Let's Talk Movies #34 - Kingsmen, Murder, Blade Runners and...IT!

[Buzz]

Looks like the new movies which opened this weekend did not do so well at all. Kingsmen 2 made a decent $39m but nothing to write home about. In second was IT still holding on strong with a $30m take this weekend and third was the latest Lego movie with about $21.3m. Another low budget horror which opened this weekend was Friend Request and it made only $2.2 on a $9m budget. Somewhere far behind is Spider-Man Homecoming with a $1.1m take this weekend and overall it made $874.5m so far just $15m shy of taking the top spot away from Spider-Man 3!

 

[PeterG]

I saw Mother! today. I spent over two hours dealing with people at a car dealership and was overloaded with info and needed to do something to distract me from all that. Plus I've got four movie passes still to use before the 30th. But I couldn't handle something violent, so American Assassin, The Hitman's Bodyguard and Kingsman: Golden Circle were all out. And Home Again didn't start for 90 minutes, so Mother! was the last option. It was so unbelievably awful. I can't remember the last time I saw something so bad. In a way, it's like the melody from one line of a song. And then it gets repeated 1.1 times louder. Then again, 1.2 times louder. Basically the same thing keeps happening over and over again, but with more people on screen and louder yelling and bigger banging. And I'm sure it all means something, but F*** if I know! I started playing Bejewelled on my cell phone for the second half of the movie. I peeked at the screen now and then to watch Jennifer Lawrence in neutered-mode. Honestly, one of the most charismatic thespians of our time and they make her skim-milk her way through pretty much the whole movie. I had to check this thread to see what the movie is/could be about so hopefully I'd understand it better. My checklist while I watched:

Fame and how one deals with it
(Falling into) insanity
Bible story/parable
Mother Earth story

I was hoping these posted themes would help me grasp the movie in some way. Nope. My only guess is that the theme of the movie is that writer/director Darren Aronofsky, Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris and Michelle Pfeiffer all at the same time realized that they each wanted the F*** out of the movie industry and decided to give two fingers up to anyone who has ever been a fan of theirs and used this as a way to slam their career door right into our faces.

 

[Aussie Willy]

Tell us what you really think Peter

 

[watchthis!!]

I watched Bright Lights yesterday, it's the HBO documentary about Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher. It was really good, I didn't know they had been living next door to each other for who knows how many years. I'm unsure whether their son/brother Todd also lived in what they called "the compound". I learned stuff about both of them, I liked the section that covered Debbie's love of all things old Hollywood and how she kept collecting things whenever Hollywood auctions happened. And how she wanted to open up a museum with everything she collected but could never find the right partner to work with. Eventually she had to sell Marilyn Monroe's subway dress (for over six million!!) to cover all the expenses she was running up. It was also interesting to see how Carrie used humour to deal with various situations, but the more things veered towards Debbie's deteriorating health, we get to see a side of her I don't think we've even seen before. I definitely recommend this one.

Trailer for Bright Lights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qO2wJwiNYE

Tell us what you really think Peter

 

[DannyCurry]

I saw Mother! today. (...) It was so unbelievably awful. I can't remember the last time I saw something so bad. (...) I started playing Bejewelled on my cell phone for the second half of the movie.

I usually can't stand people who use their cell phones in movie theatres but I can understand why you did it during Mother !

I saw it today and I hated it. Number 2 on my "worst movies I've seen" list (number 1 being Piranha 3D).

Third movie in a row that I don't enjoy. The 2 previous were :

• 120 Beats Per Minute, about Act Up in Paris in the early 90s
• Golden Years, by André Téchiné, which tells the story of Paul Grappe, a WWI deserter who cross dressed in order to avoid going back to the trenches.

I mostly felt bored or annoyed during those 3 movies. Looking forward to seeing Blade Runner 2049, with the hope that Denis Villeneuve will deliver once again.

 

[PeterG]

I usually can't stand people who use their cell phones in movie theatres but I can understand why you did it during Mother !

I always sit in the back row, usually to the side. I doubt I would use my cell phone if I sat anywhere that somebody could be behind me and be distracted by my phone. Plus bejewelled has a dark screen and I aim the screen towards the corner of the back of the theatre.

120 Beats Per Minute, about Act Up in Paris in the early 90s

I hadn't heard of this one. The premise sounds like it would be something I would like to see. But I'm guessing the execution of the subject matter was lacking?

