Red Mosquito

tree_ wrote:The only reason we still have netflix is she likes to watch Grey's Anatomy. I should just buy her the box set..

tree_ wrote:The only reason we still have netflix is she likes to watch Grey's Anatomy. I should just buy her the box set..

VinylGuy wrote:

tree_ wrote:The only reason we still have netflix is she likes to watch Grey's Anatomy. I should just buy her the box set..

ugh that series is the worst, why the fuck does it have such an appeal on women is lost on me.

and yeah yeah McDreamy whatever, its still insufferable.

Ello Sailor wrote:

tree_ wrote:The only reason we still have netflix is she likes to watch Grey's Anatomy. I should just buy her the box set..

That's cute af. You're a good tree, and even better husband.

tree_ wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

tree_ wrote:The only reason we still have netflix is she likes to watch Grey's Anatomy. I should just buy her the box set..

ugh that series is the worst, why the fuck does it have such an appeal on women is lost on me.

and yeah yeah McDreamy whatever, its still insufferable.

yeah i strongly dislike that show (from what I've seen of it) and its formula .. the lead character's voiceover bits over the dramatic indie song playing at the end of every episode like.. "sometimes, ... in life, you learn a little... and sometimes in life... you don't... and sometimes, love just might surprise you.. and in the end... " blah blah blah every time

Anders wrote:I also look forward to seeing it. Of all things I spend money on, netflix is the biggest waste. Hardly ever watch it.

Rangi Guy wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:jesus christ The Whale. So awful i cant believe it. Embarrassingly bad.

I'm meant to be seeing this tonight

tragabigzanda wrote:As a dramedy, Chef is serviceable. As a movie about a chef, it’s straight garbage. There’s The Bear, then there’s every other movie or show that tried to cash in on foodie culture and failed.

The Argonaut wrote:

Anders wrote:I also look forward to seeing it. Of all things I spend money on, netflix is the biggest waste. Hardly ever watch it.

How much money have you spent purchasing digital versions of movies? You've given me the impression that you've spent thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of Euros or Krones or whatever. That's the biggest waste

Jorge wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:As a dramedy, Chef is serviceable. As a movie about a chef, it’s straight garbage. There’s The Bear, then there’s every other movie or show that tried to cash in on foodie culture and failed.

It's a treatise on artistic integrity

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Anders wrote:I have seen all major WW1 movies, but not the new one yet.

1. Lawrence Of Arabia
2. The African Queen
3. 1917
4. Doctor Zhivago
5. War Horse
6. Sergeant York
7. Paths Of Glory
8. The Grand Illusion
9. Testament Of Youth
10. Legends Of The Fall
11. All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)
12. The Great War
13. Gallipoli
14. Joyeux Noel
15. A Very Long Engagement

Like that, Anders justifies his entire existence

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Anders wrote:

Jorge wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:As a dramedy, Chef is serviceable. As a movie about a chef, it’s straight garbage. There’s The Bear, then there’s every other movie or show that tried to cash in on foodie culture and failed.

It's a treatise on artistic integrity

Agree on that. Finishing it now.

I think that's totally a fair reading. but it's pretty milquetoast in that regard. "Boo hoo, I can't put my radish slices on my foamy emulsifications any more, I'm gonna go start a food truck."

I'm not suggesting the narrative doesn't have any merit. I'm confidently stating that its execution of food and hospitality as a backdrop of those themes is very surface-level. Like they cobbled the plot together from a quick scan of the Food & Wine archives.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Anders wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Anders wrote:I have seen all major WW1 movies, but not the new one yet.

1. Lawrence Of Arabia
2. The African Queen
3. 1917
4. Doctor Zhivago
5. War Horse
6. Sergeant York
7. Paths Of Glory
8. The Grand Illusion
9. Testament Of Youth
10. Legends Of The Fall
11. All Quiet On The Western Front (1930)
12. The Great War
13. Gallipoli
14. Joyeux Noel
15. A Very Long Engagement

Like that, Anders justifies his entire existence

Not sure if that’s a compliment, or an insult. Either way, I will rewatch Testament Of Youth now. Saw it for the first time in 2020, and really enjoyed it. Fits in with my current run of watching movies made in 2014.

I was only joking, brother

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Anders wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Anders wrote:

Jorge wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:As a dramedy, Chef is serviceable. As a movie about a chef, it’s straight garbage. There’s The Bear, then there’s every other movie or show that tried to cash in on foodie culture and failed.

It's a treatise on artistic integrity

Agree on that. Finishing it now.

I think that's totally a fair reading. but it's pretty milquetoast in that regard. "Boo hoo, I can't put my radish slices on my foamy emulsifications any more, I'm gonna go start a food truck."

I'm not suggesting the narrative doesn't have any merit. I'm confidently stating that its execution of food and hospitality as a backdrop of those themes is very surface-level. Like they cobbled the plot together from a quick scan of the Food & Wine archives.

It’s not a masterpiece of filmmaking, but we both had a good time with it. The acting seemed really natural (more than in most other movies, like everyone was having fun making it).

I know chefs that have done similar things irl. There’s power in fully controlling what you make, and how you present it.

Totally agree. And I think the movie completely fails at portraying his retaking of that power. By showing his "fancy cuisine" as nothing more than a gastropub checklist, there is virtually no emotional resonance when he gives it up to start a food truck. I do think there are some genuinely warm moments when he connects with a new socioeconomic audience, but nothing much deeper than that...

There's literally more industry authenticity in this two-minute clip than in the entirety of Chef: