Amazon Prime movie suggestions

Qs Laptop said:
Cheesy love-making scenes showing Berenger and Scacchi in bed with an overlay of waves pounding the beach mar an otherwise overall nice production. Hoskin's character steals the show. 7.5 out of 10.
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Did the director get inspired by Here To Eternity a bit too much?
 
Music Lover said:
"Hired Gun" is pretty good...a look at the life of A-list musicians that back up the stars on stage. Top notch musicians that many people have never heard of.

And along the same line "20 Feet from Stardom", a look at the background singers backing up the biggest names in music, on stage and in the studio.
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We watched Hired Gun the other night and it was interesting.
 
Dave J said:
We watched Hired Gun the other night and it was interesting.
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Me to, but not quite the hired gun concept I was expecting. Some pretty big names with long band resumes, and the guys in Billie Joel's band were with him for 30 years. That's longer than I worked for Megacorp. Guess I was a hired gun too. Some of them were definitely hired guns, though. I liked 20 Feet from Stardom better.
 
JoeWras said:
Did the director get inspired by Here To Eternity a bit too much?
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Definitely took that idea to the next level.

You know that footage a 10 foot wave crest curling onto itself? Typically seen in surfer movies, the camera is placed inside the "eye" of the wave and the water curls from top of the screen to the bottom of the screen? Yeah, that, times 100.
 
On a whim, I watched it last night based on your recommendation. Your description was accurate.

Qs Laptop said:
Definitely took that idea to the next level.
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You know that footage a 10 foot wave crest curling onto itself? Typically seen in surfer movies, the camera is placed inside the "eye" of the wave and the water curls from top of the screen to the bottom of the screen? Yeah, that, times 100.[/QUOTE]

Fact check: TRUE!
 
Out-to-Lunch said:
On a whim, I watched it last night based on your recommendation. Your description was accurate.
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Qs Laptop said:
You know that footage a 10 foot wave crest curling onto itself? Typically seen in surfer movies, the camera is placed inside the "eye" of the wave and the water curls from top of the screen to the bottom of the screen? Yeah, that, times 100.
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Fact check: TRUE!
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LOL, good to hear.

It was so unnecessary. It's not the 1950's, the movie was made in the 1990's. They can show nudity (and they did, a little.) I don't understand the need to overlay waves rolling into the scene of actors in bed. And what are crashing waves supposed to symbolize, anyways? Waves of passion?

Director Wolfgang Petersen has a solid resume. I can't recall this technique in any of his other films. While you're at it, why not throw in a scene of a train going into a tunnel, maybe a scene of a woman picking up a snake, eating a banana, or licking an ice cream cone?
 
Qs Laptop said:
Director Wolfgang Petersen has a solid resume. I can't recall this technique in any of his other films. While you're at it, why not throw in a scene of a train going into a tunnel, maybe a scene of a woman picking up a snake, eating a banana, or licking an ice cream cone?
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Excellent ideas, all Oscar material..:D
 
Qs Laptop said:
Director Wolfgang Petersen has a solid resume. I can't recall this technique in any of his other films. While you're at it, why not throw in a scene of a train going into a tunnel, maybe a scene of a woman picking up a snake, eating a banana, or licking an ice cream cone?
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Nothing to add but :D
 
I'm LOLing here! I may need to at least see this scene based on our discussion.

I recently saw North By Northwest in total. Ah, that sly Hitch -- train enters tunnel in the last scene. Well, he was working in the standards era, after all. I couldn't stop laughing.
 
Music Documentaries

Last evening I watched two music documentaries on Prime. Both are recommended:

The Who Sensation: The Story of Tommy (2014)
This one brought back many memories of teenage years.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3291738/

Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind (2019)
It was quite a shock to see the contrast in appearance of the songwriter then and now.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10237902/
 
target2019 said:
It was quite a shock to see the contrast in appearance of the songwriter then and now.
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I suspect you could say that about most of us.

I'll check them both out, but I'm especially curious about the Lightfoot one. He was one of my favorite singer/songwriters in the 70s, but when I saw him in concert ('76) he was drunk, mean, and abusive. Only played for about 30 minutes. And I heard the same from other friends during that time frame. It was a shame, because he's obviously incredibly talented. Oh well, we all have our good times and bad times. Hopefully he got through all that and came out happy on the other side.
 
Another good music documentary on Prime is 'Hired Gun', about the top notch musicians that get hired by well known bands and artist to make albums and tour but generally aren't considered permanent band members.
 
I watched "Tag" on last night. It wasn't Amazon Prime free, but it was only $.99.

It's about a group of five guys, now in their 40's, who have kept a game of tag going for 30 some years. One of the guys has never been tagged and therefore has never been "it." Every year, the entire month of May is reserved for playing tag and instead of just the neighborhood, the whole world is the play area. With the untagged guy about to get married the other four hatch a plot to use the wedding to finally corner him and make him "it."

The movie is about the various ways the four guys try to trap the other guy into getting tagged. I thought the concept would run out of steam, but the interplay between the main characters (Ed Helms, Jon Hamm, Jeremy Renner) keeps it going. I suppose I'd give it a 6.5 out of 10 stars.
 
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"Kenny", a mockumentary about a porta-potty professional. Funny and surprisingly heartwarming. I rented it through Netflix some years ago and notice it's on Prime now.
 
On Netflix, watched I Care a Lot last night. Good movie but scary. The ending was justified IMO.
 
folivier said:
On Netflix, watched I Care a Lot last night. Good movie but scary. The ending was justified IMO.
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I, too, can confirm this is a well written/well acted movie. Well worth the two hours spent watching it.
 
I want to watch it. Don't spoil it!

The whole subject of guardianship or conservatory status is important to the retirement community. We have plenty to learn, even if in a fictional setting.

If you have Hulu, I also suggest the NYT piece on Britney Spears. It isn't fiction with drama and a twist, it is documentary. The one take-away I have from that documentary is that once a conservatorship is established in California, it is nearly impossible to remove.

I'm sure the movie touches that for guardianship, and I know enough from the description that it goes into interesting areas.

Looking forward to it. Rosamund Pike has had some good movies and a stinker or two, but overall I like her work.
 
Tonight - Dry Season......different, but good:

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/dry_season

https://www.amazon.com/Daratt-Dry-Season-English-Subtitled/dp/B0043NYVWS

One of the reviews:
Great plot. unbelievable photography and introduction to a part of the world that few of us will ever see. it will allow you to appreciate what is going on in Africa, how the people live in the Saharan or sub-Saharan part of that continent. Its a gripping and satisfying story that you will never forget.
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Struck out last night on Prime movies, started watching 'Honest Thief' (Liam Neeson) and the storyline was so ridiculous stopped watching it after 30 minutes, should have stopped long before that. Then started watching Capone (Tom Hardy) and that one only lasted 20 minutes before I switched it off.
 
Watched Nomadland last night. It was very depressing.
It got great reviews, DH left after 30 min. I watched till the end, but it didn’t get any better IMO.
Oops just saw it was for Amazon. Movie was on Hulu
 
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