For any fan of the film, read the (adult) novel it’s based on. It’s hilarious - I Loved the sheep’s voices. The film smoothed over some things for kids.
If you haven’t seen the film yet, skip the next line.
George is murdered and the sheep look for the murderer.
But in the film, he’s just..laying there.
In the novel, the sheep go graze and find George lying down as Humans sometimes do for “nap”. Scrunch scrunch they munch on fresh Irish grass. At some point Miss Maple, the smartest sheep (“in the world”) notices something: “why is the spade in the middle of George?”
These are sheep so it’s very much for people who like unique narrative voices and unreliable narrators. It’s not for you if you like gory thrillers or fast-paced action.
Add H and I to the fan list of the Sheep Detectives. Talking sheep, sweet story? Had H, aka the animal whisperer, hooked in about 2 minutes. Loved figuring out all the voices. And Varys from GOT?! H caught that one… he looked funny with hair
I started 3 times - I have not been a science fiction kinda gal, and guess I still am not. I can’t follow it, simple minded I guess. My son said just give it a chance and push through, but I have things to do.
The reviews in our house were at both ends of the spectrum. I don’t like the genre but didn’t hate it. My guess is that the visuals on a big screen make up for a fair bit, and I watched it at home…
I am not a big sci-fi fan, but I will watch and can enjoy the genre. DH is a huge sci-fi fan. Neither of us loved it. We both had questions afterward that we felt were unanswered. I did like the ending. And I’m a huge Ryan Gosling fan, but even he couldn’t carry a not-great script. I do get distracted by the work he’s had done.
Interesting @gardenstategal comment about the big screen vs at home. Ds1 loved it and saw it in IMAX.
We watched The Long Walk On HBO Max last night. I was very hesitant to ever see it. I thought it would be too depressing and traumatic, but for free I said I would. Almost got cold feet right before, but I told H if it was too disturbing, I’d just play on my phone.
I really enjoyed it. It was easy to look away for anything graphic - they literally give you warnings! And most of the movie was about life and relationships. Everyone in the group - for the most part - bonded together vs tearing each other apart (aka squid games, Hunger Games)
Supposed the end is different than the short story. I haven’t read it, so I have no idea.
It was one of my favorite Stephen king stories, one of four in the Bachman books. I remember writing a review of it in a college journalism class. I was so excited first it to make it on screen, thought they did it well. It’s such a simple, yet horrific premise.
I wonder how many people took another look at “Jurassic Park” last night, in honor of Sam Neill? It doesn’t need any hype from me; it was probably the last of the franchise that I actually saw in a darkened theater. But I was surprised by how fresh and prescient it still seems 33 years later. It’s faster than I remember it - the entire plot (absent flashbacks) takes place within 24 hours. And LOUD; I found myself constantly modulating the volume between the music and the dialogue until, strangely, the last half hour when it seems the soundtrack is deliberately quieter.
Kudos to Neill for an underrated, IMO, performance.
I enjoyed it a lot, as did my long-married friend I saw it with. Not for the prudish but virtually all the sexiness is in conversation. The four cast members were excellent: Seth Rogan, Olivia Wilde, Penelope Cruz, Ed Norton.
From the NY Times review:
“The Invite” is a very particular kind of movie: a comedy that, as it draws toward its close, turns more and more into a drama. I do mean it gets more serious, but I also mean that in a comedy, things usually return to some kind of stasis point by the end. In a drama, things have moved into a new configuration. Here, we don’t really know what that configuration is, but to me that feels true. Relationships are quite strange, especially when the people inside of them have to reckon with the fact that they aren’t who they used to be. Or maybe they are, and that’s the problem.
I’ve been hearing about that. Apparently very loosely based on The Wizard of Oz (Gail Daughtry = Dorothy Gail). Where did you see it? In a theater, or is it streaming somewhere already?
I just got back from seeing it. I went in completely blind. The three friends I went with are movie buffs and all loved it. I’m not a huge movie person and thought it was very well done, but would have preferred a different topic