Seen any good movies lately?

[Rich82GS750TZ]

It was fun to see some of the correlation of some plot points between old and new, especially the sudden appearance of Admiral Cain (another gender swap there, the original was Lloyd Bridges, who pretty much played it the same way as his character in Airplane, if you can imagine) and the BS Pegasus. They did right to leave the chimp in the robot dagget suit in the 70s.

[GS1150Pilot]

When I was a kid, I wanted a Dagget.

[Rich82GS750TZ]

[mvalenti]

Kung Fury, youtube... 1/2 hr long... hilarious

[Brendan W]

Queen of Katwe with fine performances from Madina Nalwanga and David Oyelowo ( played MLK in Selma)
Carol with Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara

[steve murdoch]

Queen of Katwe with fine performances from Madina Nalwanga and David Oyelowo ( played MLK in Selma)
Carol with Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara

I really enjoyed Carol as well.
Gorgeous to look at and top shelf acting.

[earlfor]

Ex Machina. On netflix, not on you tube anymore though other than some short clips. Quite good!

[bonanzadave]

Ahhhhh.....don't watch this

[GS1150Pilot]

Ahhhhh.....don't watch this

That is an AMAZING flim.

[Rich82GS750TZ]

I also thought Florida Project was an excellent film. But I can understand it may not be everyone’s cup of tea.

[bonanzadave]

That is an AMAZING flim.

??? Maybe tragic. Certainly depressing.

[GS1150Pilot]

??? Maybe tragic. Certainly depressing.

It is an utterly vivid movie with gritty, real performances that break your heart into a million pieces.

[Baatfam]

It is an utterly vivid movie with gritty, real performances that break your heart into a million pieces.

And I need that, why? LOL....

[GS1150Pilot]

And I need that, why? LOL....

You're asking a classicist.

Tragedy is an essential component (in both our life and literature) that provides the opportunity for one to expand one’s perspectives on life, and also allows one to “test” oneself in order to see how much one is able to successfully achieve, or to be able to recognize the limit one is capable of achieving. In the process of realizing what consequential actions tragedy provides, one also is able to gain knowledge of the “opposites” and thus is able to further understand the depth of, and possibly further develop an appreciation for, what each opposing factor represents and provides to one’s life. Though the consequences of tragedy are not always pleasant (such as the ill-fated Oedipus who unconsciously fulfilled his own unfortunate fate and consequentially took out his own eyes as punishment), it also serves as a reminder to us on how it is essential that we still maintain hope, and that no matter what obstacles life may throw in our path, we must learn how to withstand, if not then at least how to deal with, the consequences so that the experience will in the end, be something that contributes to our development as our individual self as a human being amongst the happenings of this unpredictable earthly world.

https://esmancientgreeks.wordpress.c...of%20achieving.

[Baatfam]

You're asking a classicist.

Tragedy is an essential component (in both our life and literature) that provides the opportunity for one to expand one’s perspectives on life, and also allows one to “test” oneself in order to see how much one is able to successfully achieve, or to be able to recognize the limit one is capable of achieving. In the process of realizing what consequential actions tragedy provides, one also is able to gain knowledge of the “opposites” and thus is able to further understand the depth of, and possibly further develop an appreciation for, what each opposing factor represents and provides to one’s life. Though the consequences of tragedy are not always pleasant (such as the ill-fated Oedipus who unconsciously fulfilled his own unfortunate fate and consequentially took out his own eyes as punishment), it also serves as a reminder to us on how it is essential that we still maintain hope, and that no matter what obstacles life may throw in our path, we must learn how to withstand, if not then at least how to deal with, the consequences so that the experience will in the end, be something that contributes to our development as our individual self as a human being amongst the happenings of this unpredictable earthly world.

https://esmancientgreeks.wordpress.c...of%20achieving.

Much easier to be an eternal optimist....Far fewer tears...