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Title: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 14 September 2016, 00:26:27
Old thread hit fifty pages, starting new thread.

Captain America: Civil War
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Post by: Sharpnel on 14 September 2016, 01:05:20
That's next on my Redbox list. Watched Zombieland again recently, along with Batman vs. Superman and I am Wrath on my days off.
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Post by: garhkal on 14 September 2016, 01:27:18
I have 2 oldish ones to watch.  First up is one with Thomas Jane and Bruce willis, Vice..
2nd is a wwe actor, The Marine 4 with the Miz.
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Post by: Brother Jim on 18 September 2016, 15:17:11
Today will be:
  Ultraviolet (2006) @1700 on SyFy.
  The Incredibles (2004) @1900 on FreeForm.
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Post by: elf25s on 18 September 2016, 15:53:11
my kids are on ghibli binge
kikis delivery service
my neighbor totoro
laputa castle n the sky
spirited away
panyo by the sea
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Post by: Meow Liao on 18 September 2016, 19:53:08
Just finished Hitman: Agent 47.  It was an enjoyable action movie.  It reminded me that I need to finish the last season of Homeland.

Meow Liao
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 18 September 2016, 20:58:19
The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

It may be an 85 minute toy commercial, but it's still better than anything Michael Bay has ever done.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 19 September 2016, 04:08:36
Captain America Civil War and Star Wars 7.
Going to watch the deleted footage of Civil War, might be good.
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Post by: elf25s on 19 September 2016, 10:02:34
to those that speak polish and may want to look back to 1981 and 1983 vabank and vabank II

pretty good if you can get english subs for them
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Post by: Banzai on 22 September 2016, 13:20:57
Jack Reacher (2012)  Read the first book, really (really really) hated it and disliked the character.  Oddly enough, enjoyed the film quite a bit. Reacher, at least to me, is a more palatable character when I have a few steps between me and his mind.   
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Post by: Peter Smith on 22 September 2016, 15:29:36
The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

It may be an 85 minute toy commercial, but it's still better than anything Michael Bay has ever done.

Mystery Men would like to have a conversation with you.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 22 September 2016, 15:45:09
Seen it, wasn't remotely impressed
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Post by: garhkal on 22 September 2016, 17:23:01
Jack Reacher (2012)  Read the first book, really (really really) hated it and disliked the character.  Oddly enough, enjoyed the film quite a bit. Reacher, at least to me, is a more palatable character when I have a few steps between me and his mind.

I am stoked for Reacher 2.. 
BUT i wanna see a big on mash up..  Bond, Reacher and Bourne!
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Post by: glitterboy2098 on 22 September 2016, 21:03:29
it's September 22nd. Lord of the Rings marathon!

maybe next year it'll be a hobbit film marathon.. don;t have all those yet.

geek points to anyone who can identify why i always try to watch LotR on Sep.22
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Post by: marauder648 on 23 September 2016, 11:00:18
I just got back from seeing that Kubo and the Two Strings. It's REALLY good, the puppetry is amazing and its got a good story with great characters, well worth a watch :)
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Post by: elf25s on 23 September 2016, 12:39:42
i know  i will get a lot of if i see you i will smack you for this...
i am going to binge watch ALL the godzilla movies from 1954 to last one godzilla shin

and my oldest youngling will join me and her corruption to be a nerdling will be complete!
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Post by: Cache on 23 September 2016, 12:43:18
The Transformers: The Movie (1986)

It may be an 85 minute toy commercial, but it's still better than anything Michael Bay has ever done.
Just bought the blu-ray and need to sit down to watch.
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Post by: IAMCLANWOLF on 23 September 2016, 13:17:26
Jack Reacher (2012)

Excellent flic. I especially love Robert Duvall's character.
My wife and I went to see it in the theatre because we were looking for an excuse to have a night out.
It was the only film playing that looked remotely interesting at the time. Needless to say, we were both
pleasantly surprised. We redboxed a second viewing, but I really need to add it to the collection.
I was thinking I ought to read some of the novels, but it sounds like maybe I should pass...   
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Post by: garhkal on 23 September 2016, 15:40:11
Has anyone seen a strange comedy-scifi action flick..  Laser team??  was it any good?
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Post by: elf25s on 24 September 2016, 11:21:35
Has anyone seen a strange comedy-scifi action flick..  Laser team??  was it any good?
its from the 80s? sounds familiar
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Post by: idea weenie on 24 September 2016, 13:26:44
In Honor of Magnificent 7 coming out this weekend, I just watched Battle beyond the stars.
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Post by: Brother Jim on 24 September 2016, 13:30:20
Gods of Egypt and The Huntsman: Winter's War last night.

I enjoyed them both.
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Post by: garhkal on 24 September 2016, 15:02:29
its from the 80s? sounds familiar

Nope.  Its a relatively new film...http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3864024/?ref_=nv_sr_1

You are probably thinking of the 80s Laser mission with Brandon lee..

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Post by: Banzai on 24 September 2016, 23:53:04
it's September 22nd. Lord of the Rings marathon!

maybe next year it'll be a hobbit film marathon.. don;t have all those yet.

geek points to anyone who can identify why i always try to watch LotR on Sep.22

Because some people miss the note where Tolkien states the Shire Calendar is about ten or so days in advance of ours?   ;)
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Post by: Brother Jim on 25 September 2016, 08:13:34
Mr. Right.

A romantic comedy with killing people and Anna Kendrick.
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Post by: garhkal on 25 September 2016, 14:15:07
Caught 2 last night.
First up was Christopher Meloni and Bruce willis in an action/who's guilty like thriller, Marauders.  Man was it trippy figuring out what was going on, and had some cool action scenes..

Then came Nice guys with Russel Crowe and Ryan Gossling.  Funny, some what crast with some of the jokes, but all in all decent.
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Post by: Euphonium on 25 September 2016, 17:05:12
I'm considering Hardcore Henry for Tuesday night. Anyone here seen it, and is it any good?
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Post by: glitterboy2098 on 25 September 2016, 17:54:06
Because some people miss the note where Tolkien states the Shire Calendar is about ten or so days in advance of ours?   ;)
actually it isn't. the Shire does set aside 5 days separate from all the weeks and months, but that is only to keep the length of the months even. and they are separated out over the whole year, so the dates do coincide fairly closely most of the time. the main difficulty is that Shire-reckoning does Overlithe (their equivalent of a leapyear) as needed rather than on a fixed 4 year schedule, which tends to result on our calender's seasonal dates go out of sync with the actual seasons every 25-33 years. the way that the Shire separated out certain holidays to keep the lengths of the months even means that in their calendar the days of the week each dates fall on does not change, the way ours does. those two factors account for the variable differences in the dating, but it is not always a fixed number ahead. over the span of decades it varies between being ahead and behind.

further Tolkien himself 'translated'** all the dates given in his works to Gregorian equivalents.. for example the hobbits had no 'september' but rather "Halimath", and the date given as the 22nd of September actually meant 22nd of Halimath", which in shire reckoning always fell on a mersday. (which Tolkien 'translated' as Thursday)

of course this is all more trivia than anything, akin to trying to use the the pre-Julian roman calender's to calculate the dates of holidays within the Gregorian calendar.. it is much easier to just use the system in common use and ignore such variables. thus the 22nd of September, regardless of calendar, becomes Hobbit's day for us Tolkien fans, the birthday of the Bagginses.


