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Weekly “What are you watching” Thread || Week of December 10th, 2023

I don't have a lot to add to, still watching the same TV shows:

Fringe is still good
What We Do in the Shadows is okay, got me some chuckles, but no laugh out loud moments yet
Amazing Stories (1985) is still boring
JoJo's Stone Ocean arc is still great
Love, Death, & Robots' tones are still all over the place

The only other thing that I watched is David Fincher's The Killer. While I don't dislike it, I am just not feeling it, unlike other Fincher's works.

Edit: I forgot that I did watch 2 other movies, Predators (2010) and Bad Boys II, I barely remembered anything happened in Predators, on the other hand, I find Bad Boys II ok, it suffers from Michael Bay's excessive cuts without breathing moment.

So, what have you been watching last week?

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The Curse (Nathan fielder tv show)
- Oh, can't wait to watch that. I just recently finished Nathan For You, and it's one of the best comedies out there.
TV

Slow Horses - easily the best thing that we are watching at the moment. Oldman's Lamb is my role model.

Doctor Who - Wild Blue Yonder was great. The Giggle was middling at best. RTD's sickly sentimentality dominated the conclusion.

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters - the first three episodes have been surprisingly good. This - the fourth - was basically dull.

Krapopolis - wasn't sure about this to start with, but it has grown on me. Waddingham's Deleria is the obvious inital draw, but the rest of the main characters have been fleshed out to the point where I will be looking forward to season 2.

Enemy at the Door - from 1978, although I can recall nothing at all of it from back then. Set in the German occupied Channel Isles during WWII, each episode centres around a moral dilemma relating to loyalties, duty, consequences for the bigger picture etc etc from both sides. It holds up remarkably well.

Film

Krampus (2015) - which has become something of a tradition for us on Krampusnacht, and continues to be enjoyable.

I Know Where I'm Going (1945) - a Powell and Pressburger that doesn't hit the heights of A Matter of Live and Death or The Red Shoes etc but is still a stylishly told tale. I particularly enjoyed the portrayal of Webster's intended husband only through a staff card, a printed itinerary and a disembodied radio voice.
- I need to watch Slow Horses and Monarch. And probably start Dr. Who next year.
  
  Also, I was expecting Krampus to be a German film, but apparently it's American?
  
  Yes, Krampus is American - with a few subtitles for a German speaking character in one early scene.
  
  The character of Krampus seems to have captured a much wider, more international, imagination in recent years. I would like to see a German film version - or appearance in some media - that sticks to the root of the story from that perspective. However, the US version does a pretty good job.
Just caught up to Young Sheldon, cute premise but the plot is now tiring as its drawn out.

I love the earlier seasons of What We Do In The Shadows but the later ones are inconsistent.
Movies this week and a bit.

The Holdovers, beautiful Christmas movie with just the right amount of Christmas theme. Not too much.

The Mole, from Mats Brügger. Impressive real life undercover story to uncover the criminal deals of the north Korean regime.

Dumb money, absurd to see the story in a movie. I remember the events while it happens the gme 💎 ✋ craze. Nonetheless fun movie.

Tv:

I finally started watching peaky blinders.

Law man bass reeves. They spend a good amount on this show it's looks nice. The acting of the main char is good. Sometimes others miss the beat. Unnecessary soundtracks where silence would serve the scenes better.

Bookie, easy to watch, light, funny. good actors.
- I've never heard of The Mole, probably need to find it.
  
  Also, Is Law Man Bass Reeves part of the Yellowstone series? I dare not to touch that Taylor Sheridan-verse, too many spinoffs, not sure if it's worth the time investment.
  
  I’ve never heard of The Mole, probably need to find it.
  
  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13243898/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
  
  Also, Is Law Man Bass Reeves part of the Yellowstone series? I dare not to touch that Taylor Sheridan-verse, too many spinoffs, not sure if it’s worth the time investment.
  
  I dont know if it is part of the yellowstone series. According to this website it is not, https://www.menshealth.com/entertainment/a45805998/lawmen-bass-reeves-yellowstone-1883/
Saw What a Wonderful Knife (2023) on Shudder yesterday.

A girl kills a slasher villain, then a year later wishes she was never born and ends up in an alternate universe where the killer is still alive and continuing to terrorize the town.

Stars Jane Widdop from Yellowjackets. I liked their character quite a bit. Justin Long's in it too, Joel McHale, Cassandra Naud (Influencer)... Really good cast.

Christmas movies generally aren't my thing but I was in the mood for something seasonal. I enjoyed it.

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