For some reason, every episode had me expecting that and then it would turn out to be amazing.
Edit to add: every episode I actually said, “this one will veer too far into teen drama, and I’ll have to drop out” but somehow they’d pull it off. It was really great television
I don’t usually give up on books, and it’s been a long time so it’s foggy, but my impression was that it was trying too hard to be harry potter/Narnia but adult! And edgy! And I couldn’t stand Quentin or really any of the characters. I only know one other person that’s experienced both and he also gave up on the book series.
Sometimes I am curious to try the books again now, but the show is so good I’d rather just rewatch it!
Ooh this reminds me of something I’ve had at a Chinese buffet with crab or surimi, cheese and I think celery or something in it. It didn’t have any rice involved but I’ll try it out, thanks for the info. I was also curious what a sushi bake would be, and it looks and sounds good!
Loved The Magicians! I didn’t even make it through the first book and I can’t remember what on Earth convinced me to watch the show, but I’m so glad I got on board!
Omg, HOW did I forget about dinosaur comics, I’m so disappointed in myself
Except SpongeBob SquarePants
Same reason I save my roast broccoli for last
Grapes, sharp white cheddar, and crackers are delicious together, so I could see this being good
That is so cute! I was really excited the first time I tried to share some sashimi with my cat, but she turned her nose up at it
I’m kind of fond of these guys, but I still get startled when they jump all over creation
I watched Barry Lyndon and really didn’t care for it, plus I don’t mind long movies but it didn’t need to be 3 hours. I started reading the book and liked it a lot more- a lot of lines were lifted entirely verbatim, but there’s more to the character of Barry Lyndon in the book where at least he’s terrible in an interesting way. I don’t know who to blame for how he turned out in the movie, but he acted like a long-suffering hero that turned out to be terrible in every lazy way possible, just like the rest of the characters. It was exhausting.
I also saw the Killing and I liked it a lot. It might even be my favorite Kubrick movie but don’t kill me for saying that.
And I’ve seen the Mummy a few times before but never on the big screen and I never saw it when I was younger. I honestly just thought it was ok before, although I loved my boyfriend’s enthusiasm for it. But seeing it on the big screen with a bunch of people who love it (and some even seeing it for the first time) has converted me, it looked incredible and was so much fun!
There is a remind me bot, but it has to be enabled by each community I think
Aww Artie is so pretty! My baby turned 17 this summer, too, and still spry
I love Nicolas Cage so much! It’s funny to see him so subdued, this looks like it’ll be really good
I like Bagheera’s hairstyle
Yes!! I haven’t thought about what my favorite animated movies are but this might be number one. I know it makes a difference having watched it when I was little but it just feels so immersive, like I’m moving through that space as the story unfolds around me.
I used to call one of my good friends Bernard instead of his real name, the joke was using some made up wrong name and that one stuck, but I didn’t realize until now why I liked that name : ) And we say Joaaannaaaaaa surprisingly often in our house
This answered my questions about release pacing and Netflix collaboration, but it was obnoxious to read on mobile so here’s most of it:
Wes Anderson announced in an interview with IndieWire that his upcoming Netflix movie “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar,” based on Roald Dahl’s 1977 short story collection, will only be 37 minutes long. The film is Anderson’s second Dahl adaptation after “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and stars Benedict Cumberbatch, Ralph Fiennes, Dev Patel and Ben Kingsley. Notably, “Henry Sugar” marks Anderson’s first Netflix original. He told IndieWire that collaborating with the streamer was more out of necessity than personal preference.
“In my case it’s a little bit of a weird thing,” Anderson said about partnering with Netflix. “I knew Roald Dahl since before we made ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox.’ I met Lindsay Dahl, his widow, when we were shooting ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ like 20 years ago. For years I wanted to do ‘Henry Sugar.’ They set this story aside for me because I was friends with them. Lindsay kind of handed the torch to Luke, Dahl’s grandson. So I had this waiting for me. But I really couldn’t figure out the approach. I knew what I liked in the story was the writing of it, Dahl’s words. I couldn’t find the answer, and then suddenly I did. It’s not a feature film. It’s like 37 minutes or something. But by the time I was ready to do it, the Dahl family no longer had the rights at all. They had sold the whole deal to Netflix.”
“Suddenly, in essence, there was nowhere else you could do it since they own it,” Anderson continued. “But beyond it, because it’s a 37-minute movie, it was the perfect place to do it because it’s not really a movie. You know they used to do these BBC things called ‘Play for Today’ directed by people like Steven Frears and John Schlesinger and Alan Clarke. They were one hour programs or even less. I kind of envisioned something like that.”
It appears “Henry Sugar” will be more akin to Anderson’s 2007 short film “Hotel Chevelier,” a 13-minute prologue to his feature film “The Darjeeling Limited” that starred Jason Schwartzman and Natalie Portman.
“It’s not quite the choice between a full-fledged cinema release and a streaming release because you would never distribute a short film like that and distribute it in cinemas,” Anderson said about his “Henry Sugar” adaptation. “They’d have to sell cheaper tickets or do a double feature… I had only a good experience with Netflix, but I’m very happy to be putting ‘Asteroid City’ in cinemas. Focus and Universal are doing it the real cinema way. That’s the way I really want my movies to be shown.”
I used to watch Hotel Chevalier on repeat, it’s been too long
Edit: formatting and typo
That’s fair, and I do remember it being explicitly discussed and still I wasn’t into it. But I am always curious to try it out again. Art hits differently at different times, after all