Gyroscopic Investing

Xan wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 3:49 pm

WiseOne wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 2:40 pmAre there any relatively new (< 5 years old) movies that ARE worth anything? The last one I saw that I liked was The Hobbit, and even that got a bit annoying toward the end.

1917 has been mentioned here. It's definitely worth a watch. Ford v Ferrari was a fun recent one. Oh, Knives Out was super fun!

I've heard good things about The Joker and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, but I haven't seen them yet.

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 7:10 pm

What’s this, your shopping list? :-D

Benedryl Cabbagepatch

Wimbledon Tennismatch

Benevolent computer glitch

Buttduck cataract

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 10:09 pm

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 7:10 pm

What’s this, your shopping list? :-D

Benedryl Cabbagepatch

Wimbledon Tennismatch

Benevolent computer glitch

Buttduck cataract

I think these are phrases that have a similar "feel" to the phrase "Benedict Cumberbatch".

SomeDude wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 2:18 pm

jhogue wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 1:24 pm A really good submarine movie has to impart a sense of claustrophobia, complete with sweaty palms.

"Buried" - but only if you like claustrophbia

Das Boot available to watch for free on SBS till months end.
Viewing it as I post this. Well worth watching
https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/video/1 ... ction=play

Update: Forgot just how good this was.

Xan wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 10:11 pm

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 10:09 pm

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 7:10 pm

What’s this, your shopping list? :-D

Benedryl Cabbagepatch

Wimbledon Tennismatch

Benevolent computer glitch

Buttduck cataract

I think these are phrases that have a similar "feel" to the phrase "Benedict Cumberbatch".

it seems so obvious now that you told me.
i thought it was joke rap lyrics!

Kriegsspiel wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 7:42 pm

Xan wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 3:49 pm

WiseOne wrote: ↑Mon Dec 14, 2020 2:40 pmAre there any relatively new (< 5 years old) movies that ARE worth anything? The last one I saw that I liked was The Hobbit, and even that got a bit annoying toward the end.

1917 has been mentioned here. It's definitely worth a watch. Ford v Ferrari was a fun recent one. Oh, Knives Out was super fun!

I've heard good things about The Joker and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, but I haven't seen them yet.

American moviemaking has been in decline since about World War II. Consider the 10 movies nominated for best picture in 1939:

Gone with the Wind
Dark Victory
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Love Affair
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Ninotchka
Of Mice and Men
Stagecoach
The Wizard of Oz
Wuthering Heights.

Note that every single one of 1939’s nominees for Best Picture remains a highly “watch-able” classic, all made under the discipline of the old studio system, which kept a tight rein on the worst excesses of writers, directors, and actors.

Today’s highly “un-watch-able” exercises in mutual masturbation – both literal and figurative- issue forth from the likes of Harvey Weinstein. Why should we be surprised that his “creative products” resemble the squalid decadence of his personal life?

BUMPERCAR CRUMPLEZONE.

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 8:18 pm BUMPERCAR CRUMPLEZONE.

I'm dying here...
Please have your genetic material cryogenically preserved.

Mark Leavy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 8:49 pm

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 8:18 pm BUMPERCAR CRUMPLEZONE.

I'm dying here...
Please have your genetic material cryogenically preserved.

At the rate I'm going that might be the only way my genes get perpetuated.

慢慢來, Mr Smith. Take your time.

l82start wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 7:09 am ...
Don Juan DeMarco

Just watched it. Fantastic. Added to the list of training films.

Smith1776 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 15, 2020 8:18 pm BUMPERCAR CRUMPLEZONE.

Bundesbank Curmudgeon
Bill Brasky Tons O fun
Beaverton Oregon
Bananarama 80's fun
Babydoll Cabbagepatch
Caddyshack Light a match

Mark Leavy wrote: ↑Tue Dec 22, 2020 8:14 pm

l82start wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 7:09 am ...
Don Juan DeMarco

Just watched it. Fantastic. Added to the list of training films.

Beasts of the Southern Wild

The Accountant

Imagine Vinny traveling the world, fixing the books, collecting gold and killing people.

Mark Leavy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 6:34 pm The Accountant

Imagine Vinny traveling the world, fixing the books, collecting gold and killing people.

great movie made my list too..

Mark Leavy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 6:34 pm
The Accountant

Imagine Vinny traveling the world, fixing the books, collecting gold and killing people.

There seem to be two versions. I assume it is the other one? Not this one?

https://www.amazon.com/Accountant-Ray-M ... 713&sr=8-2

MangoMan wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 6:41 pm

Mark Leavy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 6:34 pm
The Accountant

Imagine Vinny traveling the world, fixing the books, collecting gold and killing people.

And peeing in jars. Don't forget the jars.

It killed me to have it all go to waste when in my office. I thought about keeping a milk gallon jug in my office to use but I thought that, even for me, that might be carrying to far. So I never did. Eventually I may have.

yankees60 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 8:53 pm
There seem to be two versions. I assume it is the other one? Not this one?

https://www.amazon.com/Accountant-Ray-M ... 713&sr=8-2

Not that one. This one.

Mark Leavy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 9:01 pm

yankees60 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 8:53 pm

There seem to be two versions. I assume it is the other one? Not this one?

https://www.amazon.com/Accountant-Ray-M ... 713&sr=8-2

Not that one. This one.

Will watch it when it comes to either Amazon Prime or Netflix online.

For anyone into music, heists and car chase scenes, I recommend Baby Driver.
Highly creative movie. Especially the use of music, very cool music.

Another movie that used music very well is Bad Times at the El Royale.

Coincidentally Jon Hamm stars in both these recommendations.

Mark Leavy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 6:34 pm The Accountant

Imagine Vinny traveling the world, fixing the books, collecting gold and killing people.

My Dad was an accounting major and worked as treasurer for a large firm. When 'The Accountant' came out he pointed out at least 3 shows & films where the accountant was the "bad" guy. He loved it. I think Ozark is another.

(side note: Mark I've been describing your adventures & lifestyle and my ex-gf officially wants to run away with you).

dualstow wrote: ↑Mon Jan 04, 2021 10:27 am my ex-gf officially wants to run away with you

That is one of the downsides of being Mark Leavy. It’s not for the weak. Meat and tequila sustain me.

Mark Leavy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 9:01 pm

yankees60 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 03, 2021 8:53 pm

There seem to be two versions. I assume it is the other one? Not this one?

https://www.amazon.com/Accountant-Ray-M ... 713&sr=8-2

Not that one. This one.

I did watch the "wrong" one because it was available on Amazon Prime.

I think it is your kind of movie...

yankees60 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 06, 2021 3:25 pm
I think it is your kind of movie...

Very cool. I’ll give it a watch.
Thanks.

Update:

That was great. I was hooked at Jimmie Dale Gilmore's rendition of Mack the Knife and it only got better from there.
Not a single scene, word or motion out of place.