Topic: QUIET SUNDAY (Read 11259 times)

bk · « **Reply #180 on:** July 17, 2023, 05:38:56 PM »

Now I'm watching episode three of the Warner Bros. thing and what's amazing about it as it goes on is that you can literally see the movie business going to HELL and they're patting themselves on the back about it.

bk · « **Reply #181 on:** July 17, 2023, 05:39:08 PM »

I do not care for page seven.

George · « **Reply #182 on:** July 17, 2023, 05:40:18 PM »

Quote from: bk on July 17, 2023, 05:38:56 PM

Now I'm watching episode three of the Warner Bros. thing and what's amazing about it as it goes on is that you can literally see the movie business going to HELL and they're patting themselves on the back about it.

Sounds like the current Republicans.

singdaw · « **Reply #183 on:** July 17, 2023, 05:59:55 PM »

If the humans do it...

Jane · « **Reply #184 on:** July 17, 2023, 06:11:07 PM »

Quote from: George on July 17, 2023, 05:38:22 PM

Quote from: Jane on July 17, 2023, 05:10:14 PM
It's only 77 degrees out right now.

It's only 75° in Tumwater right now.

Perfect weather.

Jane · « **Reply #185 on:** July 17, 2023, 06:11:47 PM »

It got a wee bit too warm as I walked, still it was lovely and there was a nice breeze.

singdaw · « **Reply #186 on:** July 17, 2023, 06:25:17 PM »

singdaw · « **Reply #187 on:** July 17, 2023, 06:37:34 PM »

Sometimes people leave you
Halfway through ~~the woods~~ page seven...

Jane · « **Reply #188 on:** July 17, 2023, 06:38:24 PM »

'night

singdaw · « **Reply #189 on:** July 17, 2023, 06:38:47 PM »

Good night, friends.

vixmom · « **Reply #190 on:** July 17, 2023, 06:57:20 PM »

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on July 17, 2023, 06:48:48 AM

I watched an odd little film yesterday afternoon on Max:

"See How They Run", starring Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan.

Premise: A murder has been committed in 1953 during the 100th performance celebration of "The Mousetrap" in London. The victim was planning a film version of the play. Many in the cast were very upset, as were many of the production staff.

Rockwell was the detective assigned to investigate, and Ronan as the police corporal who assisted him.

This should have been FUN. What it was is STILLBORN. Production values are splendid. All the British accents are spot on. I kept waiting for that spark that engages me. It never got near the flint, sad to say.

It's not terrible, it's just blah. It's not Christie, but it's well paced and does not lack anything but that which makes mysteries fun. No humor, no drama, no mystery.

Sam Rockwell is my absolute favorite actor right now, and he looks the part, acts the role he was given. But dueling windmills won't win any battles.

As many here already know, "The Mousetrap" continues to be London's longest running play although it's minor Christie in all respects. More than 10 million people have seen the play in the theater in London, thus far.

FWIW: "See How They Run" is also the title of an English comedy in three acts by Philip King. Its title is a line from the nursery rhyme "Three Blind Mice". It is considered a farce for its tense comic situations and headlong humor, heavily playing on mistaken identity, doors, and vicars. I played a vicar (the Reverend Lionel Toop) in one production when I was in college, and, as president of the little theater group, I produced a version in Naples, Italy, in 1976.

Vixdad and I had the opposite reaction. We found it funny and entertaining.

John G. · « **Reply #191 on:** July 17, 2023, 07:11:08 PM »

Watching episode one of the second season of The Larkins. I’m not into it quite yet.

vixmom · « **Reply #192 on:** July 17, 2023, 07:11:38 PM »

I bought a power ball ticket and a mega millions ticket tonight

vixmom · « **Reply #193 on:** July 17, 2023, 07:12:14 PM »

I feel confident I shall soon be living the high life!

vixmom · « **Reply #194 on:** July 17, 2023, 07:13:00 PM »

Maybe I’ll even buy Sondheim’s former abode

John G. · « **Reply #195 on:** July 17, 2023, 07:23:43 PM »

Quote from: vixmom on July 17, 2023, 07:13:00 PM

Maybe I’ll even buy Sondheim’s former abode

Will you let us walk by?

George · « **Reply #196 on:** July 17, 2023, 07:49:46 PM »

Quote from: vixmom on July 17, 2023, 07:12:14 PM

I feel confident I shall soon be living the high life!

I can say I knew you when!