**rather, he used Gregorian dates, the way he used english names for the hobbits, then put in the appendixes the 'real dates' and 'real names' in the 'original language', keeping up the illusion that he was translating some old tome rather than writing fiction, since he had fancied his work to be something to fill the missing void in anglo-saxon mythography, of which we have almost nothing in real life aside from Beowulf.. which itself is Danish in setting, and heavily mutated by later christian concepts..
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Post by: Banzai on 26 September 2016, 15:35:43
What ever day you want to celebrate, celebrate.

But I still hold to my statement.  (From Appendix D: Shire Calendar for Use in All Year "In that case the Shire dates are actually in advance of ours by some ten days, and out New Years Day corresponded more or less to the Shire January 9.")

Because what is the point of being a big pedantic geek if I can't be pedantic?   ;)
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Post by: Brother Jim on 26 September 2016, 15:43:13
I'm considering Hardcore Henry for Tuesday night. Anyone here seen it, and is it any good?

I liked it, but there was entirely too much shaky cam/ first person shooter-itis for me to want to watch it again anytime soon.
Maybe next year.

I'm going to watch Maleficent (2014) tonight @1800 on SyFy.
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Post by: Banzai on 27 September 2016, 12:47:06
They Live.  Been waiting for the used place to get this on DVD, and they just did!  They are helping me round out my early John Carpenter collection.  I just picked up the original Assault on Precinct 13 last week.

Underrated classic. And the Rowdy One was perfectly cast.  Fun film.
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Post by: garhkal on 29 September 2016, 15:16:30
Anyone seen the movie Knights of badassdom?  Starring Peter Dinklage, and summer glau?
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Post by: Jaim Magnus on 29 September 2016, 18:57:20
Anyone seen the movie Knights of badassdom?  Starring Peter Dinklage, and summer glau?

I have. I found it quite enjoyable, though not quite as good as the hype makes it out to be. Still, a fun watch.
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Post by: Euphonium on 02 October 2016, 10:59:45
Anyone seen the movie Knights of badassdom?  Starring Peter Dinklage, and summer glau?

As an occasional LRPer, I had a good laugh at it :)
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Post by: Aokarasu on 03 October 2016, 12:09:05
Anyone seen the movie Knights of badassdom?  Starring Peter Dinklage, and summer glau?

Yep, and Dinklage was a joy to watch.

Friday night, the wife and I introduced our children to "The Princess Bride." They are 11 and 7; the 11 year old enjoyed it thoroughly, the 7 year old did except for the ROUSes. They both recognized Wallace Shawn's voice, and I pointed out he was the voice of Rex in the "Toy Story" movies.
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Post by: BrokenMnemonic on 05 October 2016, 02:04:02
I've had some leave recently, and as a part of losing weight I've been taking the money I would normally spend on breakfast in town after swimming and have instead been using it to buy secondhand Blurays or catch budget screenings at the local cinema. That's led to some interesting viewing experiences...

I watched Here Comes The Boom followed by Warrior; both MMA/UFC-based movies, but rather different in tone. The former was funny in places, but without being over the top, and I found I rather enjoyed it; I wasn't entirely sure what to expect when viewing, but following it with Warrior led to a certain amount of mental readjustment as the angsty manpain began firehosing out of the screen. Both entertaining movies, but rather different in tone...

Divergent/Insurgent: I'm guessing this is another series like the Hunger Games and Maze Runner movies that's based on a YA novel property. I found them amiable, but as was the case with the other series, I found that I liked the world-building more than I did the characters in most cases. I suspect I'm simply not the target audience, and that I'd probably be much keener on them if I was younger. I like that they've been made, and I hope my nieces will enjoy them when they're older, but I'm not sure I'll rush out to rewatch them again soon; the third movie, Allegiant, is available secondhand now for about $12 US, and it's a movie where if it were about $7 (£5) I'd pick it up to see what it's like, but I'm not willing to pay more.

Much Ado About Nothing: This was the 1993 version (although I do want to see the 2012 version too) and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The cast was excellent, and I wish I'd seen it sooner; I hope they had as much fun making it as I did watching it.

I, Frankenstein: I decided I had to see this after a friend of mine described it as "a movie worth seeing simply because the most important person amongst the good guys is basically a walking Godphone." I prefer the Underworld movies, but this was fun to watch while playing computer games, if unmemorable.

The Book Thief: I enjoyed this - oddly, the film kept reminding me of Meet Joe Black despite having almost nothing in common with it. It's well made, and I found it interesting, but I'm not sure I'll need to see it again any time soon. I'm honestly confused as to whether the title character is based on a named author I should know, or not. I liked the perspective on the war that the young protagonists brought to the movie.

Expendables 3: it's like the 80s all over again, only with an awareness of just how silly the tropes are, and a determination to have fun with them. I really hope Antonio Banderas had as much fun making this movie as I did watching it, and I may never be able to take Commando or Cobra in any way seriously ever again... but now I want to rewatch both.

Stranded: So that's what Christian Slater's been doing. Generally indifferent movie and I suspect unlikely to get a sequel, but I don't begrudge the $2 I spent to see it.

Gamer: Interesting idea, but I couldn't really get into it. I think when it comes to people-live-playing-computer-games, I'd rather watch Mamoru Oshii's Avalon again.

R.I.P.D.: Eh. I didn't enjoy this one as much as I expected. I'm a fan of Jeff Bridge's work, but I couldn't warm to his character in this, and in some ways it felt rather predictable.

Suicide Squad: I wasn't sure what to expect of this. I don't read DC Comics at the moment (it's a standing joke amongst my friends that every time I find a DC title I enjoy and start reading, it gets cancelled - so now they tell me about stories they like, but don't want me to start buying them in case they get cancelled). I've heard a fair amount about Suicide Squad, and about Harley Quinn and the Joker in particular, and was warned that showing them on screen could be problematic. Having watched the movie, I think it was a solid, but not great superhero movie; some moments felt a bit odd - I liked the character of El Diablo, but it felt like there was an emotional beat missing that should've set up the whole "new family" moment so it felt earned, but the Australian character annoyed me because he felt like an unfunny Deadpool. I expected more deaths (and I gather that was originally planned in the script) and I think the story would've been stronger for it; I think Amanda Waller was possibly the highlight of the movie for me, but after all the Joker stuff online, it felt like either there should've been a lot more of the Joker in the movie, or a lot less. I was expecting to see the Joker betray Harley, Harley to side with the Squad in retaliation, and the Joker then start pursuing her again because she'd become interesting once more, and instead it felt like their relationship was more like a less healthy version of Morticia and Gomez Addams without the complexity. I think the overall feeling I was left with was "why didn't those two die? Is there going to be an extended cut that adds more?"
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Post by: garhkal on 05 October 2016, 14:09:04
I watched Here Comes The Boom followed by Warrior; both MMA/UFC-based movies, but rather different in tone. The former was funny in places, but without being over the top, and I found I rather enjoyed it; I wasn't entirely sure what to expect when viewing, but following it with Warrior led to a certain amount of mental readjustment as the angsty manpain began firehosing out of the screen. Both entertaining movies, but rather different in tone...

I loved here comes the boom, more cause it WAS a comedy than the fighting in it..  however the cameos by real UFC fighters, was cool..  As for warrior, i really liked it, but hated the character portrayed by one brother (tom hardy).

