Just finished watching Fallen Angels after like 8 years. I started it and fell asleep, and just finished it finally. It reminds me of how much I love Wong Kar Wai (And how much I used to love Hong Kong films from the 80's / 90's). His depiction of spacial depth is really incredible in all three dimensions, you get a real sense of ceiling space. Just a very dreamy fluid movement. I also feel that he is leaning just to the acceptable side of "cuteness" something which I have literally zero patience for. I need to catch up on his newer films, see if he fell off or what. Hopefully Criterion will lease the rest of his films for nice tricked out versions.
Also re-watched Casino, and it holds up really well. Never boring. Funny I couldn't make it through 45 minutes of New York, New York.
Other than selling stuff on Ebay, I'm clinically obsessed with Deadliest Catch. Thanks to Netflix instant queue... AKA visual crack. I can make that informed comparison due to all the Intervention I've seen through it... though I have to say Obsessed is a more interesting show than Intervention, and it's got a very clever logo. I love the endless permutational nature of Deadliest Catch, it's the best possible wallpaper. The same thing with varying levels of intensity. Reliable, not terribly pretentious, just satisfying. I'm also quite pleased that I can endlessly rewatch episodes because they are barely distinguishable from each other, which I would usually consider a detrimental attribute, but in this case I make an exception. Another reason I love it is because I can listen to Mike Rowe's voice for hours (definitely listen to how he tries to sell that piece of junk, all of the Rowe on QVC videos are hilarious), he is one of the three kings of voices, along with Bob Costas and Al Trautwig.
Playing all three at the same time is like hearing the best song ever...
I don't know what I wouldn't do to have all three of them as commentators for Olympic Women's gymnastics...
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Dude fuckin weird- I'm watching CASINO as I type this. Great movie.
God, yes, Mike Rowe is the fucking man. I don't care how badly he sells himself out to QVC or whatever, he'll always be my corn-fed perfect American fantasy man.
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Watch Whale Wars. That show actually ruined almost an entire week of work for me as I had 3 seasons to go through and I couldn't stop... I did not know Intervention was on Netflix...watching that show always makes me recognize my own addictions and just because they don't completely take over my life doesn't mean they aren't on the 'bad' spectrum. I will watch Deadliest Catch tonight..
Holy crap! I didn't remember that you were the one that turned me on to Deadliest Catch. It wasn't until I re-read this post and then saw my comment that I realized it. You are totally correct about the repeatable rinse and repeat nature of the show. For some reason it works...every time. The new season is shaping up pretty well. I watch it on itunes. The one thing I miss is being able to watch 5 episodes in a row...
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