Scholarship table
We just finished watching The Undoing on HBO. Pretty darn good.
Thought it was well acted and initially very intriguing. Really good through her testimony at the trial. After that, meh - the father/son chase scene at the end seemed more contrived than suspenseful.
Anybody else watch Soul yet? I watched it last night, maybe when everything's shut down and we're told to stay at home it's not a great time to release a movie about living your life to the max. Also can anyone break down why so many people are offended by it and think it's racist?
The only articles I could find that could potentially hint at this were like from March and November 2019, when people only saw trailers. These early articles stated that some people were concerned that Disney/Pixar, would “morph” a Black or person of color lead character into another being, thus taking away this part of their identity, ie Miguel in Coco, Tiana from Princess & The Frog...Again only thing I could find thru a quick google search (and it was like 2 or 3 articles), not sure where you reading “so many people”
Click on the one star reviews on Google and read them or read the business insider review that came out yesterday.
I think one writer and a bunch anonymous Google reviewers who don’t even verify if you have seen the movie is not really representative of that fact it has 97% score rotten tomatoes and pretty much universal acclaim from the Black media community.
I thought Soul was well-done. Need to watch it again with more focus but my first instinct was there were fewer quotable jokes than I expected. Beautiful animation. Impressed by the concept and execution.
Well I didn't say the majority of people. I didn't say it was being making headlines as racist. I read an article, wanted to see if some other people felt that way and then was just curious if I missed something that some of the people here noticed. My bad for the term "so many people" that triggered you. I'll change it to "more than one person"
I was honestly curious, because I loved the movie, and didn’t see any of those things that writer saw...but I’m also a white male, with my own biases and blinders, so maybe I missed something.Happy Sunday Galway
Wonder Woman 1984 is bad. Really, really bad.
On Christmas Eve as we we’re putting presents out late at night, my wife wanted to watch something on Netflix together.
In Christmas Eve, we all sat and watched four or five Christmas episodes of The Office. It was my son’s suggestion. It was an outstanding idea and we had a great time. “Well Happy Birthday, Jesus. Sorry your party is so lame.”
I’ve been binging The Crown. I’ve been having some dreams where every person is talking in a British accent.Was there much hype about the series before this year/most recent season came out? This was the first year I’ve heard of it.