Divergent/Insurgent: I'm guessing this is another series like the Hunger Games and Maze Runner movies that's based on a YA novel property. I found them amiable, but as was the case with the other series, I found that I liked the world-building more than I did the characters in most cases. I suspect I'm simply not the target audience, and that I'd probably be much keener on them if I was younger. I like that they've been made, and I hope my nieces will enjoy them when they're older, but I'm not sure I'll rush out to rewatch them again soon; the third movie, Allegiant, is available secondhand now for about $12 US, and it's a movie where if it were about $7 (£5) I'd pick it up to see what it's like, but I'm not willing to pay more.

Like with the hunger games, i much preferred the first in the series to the others after.  BUT i would much rather The insurgent/divergent than the maze runners any day.

I, Frankenstein: I decided I had to see this after a friend of mine described it as "a movie worth seeing simply because the most important person amongst the good guys is basically a walking Godphone." I prefer the Underworld movies, but this was fun to watch while playing computer games, if unmemorable.

Eckhart did a very good job with this, and i was surprised how much i liked the main baddie..

Gamer: Interesting idea, but I couldn't really get into it. I think when it comes to people-live-playing-computer-games, I'd rather watch Mamoru Oshii's Avalon again.

Great idea, poor implementation imo.

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Post by: Banzai on 05 October 2016, 14:58:06
(SNIP!)
Suicide Squad: I wasn't sure what to expect of this. I don't read DC Comics at the moment (it's a standing joke amongst my friends that every time I find a DC title I enjoy and start reading, it gets cancelled - so now they tell me about stories they like, but don't want me to start buying them in case they get cancelled). I've heard a fair amount about Suicide Squad, and about Harley Quinn and the Joker in particular, and was warned that showing them on screen could be problematic. Having watched the movie, I think it was a solid, but not great superhero movie; some moments felt a bit odd - I liked the character of El Diablo, but it felt like there was an emotional beat missing that should've set up the whole "new family" moment so it felt earned, but the Australian character annoyed me because he felt like an unfunny Deadpool. I expected more deaths (and I gather that was originally planned in the script) and I think the story would've been stronger for it; I think Amanda Waller was possibly the highlight of the movie for me, but after all the Joker stuff online, it felt like either there should've been a lot more of the Joker in the movie, or a lot less. I was expecting to see the Joker betray Harley, Harley to side with the Squad in retaliation, and the Joker then start pursuing her again because she'd become interesting once more, and instead it felt like their relationship was more like a less healthy version of Morticia and Gomez Addams without the complexity. I think the overall feeling I was left with was "why didn't those two die? Is there going to be an extended cut that adds more?"

Yes, there is an extended cut, just announced today.  http://www.comingsoon.net/dvd/trailers/773493-the-suicide-squad-extended-cut-trailer-is-here#/slide/1

As for the film, I am more a Marvel guy, but I have read all of the last two runs of "Suicide Squad" (New 52's volume 4 and the new Volume 5,) and enjoyed the feel of it.  And I went in not expecting much (as I had heard a few reviews).  My first thought was "there was parts of a movie in their someplace, but..."  There were parts I liked, such as most of the casting. Diablo is my favorite character, and Jay Hernandez did a solid job.  Smith and Robbie were really good as well, and Davis was a rock as Waller (who has been voted as Best Villain for DC at least once, IIRC and who was originally designed to be the DC movies version of Nick Fury, but with 50% more sociopath), and the soundtrack was great.  But...gah.  Leto's Joker was...boring.  Enchantress and Katana were lost in the noise (and there was a lot of noise). Joel Kinnaman's Flag was flat and mono-dimensional. The extended attempts to soften the bad good guys looked like it was tacked on. Plot holes you could walk King Shark through (I missed him, though Akinnuoye-Agbaje did as much as he could with Killer Croc).  And so much visual, audio and storyline noise.

Part of me wants to watch the extended version, and part of me just doesn't see the point. 

Oh, and Beau Reve would be "beautiful dream."  Just sayin'.
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Post by: BrokenMnemonic on 06 October 2016, 01:49:13
I loved here comes the boom, more cause it WAS a comedy than the fighting in it..  however the cameos by real UFC fighters, was cool..  As for warrior, i really liked it, but hated the character portrayed by one brother (tom hardy).
Here Comes The Boom reminded me a lot of The Replacements for some reason - it wasn't a laugh-out-loud movie for me, although it did have a couple of moments, but it managed to be funny while also having a lot of heart, and I think that's probably why I enjoyed it so much. Although I'll watch anything with Salma Hayek in it, and I really liked Bas Rutten's character.

I can't say I liked Tom Hardy's character in Warrior either - I think if he'd been even a little more sympathetic, the film would've been a lot stronger for me. I did enjoy watching Nick Nolte's performance - I think he did a really good job in the film, with the time available to his character.

Like with the hunger games, i much preferred the first in the series to the others after.  BUT i would much rather The insurgent/divergent than the maze runners any day.
I liked the mystery aspect of the first Maze Runner film, but I've not watched the sequel yet - I didn't like it enough to pay what the secondhand blurays are going for. I'm still waiting to see the last two Hunger Games films for similar reasons, although I'm also waiting until I can watch them back-to-back. Unlike the others, I've actually read the Hunger Games novels, and I think the first movie did a better job of giving characters other than Katniss things to do and roles to play, but I found the last book really didn't work for me, in part because of a couple of scenes that just threw out my suspension of disbelief completely. Divergent felt like the stronger movie to me, compared to Insurgent, but the setup for Allegiant made me hopeful that it could be a good film - I'm fascinated by the idea of finding out what's outside the wall, and what the rest of the human race looks like outside the city. Visually, I found the two Divergent movies much more my thing than the Hunger Games movies - I really liked seeing a community surviving inside a city that had been at least partially wrecked, and where they'd never managed to rebuild or repair a lot of the buildings.

Eckhart did a very good job with this, and i was surprised how much i liked the main baddie..
Given how thin the plot was, I think Eckhart did a good job - but I also find him to be quite a watchable lead in other films. I know that Battle: Los Angeles got pretty indifferent reviews, but for me it was an entertaining modern B-movie romp, and I enjoyed seeing Eckhart as the ageing SSgt.

Great idea, poor implementation imo.
It felt like Gamer was trying to be Death Race only with video games rather than cars. It just wasn't as entertaining for me though, and I'm not entirely sure why, given how much I enjoy movies like The Running Man.
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Post by: BrokenMnemonic on 06 October 2016, 02:48:45
Yes, there is an extended cut, just announced today.  http://www.comingsoon.net/dvd/trailers/773493-the-suicide-squad-extended-cut-trailer-is-here#/slide/1

As for the film, I am more a Marvel guy, but I have read all of the last two runs of "Suicide Squad" (New 52's volume 4 and the new Volume 5,) and enjoyed the feel of it.  And I went in not expecting much (as I had heard a few reviews).  My first thought was "there was parts of a movie in their someplace, but..."  There were parts I liked, such as most of the casting. Diablo is my favorite character, and Jay Hernandez did a solid job.  Smith and Robbie were really good as well, and Davis was a rock as Waller (who has been voted as Best Villain for DC at least once, IIRC and who was originally designed to be the DC movies version of Nick Fury, but with 50% more sociopath), and the soundtrack was great.  But...gah.  Leto's Joker was...boring.  Enchantress and Katana were lost in the noise (and there was a lot of noise). Joel Kinnaman's Flag was flat and mono-dimensional. The extended attempts to soften the bad good guys looked like it was tacked on. Plot holes you could walk King Shark through (I missed him, though Akinnuoye-Agbaje did as much as he could with Killer Croc).  And so much visual, audio and storyline noise.

