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Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
« Reply #180 on: 01 March 2017, 01:06:36 »
Once again I have found myself in the mood to rewatch Ken Burns' The Civil War
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« Reply #181 on: 01 March 2017, 01:19:16 »
Well, since our reg programming wasn't on, we decided to watch an old Van damme film, Hard Target..  LOVED IT like always.
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« Reply #182 on: 08 March 2017, 13:54:23 »
just finished watching nerve
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« Reply #183 on: 08 March 2017, 16:37:49 »
Once again I have found myself in the mood to rewatch Ken Burns' The Civil War

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Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
« Reply #184 on: 09 March 2017, 02:27:59 »
Finally caught Dr Strange tonight.  Man did i like it.  Loved him trying to get a laugh out of Wong, then finally he does right at the end.  Also had to laugh at the antics of the cape..  And am also stoked from the two stingers in the films credits!

Also caught an older one, Jet Li's the One with Statham and Delroy Lindo...  Good fights but i didn't see it being so weird as i remember..
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« Reply #185 on: 10 March 2017, 17:35:15 »
Just saw *Logan* last night.  As an unabashed Wolverine fanboy for the last 35-years or so, LOVED IT.

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« Reply #186 on: 11 March 2017, 07:32:48 »
Watching Charlie Wilsons War. Movie kinda slow then better at the end. Really liked Phillip Seymour Hoffman role and made the movie great to me.
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Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
« Reply #187 on: 13 March 2017, 20:59:41 »
Just saw Kong.  Good movie.  Excellent pacing, good story, decent acting.

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« Reply #188 on: 16 March 2017, 09:07:34 »
Logan: meh, overrated and full of gratuitous cussing.  ???

Hidden Figures: thumbs up! It was exaggerated somewhat but its a well made movie.  O0

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« Reply #189 on: 23 March 2017, 20:06:40 »
Now this was a treat...

TCM ran the original Gojira (Godzilla) tonight. Not the King of Monsters US version, but the original Japanese w/subtitles.
Both the GF & I were quite happy about this.

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« Reply #190 on: 24 March 2017, 00:50:38 »
Caught a golden oldie of Tommy Lee jones's career.  Black moon rising with Linda Hamilton and Robert Vaughan..  LOVED IT!
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« Reply #191 on: 27 March 2017, 10:14:46 »
Caught a golden oldie of Tommy Lee jones's career.  Black moon rising with Linda Hamilton and Robert Vaughan..  LOVED IT!
Omg, i recorded that off HBO back in the day. It was pretty cool movie.
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Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
« Reply #192 on: 27 March 2017, 13:30:41 »
Watched Westworld (1973).  Snagged it from TCM a few nights ago.  Yul Brynner makes for a very intimidating android. 

Now I can watch the HBO series.  I am looking forward to a more intricate plot than "oops, stuff broke."

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Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
« Reply #193 on: 30 March 2017, 14:47:44 »
Had a bit of a movie marathon over the last week.  I finally watched Doctor Strange, Rouge One, and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.  Watched the first two on Amazon Prime and bought the last title on BluRay. 

I really enjoyed all of them!

I was somewhat unsure about Doctor Strange.  I had not been overly impressed with the trailers for the movie but he's always been one of my favorite Marvel characters so I had to give him a chance.  I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was.  Although updated, I think they captured his "origin story" really well, and incorporated a lot of the psychedelic imagery of the original comics.  I was unsure about Cumberbatch as Stephen Strange, but I think he nailed it and I loved the performances of Tilda Swenson and Benedict Wong, too.  I'll definitely be looking forward to a sequel to this one.

I'd been looking forward to Star Wars spin-off, Rogue One and overall I was fairly satisfied with it.  I thought the new characters were all interesting and the actors did great jobs with them, particularly Felicity Jones.  I applaud their efforts at incorporating the two deceased actors from the original trilogy into this one, but I just don't think that the technology is quite there yet, resulting in my getting thrown out of the movie experience a little whenever they made an appearance.  Having managed to totally avoid any spoilers for the movie, I was quite surprised at them killing off everyone by the end of the movie.  Given Hollywood, I was expecting this to be followed by a sequel or two, but obviously not.  At least not direct sequels, I suppose given the success of this film we will probably more Star Wars spin offs to come.  ;)

Finally, after the disappointment of the Cursed Child storyline, Fantastic Beasts was a very welcome surprise.  I think they made a wise decision to distance themselves from the original Harry Potter storyline and introduce not only a whole new cast, but a whole new setting.  I thought Redmayne did a great job as the slightly odd social misfit.  Sudol's character was a hoot, and I thought that Fogler's portrayal of the bewildered "no-maj" was one of the highlights of the film.  This film, I think, was able to recapture the "sense of wonder" that I found missing from the last couple books and movies of the Potter series.  This is another one I will be looking forward eagerly to the next sequel.