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #197 on:** July 17, 2023, 08:40:04 PM »

Dill Pickle Juice is great for lowering cholesterol.

Equally good is a daily tablespoon of red cider vinegar.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #198 on:** July 17, 2023, 08:41:03 PM »

Quote from: vixmom on July 17, 2023, 06:57:20 PM

Quote from: Ron Pulliam on July 17, 2023, 06:48:48 AM
I watched an odd little film yesterday afternoon on Max:

"See How They Run", starring Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan.

Premise: A murder has been committed in 1953 during the 100th performance celebration of "The Mousetrap" in London. The victim was planning a film version of the play. Many in the cast were very upset, as were many of the production staff.

Rockwell was the detective assigned to investigate, and Ronan as the police corporal who assisted him.

This should have been FUN. What it was is STILLBORN. Production values are splendid. All the British accents are spot on. I kept waiting for that spark that engages me. It never got near the flint, sad to say.

It's not terrible, it's just blah. It's not Christie, but it's well paced and does not lack anything but that which makes mysteries fun. No humor, no drama, no mystery.

Sam Rockwell is my absolute favorite actor right now, and he looks the part, acts the role he was given. But dueling windmills won't win any battles.

As many here already know, "The Mousetrap" continues to be London's longest running play although it's minor Christie in all respects. More than 10 million people have seen the play in the theater in London, thus far.

FWIW: "See How They Run" is also the title of an English comedy in three acts by Philip King. Its title is a line from the nursery rhyme "Three Blind Mice". It is considered a farce for its tense comic situations and headlong humor, heavily playing on mistaken identity, doors, and vicars. I played a vicar (the Reverend Lionel Toop) in one production when I was in college, and, as president of the little theater group, I produced a version in Naples, Italy, in 1976.

Vixdad and I had the opposite reaction. We found it funny and entertaining.

I knew it must appeal to a lot of folks. I was a bit tired when I watched, and it didn't keep me from a 20-minute nap, but I did rewind and see it all.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #199 on:** July 17, 2023, 08:46:56 PM »

Favorite Jodie Foster films:

Silence of the Lambs
Maverick
Contact
Panic Room
Flight Plan

I enjoy many of her earlier works, like "Alice doesn't Live Here Any More", "Tom Sawyer", "Candleshoe", and have admired other performances which, all things considered, don't really connect as films I would watch again, but she was splendid in them...films such as "Nell", "Sommersby", "Taxi Driver" and "Freaky Friday", etc.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #200 on:** July 17, 2023, 08:49:12 PM »

I watched a movie this afternoon that I had been totally unaware of: "Moonfall", directed by Roland Emmerich. It stars Halle Berry and Patrick Wilson.

Not a bad sci-fi film..it certainly had a doozy of a premise. That said, I won't watch it ever again. Nothing awful about it, but no truly exceptional moments, either.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #201 on:** July 17, 2023, 08:52:55 PM »

Last night, I watched a movie I had heard of but, for whatever, reason had never seen. It was Larry Kramer's "The Normal Heart".

I remember the activism of those early days of AIDS. The mortality rate was through the roof. No one in government cared to lift a finger. The NIH was a particularly ineffective organization with its leader not fronting anything that wasn't his idea or his treatment plan.

The film is very well done, and the leads are quite solid, including Taylor Kitsch.

The day before, I finished off watching "Angels in America" which resonates as a masterful story on all levels.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #202 on:** July 17, 2023, 08:53:57 PM »

I am fairly we will get off this page soon enough.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #203 on:** July 17, 2023, 08:54:18 PM »

It's just me and "0 guests" right now.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #204 on:** July 17, 2023, 08:56:07 PM »

I have started watching "Fringe"...and am through the 5th episode of season 1. I watched the show faithfully when it aired on the Fox channel way back when I live in Oakland.

It packs quite a bit of story into each and every episode, and it lives up to the idea that "fring" science is very much in play in the world around us.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #205 on:** July 17, 2023, 09:00:53 PM »

I see that George is now back among the acitve viewers, so perhaps he can move us along onto page 8.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #206 on:** July 17, 2023, 09:01:35 PM »

If not, I'll do a DR slackjaw countdown.

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #207 on:** July 17, 2023, 09:01:47 PM »

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #208 on:** July 17, 2023, 09:02:44 PM »

Ron Pulliam · « **Reply #209 on:** July 17, 2023, 09:02:52 PM »

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