Part of me wants to watch the extended version, and part of me just doesn't see the point. 

Oh, and Beau Reve would be "beautiful dream."  Just sayin'.
I wonder if the extended version will feel like a better movie or not. As it is, I'd rate Suicide Squad at about 7/10 - not great, not terrible, generally entertaining but not something that's going to be a favourite for repeated viewing. On the other hand, there are some movies where an extended cut or directors cut can make a big difference for me (Daredevil, I'm looking at you.)

I did wonder why Flag and all of the police/sheriff types seemed to be from Alabama or somewhere similar, and I definitely think the movie would've been stronger if Flag and the Enchantress had died - but I gather that this was one of the things that caused a lot of problems during casting, with Flag in particular being difficult to cast because no-one wanted to take up the role of a character who died halfway through the film. I remember thinking that in the final battle, it felt like the emotional beats were out of step for his character - I'm supposed to believe that he's motivated by wanting to save the Enchantress, but he has time to hug Deadshot to set up a joke? And more than that, he just... wasn't interesting or entertaining. It worked when he was the straight man to bizarre humour from the other characters, but that was a relative minority of the time.

After I'd seen the movie, I ended up chatting for a while with a couple of friends of mine who've read quite a lot of DC stuff and are fans of Suicide Squad in particular, and one of the things I asked about was whether the movie tried hard to make Deadshot sympathetic because he was being played by Will Smith, or if the character is actually like that in the comics. Apparently, for an assassin, he is actually a somewhat principled and sympathetic character, but when I was wondering about his role in the film, I realised that one of the things that didn't settle so well is that the Suicide Squad are all fundamentally bad guys - they might be bad guys currently doing a good thing because they're being forced into it,  but they remain bad guys. The film felt like it was trying to make them too heroic or sympathetic at times, but at other times, when they were acting in a more villainous fashion, it felt like it was a bit superficial. I think that's one of the reasons I liked El Diablo so much - with the exception of the scene I mentioned earlier, I think he was one of the most consistent characters in the film, and while I would've liked to have seen him struggling with his anger more before he did actually cut loose, I could believe that he was someone who's been carrying around a lot of rage and anger for most of his life, and that he blames that in part for some of the things he's done. Watching him fight in the final battle was the most entertaining part of that battle.

I would've liked seeing King Shark more than Killer Croc - but given that Killer Croc felt very much like a secondary character, I think he was well-used with the time they did give him. I would've liked more, but isn't that always the case?
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Sharpnel on 06 October 2016, 05:29:47
<snip>Much Ado About Nothing: This was the 1993 version (although I do want to see the 2012 version too) and I thoroughly enjoyed it. The cast was excellent, and I wish I'd seen it sooner; I hope they had as much fun making it as I did watching it.


<snip>
You can skip the 2012 version. It's a Whedon movie with all of his fave actors from previous/current works in it. It's a modernist take on the film set in present day California but with the Shakespearean dialogue. The acting was meh and most of the actors probably haven't done Shakespeare since their high days when they did Romeo and Juliet. None of the actors even came close to Kenneth Branagh and Emma Thompson. Heck they didn't even come close to Keaton's portrayal of Dogberry.
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Post by: garhkal on 06 October 2016, 14:32:39
I can't say I liked Tom Hardy's character in Warrior either - I think if he'd been even a little more sympathetic, the film would've been a lot stronger for me. I did enjoy watching Nick Nolte's performance - I think he did a really good job in the film, with the time available to his character.

For me, Nolte was one of the best performances in Warrior.  But i have always liked him..  Heck my favorite nolte film was with him and Julia roberts (i love trouble).

I liked the mystery aspect of the first Maze Runner film, but I've not watched the sequel yet - I didn't like it enough to pay what the secondhand blurays are going for. I'm still waiting to see the last two Hunger Games films for similar reasons, although I'm also waiting until I can watch them back-to-back. Unlike the others, I've actually read the Hunger Games novels, and I think the first movie did a better job of giving characters other than Katniss things to do and roles to play, but I found the last book really didn't work for me, in part because of a couple of scenes that just threw out my suspension of disbelief completely. Divergent felt like the stronger movie to me, compared to Insurgent, but the setup for Allegiant made me hopeful that it could be a good film - I'm fascinated by the idea of finding out what's outside the wall, and what the rest of the human race looks like outside the city. Visually, I found the two Divergent movies much more my thing than the Hunger Games movies - I really liked seeing a community surviving inside a city that had been at least partially wrecked, and where they'd never managed to rebuild or repair a lot of the buildings.

All 3 are similar in concept (singular or group of teens saving the day in a post apocalyptic like world..  BUT the trio of the divergent imo are better plotted out than the hunger games..  Evne if THAT had some better action scenes.

Given how thin the plot was, I think Eckhart did a good job - but I also find him to be quite a watchable lead in other films. I know that Battle: Los Angeles got pretty indifferent reviews, but for me it was an entertaining modern B-movie romp, and I enjoyed seeing Eckhart as the ageing SSgt.

One of my fave ones of his, was when he was the baddie, in Paycheck with Afleck.
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Post by: elf25s on 11 October 2016, 18:21:51
just got my copy of batman return of cape crusader....too bad i will not be able to see it till tomorrow! damn it all ohh how i must suffer!
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Post by: elf25s on 15 October 2016, 17:06:30
couuld not sleep due to constant pain i am in so nights are the worst so i watched two episodes of westworld
and to my everlasting pai batman crusaders return
as much as i enjoyed the batman it seemed to me that voice acting was way better for west and burt than newmar. but on the plus side batmobile got a lot of love
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Post by: garhkal on 16 October 2016, 00:45:30
So who's been keeping track of the previews for Hacksaw ridge and Dr Strange??

Which set of previews/trailers makes you want to see the movie more?
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Post by: Jaim Magnus on 16 October 2016, 06:34:12
So who's been keeping track of the previews for Hacksaw ridge and Dr Strange??

Which set of previews/trailers makes you want to see the movie more?

Not I. I have zero interest in either movie.
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Post by: garhkal on 16 October 2016, 14:22:38
Last night, i watched an interesting Wu-ixizan style Roman-vs chineese type film, with John Cussack, Adrien brody and Jackie chan called Dragon Blade..  Other than the very ham fisted "we must all get along, peace is good" politics it seemed to be laced with, AND the over half of it was dubbed with subtitles, i rather liked it for the fight scenes...

Plotline was based on 'roman legion group along the silk road, takes refuge of sorts in chinese/mongolian city, which later comes under attack from bigger roman legion group...  Brody did well as the bad guy.
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Post by: Brother Jim on 16 October 2016, 16:46:35
I just watched Warm Bodies (2013) on SyFy. I had never seen it before. I enjoyed it.

I'll be watching Noah (2014) on FX at 7PM tonight. Also my first time seeing it.
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Post by: Meow Liao on 16 October 2016, 16:47:45
I have Dragon Blade on the dvr for some future watching. 

Just finished FFXV: Kingsglaive.  The usual intricate plot of bad guys try to kill good guys for some reason.  I wanted to see great animation, and that is what I got.  The glaives, in this case daggers, do have an interesting gimmick.  It was great eye candy that reminded me I've been wanting to watch the cutscenes from FF8.  It might even convince me to play X or XII, the two FF games I have for the 360.

