I stumbled upon it because of Netflix's buffering problems. I also had the problem Saturday night so spent some money and watched "Bourne Legacy" on Amazon. I chose Amazon over Vudu not because Vudu is owned by Walmart but because they use Dolby Digital Plus on some of their HD offerings and my receiver is too old to know what the hell DD+ is and decodes it as ProLogic which is underwhelming. Amazon only does Dolby Digital 5.1.
Many of the films listed on Showtime, HBO and the free movies section of Comcast I've seen. This was one I hadn't. It followed trying to watch "Wreckage" for the second time on Showtime. I stopped a couple nights back because "Wreckage" had all the signs of being a real loser because of 5 minutes of opening credits and a weak opening. There was some argument about the film on a forum so I checked the reviews and many people said it picks up when "Breaking Bad" actor Aaron Paul is introduced and indeed it does. The film is too brutal for tender FFL'ers though so I'll rate it "Not for Buck." I don't know how much longer I'm going to make out checks to Comcast welfare. They lobbied and got the right from the FCC to encrypt local broadcast stations. When that happens there is no real reason to keep them. I will take up U-Verse on their promo offer. When that runs out I'll switch to a satellite provider. Broadcast TV is rather droll as it is obvious that without upsetting mythical prudish midwesterners, who apparently stupidly fall for the advertising pitches, shows get toned down too much. I won't risk the eyepatch route because the US gestapo is always looking for someone to hang for that. Regarding fireworks I'll note they aren't happening this year for the downtown. I think they even canceled them last year as they were too expensive and in recent years even canceled due to rain. It is going to be a clear cold evening and cops busy filling jails with people who have alcohol on their breathe though maybe not even impaired enough to drive carelessly. I'll find another video to watch. After all: It's the most boring time of the year. When TV is boring, you feel just like snoring, as repeats make your eyes tear. It's the most boring time of the year! Happy New Year! :-D On 12/31/2012 09:48 AM, turquoiseb wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, turquoiseb <no_reply@...> wrote: >> I saw this some time ago (think Johnny Depp saying, "Pirate!"), >> and thought I'd mentioned it here, but a quick search seems to >> indicate that maybe I didn't. > Ah, I did. I was searching for the title of the movie > in the text of the post, and it was in the Subject line. > Worth repeating, because as Bhairitu says, this is a > pretty good movie: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/299267 > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/message/299278 > >> I just loved this movie, and not >> *only* because it stars one of the most beautiful women in >> the world, Eva Green. >> >> The whole metaphor is lovely, especially what happens as people >> learn to cope with the loss of a sense that they felt kinda defined >> life and what it is to live it. The sense disappears, but life does not, >> and one learns to cope, and continue on. >> >> --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu wrote: >>> "Perfect Sense" is an apocalyptic love story. It is the story of two >>> people who fall in love as an epidemic spreads the planet robbing >> people >>> of their sensory perceptions. Ewan McGregor plays a chef in a >>> restaurant next door to the apartment of a epidemiologist, played by >> Eva >>> Green, who works for an organization trying to solve what is happening >>> with the epidemic. The first sense to go is that of smell. >>> >>> This is a smart apocalyptic film. People don't turn into zombies but >>> they do go berserk a bit whenever they lose another sense. More >> nudity >>> than blood but not enough to rate it "Not for Buck." >>> >>> It's not on Netflix WI but available on DVD from Netflix. I watched >> it >>> on Showtime OnDemand because Netflix was having another re-buffering >> fit >>> because apparently a lot of people were staying home last night and >>> watching Netflix and their servers are just not ready for that kind of >>> demand. >>> >>> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1439572/ >>> > >
