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[Peep_Show]

Watched "Dark Waters" last night (out on Redbox DVD) which someone on this thread had recommended.

It's an EPA whistleblower story, short and simple. Mark Ruffalo, Tim Robbins, Anne Hathaway in a story about DuPont's gross negligence (yea, wilfull duplicity) in a profit-over-public-safety saga and the attorney who is David to Big Industry's Goliath.

Sadly, I cannot generate any personal enthusiam for this subject matter having sat through zillions of Ortho depositions in Watsonville (chemical poisonings) and so there was nothing new under the sun for me as far as protocol, side effects, frustrations, sadness and all the other "highlights" (?) of this film.

If you enjoy whistleblower justice movies, then watch it.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

"Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" is Quentin Tarantino's valentine to Hollywood. And probably his least violent/bloody film to date.

I *REALLY* enjoyed the movie, mainly because I'm a huge QT fan and enjoyed seeing the many actors from his previous films re-employed (Tim Roth, sadly, ended up on the cutting room floor for brevity's sake.) Yes, it was long. But if you're a Quentin fan, it was fun long. I thought the ending was brilliant -- having lived through that era and been in that area -- and, yes, a "once upon a time" moment of revisionist history. Overall, I found the movie quite entertaining... And if you rented the DVD, watching the bonus extras very worthwhile (plus the factoids about OUATIH online are interesting and add quite a bit to the "why" of the movie as it definitely had a signature to it.)

I agree with Ninjasquirrel that if you aren't familiar with the underlying saga (not going to spoil it), you may be lost as to exactly who all these random people are supposed to be and their significance.

I just felt that he was trying to make the godfather but that is impossible so he was trying to make it into a buddy film that flopped on the account. My SO appreciated the film when I showed him only the last hour and a half or halfway through and still thought it was boring and drawn out

 

[drumstick diva]

Didn't like that movie at all - actually HATED is more like it.

 

[Friendly_Lurker]

You don't like ranch?!

 

[Friendly_Lurker]

I like bbq sauce. People in Kansas City like bbq sauce.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

I like bbq sauce. People in Kansas City like bbq sauce.

Sorry I'm from the midwest. People from the midwest love ranch. You could put ranch on a cat turd and people might eat it here

 

[Friendly_Lurker]

KC, Kansas is the Midwest. My family likes ranch, though.

 

[Ninjasquirrel]

KC, Kansas is the Midwest. My family likes ranch, though.

IN here. Ranch is pretty much why a lot of us eat raw vegetables. I love them regardless but unless there's ranch on the plate most folks wont touch it

 

[Friendly_Lurker]

I dislike raw vegetables as well. But I’m not a picky eater! I like calamari.

 

[ronott1]

I dislike raw vegetables as well. But I’m not a picky eater! I like calamari.

Most vegetables need some cooking so that the food can release it's energy. Humans digestive system does not work well with raw veggies!

Gorillas have a completely different digestive system and can digest raw veggies well. Us, not so much