Meow Liao
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Post by: garhkal on 17 October 2016, 01:11:21
Someone told me kingsglaive was a missmash of CGI and Real actors periodically..  Kind of like warcraft/avatar.
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Post by: Alexander Knight on 17 October 2016, 01:31:31
Finally watched Zootopia the other week.  I really enjoyed it, actually.
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Post by: Banzai on 17 October 2016, 14:17:51
The Raven, 1963.  Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff, Jack Nicholson.  Amazing cheesey fun.  Peter Lorre was ad-libbing all over, which apparently annoyed Karloff to no end.  Saw it for the first time at about nine on late night TV (Sinister Cinema, for those in Stumptown).  Price made me want to be a wizard; Lorre made me want to be a lush.  Fifty percent isn't bad...
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Post by: Kidd on 17 October 2016, 17:53:34
Caught Cars 2 on TV. As someone who felt largely indifferent to Cars, I was pleasantly surprised by the uh, level of carnage (bah dum tss!) in a kids movie. I expected a kid friendly take on James Bond but this was the full treatment, complete with significant body count starting in the first 5 minutes and even a torture scene ending in violent death.

Finally watched Zootopia the other week.  I really enjoyed it, actually.
The end product seems vastly different from the teasers and trailers. I cannot help but wonder if then-recent events resulted in a quick storyline change. Whether it was so or meant to be from the start, the rather obvious moral it was shilling detracted from the buddy-cop plot and world-building. I like my movies with morals, but I hate to be beaten on the head with 'em...
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Post by: Alexander Knight on 17 October 2016, 21:38:58
The end product seems vastly different from the teasers and trailers. I cannot help but wonder if then-recent events resulted in a quick storyline change. Whether it was so or meant to be from the start, the rather obvious moral it was shilling detracted from the buddy-cop plot and world-building. I like my movies with morals, but I hate to be beaten on the head with 'em...

Actually, the storyline change they did was shifting from Nick's perspective to Judy's.  Originally predators in the city needed "tame collars" that would shock them to be part of society.  That got dumped and they switched to the optimistic Judy as the main character.
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Post by: Wrangler on 17 October 2016, 23:33:47
I just saw the Director's edition of 1978 film, The Warriors.  I've never watched the entire film before. This new 2005 director cut adds enhancements like comic book style scene changes as the gang tries to escape throught New York to Coney Island.

It was good movie, though some of it was perhaps little silly, should not be take seriously.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 18 October 2016, 01:08:00
Actually, the storyline change they did was shifting from Nick's perspective to Judy's.  Originally predators in the city needed "tame collars" that would shock them to be part of society.  That got dumped and they switched to the optimistic Judy as the main character.

And that happened relatively early in the movie's production.
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Post by: Jaim Magnus on 18 October 2016, 07:25:59
And that happened relatively early in the movie's production.

It would have to be. Late changes would require rather substantial (and expensive) re-animation.
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Post by: Kidd on 18 October 2016, 08:48:38
whichever it is, I was looking forward to Disney/Pixar's take on stereotyping, but the movie's treatment was uncharacteristically heavy-handed, and detracted from the buddy-cop part of the movie. Also, I know its for kids but none of the comic relief from Chief Boga, Clawhauser or Shakira the Gazelle struck a chord at all.

I mean like, Wall-E got the point across without pouring it over on anybody's head or having any character make cringey speeches (show, don't tell), and it wasn't said to be the most subtle of messages.
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Post by: Banzai on 18 October 2016, 12:10:12
I just saw the Director's edition of 1978 film, The Warriors.  I've never watched the entire film before. This new 2005 director cut adds enhancements like comic book style scene changes as the gang tries to escape throught New York to Coney Island.

It was good movie, though some of it was perhaps little silly, should not be take seriously.

I really like that film, but I hated the Directors Cut version, so I had to search out the older print on DVD. 

But yeah, best Gang Action Film Based on Greek History ever!  ( I loved that they kept Cyrus' name the same.  But Swan probably flows a little easier that "Xenophon.")
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Post by: elf25s on 18 October 2016, 12:24:11
i had to do it i just had to even my youngling was cringing at the movie...i am thinking of using it as punishment tool

superman quest for peace

and being a good parent introduced my youngling to rocky horror picture show

and she is going to see it live in theater on 28th of this month...
cant wait to see her reaction to her old mans past time when i was living in nyc
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Post by: garhkal on 18 October 2016, 12:55:27
You...  The horrors that you inflicted on your kid with Supe 4..
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Post by: elf25s on 18 October 2016, 15:47:11
You...  The horrors that you inflicted on your kid with Supe 4..
sorry it had to be done...discipline ....i must have something to scare her with to make sure she grows up ok....
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Post by: Demon55 on 18 October 2016, 16:02:12
Just saw the Accountant a few days ago. It was pretty good.
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Post by: elf25s on 18 October 2016, 16:32:33
You...  The horrors that you inflicted on your kid with Supe 4..
i may be redeemed ...i let her watch bionic 6 season one
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Post by: Tymers Realm on 18 October 2016, 16:45:39
i may be redeemed ...i let her watch bionic 6 season one
Well almost anything can be better than either Sups III or IV, but Bionic 6? Really?

But then again, I'd pull out either S1 original Thundercats or the complete original Johnny Quest. Or maybe the ADV dub of Macross...
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Post by: garhkal on 18 October 2016, 23:08:30
Just saw the Accountant a few days ago. It was pretty good.

I am surprisingly looking forward to that film..
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Post by: elf25s on 19 October 2016, 20:13:35
Well almost anything can be better than either Sups III or IV, but Bionic 6? Really?

But then again, I'd pull out either S1 original Thundercats or the complete original Johnny Quest. Or maybe the ADV dub of Macross...
dont laugh she is a big fan of doctor scarab....as for the good guys she is not too fond of them...go figure
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Post by: elf25s on 23 October 2016, 08:07:43
taken day off from moving ans watched 3 episodes of invaders tv series from 67
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Post by: garhkal on 23 October 2016, 16:48:33
Watched the latest gibson film Blood father..  Decent action, but other than that, nothing to 'write home about'.
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Post by: elf25s on 24 October 2016, 21:05:55
got around to wreching rocky horror picture show the remake,,,
frankenfurter was totally miscasted
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Post by: Peter Smith on 24 October 2016, 21:28:20
frankenfurter was totally miscasted

A transvestite character was played by...a transvestite. Sounds like perfect casting to me.
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Post by: Sharpnel on 25 October 2016, 04:39:58
Tim Curry was beyond superb in the original. It would be nearly impossible to cast someone else in that role. This is why you shouldn't try to remake classics.
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Post by: Demon55 on 25 October 2016, 05:52:37
I am surprisingly looking forward to that film..

It was worth it and the Sam Adams I had with it was good too!
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Post by: garhkal on 25 October 2016, 13:50:29
Tim Curry was beyond superb in the original. It would be nearly impossible to cast someone else in that role. This is why you shouldn't try to remake classics.

My fave tim curry role still has to be his Cardinal Richleu from the Three Musketeers with Kiefer sutherland, Rebecca De mornay, Charlie sheen and Chris O'donnel..
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Post by: elf25s on 25 October 2016, 15:25:26
true but frankenfurter has to be some one flamboyant to a point of being over the top and play it seriously  t c did it with a flare that had set the bar

majority of the movie picked the cast very well and kept in mind to pay homage to original cast but they missed with frankenfurter  casting
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Post by: Tymers Realm on 26 October 2016, 08:37:02
I watched most of this version of Rocky Horror as well.
It was how self-aware the production was. Incorporating audience bits and restyling the movie theater into the castle was cool.
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Post by: elf25s on 31 October 2016, 13:23:37
ok so i am sick and my youngest whom passed the gift that keeps on giving is hovering over me with hugs and kisses and every time she does it asks are you better ow daddy....despite that i had managed to finish watching war of the roses and ash vs evil dead ep 5...now moving on to finish westworld
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Post by: Cache on 31 October 2016, 16:22:24
Finally got a chance to see Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. It did not disappoint... well... maybe the ambush scene being so close range, but they get a pass for General BBT chewing butt over using the missile.
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Post by: Brother Jim on 31 October 2016, 18:45:05
Over the weekend I watched the 2014 version of Godzilla and that seasonal classic Hocus Pocus, that I somehow had never seen before.