 

[DannyCurry]

Honestly, the execution was pretty good but it did not work on me. I know the subject and storyline of some characters could/should move me, but it didn't. I feel like I watched it in an 'informative way'. I couldn't wait for the end of the movie (though not as badly as for Mother !). Shallow as I am, I just maybe enjoyed a little Arnaud Valois (who was quite cute).

 

[PeterG]

Trailers for Movies Released 2017-09-29th
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuI4-fSHhipTA4C0q6Qce9kQ6bd26hd7F


Sep. 29th - American Made (Wide) – Action comedy with Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Jayma Mays [Glee] and Jesse Plemons [Friday Night Lights]

Sep. 29th - Flatliners (Wide) - Sci-Fi with Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev [The Vampire Diaries] and Kiefer Sutherland

Sep. 29th - Our Souls at Night (Limited) – Romantic drama with Robert Redford, Jane Fonda, Mattias S, Judy Greer, Iain Armitage [Young Sheldon], Matthias Schoenaerts and Bruce Dern

Sep. 29th - Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House (Limited) – Drama with Liam Neeson, Diane Lane, Josh Lucas, Tony Goldwyn, Kate Walsh, Michael C. Hall, Tom Sizemore, Bruce Greenwood and Noah Wyle

Sep. 29th - Literally, Right Before Aaron (Limited) – Comedy drama with Cobie Smulders, Lea Thompson, Kristen Schaal, Justin Long, Dana Delaney, John Cho, Luis Guzmán and Peter Gallagher

Sep. 29th - Don’t Sleep (Limited) – Thriller with Cary Elwes, Drea de Matteo, Jill Hennessy and Alex Rocco

Sep. 29th - Lucky (Limited) – Drama with Harry Dean Stanton, David Lynch, Ron Livingston, Ed Begley Jr. and Tom Skerritt

Sep. 29th - Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton (Limited) – Sports documentary. From imdb.com: “This is the remarkable story of an American icon who changed the sport of big wave surfing forever. Transcending the surf genre, this in-depth portrait of a hard-charging athlete explores the fear, courage and ambition that push a man to greatness--and the cost that comes with it.”

Sep. 29th - Til Death Do Us Part (Limited) - Thriller with Taye Diggs and Malik Yoba [Designated Survivor, Empire]

Sep. 29th – Realive (Limited) - Sci-fi, new cast. From imdb.com: “Marc is diagnosed with a disease and…he decides to freeze his body. Sixty years later, he becomes the first man to be revived in history. It is then he discovers that the love of his life, Naomi has accompanied him this entire time in a way that he'd never expected.”

Sep. 29th - Super Dark Times (Limited) – Thriller, new cast. From imdb.com: “Teenagers Zach and Josh have been best friends their whole lives, but when a gruesome accident leads to a cover-up, the secret drives a wedge between them and propels them down a rabbit hole of escalating paranoia and violence.”

Sep. 29th - A Question of Faith (Limited) – Drama with Richard T. Jones, Kim Fields and C. Thomas Howell

Sep. 29th - The Pathological Optimist (Limited) – Documentary. From imdb.com: “In the center of the recent Tribeca Film Festival scandal surrounding his film VAXXED: From Cover-up to Controversy stands Andrew Wakefield, discredited and stripped of his medical license for his infamous study suggesting a link between the MMR vaccine, bowel disease, and autism…”

Sep. 29th - Judwaa 2 (Limited) – Indian action comedy with Salman Khan. From imdb.com: “Prem and Raja are twin brothers who are seperated at birth but are uniquely connected to eachother via their reflexes. They reunite as adults and set out to take down the underground smuggling world.”

 

[Vash01]

Jenifer Lawrence movie quiz
http://entertainment.ie/cinema/news/entertainmenties-Weekly-Movie-Quiz-Week-31/397333.htm

I only got four out of ten! I thought I knew Lawrence's career pretty well. Apparently not. Anyone dare to take on my 40% correct record?

I got 8 out of 10. Only one of them was a lucky guess.

