What's the last movie you watched?

[stui magpie]

Your list of No's equals no reason for me to watch it, but I did have a look at the preview. When did you take up acting Ove?

[watt price tully]

[pietillidie]

I just watched 'Tyson - The Movie' on Amazon Prime, which I hadn't realised was made ages ago.

Anyhow, you can never tell with doco-type edited shows just how close you're getting to the real person, but the portrayal was an empathetic one I thought.

Whatever the real truth about the bloke, the sense was of watching someone that without boxing would've been a serial killer — one of those just-above mentally disabled ones as many are. His mentor seemed to do an incredible job virtually drilling approximate sanity into his head.

Again, I don't know how real the depiction is, but to me it was an interesting demonstration of just how much work it takes to help people who have been unlucky enough to grow up in a vile and violent underclass to live even modestly productive lives, even bearing in mind the bloke was still convicted for rape among other things.

And the US with its massive wealth gap is obviously going to have more cracks for people to be born into/fall into than more civilised societies.

In addition to reducing the overall percentage of those situations by simply being a better society overall, it often crosses my mind that you'd be better off taking those people and putting them into a permanent military-style environment (minus the weapons, naturally) where they can direct their anger and impulses towards some sort of achievement. There are that many things to improve, such as trashy and grim urban areas, polluted waterways, and such, wouldn't it be better to set people's energies to work on that? It just seems so obvious in so many cases that some people are damaged to the point they can't and in many cases will never live normal lives. But that doesn't mean they don't respond to incentives and a sense of achievement, and can't live more productive and healthy lives.

A cemetery near us often has people fulfilling community orders by doing lawns and gardening. There's just so much you could do with that kind of thing to give people focus, skills and continuity.

Of course, these programmes do exist, but prison still seems to be the overwhelming go-to for society. It just strikes one of those obvious things that never gets done because (a) it's too hard and (b) it inevitably becomes a dumb partisan political football.

[stui magpie]

^

If it's the one I think, it wasn't bad. I think the early years was more accurate than the latter. Not sure about serial killer but he was definitely on the path to being a gang standover man and thug.

Ole Cus did a great job with him, then Don King and his hangers on milked him for all he was worth once they got their clutches on him.

[Presti35]

Top Gun Maverick.

[stui magpie]

The Batman, the new one.

Really enjoyed it, particularly the return to type where The Batman doesn't use guns. Also liked how the villains weren't dressed up in costume, reminded me a bit of the TV series Gotham about a young Bruce Wayne.

The only jarring note was the relationship with Alfred in the early stages but overall one of the best incarnations of Batman I've seen.

[think positive]

Top gun the originals man, what the tell happened to cruise, he was the best, brilliant movie

[David]

I know everybody here already thinks I watch weird movies, but this French film I watched last night was on another level entirely!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfWGcQNyzUI

[stui magpie]

WTAF?

[David]

I feel like the trailer doesn’t even capture half of the WTAFness of the film! It was good though.

[stui magpie]

That Kate Bush they reference. Is that the 80's singer who's currently No 1 on the charts with a song from the 80's or just a random coincidence?

[David]

It is a (pretty random) reference to her, yes! But the timing does seem to be a total coincidence, as the film premiered last year and this resurgence of interest in her seems to be the result of some popular American TV show using her music in an episode a few weeks ago.

Anyway, while we're on the topic, I do love this video clip! They don't make them like this anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp43OdtAAkM

[stui magpie]

Yeah, apparently it's a key bit of the plot in Stranger Things (which I've never watched)

Personally my favourite of hers was Babooshka. I never wanted to be reincarnated as a double Bass so much.

[stui magpie]

Venom-let there be carnage.

Not sure why I watched it or what I watched. I'd still prefer it over Davids French Kate Bush horror movie though.

[Woods Of Ypres]

cannot stand Kate Bush, she sings in that stupid key, I find irritating.
wuthering heights is the worst.