Well, that's all for new.  I do have a number of other movies to get caught up one if I can ever find the time! 
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Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
« Reply #194 on: 30 March 2017, 14:54:00 »
Now this was a treat...

TCM ran the original Gojira (Godzilla) tonight. Not the King of Monsters US version, but the original Japanese w/subtitles.
I've got a nice BluRay set of both movies, along with a fair bit of bonus material.  I actually like both versions.  They are very different from either other, but I think each in their own was very good.  Certainly better than 99% of the other Kaiju movies that Japan has churned out, since.   ;D 
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Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
« Reply #195 on: 30 March 2017, 20:30:26 »
Watching Fantastic Beasts. My wife loves the movie and the Harry Potter series of movies. I thought it was ok.
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« Reply #196 on: 30 March 2017, 20:34:31 »
Not a movie, per se, but just started watching Netflix's 'Marco Polo'. 3 eps in, decent so far.
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« Reply #197 on: 30 March 2017, 23:50:50 »
Caught assassin's creed..  Decent action, but imo the "how they went about it" was kind of all wrong and made it LESS enjoyable to me..  Though you just KNOW its ripe for a sequel or three.
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« Reply #198 on: 18 April 2017, 22:47:25 »
Finally saw Suicide Squad.  It made it to HBO.  Watching some of it again now.  I went into the movie with no emotional attachment to any of the non-Joker characters, and pretty much left the same way.  Basically it seems to be a decent stand alone action flick where the Joker shows up for some reason. 

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« Reply #199 on: 22 April 2017, 04:57:25 »
You want B-movie, I got it.  Roger Corman's take on Fantastic Four.  Which, going into it, I knew was going to be unadulterated BAD, and boy did I get it - but I also got something truly awesome out of it, which is frankly too cool to not share with you all.  Behold Doctor Doom's throne room, apparently made from the cover of a metal album with a dash of Flash Gordon.  Roger, you mad genius, your movie sucked but this was worth the price of admission.
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« Reply #200 on: 22 April 2017, 06:14:28 »
Rewatched Rogue One a couple of times, loved the fighter battles.
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« Reply #201 on: 22 April 2017, 15:47:11 »
Frankenstein (1931) with Boris Karloff.  Finally cleared it off the dvr after a year and more.  Just 70 minutes long, they don't waste time telling the story.  They skipped the whole part about teaching it to tap dance, and the rampage during the performance.  I enjoyed the film for what it is now, a piece of sci-fi history.

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« Reply #202 on: 22 April 2017, 16:57:15 »
Saw two last night.

First up was A funny as heck comedy, Keeing up with the Joneses.  LOVED IT..  Couldn't stop laughing at times.

Then Ms Slone a DAMN fine look at politics and lobbyiests...
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« Reply #203 on: 23 April 2017, 12:00:18 »
Saw two last night.

First up was A funny as heck comedy, Keeing up with the Joneses.  LOVED IT..  Couldn't stop laughing at times.

Then Ms Slone a DAMN fine look at politics and lobbyiests...
found it too predictable and it spoiled it for me ...it was just to silly to hold my attention to long....
ms sloan had not seen it ...
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« Reply #204 on: 25 April 2017, 22:39:46 »
Since 2 is coming out next week, I'm rewatching Guardians of the Galaxy.
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Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
« Reply #205 on: 26 April 2017, 14:42:03 »
Fences - Brilliant. Denzel at his finest. Thoroughly enjoyed this one.
Rogue One - Re watched again at home. Still just a meh. Especially after reading Catalyst. Sorry. Going back and trying to fill all the holes in an old story just doesn't work for me. Didn’t work for E1-3, and doesn’t work here.
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« Reply #206 on: 26 April 2017, 18:44:50 »
Miss Peregrine's home for muta.....peculiar children.  Was pretty enjoyable, good to see Sam Jackson and Judi Dench again.  The ending was meh to me though.   You have typical (hormonal) teenaged immortals now and a present day family with a missing son.   
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« Reply #207 on: 26 April 2017, 23:49:52 »
It was ok imo.  BUT could have had more showings of powers from the kids...
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« Reply #208 on: 05 May 2017, 21:02:15 »
Just watched Warcraft.  That movie basically made me glad I never played WoW.

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Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
« Reply #209 on: 12 May 2017, 06:13:33 »
Just watched Passengers. great special effects for a creepy movie.
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