 

[Cachoo]

NPR picked some of their favorites from the Toronto Film Festival and I loved this review. I want to be there! So from National Public Radio:
Call Me by Your Name (Nov. 24): Apricots ripen in the orchard, and romance ripens pretty much everywhere in this gorgeous, coming-of-age/coming-out story penned by James Ivory (his first screenplay in 14 years). It's based on André Aciman's novel in which a 24-year-old grad student (Armie Hammer) spends a summer in Italy assisting an American professor and connecting with the prof's 17-year-old son (Timothée Chalamet). Director Luca Guadagnino's images are lush, summery, surprising (ancient statues surface in the Mediterranean as if they'd just been taking a dip); and the script will open tear ducts far more resilient than mine. Just extraordinary. — Bob Mondello

 

[PeterG]

I saw American Assassin the other day. I had three movie passes to use before the month's end and options were limited. Especially after my spree of movie-going during this summer's last hot spell (it's quite chilly here outside of Vancouver right now). American Assassin I was only interested in because I quite liked Dylan O'Brien in The Maze Runner movies. I thought the trailer made the movie look like it would be a wet dream for all the uber-violent 14 year old males out there. So I was really surprised...in a good way. The trailer was misleading, this is mainly a thoughtful drama with lots of good action as well. Yes, there is violence, but it's never gratuitious, it always is there just as a part of the story and never just to appeal to a bloodthirsty type of movie goer. The movie is based on a Vince Flynn novel, I thought the movie was similar to the Bourne movies (based on Robert Ludlum's books), but from some online searching I just did, there aren't comparisons to Ludlum, but to Lee Child, Daniel Silva and Nelson DeMille. But I found American Assassin to be of the same quality of the Bourne movies.

As for the performances...a star is born. O'Brien leaps powerfully out of the teen movie/tv show genre smack dab into full-blown adult movies/performances. He's amazing. He does SO much more with the role of the embittered male out for revenge. He's brilliant with the dramatic moments of the movie and equally adept with all his intense ction scenes. Plus he's not afraid of learning a new language for his role. Shockingly, I really liked Michael Keaton in this movie, after beginning what I thought would be a recurring stream of complaints about his presence in the next movie I saw him in. He's really wonderful in this movie, so now I'm angry at the scripts and directors he's been working with instead of him.

I'm going out on a limb, but I'd like to see Oscar nominations for this movie in at least this many categories:

Best Picture

Best Director - Michael Cuesta - who directed Kill The Messenger (Jeremy Renner) and the tv shows Dexter, Homeland and Six Feet Under

Best Screenplay - Stephen Schiff (TV's The Americans), Michael Finch (The November Man with Pierce Brosnan) and others**

Best Actor - Dylan O'Brien

Best Supporting Actor - Michael Keaton

...and probably nods for cinematography and sound editing, amongst other technical categories.

** The other two writers for the movie are Edward Zwick and Marshall Herskovitz. I recognized these two names, but didn't know from where. They were two of the people behind the tv show thirtysomething, but as producers, writers or directors, their work also includes:

Blood Diamond (Leonardo DiCaprio)
Shakespeare In Love
Legends of the Fall (Redford and Pitt)
Glory (Denzel Washington)
Traffic (Michael Douglas)
Defiance (Daniel Craig)
I Am Sam (Sean Penn)
Love and Other Drugs (Jake Gyllenhaal)

...and the TV shows Once and Again, My So Called Life, Nashville and Family.

AMERICAN ASSASSIN: Two thumbs up. In case that wasn't clear.

 

[smurfy]

I saw 'Kingsman'. I really enjoyed the first one. I just don't know what to say about this one.
It has 4 oscar winners (Firth, Moore, Bridges, Berry) and Mark Strong, Channing Tatum and in smaller roles Bruce Greenwood and Emily Watson.
The story was just absurd, and the movie 'felt' long.
The cat performed well, but it just was not that good.

Best thing

Spoiler

Elton John - he is hilarious, and you can tell he was having a ball.

 

[Vash01]

I feel very frustrated because I can't watch DVD on my tv anymore. I will be watching movies in theatres, now that the awards season is approaching. I am a bit reluctant to change over to Cox Cable because they are not much better than Century Link. I still must do it next week though. It's frustrating to not be able to watch movies at home.

 

[Buzz]

I haven't watch a DVD in years. LOL

 

[watchthis!!]

2018 Movie Trailers You Have to See
https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/2018-Movie-Trailers-44083833

Watching the trailers, you'll notice a few themes are already beginning to emerge. The best one is that women are about to rule the box office. Natalie Portman, Alicia Vikander, and Taraji P. Henson are just a few of the actors headlining movies about ladies kicking butt next year.

I'm intrigued by the trailer for Annihilation (with Natalie Portman). I'm confused by the trailer...still don't know what the movie is about...but I'm interested! Along with Portman, Annihilation features Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson [Westworld, Creed, Dear White People], Gina Rodriguez [Jane The Virgin] and Oscar Isaac.

