hahaha, if I hadn't gotten tied up in historical matteters there would have been a PM thread a few days ago, lol

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@husky check out "en man som heter ove" real nice slice of old man life.

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It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so loving what - Stephen Fry.

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@husky check out "en man som heter ove" real nice slice of old man life.

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although not my usual kind of film

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It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so loving what - Stephen Fry.

not related to the movie, but one fact of my life that I've noted about is 'algebra'...

Now, bear in mind, not every one's life has taken the path that mine has, but...

The only time in my life after school that algebra came into my life was in the Navy Gunnersmate school...We had a refresher course in algebra, but the way we were taught to pass the test was to simply reverse the signs: + for -, etc. Note, this was in 1965, long before hand held calculators were in use. It was a requirement to pass the algebra in order to pass the school, but I never, NEVER for the rest of the time in the Navy nor in my life in general used algebra.

And the closest thing to a slide-rule was the modified one that we used in Aviation Ground School that I took in college.

Now that is not to say that some of you will never use algebra iin your life, but that depends on what career path you travel. Me? I worked a number of different jobs, none of which required algebra except the Navy one...

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ha ha, that one was out of nowhere, but yes, I thought the same back in school - I thought I'd never have to use it. these days I use simplest algebra and trigonometry like every second day, maybe once per week I need to deal with matrices.

Then, there was chemistry, and I have never used that one. I was never in a situation where I had to calculate proportions of substances for some reaction, or how much heat would it generate, but we spent a year or two doing that in school.

Watched namhansanseong. Korean movies are different. It seems like they avoid hyperbolic characters on purpose.

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It's now very common to hear people say, 'I'm rather offended by that.' As if that gives them certain rights. It's actually nothing more... than a whine. 'I find that offensive.' It has no meaning; it has no purpose; it has no reason to be respected as a phrase. 'I am offended by that.' Well, so loving what - Stephen Fry.

Saw two films semi-recently, the new Murder on the Orient Express, and The Disaster Artist.

I enjoyed MotOE a lot. It had its flaws; as someone who watched a lot of the old series of Poirot with David Suchet, it was impossible not to compare his Poirot with Kenneth Brannagh's here, and it felt at times like Brannagh was overacting the little eccentricities. That, and he was a bit too much... in on the action sometimes. It was like Poirot with a dash of Sherlock Holmes. But overall, very good. I admire Kenneth Brannagh very much for his work, I think he's hugely talented. The cinematography in this film was also beautiful.

The Disaster Artist was entertaining and actually quite poignant at times. The film is... sort of a dramatisation of the making of The Room, which I watched for the first time the other day with friends. Seems it's one of those films that became (in)famous for how weird and terrible it is. Tommy Wiseau was the star, writer, director, producer(?) and financial backer for The Room... a true eccentric if there ever was one. He has a cameo in The Disaster Artist and according to him, the film's 99% true to life.

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I understand entirely your words about Suchet...IMO, No one can portray Poirot as he has done... I am spoiled... I will have to check out the new version of MotOE... I just picked up three of Christie's novels from the paperback giveaway carousel at my local library and guess what!, One of them was "Murder on the Orient Express"

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I'm glad to hear you liked The Disaster Artist, Kaz! As a pretty big fan of The Room, I'm looking forward to seeing it myself. What did you think of The Room, by the way? I've shown it to people before and some immediately got why it's so funny, but I think it didn't really click for others.

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Watched a S/F movie last night titled "Moon" and it was not on the regular TV channels, but on one of the PBS stations...

It was OK, but not the best.

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You weren't keen? I really liked Moon, especially the way the plot developed.

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I watched "Stranger than Fiction" yesterday which I saw years ago but had pretty much forgotten. Its equal parts comedy, tragedy and human commentary. Will Ferrell plays a wonderfully understated IRS agent who one days hears a strange voice narrating his life.

Great parts from Emma Thompson and Dustin Hoffman as well.

A really fun movie, heartwarming and subtle.

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"An old man like me stands no chance fighting against a high school girl in her underwear" - Oshino Meme, Nekomonogatari (Kuro)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_R2wdWeF6Q

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"An old man like me stands no chance fighting against a high school girl in her underwear" - Oshino Meme, Nekomonogatari (Kuro)

I watched both "Last of the Jedi" and "Ferdinand" and liked the adventuriousness of 'Jedi' and the love and emotion of 'Ferdinand'...

Late last night at home I also watched "Blast From the Past" about the a 32 yr old man born and raised in a large homemade bomb shelter with only his parents and how he interacts with the modern world when he is sent out for supplies...

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Watched "Jumanji" at the theater today...

All I can say is this...

It is NOTHING like the first 'Jumanji' with Robin Williams... Nothing!!! I'll say no more...

I forgot to add, that the whole audience apparently liked it as well as I did...

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Over the last few days watched "Moon" which I though was very clever and enthralling even if the entire film had only a single character. "Apollo 18" which started out well but ended on a really daft premise - a pity as the "found footage" style was working well up until the horror got more and more unbelievable. Also watched "October Sky" which is a really lovely film if you want a nice cosy feelgood evening.

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"An old man like me stands no chance fighting against a high school girl in her underwear" - Oshino Meme, Nekomonogatari (Kuro)

I've seen a few movies lately, unusually for me. I saw The Disaster Artist and the new Star Wars in cinema. I also watched Dunkirk and Spectre on the plane.

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No movie, just a "Twilight Zone" marathon w/ Rod Serling, enjoying the heck out of the different 1/2 hour episodes...

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Saw "Rango" last night on TV... Liked how it 'borrowed' from other RL movies, like the Clint Eastwood 'spaghetti westerns' like "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"

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I finally saw When Marnie Was There the other day. My dad and I both liked it a lot.

At times around the beginning and middle I thought (maybe hoped) that it was a going to be a romance, though the later revelations changed that, of course. If there's something I'd criticise, it's how quickly Anna and Marnie became close. It was unrealistic I feel, even under their circumstances.

I also have my reservations about the dub. They're normally so good on Ghibli's films, but I felt this one didn't work well. Maybe it seemed jarring against the very Japanese, rural setting... Saying that, that never bothered me in Princess Mononoke. I want to watch the film with subs next time I see it, anyway.

The animation was especially beautiful, I thought. Things have come a long way since the likes of Nausicaa and Laputa. The backgrounds, scenery and so on have always been beautiful, but the characters were certainly much more plainly drawn then.

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