Re: Selected programming for Dec. 9-13, 2024

BTR1701 <atropos@mac.com> wrote:

Dec 10, 2024 at 2:52:30 PM PST, Robin Miller <robin.miller@invalid.invalid>:

Maria        (movie)         (3:01 am, Netflix)

Angelina Jolie plays the legendary opera singer Maria Callas in a biopic
from director Pablo Larraín (Jackie). Scripted by Steven Knight, Maria
chronicles the performer's final days as she is living in Paris in the
mid-1970s. Jolie's performance has been widely praised and should vault
her into Best Actress contention-- in fact, she may even be this year's
frontrunner. 2h 4m.

So who's overdubbing Jolie on the singing? Because I know she's not doing it
herself.

You mean because she's not any kind of musician at all under any
circumstances?

We have the technology...

Jolie never learned to play the piano. Typically, singers have learned
some piano so they can accompany themselves. She says she used to sing
but an ex disliked her voice (It's all the guy's fault!) so she stopped.

She took vocal and Italian lessons for months. Then audio engineering
blended her voice with recordings of the real woman.

Callas's recording are available. Just buy those.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/pablo-larrain-interview-maria-angelina-jolie-1236068166/

La Palma         [new; complete limited series]          (3:01 am, Netflix)

A Norwegian family vacationing on La Palma faces disaster when a young
researcher discovers alarming signs of an imminent volcanic eruption
that could trigger a massive tsunami. Norwegian series; 4 episodes.

*Could* trigger or *does* trigger the tsunami? Because that's the only reason
I'd watch something like this. Not gonna sit through two hours of people
worrying about imminent destruction only to have nothing materialize.

I'm spoiling this: It's an evil plot. Sweden is behing it all!

Blue Bloods         (season 14 and series finale)        (10 pm, CBS)

Doesn't sound like they're setting up any of the characters for any
life-changing moves-- Frank retiring, Jamie on his way to being commish, Erin
elected D.A., etc. Just gonna end on a regular episode-of-the-week.

Not only that, they've already done "The Mayor's been shot!" before.

Hell. Doesn't Danny have enough years and is old enough for full
retirement?