 

[watchthis!!]

I feel very frustrated because I can't watch DVD on my tv anymore.

You can't just plug any old DVD player into the back of your tv?

 

[Vash01]

You can't just plug any old DVD player into the back of your tv?

I already have the DVD player plugged into the back of the TV. There are technical problems. The TV cannot access the DVD player.

 

[Vash01]

Finally saw Wind River today. Very good. Some violence but good movie. Some great snow-scapes (auto correct is driving me crazy. Keeps changing scapes to scrapes, scares, etc.). Good acting too.

 

[Vash01]

I saw 'Wind River' last week and really enjoyed it.
It was directed by Taylor Sheridan, who also wrote 'Sicario' and 'Hell or High Water'.
I am very impressed with him overall, and he is also an actor, but I do not think I have seen him in anything.
Jeremy Renner is just amazing in Wind River. The performance could be considered similar to Casey Affleck's performance from last year, but Renner was more subtle, not as obvious.
The story was very interesting, one gets a sense of Renner's life slowly as it unfolds and of the area and culture.
It got a little confusing near the end with the various gvt and company folks.
Elizabeth Olson plays a 'green' FBI agent sent to investigate a murder on a reservation. I like how the more seasoned local men acknowledged her youth/inexperience, not in a stereotypical way, and worked with her, and it was not a big point. Nice not to see the cliche.
I will pretty much see anything Taylor Sheridan is involved in writing/directing - all 3 of these movies were very good, with I think Hell or High Water the best. There is something original, and not seen it all before in his work.

I liked WR more than Hell or high water. In the latter I found the ending a bit odd. Both portrayed local areas very well, in terms of cinematography and characters.

I too was confused by the numerous police and workers on the screen at the same time, but it got resolved soon. The flashback came out of nowhere and that was confusing for a minute or so. One thing I didn't get was whether Cory Lambert was somehow responsible for his daughter's death, through may be neglect? I also didn't catch if the two deaths were similar. From the final statement that seemed like a possibility. Except for those minor things I really liked the movie. It was suspenseful, it moved well, the cinematography was wonderful. Screenplay, direction, acting were all good.

 

[PeterG]

I saw 'Kingsman'. I really enjoyed the first one. I just don't know what to say about this one.
It has 4 oscar winners (Firth, Moore, Bridges, Berry) and Mark Strong, Channing Tatum and in smaller roles Bruce Greenwood and Emily Watson.
The story was just absurd, and the movie 'felt' long.
The cat performed well, but it just was not that good.

Best thing

Spoiler

Elton John - he is hilarious, and you can tell he was having a ball.

I saw it too. Pretty much agree with everything you said. Yes, the story was absurd, but that's the whole premise of this movie though. And it didn't just feel long, it WAS long. Two hours and twenty minutes. That's WAY too long for a popcorn movie, which should aim for 90 minutes or so. They could have almost made this into two movies and give more screen time to such a great, talented cast, especially Channing Tatum and Halle Berry, who were given MUCH less to do than I expected. But it's implied that they'll have bigger roles in part three, so that's good. But even with limited screen time, Tatum as a cowboy made the movie worth the cash paid for the ticket.

 

[Jarrett]

I saw 'Kingsman'. I really enjoyed the first one. I just don't know what to say about this one.
It has 4 oscar winners (Firth, Moore, Bridges, Berry) and Mark Strong, Channing Tatum and in smaller roles Bruce Greenwood and Emily Watson.
The story was just absurd, and the movie 'felt' long.
The cat performed well, but it just was not that good.

Best thing

Spoiler

Elton John - he is hilarious, and you can tell he was having a ball.

Yes your spoiler was the best part of the movie and the story was mindnumbing. 45 minutes too long. Action sequences were fun but with all these stars I expected a lot more. The first 20 minutes was just okay I guess they wanted to wipe the slate from the first movie...

 

[Vash01]

I haven't watch a DVD in years. LOL

I own many dvds - mostly movies but some other stuff too. I have a blue ray/DVD player that I use for watching movies. It's being wasted because of the incompetent Century Link. I need to make sure I dont have a contract with them before I switch to Cox cable (their reputation is not great either).

Right now there are movies in theatres that I want to see, so I should be ok, but for foreign films, art films I rely on Netflix DVD. I have not tried the streaming option yet. It is more expensive.

 

[watchthis!!]

