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Just a general pop in thread
RokofAges75:
It's bloody but not super gory beyond that. There is shooting and stabbing but nothing like the Saw movies, which was Mare's concern. The first episode will give you a good idea of what to expect, although I think it takes three episodes to really get into it.
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on January 20, 2025, 04:40:23 PM ---I'll have to give Alice in Borderland a try! I've seen it pop up on Netflix but have never clicked on it.
I watched A Real Pain last night. It was good! It gave me all the feels - I laughed out loud in parts and cried in others (mostly the concentration camp stuff). Kieran was fantastic! He nailed the whole charismatic, manic-depressive vibe Benji had going on. Jesse Eisenberg was also great and so relatable to me, as I'm used to being the quiet, introverted, anxious one with more extroverted friends and a sister with mental illness. The pace was perfect, too - it was over before I started wondering, "How much longer is this movie?" Kudos to your boy!
I didn't watch much TV this weekend. I started the SNL documentary on Peacock, but that's about it. I've been writing and trying to avoid social media. I had to remove Facebook from my home screen so I wouldn't keep clicking on it and seeing people I know in real life posting pictures of their inauguration watch parties. 🤦♀️🤢🤮 Secretly voting for the Antichrist is bad enough, but proudly declaring their support for him and celebrating his victory is downright disgusting and has made me lose any last shred of respect I had for these people. I decided that was enough social media for me today.
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Yay! I'm so glad you enjoyed A Real Pain. I cried at the Holocaust tour part too. Because it was filmed in the real location and as a result only allowed the commentary as if it were a real tour, everything James says is what you would actually hear touring Majdanek. I'm sure it feels different in person, but that's the closest I'll probably ever get to touring a real concentration camp. Really powerful. That Gasp Kieran does after Jesse put's his hand on his shoulder at the very end before they leave was Kieran's honest reaction and not scripted. Jesse decided to keep it in there. I definitely related to David as well. All the anxiety and everything. I'm definitely the quietest at any kind of social gathering. I had a teacher friend very similar to Benji and it was a nightmare going out to eat with her because she overshared with everyone including the waitresses, the next table, everyone. Both my mentally ill parents used to do the same thing.
I agree it was the perfect length. I feel like any longer, it would have been overkill.
It's funny because I happen to be reading a book now "We Were the Lucky Ones." That takes place during the invasion of Poland by the Russians and Germans, so it's been interesting reading a story about a lot of the things that we learn about in that movie. It's a fantastic book that was turned into a series on Hulu. I'm going to start it as soon as I'm done with the book, which will probably be today.
I was thinking of watching that SNL documentary. Is it any good? Now that I'm staying away from the news as much as possible, I am watching more movies and documentaries. I watched a stand-up special last night on Netflix. Michael McIntyre. He's British and he's hilarious. I really am trying to avoid FB as much as possible. I've already snoozed some people and stopped following any kind of news. I'm going with the whole ignorance is bliss approach to things. I'm really bad at that. We'll see how it goes. I've already posted about Trump and all the actions he took on day one. It's going to be a very long four years my friends. :'( :crazy:
The writer in me keeps imagining a world where Trump was President during the late thirties as WW2 was happening. How different America would look because he would have allied with Hitler right away. Because of that, Pearl Harbor probably wouldn't have happened, but just like Hitler teamed up with Russia only to betray them and invade himself, he would've done the same to the USA. Which would have made us occupied by the Germans. How different would that look? There might be a novel in there somewhere. We might be living it right now!
mare:
Dee, like Julie said it's very bloody. If that makes you squeamish, you might have a hard time with it. I don't think I'm spoiling anything by saying that about 80 percent of the violence is gun related. People tend to be stabby too. I have a very low tolerance for gore, and it didn't bother me much. I did tend to look down at my phone when all the gunfire happened though. lol
Interview with a Vampire also bloody. Obviously. And What We Do in the Shadows can get gross sometimes. But in a hilarious way!