I enjoyed them both.
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Post by: garhkal on 31 October 2016, 23:24:34
Finally got a chance to see Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. It did not disappoint... well... maybe the ambush scene being so close range, but they get a pass for General BBT chewing butt over using the missile.

I was surprised at how much i liked it..
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Post by: Meow Liao on 13 November 2016, 21:23:56
Watched Allegiant for completion purposes.  :-[ I totally understand its 13 rotten rating at the tomato patch.  Even after Jeff Daniels explained everything, I didn't understand any of it. 

Meow Liao
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 13 November 2016, 21:49:23
Decided to watch Star Trek Beyond today while I was home sick.

It was okay.
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Post by: Kidd on 13 November 2016, 21:56:03
Watched Finding Dory. It really isn't as good as Finding Nemo but pretty good nonetheless.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 14 November 2016, 07:22:49
Picked up Star Trek Beyond with the miniature models of the ships.

Also watching Judge Dredd, thinking I will watch Dredd later to see the complete difference in the two movies.
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Post by: IAMCLANWOLF on 14 November 2016, 10:21:53
Hacksaw Ridge - I highly recommend this one. 
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 14 November 2016, 12:17:16
Also watching Judge Dredd, thinking I will watch Dredd later to see the complete difference in the two movies.

Karl Urban can act, that's the difference.
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Post by: Peter Smith on 14 November 2016, 12:23:30
Karl Urban can act, that's the difference.

Dredd? Karl Urban didn't act, Karl Urban's jaw acted.
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Post by: Tymers Realm on 14 November 2016, 12:42:48
Picked up Star Trek Beyond with the miniature models of the ships.

Also watching Judge Dredd, thinking I will watch Dredd later to see the complete difference in the two movies.

Watched ST Beyond at a friends place this weekend too. Of the three Kelvin Timeline films, I'd say ST Beyond is the just slightly better than ST09 and leagues better than STID. But that's not saying all that much as my overall issues about the KT films still remains: the overall bloody sense of OMG scale. At least we saw a KT-Connie get slagged...

Now as to which is better Judge Dredd or Dredd? I'd say it would depend of what you're expecting. While both are action and violence heavy films, Judge Dredd is more 'camp' and Dredd is more 'serious'. And honestly, I prefer Dredd.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 14 November 2016, 13:09:10
Dredd? Karl Urban didn't act, Karl Urban's jaw acted.

And that's more acting than Stallone did.
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Post by: elf25s on 14 November 2016, 13:20:14
And that's more acting than Stallone did.
stalones dredd could had been something that every dredd fan would had loved but no they had to remove the helmet and make him have a female interest. no dredd fan even consider it a dredd at all. few pluses for stalones dredd they did do mega city one beautifully the wardroid was well done the council was well done and hall of justice building did fit the asthetic of the comic.
bad things bad writing and stalone removing the helmet which dredd never ever does not even in a shower...helmet stays on! rico was horribly chosen all the extra stuff that would make it great was toned down...only the destruction of acar with high explosive shell was ok
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Post by: Kidd on 14 November 2016, 14:52:59
And that's more acting than Stallone did.
Burn!

Dredd is good, even great considering the budget. But no, studios prefer to put their money into endless Bayformers....
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Post by: Peter Smith on 14 November 2016, 15:12:56
Dredd is good, even great considering the budget. But no, studios prefer to put their money into endless Bayformers....

Dredd cost $45mil to shoot, plus another $25mil in advertising. The box office take was $41mil, plus another $10mil in home media. Spending $70mil to clear $51mil? Yeah, I'd look to do something profitable instead.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 14 November 2016, 15:51:04
According to IMDb, Dredd had an estimated budget of $35 million and a gross of $13.4 million.  That's definitely a loser at the box office.
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Post by: BrokenMnemonic on 14 November 2016, 15:52:52
Didn't Dredd air around the same time as The Raid?
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Post by: Kidd on 14 November 2016, 15:57:01
And I'd take it any day of the week over yet another couple hundred million dollar production, and if we stop pouring dollars into the cinematic excrementfest that is Bayformers and Bayturtles maybe audiences would appreciate the underdogs enough to make things profitable.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 14 November 2016, 16:20:46
The Stallone was a lot more action. The Urban Dredd was a lot more closer to what it was supposed to be. Urban Dredd never took off his helmet and that was a big part.
But a movie true to form don't make money sometimes. As much as I like Urban and think he was the best part of the Star Trek Remakes, he is no Stallone and action part of the movie.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 14 November 2016, 16:47:01
Didn't Dredd air around the same time as The Raid?

The Raid came out in 2011, Dredd came out in 2012.
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Post by: garhkal on 14 November 2016, 16:55:17
Watched Allegiant for completion purposes.  :-[ I totally understand its 13 rotten rating at the tomato patch.  Even after Jeff Daniels explained everything, I didn't understand any of it. 

Meow Liao

Technically it was only Allegiant Part 1.

The Stallone was a lot more action.

Call me a heretic but i LIKE the stallone Dredd.
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Post by: Banzai on 14 November 2016, 17:13:46
Scott's 2010 version of Robin Hood.  It wasn't very Robin Hood, (maybe Robin Hood, Year 1),but it was enjoyable. The cast did it for me.  I loved Alan Doyle as Allan A'Dayle. (GBS fan, I.)
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Post by: Peter Smith on 14 November 2016, 18:36:50
And I'd take it any day of the week over yet another couple hundred million dollar production, and if we stop pouring dollars into the cinematic excrementfest that is Bayformers and Bayturtles maybe audiences would appreciate the underdogs enough to make things profitable.

Your art, their business. From a business perspective I can't find fault with the studios going with the blockbuster tent pole movies, as that's their biggest bang for the buck. Sure, smaller movies have a better chance to get a better ROI based on percentage. But the bottom line is still the bottom line, and the shareholders want the bottom line sound.
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Post by: garhkal on 14 November 2016, 21:48:49
Scott's 2010 version of Robin Hood.  It wasn't very Robin Hood, (maybe Robin Hood, Year 1),but it was enjoyable. The cast did it for me.  I loved Alan Doyle as Allan A'Dayle. (GBS fan, I.)

Crowe was decent, but i prefer the Costner version..
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Post by: Kidd on 14 November 2016, 22:28:59
Crowe was decent, but i prefer the Costner version..
CARY ELWES, ACCEPT NO SUBSTITUTES!  :D ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrFmuiF2ENY
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Post by: garhkal on 15 November 2016, 15:46:07
Men in tights was funny as hell, but for a "robin hood" film it was no where in the ball park..  To me at least.
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Post by: elf25s on 15 November 2016, 17:29:36
Men in tights was funny as hell, but for a "robin hood" film it was no where in the ball park..  To me at least.
it was ok redeming feature was
we are men! manly men! men in tights!
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Post by: Banzai on 16 November 2016, 14:42:35
Crowe was decent, but i prefer the Costner version..