I feel strange to be saying that I've never seen The Day After. It's the TV movie from back in the day about a world-wide nuclear war, both the lead-up and the aftermath when a nuclear bomb hits an area around Kansas City (and the military base in the area). The special effects are dated, yet still impactful. Some of the performances are rather wooden, but Jason Robards in particular elevates the quality of the movie considerably. Overall the movie works quite well, both as a piece of storytelling and probably the biggest cautionary tale that could be told.

Some interesting info from Wikipedia:

The Day After is an American television film that first aired on November 20, 1983, on the ABC television network. More than 100 million people, in nearly 39 million households, watched the program during its initial broadcast.With a 46 rating and a 62% share of the viewing audience during its initial broadcast, it was the seventh highest rated non-sports show up to that time and set a record as the highest-rated television film in history—a record it still held as recently as a 2009 report.

I actually thought this was the Jane Alexander movie - kept waiting for her to show up. But I've since learned that is "Testament", which I will seek out next. Anyway, apart from Jason Robards, the movie also stars JoBeth Williams, Steve Guttenberg, Amy Madigan and John Lithgow.

Trailer for The Day After: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOFsOA9VsBk

I already have the DVD player plugged into the back of the TV. There are technical problems. The TV cannot access the DVD player.

Wow, that sucks! Should we all chip in and buy you a cheap TV for your bedroom that you can hook your DVD player up to?

 

[Vash01]

Wow, that sucks! Should we all chip in and buy you a cheap TV for your bedroom that you can hook your DVD player up to?

I already have a small TV in my bedroom and it is quite new (bought it last Christmas) but thanks for the offer . That TV doesn't work either, thanks to Century Link's awful technology. Their tech support couldn't help me by phone. I am going to ask them to send someone to fix both problems. Why am I paying them?

About 'The day after' - wasn't there a movie with that title with Jake Gyllenhall (sp?)? It was based on global warming/climate change. Not a bad movie. A bit mushy- father tries to save his son who is freezing in NYC. May be I am thinking of a different one?

 

[Tesla]

About 'The day after' - wasn't there a movie with that title with Jake Gyllenhall (sp?)? It was based on global warming/climate change. Not a bad movie. A bit mushy- father tries to save his son who is freezing in NYC. May be I am thinking of a different one?

That’s The Day After Tomorrow.

 

[PeterG]

The final movie I saw with my eight-ticket summer movie pass was Stronger. And what a way to wrap things up. Brilliant movie! Like American Assassin, I hope this movie gets considered for multiple Oscar nominations:

Best Picture

Best Director - David Gordon Green, who has also directed the brilliant Snow Angels starring Kate Beckinsale and Sam Rockwell as well as lighter far like Pineapple Express (James Franco and Seth Rogan)

Best Screenplay - John Pollono, who will probably be overlooked as this is his first big screenplay and has credits mainly for acting (biggest role as Tyler on the tv show This Is Us)

Best Actor - Jake Gyllenhaal

Best Actress - Tatiana Maslany

Best Supporting Actress - Miranda Richardson

That's six to start with.

Gyllenhaal is strong as always, but I've stated before that I think he's possibly the most under-rated/appreciated actor of his generation. And Maslany definitely shines in her first big movie role. Her role could have been a thankless one for other actresses, but she brings a slow-burn to her performance that elevates the movie. Gyllenhaal and Maslany are a brilliant and fascinating screen couple. I wish to suggest that they be cast in every movie made from this point forward. I will be disappointed if both aren't nominated for Oscars. But it looks like the movie is not being pushed by it's studio. It's played the last two weeks in a limited number of theatres, around the 500 to 600 mark. The top movies out now are playing in just over 4,000 theatres. So I'm wondering if this one is going to get lost in the shuffle or if the studio will wait a while for good word of mouth before they start pushing it. Plus Maslany's performance in other movies would get pushed into the supporting category, but Richardson is so good that I think Maslany will be considered (appropriately) for a lead performance. Time will tell.

Overall, I found the movie enthralling. Often in the theatre, I look at my watch at some point to see how far along we are. I didn't do that once with Stronger. And I was peeved that I had to leave the theatre to go blow my nose as I had no Kleenex with me. So take that as a warning, load up on tissues before you see this wonderful movie! The large cast are all strong and all aspects of the movie are so well-done, it's only possible to loads heaps of praises on this one. Loved it!

