Happy Death Day 2U - 5/10 (Decent)

Alex Honnold reviews climbing in Hollywood movies.


http://digg.com/video/alex-honnold-movie-rock-climbing

1) Yeah, falling in general is a fairly common occurrence for most climbers. When he's on a rope, it's normal to experience that stuff. That being said, it's probably a little rare for Honnold to be falling on this route when he's practicing it- he's known for being a very careful, methodical climber and not pushing the edge in terms of pure physical difficulty on climbs (free soloing is more of a mental aspect than physical for the top climbers in the world).

The accidents he had were kind of freak accidents. One was his girlfriend belaying incompetently and the other was just a fall.

2) I believe you're referring to Tommy Caldwell (who's a great climber in his own right) and he also has a crazy story (he got some fingers cut off in an accident and still climbs at a top level).

Rock climbing for the average joe isn't really too dangerous in terms of mortality. Common injuries like broken bones, sprained ankles, and hurt fingers/hands are all pretty typical. Straight dying, however, is less common for the average person. That being said, climbing accidents and deaths happen each year, generally due to people being incompetent, lazy, forgetful, and more with their protection and security on the wall. Very few die each year due to free soloing like Honnold do-us regular climbers are scared ****less to even consider doing that at a high level. Many of the prominent climbers who have died recently have died doing other stuff (wingsuit flying, etc).

I wouldn't say it's necessarily just madness or courageousness- climbing is a sport that people really fall in love with. You'll see it in every other sport as well. The only difference is that climbing has the death aspect (which isn't seen as much). We don't climb because we're adrenaline junkies and crave feeling scared or thrills on the wall- we climb because we really enjoy everything about the sport and the amount of fun we have doing it. At the end of the day, we just all want to go home safely after a day at the crag climbing. I think that's the mentality that 99% of climbers have.

Watched this today, it was great. The stunts in Point Break were done by two of the top climbers in the world, Chris Sharma and Dani Andrada.

I recommend that everyone try rock climbing at an indoor gym sometime. It's a great sport and a full body workout.

Here's another cool clip of Chris Sharma doing deep water soloing, where you climb over water.

I go double-triple features a lot and have done 14 hour days of 5-6 on occasion. This thing sounds horrific mostly because it's crappy BP noms, several of which you've likely already seen.

I would do one of the Star Wars marathons (provided I knew there would be enough time for bathroom breaks) because I haven't seen the OT since 1999, might not stay for the prequels.

I did a double feature today. AMC A-List is the nuts.

I really enjoyed HDD2, I think it really knows what kind of movie it wants to be and does it really well. The lead plays her character very well. It's funny, keeps you entertained the whole way through.

Behind The Curve. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8132700...ws?ref_=tt_urv

This is a fairly interesting look at some of the more prominent flat earth theorists and their
bizarre beliefs.
It's nothing special, no real jaw-dropping moments, but it is well made and allows these people to demonstrate their own stupidity and fervent denial of even basic facts.

I fell asleep 2/3s of the way in but what struck me was how people can grab onto a hairbrained idea like this and monetize it. It basically focused on a couple of proponents making bank on youtube and another guy selling flat earth models. Makes me wonder what other "fads" can be monetized?

The Bat Whispers (1930)

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Viewed this a few weeks ago (on Netflix). It is an unusual film given the time it was made - and there are some extraordinary scenes and cinematography work that is very well done; use of shade and shadows and camera angles etc. It is an enjoyable movie that holds your interest in a mixture of ways and delivers some comic relief also.

Showed Hitchcock's The 39 Steps in class this week, and students need to analyze the film using master plot points from Romantic Comedy. One student said he could see almost all of the elements pertained.

Best film I've seen this year. Was it known that Melissa McCarthy can act? I thought she was like the go to fat chick for comedies but she is deserving of her best actress nomination.

Yes it really was. It all seemed so unnecessary, but I guess child molesters are a real sick bunch. The line about many of the offenders being found to have the sexual maturity of a 12 year old was the strongest anti-abstinence argument I’ve ever heard.

I was keeping it together pretty well until the end where they summarize the events after the movie. Seeing a list of all the affected communities really hit me like a ton of bricks. So many real lives ruined forever for nothing.

Really illustrated the importance of journalism and challenging authority.

Honnold is def on the spectrum and that explains a lot. I think about how that relates to genius v often as some of the best poker players seem to be on the spectrum (in my uneducated opinion).

The Favourite - 6/10 (Recommended)

Great reviews as usual. Can I get an explanation on the Dina meter? Not sure exactly what demographic she represents.

While I haven't as yet had the opportunity to EXPERIENCE Roma, I can imagine it's about as boring and inconsistently mundane as something like Seven Samurai or Umberto D...

I don't know how to embed a YouTube video, so...

2019 Oscars Honest Trailer

Really?

I got you fam

Pretty sure we're being leveled.

I hope so. But I can live without seeing Umberto D again.

lol me too

Thinking Seven Samurai is boring is a serious sign on early onset dementia.

Maybe he meant The Seventh Seal.

Untamed Heart, Tony Bill, 1993

Oh my ****ing god, I'm a mess. I vaguely remember this movie from the early 90s, but had never seen it. It came on while I was grading papers and it just completely slayed me.

Don't get me wrong, this is not a "good" movie, or great cinema. It's a simple, oddball, tear-jerker romance starring Marisa Tomei in her first starring role (fresh off her Oscar win) and Christian Slater.

They both work in a Minneapolis diner - she's the waitress who's had her heart broken again and again, and he's the silent dishwasher orphan who has a strange tale about having a baboon's heart in his chest.

I know, I know, it's ridiculous...and sappy, and sweet.

But it has just enough originality, and the two absolutely charming leads, to make it magical. They are young and at their most beautiful, and carry the movie completely.

Or, maybe I'm on my period and a sappy romance was just what I was in the mood for.

But oh my god, Tomei should've been a bigger star. She's just so vulnerable and real on camera.

The last line..."I was good at loving him" made me bawl.