I couldn't stand the Costner version, either as a Robin Hood story or an action film.   The only redeeming feature to me is Alan Rickman's sublime overacting of the Sheriff. 

I grew up on Robin Hood / Robin of Sherwood on Showtime as a kid, so that is my standard for a "gritty, realistic" retelling, even if I have to blame it in some ways for Morgan Freeman's character in Prince of Theives.  Robin of Sherwood had the first insertion of a Saracen into the myths, and Costner's film originally had Freeman's character named "Nasir," thinking it was part of the original stories.  They figured it out later and changed the name to "Azeem."
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Post by: Euphonium on 16 November 2016, 19:49:43
The thing that put me off RH:Prince of Thieves was when they went from the White Cliffs of Dover to Nottingham Forest via Hadrian's Wall, tripling the length of the journey!

Tomorrow I'm off to see Arrival - I've heard good things about it.
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Post by: Kidd on 16 November 2016, 23:06:01
When I first watched the Costner version I thought it was a genuine parody, it seemed so over-the-top (Alan Rickman's performance did not help!)
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Post by: Banzai on 22 November 2016, 15:03:19
Saw Hacksaw Ridge for date night (my wife's choice).   Enjoyed it.   
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Post by: Meow Liao on 22 November 2016, 17:25:26
Watched The Last Witch Hunter.  It was an enjoyable movie.  I've always liked Vin, but I have not gotten into the F&F series.

Now starting...Duck Soup. It's been on the dvr since August '15. 

Meow Liao
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Post by: elf25s on 22 November 2016, 21:13:13
watched assassination classroom second movie the graduation ...fun romp
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Post by: Banzai on 23 November 2016, 19:13:44
Watched The Last Witch Hunter.  It was an enjoyable movie.  I've always liked Vin, but I have not gotten into the F&F series.

You have to respect a star big enough and yet geeky enough to get a movie made about his AD&D character.
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Post by: garhkal on 24 November 2016, 02:48:23
Wha..  That film was based on HIS ADND character!??  Sweet..
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Post by: elf25s on 07 December 2016, 17:45:57
just got my claws on shin godzilla and finally started to watch it
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Post by: Aokarasu on 08 December 2016, 06:49:20
Watched The Last Witch Hunter.  It was an enjoyable movie.  I've always liked Vin, but I have not gotten into the F&F series.

Just watched this on Tuesday; absolutely enjoyed it; the casting for the main parts was well done - wouldn't have necessarily thought Caine and Diesel would be good on screen chemistry, but it definitely worked. (I knew it was loosely based on his DnD character, so I felt a certain obligation to watch it. I would love to see a DnD session with him, Dame Judi Dench, and maybe a few other famous DnD players together.)
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Post by: elf25s on 10 December 2016, 17:31:02
just got my claws on shin godzilla and finally started to watch it
ok follow up finally finished it...it was basically neon genesis evangelion about 70% of it right down too the music.
not suprising,,,it was ok not disapointing but ok
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 12 December 2016, 01:06:42
Decided to re-watch Guardians of the Galaxy.
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Post by: Kidd on 12 December 2016, 04:39:29
Watched Magnificent Seven remake. Now I want to watch the original (remake) and then the original (samurai version) just to compare.

I think I give it an A-minus, its a pleasure these days to have a decently straight-shooting action movie and Chris Pratt is always funny  O0
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Post by: I am Belch II on 12 December 2016, 11:40:25
Finally saw Man of Steel. It was good, not great. After watching BvS a couple of times, I decided to watch it.

Like  I said its good not great.
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Post by: garhkal on 12 December 2016, 16:14:55
Caught 2 last night.  First up was the newst in the iceage series.  Funny, but no where near as good as the prior 3..  Also, anyone know why those human cavemen like groups have NOT been seen since #1??

THen came a good action flick, the Eliminators with Scott adkins and wade Barret (wwe guy).  Rather decent for a A-/B rate group of actors..  And loved that it touched on witsec... 
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 12 December 2016, 16:26:30
Caught 2 last night.  First up was the newst in the iceage series.  Funny, but no where near as good as the prior 3..  Also, anyone know why those human cavemen like groups have NOT been seen since #1??

Probably because each film in the series has become sillier and sillier, and having humans added to the mix would rive it back into more serious territory.
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Post by: elf25s on 19 December 2016, 16:12:53
ok finally have some time to myself in 2 days...guess who will be watching man in highcastle s2?
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Post by: Sharpnel on 19 December 2016, 16:32:35
I'm binge watching a Brit comedy called "Gary: Tank Commander." Getting past the Scottish accent is the hardest, but there arefunny bits
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Post by: Banzai on 21 December 2016, 12:45:50
*Rogue One.* 
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Post by: garhkal on 21 December 2016, 15:24:55
For our Brits out there (and anyone a fan of old school Brit comedies)...  There's a new film called Dad's Army in a very Homage vein to the old 70s tv show "dad's army"...
Has a very good cast and was nicely done.
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Post by: mdauben on 21 December 2016, 17:02:43
Been trying to get caught up on all the movies I missed in the theaters so I just watched Interstellar the other night.  It was actually quite enjoyable, although I'm still not a fan of McConaughey.  It was interesting how much actually relatively accurate science they fit into the movie. 

Also finally got around to Jurassic World.  It was every bit as corny as I expected, but the special effects and action scenes were exciting and overall it was fun enough to watch.  I did think the actual finale was rather groan worthy.  A deus ex oceanus you might say.   ;D
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 21 December 2016, 17:41:55
It is fine JP tradition for the antagonistic predator to get eaten by a bigger predator.
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Post by: elf25s on 24 December 2016, 22:33:37
ok i finally watched legend of neil after it had been sitting on my to do list for about 8 years...
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Post by: elf25s on 25 December 2016, 10:33:51
for some weird reason i just felt like watching fatherland
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Post by: I am Belch II on 25 December 2016, 12:02:53
Just saw Suicide Squad....it was OK not great. About the same quality of Batman v Superman, just ok.
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Post by: garhkal on 25 December 2016, 13:55:27
IMO suicide squad was FAR better than BvsS..
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Post by: elf25s on 25 December 2016, 17:55:09
both ere meh who cares movies...
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Post by: garhkal on 26 December 2016, 00:52:31
Well, after doing my DVD collection type up i have 760 films on 657 disks..  I am getting rid of 25 disks/28 films (mostly B rate, and a few that Neither me nor my mother care to watch again), and will be getting around a dozen new ones (some were films i used to own but never updated to DVD)..  Some of those new ones are older films, like Sleepers with Slater and pitt, Kuffs with Slater, and a few others..
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Post by: Meow Liao on 27 December 2016, 21:32:38
After I heard the sad news earlier, I went to the next showing of Rogue One to watch it again.  Now I'm starting A New Hope.

Meow Liao
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Post by: Wrangler on 29 December 2016, 06:58:42
Same with me, Rogue One.  It was really well done!
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Post by: Euphonium on 29 December 2016, 18:35:21
Yesterday, Rogue One - loved it. For me it's the best Star Wars movie since the '80s

Today, Passengers - again, loved it. A much slower pace, but a very enjoyable story.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 29 December 2016, 20:07:13
Just watched Rogue One again.
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Post by: elf25s on 29 December 2016, 21:26:36
just finished watching ash vs eil dead season 2 ..took me 4 days! it was gross over the top funny...bit over the top and mindless ...still ok funny
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Post by: I am Belch II on 31 December 2016, 00:57:48
Rouge One again.

