rbowman wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:
On Sun, 4 Jan 2026 01:44:35 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
On 2026-01-03, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Sat, 3 Jan 2026 04:19:21 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
The Road. That's the one with Jim Caviezel, right? If that's the
one,
I saw it. If it is the one I'm thinking about, it was depressing as
hell.
It certainly wasn't one of Cormac McCarthy's more cheerful books and
the movie followed it very closely.
I guess I go to movies to escape reality for a while.
I can't remember the last time the last time I 'went' to a movie. I
think it was a department ice cream and movie escapade. It was one of
the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. I liked the raccoon.
I am Groot! Give me root! Or I will inflict GBH on you!
On 2026-01-03 20:43, RonB wrote:
< snip >
If that's the one, I saw
it. If it is the one I'm thinking about, it was depressing as hell.
It was meant to be. It provides what is probably the most realistic
depiction of what a post-apocalyptic world would be like.
Unsurprisingly, the woman is so brilliant that she chooses to escape the >>> relative security of her home to disappear outside. I'm sure she did
quite fine among the cannibals.
I see too much crap in the world in the news, I guess. When I watch a movie >> I want to get away from reality for a while.
I stopped caring about most of it because the fate of this world does
not interest me as much as it used to. Here in Canada, we've had a
decade of evidence showing that the Liberal party is incompetent through
the revelation that housing is unaffordable and that Justin Trudeau
doubled our debt, but still Canadians voted for his party. They've also
had a decade of evidence in Europe showing that leftist politics are insurmountably destructive and only now are they starting to think that maybe the right isn't so bad. Ten years of seeing their wives and
daughters raped or sex trafficked, the random murders and the inability
to go out and celebrate New Year's didn't clue them in. At some point,
you just realize that no matter what you do or say, you'll still be surrounded by clowns who refuse to see what's in front of them and that you're better off focusing on God and your relationship with Him.
On the list the ones I've seen and liked, The Martrix (only the original), V
for Vendetta, Blade Runner (the original), District 9, Guardians of the >>>> Galaxy (first one), Minority Report, and Iron Man (original one only),
The second Matrix was still pretty good, but the dialogue ruined it. On
the one hand, it explains what is going on in detail; on the other, it
is incredibly hard to follow without repeated viewings. The storyline in >>> general is quite smart, it just sucks that they couldn't simplify
certain aspects of it for the next two films.
I'm not a big fan of sequels, especially when the main problem has been
resolved in the original movie. To get a second movie they almost always
have to revert back to a problem that's already been solved. It's like
having a rug pulled out from under your feet.
Like Suicide Squad and The Suicide Squad. As I was telling my brother on
Thursday, both movies have the exact same storyline yet the first one
was trash and the second one was kind of fun.
One of favorite science fiction movies is Deja Vu. And I like I Robot, even >> though I wasn't crazy about Isaac Asimov's original story. And even though >> I'm no big fan of Ben Affleck, I liked Paycheck. And there was a movie by
the same person who created District 9, Elysium, which I liked. (Even though >> it suspended disbelief to the limits).
If you want a really dark (and weird) movie, you might want to watch Brazil. >> For some reason I liked that. Probably the Monty Python connection and dark, >> overwrought humor.
I think my brother mentioned Brazil to me once. The guy's got like every movie ever made in his DVD collection, so I'll have to borrow it from
him at some point.
On Sun, 4 Jan 2026 01:44:35 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
On 2026-01-03, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
On Sat, 3 Jan 2026 04:19:21 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:
The Road. That's the one with Jim Caviezel, right? If that's the one,
I saw it. If it is the one I'm thinking about, it was depressing as
hell.
It certainly wasn't one of Cormac McCarthy's more cheerful books and
the movie followed it very closely.
I guess I go to movies to escape reality for a while.
I can't remember the last time the last time I 'went' to a movie. I think
it was a department ice cream and movie escapade. It was one of the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. I liked the raccoon.
On 2026-01-04, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:
On 2026-01-03 20:43, RonB wrote:
< snip >
If that's the one, I saw
it. If it is the one I'm thinking about, it was depressing as hell.
It was meant to be. It provides what is probably the most realistic
depiction of what a post-apocalyptic world would be like.
Unsurprisingly, the woman is so brilliant that she chooses to escape the >>>> relative security of her home to disappear outside. I'm sure she did
quite fine among the cannibals.
I see too much crap in the world in the news, I guess. When I watch a movie >>> I want to get away from reality for a while.
I stopped caring about most of it because the fate of this world does
not interest me as much as it used to. Here in Canada, we've had a
decade of evidence showing that the Liberal party is incompetent through
the revelation that housing is unaffordable and that Justin Trudeau
doubled our debt, but still Canadians voted for his party. They've also
had a decade of evidence in Europe showing that leftist politics are
insurmountably destructive and only now are they starting to think that
maybe the right isn't so bad. Ten years of seeing their wives and
daughters raped or sex trafficked, the random murders and the inability
to go out and celebrate New Year's didn't clue them in. At some point,
you just realize that no matter what you do or say, you'll still be
surrounded by clowns who refuse to see what's in front of them and that
you're better off focusing on God and your relationship with Him.
Yeah, but I don't need to be reminded about this when I watch a movie. Like
I say, I'm trying to get away the bleak reality for a while.
On the list the ones I've seen and liked, The Martrix (only the original), VThe second Matrix was still pretty good, but the dialogue ruined it. On >>>> the one hand, it explains what is going on in detail; on the other, it >>>> is incredibly hard to follow without repeated viewings. The storyline in >>>> general is quite smart, it just sucks that they couldn't simplify
for Vendetta, Blade Runner (the original), District 9, Guardians of the >>>>> Galaxy (first one), Minority Report, and Iron Man (original one only), >>>>
certain aspects of it for the next two films.
I'm not a big fan of sequels, especially when the main problem has been
resolved in the original movie. To get a second movie they almost always >>> have to revert back to a problem that's already been solved. It's like
having a rug pulled out from under your feet.
Like Suicide Squad and The Suicide Squad. As I was telling my brother on
Thursday, both movies have the exact same storyline yet the first one
was trash and the second one was kind of fun.
I didn't watch either of those. Most comic book movies got old pretty
quickly for me.
One of favorite science fiction movies is Deja Vu. And I like I Robot, even >>> though I wasn't crazy about Isaac Asimov's original story. And even though >>> I'm no big fan of Ben Affleck, I liked Paycheck. And there was a movie by >>> the same person who created District 9, Elysium, which I liked. (Even though
it suspended disbelief to the limits).
If you want a really dark (and weird) movie, you might want to watch Brazil.
For some reason I liked that. Probably the Monty Python connection and dark,
overwrought humor.
I think my brother mentioned Brazil to me once. The guy's got like every
movie ever made in his DVD collection, so I'll have to borrow it from
him at some point.
I don't know why I liked it, probably for the absurd, dark humor. I don't think my brother liked it much.
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