tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856718136677673231.post7899697661150951513..comments2017-07-24T20:19:33.348-04:00Comments on Top 100 Films Project: JRO's #78: Bringing Out the Dead (Martin Scorsese, 1999)trawlermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05540909996117280033noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856718136677673231.post-69695112276289697142017-05-14T22:04:16.210-04:002017-05-14T22:04:16.210-04:00For a split second, I thought that I had seen this...For a split second, I thought that I had seen this...but no, I was thinking of the great Joel Schumacher film, Flatliners. Still need to see Bringing Out the Dead and will probably bump it up my watch list now that we're only covering one movie a week.<br /><br />Thanks for your kind words about my posts, John. I enjoy writing these and I don't hate my writing nearly as much as I hate my old CR5FC posts.<br /><br />I wouldn't be opposed to non-top 100 posts on this blog. Or we could create a new site for television. Or yeah, we could fire up some new blogs. I'll participate in whatever else we decide to do.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12222369382756291328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856718136677673231.post-54774279933260997032017-05-13T17:34:08.666-04:002017-05-13T17:34:08.666-04:00I just (re)watched Breaking Bad S2E09, which I'...I just (re)watched Breaking Bad S2E09, which I've seen at least 3 times. I already thought this was one of the greats. At the end, this time, I heard Hank quote, "just when I tried to get out.. they pulled me back in," which I don't even think I registered the first few times I watched this. Now I love it even more. Breaking Bad is the Great American Novel of the early 21st Century. There is nothing else even close.<br /><br />This is unrelated to everything here. I just want to share my abiding love for Breaking Bad. But maybe if I had a new blog, I could write about Breaking Bad all of the time. :-ptrawlermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540909996117280033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856718136677673231.post-44209577017581769462017-05-13T08:56:55.265-04:002017-05-13T08:56:55.265-04:00I'm in the exact same Netflix dvd slump. In fa...I'm in the exact same Netflix dvd slump. In fact, I'm canceling my service soon. brandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743515064617447728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856718136677673231.post-25600116558199532982017-05-13T08:33:01.517-04:002017-05-13T08:33:01.517-04:00Chris' repeated excellent posts were shaming m...Chris' repeated excellent posts were shaming me. I finally crawled out of my TV coma and re-watched one of my picks, putting in a little bit of effort! I just finished a major project that was taking up a lot of my free time and most of my mental energy, so it felt good to relax into a great film that means a lot to me and inspired some reflection.<br /><br />I'm open to the idea of a new blog, especially one with no pressure. <br /><br />As you know, I've spent most of the past month watching TV. Fargo. Better Call Saul. Re-watching Breaking Bad. This past Wednesday, I made it to Cinemapolis for Lost City of Z. I enjoyed every minute of it and it was good for my soul to get a pure shot of cinema medicine, but Zed was oddly uninspiring for me. I'll agree with anyone that it's a great film (and the sort of film that would have won all awards 60 years ago), but I already feel a distance towards it. None of it has stuck with me in a meaningful way. That's one of the pleasures of this specific project, that if I'm actually faithful about re-watching these movies that I've selected, then I know that I'm in for a treat, a film that will provoke me once again.<br /><br />I've had the Quai des Orfèvres DVD at home from Netflix for a few weeks now. Stupid Netflix DVD service. When I'm watching things regularly, it's great. When a DVD sits around like this, I start to wonder why I'm wasting the money on the service. Anyhow, my slump is over for the moment. I hope to watch it in the next couple of days.trawlermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05540909996117280033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1856718136677673231.post-34846489681631332632017-05-13T08:09:37.298-04:002017-05-13T08:09:37.298-04:00Great post. Everybody here needs to start a blog n...Great post. Everybody here needs to start a blog n post at their own convenience. I miss reading u guysbrandohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743515064617447728noreply@blogger.com