RokofAges75:
I thought the concentration camp scenes were very well done. The total silence aside from James's commentary as they walked to each part of the camp and the actors' reactions made it emotional. I doubt they had to act very much. I can only imagine what it's like to set foot there yourself. I've never been to one either, and I'm not sure I would want to go, although I probably still would if I ever found myself in Poland or Germany because I do appreciate history. I have been to the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC, which was good but so incredibly sad. Just like in the camp they showed in the movie, that museum had a room you walk through that is just full of shoes. That is the part I remember most; it made me cry then, and it made me cry watching the movie the other night, and I'm crying just thinking about it as I type this now. Absolutely devastating to think that each pair of shoes belonged to a person who was murdered in one of these places. I will never understand how anyone could hate a group of fellow human beings so much as to do something so unspeakably evil. And the parallels between that period in history and our current one makes it all the more real and frightening.
I remember seeing the previews for We Were the Lucky Ones, but I never watched it. You'll have to let me know if it's good. I have to be in the right mood for anything Holocaust-related because it's so heavy.
The SNL documentary is good! I think there are four episodes, and I've watched the first two. The first one is about the audition process, and the second one is about the writing staff and what they do in a week. They were both pretty interesting.
That is a scary thought but an interesting premise for a story. Things would have turned out much differently if Trump were our president then. If the US had sided with Germany during WWII, the Axis powers probably would have won, and our world might look a lot different nowadays. I just pray our current administration is only a temporary evil and that we can take back control of this country in the next 2-4 years.
On a less depressing note, I got an extra day off work today because of the extreme cold (-23 wind chill when I checked this morning) and spent most of it writing. My chapter is going well, and now I only have to work three days this week. Win win!
mare:
Ugh, I know. All those shoes and the people most of the time not realizing that as they handed their belongings to the nazis that was the last time they were ever going to see them again. The whole thing seems so surreal, that people allowed that to happen. All the bad stuff including the Rowanden genocide and what's going on in Gaza and lord only knows what's going to happen with Trump. Him suddenly putting a stop to DEI hires and sending them all home gave me chills because that's exactly how it started with the Jews. They were told they had to leave their jobs.
So far We Were the Lucky Ones is pretty good. The book was incredible. I finished it yesterday and was amazed when I read the author's note to see it was a true story based on the author's grandfather. It's hard in general to read or watch things about that time period because you know the result and it's never great, but in this case, an entire family. Including an old mother, father plus five siblings and all their children and spouses all managed to survive the holocaust. It's quite the story. The author didn't even know her grandfather was from Poland because he spoke English without an accent. It was only after he died that one of her cousins told her the entire story. Can you imagine not knowing your family's legacy because they decided they would rather forget and move on. I honestly probably wouldn't have even thought about watching the show if I didn't already know there was a happy ending. I know I'm spoiling it for you, but I think we all need a tragic story with a happy ending every now and then. If you do watch, her grandfather was Addy and the cousin who told the author everything was Felicia.
I'll have to check out the SNL documentary. I know from Kieran talking about his experience hosting how fast paced and super stressful it is for the guest hosts.
Yay for bonus days off work! It is really freaking cold, isn't it? We usually don't get hit with minus temperatures like you guys do. We just get bombarded with snow, but this week it's been brutal. The coldest in Buffalo's history. It's only 0 here today not including the windchill. Between the cold and the snow, the kids haven't had school yet this week.
Not to go back to Trump, but my sister works for Niagara County, and they just had a really grim meeting about Trumps policies and how they will affect her field which is mental health. If all goes as planned, by April they intend to stop giving checks to all able-bodied disabled people. I'm safe for now, but that includes anyone on disability for mental health issues of any kind and also things like autism and down's syndrome. So, they will stop getting any kind of benefits. He already reversed the cap on insulin and all drugs which is problematic. So, this is going to be a ruling which I'm sure will affect many of the people that actually voted for him. What a hellscape we are living in.
Yay to you getting a significant amount of writing done! Did you get another day off today? I didn't write even one word yesterday. I am going to try to get some writing done now. We'll see how it goes. I am easily distracted. Wonder why?
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