{"id":3452,"date":"2018-07-31T11:58:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T03:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=3452"},"modified":"2018-07-31T11:58:43","modified_gmt":"2018-07-31T03:58:43","slug":"television-movie-consumption-july-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2018\/07\/31\/television-movie-consumption-july-2018","title":{"rendered":"Television & Movie consumption July 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have no idea how I missed Breaking Bad<\/a> or Better Call Saul<\/a>, but they are both on Netflix, and you can take them offline, so in between all the flying I did this past month, I caught up on the entire two shows! They are both excellent<\/em><\/strong> shows, and I can’t wait for the next season of Better Call Saul! The TV shows are definitely binge worthy.<\/p>\n

500 Days of Summer<\/a> is surprisingly a good movie, starring both Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. It is a break up movie, maybe a bit of a dark comedy, but it is also a movie about self-realisation. It is not your typical love story or romantic comedy. It has a lot of dialogue, reminding me of the Richard Linklater series, Before Sunrise\/ Before Sunset\/Before Midnight. Like those shows, this was relatively cheap to produce but grossed wonders ($7.5 million budget, $60.7 million at the box office – 709% return!). <\/p>\n

One memorable quote, since a lot of people talk about their dream partners<\/em>. (paraphrased) Why look for the girl of your dreams, when it is better to have X, as she’s real?<\/em> Gives one a lot to ponder about.<\/p>\n

Midnight In Paris<\/a> was also a good watch – one where the main character, Gil, finds himself throughout the show. Sometimes you miss things right in front of our eyes, don’t we? Memorable quote? Nostalgia is living in denial; denial of the painful present.<\/em> (full quote on Wikipedia<\/a>). Another movie with $17m budget, bringing in outsized returns at $151.1m – 789%!<\/p>\n

These movies so far have been recommended by the Netflix algorithm, which so far is giving me way over 90% match rates, which suggest that the algorithm for July 2018, at least, is working! I suspect these movies do speak to me<\/em> to some extent, and that’s what makes them successful in my eye. <\/p>\n

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