Movie Thread

[Silentom]

XP still safe anymore? Figured they'd be done patching it.

[eddy]

Source of the post time to fire up the old XP desktop

Friends don't let friends run XP... time to upgrade, bud.

it's a virus machine, Everything is wiped and I don't care what happens to it. Perfect for screener season.

[dodint]

XP still safe anymore? Figured they'd be done patching it.

Even Steve Gibson has moved off of XP. It's time to go.

[NTP66]

XP patching ended in 2016.

[dodint]

XP patching ended in 2016.

Supposedly XP Embedded is still getting patches but you have to trick MS into pushing them to you.

[eddy]

I haven't turned it on since the beginning of last year as well, so it will be interesting to see if it starts. Wife will not allow any screener downloads on her laptop.

[NTP66]

XP patching ended in 2016.

Supposedly XP Embedded is still getting patches but you have to trick MS into pushing them to you.

Only Windows Embedded Standard and POS are supported through next year, I think. The other 2 XP embeddeds (and most widely used) are done. Still, anyone running XP embedded should be flogged.

[tifosi77]

One of the strangest things I saw was the cheering for Tonya Harding and having her at the awards?

The 30 for 30 on Tonya and Nancy is pretty entertaining. The crazy thing about their story is that Kerrigan is the less sympathetic one.

[BigMck]

Watched Battle of the Sexes over the weekend. Bobby Riggs Vs. Billie Jean King.

Entertaining movie, but after reading up on the real events that lead up to the match, the wife and I agree that it ventured more into the secret personal love life of Billie Jean than focusing on the story of the struggles of being a female tennis player trying to compete for equal sponsorship and coverage.

[nocera]

Three Billboards was **** great.

[eddy]

Three Billboards was **** great.

Wow that was a dark and bleak movie. Performances were terrific, but there was something off about the movie for me. Not sure if it needed more of a resolution or what. Not a bad movie, but it didn't do much for me.

[LITT]

apparently they made a new fantastic four movie. i watched it while falling asleep last night. cast was more likeable than the original. didnt see how it ended

[Morkle]

Finally watched GotG2. Was pretty good. Glad it stayed close to the original.

[DigitalGypsy66]

Rewatched the Nolan/Bale Batman trilogy over the weather-induced long weekend. I hadn't seen Dark Knight Rises for some reason, so first time watching that. Really great films, and definitely an excellent depiction of Batman. Even had a great ending.

It's a shame that Nolan couldn't be more involved with the newer DC movies. I would've liked

to have seen Joseph Gordon Leavitt's take on Nightwing

.

I have decided to go back and watch the Bond films in reverse order. Sceptre and Skyfall down. Sceptre was just OK: I liked how all of the Craig films were tied up with the plot of it, but it was just OK. Skyfall was excellent. Quantum of Solace up next - the opening car chase is excellent, but I have little remembrance of the rest of the movie.

[Morkle]

Honestly no idea what DC was doing with the newer films, Nolan showed them how to make hits by keeping it gritty/dark, etc.

I know they were trying to ride the Avengers success, but they failed spectacularly, imo.

[nocera]

Three Billboards was **** great.

Wow that was a dark and bleak movie. Performances were terrific, but there was something off about the movie for me. Not sure if it needed more of a resolution or what. Not a bad movie, but it didn't do much for me.

I was the opposite...

I was afraid that they were going to give too much resolution. It's far more realistic that the billboards would just cause personal issues throughout the town rather than lead to finding the killer. I was also not at all looking forward to Mildred and Dixon becoming vigilante murderers, so I was satisfied with how the ending played out.

I agree that the performances were fantastic. Frances McDormand is amazing.

[Miami Vice]

The Nolans were involved, to some level, with Man of Steel. It was supposedly Jonathan's pitch to WB that got the ball rolling and they were listed as producers.

[shmenguin]

Rewatched the Nolan/Bale Batman trilogy over the weather-induced long weekend. I hadn't seen Dark Knight Rises for some reason, so first time watching that. Really great films, and definitely an excellent depiction of Batman. Even had a great ending.

It's a shame that Nolan couldn't be more involved with the newer DC movies. I would've liked

to have seen Joseph Gordon Leavitt's take on Nightwing

.

I have decided to go back and watch the Bond films in reverse order. Sceptre and Skyfall down. Sceptre was just OK: I liked how all of the Craig films were tied up with the plot of it, but it was just OK. Skyfall was excellent. Quantum of Solace up next - the opening car chase is excellent, but I have little remembrance of the rest of the movie.

"Great ending". Hmmmm. Yes. The very very end. How the end came to be was pretty bad, I thought. The twist ending with French lady...demoting bane to henchman status...the impotent bomb...blech

[DigitalGypsy66]

Yes, the very very end.

[NTP66]

The new pirates of the Caribbean movie streaming on Netflix is better than I thought it would be and better than the recent offerings. Fun movie

Watched it this weekend, and have to agree. I'm almost at the point where I can't stand Depp's character, though.

[nocera]

Honestly no idea what DC was doing with the newer films, Nolan showed them how to make hits by keeping it gritty/dark, etc.

I know they were trying to ride the Avengers success, but they failed spectacularly, imo.

See, I think the problem was they saw that Nolan's films were "gritty/dark" and decided that was the reason they were successful. Not the story, cinematography, performances (especially TDK)... So they brought Snyder on board and gave him no direction other than "make it gritty/dark" which resulted in every DC hero being a clone of Batman.

Even though Nolan's trilogy was dark and gritty, there were plenty of moments that were fun. DC missed the fun.

[Dickie Dunn]

The new pirates of the Caribbean movie streaming on Netflix is better than I thought it would be and better than the recent offerings. Fun movie

Watched it this weekend, and have to agree. I'm almost at the point where I can't stand Depp's character, though.

He was my least favorite part of the movie.

[NTP66]

The new pirates of the Caribbean movie streaming on Netflix is better than I thought it would be and better than the recent offerings. Fun movie

Watched it this weekend, and have to agree. I'm almost at the point where I can't stand Depp's character, though.

He was my least favorite part of the movie.

Same here, which is why I appreciated the time before he made his first appearance.

[eddy]

Three Billboards was **** great.

Wow that was a dark and bleak movie. Performances were terrific, but there was something off about the movie for me. Not sure if it needed more of a resolution or what. Not a bad movie, but it didn't do much for me.

I was the opposite...

I was afraid that they were going to give too much resolution. It's far more realistic that the billboards would just cause personal issues throughout the town rather than lead to finding the killer. I was also not at all looking forward to Mildred and Dixon becoming vigilante murderers, so I was satisfied with how the ending played out.

I agree that the performances were fantastic. Frances McDormand is amazing.

yeah, the more I think about and read your thoughts, resolution isn't really what would have done anything for me. I had a little issue with Rockwells character arc from beginning to end and while he did an outstanding job, I wasn't ready to ride with him in the car at the end. I just didn't feel like there was a smooth flow to the whole thing. I got pulled in here and there, but had a tough time investing all the way. Still a good movie, I just didn't think it was up to par with his other stuff.

[eddy]

The new pirates of the Caribbean movie streaming on Netflix is better than I thought it would be and better than the recent offerings. Fun movie

Watched it this weekend, and have to agree. I'm almost at the point where I can't stand Depp's character, though.

He was my least favorite part of the movie.

Concur. I really liked the opening scene with the safe, but after that I got tired of him.