 

[Vash01]

The final movie I saw with my eight-ticket summer movie pass was Stronger. And what a way to wrap things up. Brilliant movie! Like American Assassin, I hope this movie gets considered for multiple Oscar nominations:

Best Picture

Best Director - David Gordon Green, who has also directed the brilliant Snow Angels starring Kate Beckinsale and Sam Rockwell as well as lighter far like Pineapple Express (James Franco and Seth Rogan)

Best Screenplay - John Pollono, who will probably be overlooked as this is his first big screenplay and has credits mainly for acting (biggest role as Tyler on the tv show This Is Us)

Best Actor - Jake Gyllenhaal

Best Actress - Tatiana Maslany

Best Supporting Actress - Miranda Richardson

That's six to start with.

Gyllenhaal is strong as always, but I've stated before that I think he's possibly the most under-rated/appreciated actor of his generation. And Maslany definitely shines in her first big movie role. Her role could have been a thankless one for other actresses, but she brings a slow-burn to her performance that elevates the movie. Gyllenhaal and Maslany are a brilliant and fascinating screen couple. I wish to suggest that they be cast in every movie made from this point forward. I will be disappointed if both aren't nominated for Oscars. But it looks like the movie is not being pushed by it's studio. It's played the last two weeks in a limited number of theatres, around the 500 to 600 mark. The top movies out now are playing in just over 4,000 theatres. So I'm wondering if this one is going to get lost in the shuffle or if the studio will wait a while for good word of mouth before they start pushing it. Plus Maslany's performance in other movies would get pushed into the supporting category, but Richardson is so good that I think Maslany will be considered (appropriately) for a lead performance. Time will tell.

Overall, I found the movie enthralling. Often in the theatre, I look at my watch at some point to see how far along we are. I didn't do that once with Stronger. And I was peeved that I had to leave the theatre to go blow my nose as I had no Kleenex with me. So take that as a warning, load up on tissues before you see this wonderful movie! The large cast are all strong and all aspects of the movie are so well-done, it's only possible to loads heaps of praises on this one. Loved it!

It was already on my Must see list. Your post just pushed it higher.

Tatiana Maslany acted in Woman in Gold as the younger version of Helen Mirren. I thought she was miscast in it. I have not seen her in any other movie.

 

[watchthis!!]

I thought both of these articles were quite interesting and worth sharing:


Film Academy Reviewing Netflix’s Eligibility Amid Angst Over Streaming Services
http://deadline.com/2017/10/oscars-academy-netflix-eligibility-in-question-membership-meeting-1202180576/

This article mentions that the academy gathered for a meeting for only the second time in it's history. There have been over 700 new members added to the academy in recent years and one issue that was discussed was the eligibility of movie made for streaming services which run in theatres for just one week in order to be considered for Oscar consideration. And whether a title could be nominated for an Emmy and an Oscar in the same year.


‘American Made’ Tops Studios’ TV Ad Spending
http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/american-made-tops-studios-tv-ad-spending-1202578260/

This article lists the spending done to publicize current movies, over four million (each) for five different movies currently being promoted. And each amount for only this past week!

 

[Japanfan]

I already have a small TV in my bedroom and it is quite new (bought it last Christmas) but thanks for the offer . That TV doesn't work either, thanks to Century Link's awful technology. Their tech support couldn't help me by phone. I am going to ask them to send someone to fix both problems. Why am I paying them?

Guess Mr. Japanfan is right in saying don't expect a new TV to last very long, if we get one. Our TV is about 15 years old but has a picture equal to or better than many contemporary TVs - though I'm not talking about high end sets, which I don't know about. I love the sleekness of the LED TVs. Our's has the bulky back, and even though it's visually hidden in the corner, it still bothers me some.

 

[Vash01]

Guess Mr. Japanfan is right in saying don't expect a new TV to last very long, if we get one. Our TV is about 15 years old but has a picture equal to or better than many contemporary TVs - though I'm not talking about high end sets, which I don't know about. I love the sleekness of the LED TVs. Our's has the bulky back, and even though it's visually hidden in the corner, it still bothers me some.

I loved my old tv but I couldn't help noticing the difference in picture quality after I bought the new one. So I am trying to have the old tv removed for recycling. many of my memories are associated with it. It was not working, due to the technology issues. It takes up a lot of room and I had stopped watching it, so it's time to let go. I am quite attached to the old tv.

In the mean time I bought another HDTV (small) for the bedroom to replace the old one. The new small tv worked for a few days and nothing afterwards. The fault is with the Century Link Prism technology, and not with either tv.