Aquila89 wrote:I recently watched the Adam Sandler movie Grown Ups about halfway through, purely from morbid curiosity. It was actually fascinating in a way.... I was kind of amazed. This is a movie? Really?
I gave you a thumb even though I disagree with you! Honestly I saw it at the drive-in and it was the third feature that started at like 23:00, so that might have contributed to my goodwill toward it, but I was sort of tickled that a film with relatively little conflict or tension just kind of happily existed. It felt a little like the early Turble Shows, when we got four people in a virtual room and just sort of bounced off each other hoping to make some sparks. It doesn't always land but when it does it's real nice.
JamishT wrote:GLOW was fun over all, and a good first season. It introduced all the characters, but left a lot for future episodes to explore. It stars Allison Brie who I know is supposed to be like super duper babe status, but I just don't get it...not that that has anything to do with the show or her acting.
I gave you a thumb even though I disagree with you! Now start worshipping Alison Brie like a rational human person should.
Me, I watched an anime. WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAT I know but it was actually pretty great. You'll make fun of me when I tell you what it is... it's called Your Lie In April and it's about a piano playing prodigy who has mental trauma because of abuse at his mother's hands and then her subsequent illness and death, and how he comes to terms with that while at the same time falling for a free-spirited violinist who is also a prodigy but is also sick. I knew how it would end--come on, you probably already know--but it still surprised me how hard I took it.
I think it's because the person who recommended it is our new singer, and she's only 19 but has already had cancer and diabetes and has been through a whole lot of garbage. I couldn't stop thinking about her and how sad we all would have been if we'd never gotten to meet her, even though we would never have been aware of her existence because she only started hanging out with us about a year ago. I also thought a lot about my dad and our relationship when I was watching how the show dealt with Arima's relationship with his mother. And it probably goes without saying that a show about musical geniuses would have some incredible classical renditions, including what may be my favorite performance of a Saint-Saens piece ever.
Man, that's a lot to unpack from watching a Chinese cartoon. I don't think I'm going to become an anime fan anytime soon, but I might have a more open mind in the future.