Back to the Movies!

[gilda_elise]

Managed to watch quite a few, actually, and not a bad apple in the bunch.

MOVIES WATCHED IN JANUARY

Jan 3 - Don’t look Up (2021)
Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth

Comments

[severina2001]

There's a few on your list that I'm contemplating watching. I did see "Don't Look Up" and thought it was absolutely brilliant.

[gilda_elise]

That seems to be the consensus about Don't Look Up. I certainly enjoyed it.

[shooting2kill]

I'm really impressed with your movie going record as some of these haven't even come out here yet. I saw Kidman as Lucy Ball in a short clip and it was uncanny, especially as I've never rated Kidman as a great actress. Thanks for the recs.

[gilda_elise]

I imagine it'll be a bit before many of them get over there, as they only came out here in the last six months or so. I was only able to watch several of them because they were added early to streaming services.

I've liked Kidman in other movies, especially Lion and Boy Erased. I think she's just gotten better with time, which, I guess, is the way it's supposed to be. 🤔

And you're very welcome.

[doylebaby]

I did see Being the RIcardos and really thought it was very well done, both Nicole Kiman and Javier Bardem were brilliant.

[gilda_elise]

I've seem Bardem in a few things. He was especially creepy in No Country for Old Men. He's a really good actor. And I think Kidman is getting there, too.

[fiorenza_a]

I watched 'Don't Look Up' at Christmas. I went into it blind because it was someone else's pick - but it was weirdly funny in a darkly satirical way. A sort of modern day Dr Strangelove

[gilda_elise]

We've got a lot of things going very wrong right now, but I think the worst is how the Republicans are trying to keep people from voting. Sort of going back to Jim Crow. It's actually quite scary, how they're setting it up that they won't ever lose again. I just hope Biden can get those two *%&$^# democratic senators, Manchen and Sinema, to get their heads out of their asses, so we can get the two voting rights bills through Congress.

I agree, a movie about Ball's life, before, during, and after her time with Arnez, would be highly interesting.

[fiorenza_a]

The Govt says there'll be voter ID here next time we vote - but I don't know if it'll last. If studies show it depresses the vote for a particular segment of the electorate it may well go - but they'd have to be disenfranchised for enough elections first. Our opposition is unelectable at the moment - I think that is more of a present danger to our democracy, we're effectively a one party state.

Churchill, whose mother was American, said words to the effect of, you can always rely on America to do the right thing, but it will try every wrong thing first.

[gilda_elise]

I don'y think it's changed, but we show an ID, though you can just leave your signature if you don't have one. That's been in place for years. As long as we have a Democratic governor, I think we'll be okay. They can't get enough votes to override her veto on these voter disenfranchise bills.

We can only hope that what Churchill said still holds!

[honor_reid]

I've been meaning to watch the Ricardo's movie, it sounded very interesting.

It sounds like you have been watching a lot of good movies!

[gilda_elise]

I actually have! There were so many that normally would have gone to the theatre first but that ended up on streaming services. Otherwise, I doubt so many would have been available. Unfortunately, that seems to be changing. I might have to chance going to the theatre in order to see Cyrano.