a christian
is stephen hawking nice
is stephen hawking alive

Luckily, I found this website where I was able to quickly get the info I needed.



I thought Stephen Hawking must be like "fml", I'm the smartest man alive and this is what the rest of mankind is asking about me.

Question: can someone summarize what this "theory of everything thing is". The way he described it in the film just did not make sense to me. The comparison I thought of would be like someone saying, there is a simple sentence or paragraph of text that can clearly explain and describe everything in the world, and I am going to identify that paragraph. wtf does that even mean "simple equation that can explain everything"

Which leads me to another question: I think I'm a reasonably intelligent person, but I'm self-aware (thanks DDD) enough to admit there are topics I'm not capable of understanding, and obviously quantum physics is one of those things. But can someone summarize for me the value of understanding quantum physics, or in other words what is the value of Stephen Hawking's work? Is the world a better place for anything Stephen Hawking did? If I understood Stephen Hawking's work perfectly, how would I view the world in a better or more complete way? Is it possible all that math is just a bunch of jibberish and it's a Emperor with no Clothes thing? Like at these Physics conferences, does any of these math geniuses get drunk and start saying crap like "guys I can't take it anymore, we have to tell the rest of the world this is all bullshit and we made it up just to look smart, seriously, how far are we going to take this?" Case in point, per the movie, at one point Stephen Hawking proved something. Then at a later point in time, he proved he was wrong, previously. Am I using the wrong definition of the word "prove"?




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[Jeff Lebowski]

Saw the Stephen Hawking movie. Nice film but shouldn't really be talked about in the best film of the year conversation.

Wife asked me if Stephen Hawking was still alive, and I thought he was dead but didn't really know. So I googled it, and as a joke I typed in "Is Stephen Hawking dead or alive?" and as I typed, the following were offered as autofill options:

is stephen hawking dead
is stephen hawking rich
is stephen hawking a christian
is stephen hawking nice
is stephen hawking alive

Luckily, I found this website where I was able to quickly get the info I needed.



I thought Stephen Hawking must be like "fml", I'm the smartest man alive and this is what the rest of mankind is asking about me.

Question: can someone summarize what this "theory of everything thing is". The way he described it in the film just did not make sense to me. The comparison I thought of would be like someone saying, there is a simple sentence or paragraph of text that can clearly explain and describe everything in the world, and I am going to identify that paragraph. wtf does that even mean "simple equation that can explain everything"

Which leads me to another question: I think I'm a reasonably intelligent person, but I'm self-aware (thanks DDD) enough to admit there are topics I'm not capable of understanding, and obviously quantum physics is one of those things. But can someone summarize for me the value of understanding quantum physics, or in other words what is the value of Stephen Hawking's work? Is the world a better place for anything Stephen Hawking did? If I understood Stephen Hawking's work perfectly, how would I view the world in a better or more complete way? Is it possible all that math is just a bunch of jibberish and it's a Emperor with no Clothes thing? Like at these Physics conferences, does any of these math geniuses get drunk and start saying crap like "guys I can't take it anymore, we have to tell the rest of the world this is all bullshit and we made it up just to look smart, seriously, how far are we going to take this?" Case in point, per the movie, at one point Stephen Hawking proved something. Then at a later point in time, he proved he was wrong, previously. Am I using the wrong definition of the word "prove"?
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Will try to give a longer answer later. Short answers:

He disproved an earlier speculation/hypothesis.

One could argue that this is the most important area of science. It could potentially explain how everything works! history of the universe, etc.

[Blueintheface]

Will try to give a longer answer later. Short answers:

He disproved an earlier speculation/hypothesis.

One could argue that this is the most important area of science. It could potentially explain how everything works! history of the universe, etc.

Too tough a subject to go into detail during HP group, huh.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Too tough a subject to go into detail during HP group, huh.

lol. Exactly!

[RC Vikings]

Kingsmen: The Secret Service. What an utterly charming movie. It's rated R so we had to see it as part of a "Valentine Date." Kids not allowed along.

We saw this last night and I wasn't a big fan of it, in fact it was one of those movies I just keep wanting to end. I started losing interest at the church. I think the writer thought he could combine Bond with Tarantino and it would be a winner when in reality I just kept thinking this has all been done before.

[Donuthole]

Will try to give a longer answer later. Short answers:

He disproved an earlier speculation/hypothesis.

One could argue that this is the most important area of science. It could potentially explain how everything works! history of the universe, etc.

Thanks for the tone-deaf response, but I believe what jaysantos is saying is, for those of us who believe in God and already have our explanation as to how everything works, Hawking, DeGrasse Tyson, et. al. just aren't a BFD.