Oh. Thanks for the reminder. I’ve not see Barbie, but planned to. Now it, Oppenheimer, and Fantastic Planet are all available at the library. Nice.
I finished part I and about half of part 2 of Get Back. It’s pretty amazing to see a song you’re familiar with just appear pretty much out of nothing. And, our course I have the benefit of knowing how it ended, but it seemed pretty clear that George was miserable though most of part 1. It’s too bad you don’t get to see what was said that allowed him to be in a clearly much more positive attitude as they start recording at Apple. He smiles more there than he did in all of part 1.
I also thought it was funny that I"ve pretty much always heard the rooftop concert described as the “impromptu” rooftop concert, but always thought it couldn’t be because of where all the cameras were placed - in particular, that they clearly wanted to catch the police arriving to stop the concert. And that idea gets mentioned very early in part 1, weeks ahead of time.
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Or Morocco, or Greece, or the middle of a jungle (?). They had a few outlandish ideas for their “free concert.”
(IMO) As for George, clearly the most talented, musically and imagination-wise, didn’t like being treated as a session musician, being told what to do and when. And it was clear when he released a three-album record in 1970. He had a shitload of songs he wanted to share with the band.
Maybe Abbey Road was an easier commute than to Twickenham?
Also, they didn’t really decide to do the rooftop concert until that morning. Yes, things were planned and set up in the hopes that they would, but nothing was decided until pretty much the last minute.
George was an incredible talent and my main criticism of the Lennon/McCartney duo is how they suppressed his talent. I never knew how much he expressed his frustration until I watched Get Back.
Paraphrased:
“Just tell me what to play and how to play it and I will.”
The underscored and missing part: “Because I’m that good.”
How dare you
I didn’t get that far yet. Then I guess it is really pretty amazing that they could set up the film coverage of the event, including being able to capture the police showing up, in just an hour or two. I’ve also always assumed they called the police themselves, but I don’t know that that would have been necessary. We’ve had the police called on us more than once for private party gigs. All you have to do is play outside and you can be sure that someone will be annoyed.
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Oh, a Ringo fan?
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I Still need to see Ringo 2
6 year old me liked Octopus’s Garden and Yellow Submarine best, so Ringo featured prominently.
IF at the theater. John Krasinski wanted to finally make a movie his kids could watch. He succeeded. Very enjoyable, great voice cast too (Steve Carrell, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Awkwafina, Emily Blunt, George Clooney, Bradley Cooper, Matt Damon, Bill Hader, Richard Jenkins, Blake Lively, etc.). Highly recommend.
The Fall Guy on streaming. Fun movie. Watched 6 million dollar man as a kid, so it was fun seeing callbacks to the lee majors shows, as well as a great Miami vice connection. Was much better than I expected. Really good cast imo. Top notch actors just having a good time with it.
but no Fall Guy connection?
Heh yes that too. Good cameo at the end too.
Watched Where The Crawdads Sing and rewatched The Big Lebowski the last two nights.
Furiosa: A Mad Mas Saga at the theater. It was OK. Very Mad Maxy, lots of sand and grit. We get the origin story of Furiosa. One note, she always seemed to make bad decisions and led to the majority of her problems.
Dune Part 2 on Max. It was also very sandy and gritty. Made for an interesting double header. Never read any of the books, so I was unable to really appreciate this one. Felt like huge chunks of story were left out. He goes on his pilgrimage in the desert (isn’t the whole planet a desert?) and somehow returns without fanfare weeks later and we only see one scene in the desert. Seems like there will be a third part. I’ll watch to see the ending, but not loving the story.
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Dune Part 2 (Max) Have read the books, but 40+ years ago. Loved Part 1, wanted it to just keep going, I felt a bit lost in this one and wished I rewatched 1. I agree with OT, it felt like the plot got scrunched a bit in a few places. Great production. visually spectacular
I re-read Dune and rewatched the movies to fully appreciate what was happening. It had been about 50 years since I read the book and my memory was faint.
Will be interesting to see what Dune Part 3 will be like as it will be Dune Messiah. It can’t be as action-packed as the first two movies if it is faithful to the book.
Hundreds of Beavers on Amazon PPV. What a very strange movie. I had just heard of this today and my wife was watching it when I was working. Since we had it for 48 hours, I gave it a spin. Not quite sure how to describe it. Black and white, mostly silent, stop motion at times, a little old style video game motif, tons of animals (people in silly costumes) and set in the days of trappers and furriers. The hero is trying to buy an engagement ring and needs hundreds of beavers to afford it. Not sure if I would recommend, but it was definitely funny and very weird.
Beach Boys documentary on Disney+.
Interesting, but not too much I didn’t already know. The session recordings of Brian and his dad arguing were pretty revealing.
I did not know that Capitol Records threw “Pet Sounds” under a bus in favor of a greatest hits album. “Pet Sounds” was big in Europe, though.