Watched Executive Decision that movie was very bad and it was more then just the cargo F117
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Post by: Jaim Magnus on 31 December 2016, 08:08:10
For the love of space! Rogue, people. Rouge is the french word for red. Pleeeeeeeaaaaaaase get it right. I see this all the time and it bugs the crap outta me.

Sorry, Belch, nothing personal. Had to vent that.

Last night I rewatched "Big Trouble in Little China" and "A Boy and His Dog."
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Post by: beachhead1985 on 31 December 2016, 09:34:05
Slightly off topic...anyone else have a DVD of "Raid on Entebbe"?

I have one and the quality is much worse than even the youtube rip (which isn't even the whole movie) and it doubles a scene on the DVD (scene plays twice). Does anyone else have a copy? Is it better? Who made yours? When was it released? If I know that, I will be able to source a better one.

This movie is a huge favourite of mine, but it feels a bit too much like an over-used reel-to-reel slaving through the afternoon movie.
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Post by: elf25s on 31 December 2016, 10:27:06
For the love of space! Rogue, people. Rouge is the french word for red. Pleeeeeeeaaaaaaase get it right. I see this all the time and it bugs the crap outta me.

Sorry, Belch, nothing personal. Had to vent that.

Last night I rewatched "Big Trouble in Little China" and "A Boy and His Dog." #P
both were fun too watch
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Post by: idea weenie on 01 January 2017, 12:18:04
"Dredd" and "Event Horizon"
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Post by: nerd on 01 January 2017, 13:52:08
Watched the Live Action/CGI "Jungle Book" last week. With the exception of Bill Murray as Baloo, the voices fit the characters very well.

Ben Kingley was perfect as Bagheera, and, while unexpected, Scarlett Johansson as Kaa was good.
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Post by: garhkal on 01 January 2017, 15:35:19
It wasn't bill murray as the Orangutang, but Chris Walken!
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 01 January 2017, 15:55:32
Bill Murray was Baloo the bear (supposedly a sloth bear but he actually looked like a Himalayan brown bear).

But who noticed that Chris Walken's character had more cowbell?
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Post by: elf25s on 01 January 2017, 19:52:57
probably only french germans and italians will remember this one...
fantomas
all 3 movies with louis de funes
sad that bloody americans never picked up on this guys genius
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Post by: Wrangler on 01 January 2017, 21:34:30
I wanted to try a find a copy of the old 1970s West German film, Superbug.  It was about a Volkwagon Beetle that was loaded with gadgets.  It was very silly and campy, but it was musing to watch.
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Post by: garhkal on 02 January 2017, 00:15:47
I wanted to try a find a copy of the old 1970s West German film, Superbug.  It was about a Volkwagon Beetle that was loaded with gadgets.  It was very silly and campy, but it was musing to watch.

The only VW beetle / bug films i watch are the Herbies!
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Post by: elf25s on 02 January 2017, 09:48:42
I wanted to try a find a copy of the old 1970s West German film, Superbug.  It was about a Volkwagon Beetle that was loaded with gadgets.  It was very silly and campy, but it was musing to watch.
as recall there were 2 movies with that bug and it and as an added bonus i seem to remember that there was a mini 6X6 in it
then again i had not seen it since 1984 when i was in germany
however there is an english dub i sawbits of  back in 86 when i got to NYC with my family
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Post by: I am Belch II on 02 January 2017, 10:02:47
Just watched Zero Dark Thirty. Boring until the raid on Bin Laden at the end.
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Post by: mdauben on 09 January 2017, 10:54:00
Just saw Suicide Squad....it was OK not great. About the same quality of Batman v Superman, just ok.
I just got around to watching SS myself, and I actually thought it was pretty good.  I did watch the "extended" version, though.  Is that version noticeably better than the theatrical one?   ???
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Post by: elf25s on 21 January 2017, 11:37:51
jusst watched death race 2050
for a remake it sure played respects to original quite abit it was meant to be campy and over the top and with bigger budget...some of the deaths are funny in dark sort of way almost to the point of over the top satire...
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Post by: garhkal on 22 January 2017, 02:01:16
Caught a psuchological like thriller, called I.T with Pierce Brosnen as the victim of a cyber-stalker who started out as an intern at his work place did Pierce a favor then started messing with his family..  Slow and rather strange in places but otherwise not bad..
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 22 January 2017, 02:06:18
I'm watching season two of Voltron: Legendary Defender.  Seems even better than season one was.
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Post by: elf25s on 29 January 2017, 18:19:14
massacre in aisle 12
someones first day on the job goes to hell and then worse...
cue in stupidity to the max
little funny
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Post by: beachhead1985 on 29 January 2017, 22:25:07
Trying to track down a film I haven't seen, but have read or heard described;

Some classical story, like something Shakespeare would write, but modernized and made in the 70s-80s, so instead of swords, the soldiers have guns and it's set in a modern-SF age. It's notable because it features so many tanks and the final or penultimate scene features a tank crashing through a wall.

I'd love it if anyone could point me to a title or possible titles for me to track this one down.
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Post by: elf25s on 29 January 2017, 23:00:07
for hell of it i looked up winnetou on youtube
guess who is binging in a day or so
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Post by: garhkal on 30 January 2017, 02:16:06
Just got done watching Afleck's the Accountant.  Interesting film and a decent look at people with Aspergers etc..  My only gripe was why did he seem to be enarmored by his father, when 'dad' was suck a dick to him and his brother??
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Post by: Kidd on 30 January 2017, 07:02:31
Just got done watching Afleck's the Accountant.  Interesting film and a decent look at people with Aspergers etc..  My only gripe was why did he seem to be enarmored by his father, when 'dad' was suck a dick to him and his brother??
Its certainly nowhere near a decent look at accountants ::) I liked it too but it misses fire somewhat for me. I think it would be more interesting to see the finance jobs he did for warlords etc rather than the aftermath, as it were.
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Post by: garhkal on 30 January 2017, 15:47:07
I agree.  It would have been nice to see him working more in that regard.  BUT i liked how he had everything scribbled all over the place, even on those windows..
AND it would have been great to see how he got involved with that british ladies voice on the phone and WHO she was...
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Post by: Kidd on 31 January 2017, 02:22:52
I agree.  It would have been nice to see him working more in that regard.  BUT i liked how he had everything scribbled all over the place, even on those windows..
AND it would have been great to see how he got involved with that british ladies voice on the phone and WHO she was...
That was explained at the end of the film, did you miss it?

Scribbling on windows ::) we have software these days that can pick out anomalous info like he did in the movie, admittedly unable to work with paper documents though.
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Post by: garhkal on 31 January 2017, 14:54:51
The woman??  No, unless you are on about the lass he helped out at that firm.  I was on about the other one, the one helping him move/get his IDs and such done etc.. UNLESS you are saying that she was the 'mental' patient who can't speak other than through typing...
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Post by: Kidd on 01 February 2017, 00:20:52
The woman??  No, unless you are on about the lass he helped out at that firm.  I was on about the other one, the one helping him move/get his IDs and such done etc.. UNLESS you are saying that she was the 'mental' patient who can't speak other than through typing...
Yeah that was her. The reveals/clues in the last scene:
- a picture of her and him as kids on her desk
- the Muhammad Ali jigsaw puzzle on the wall
- he funds the Institute with his proceeds
- her PC rig provided by him is capable of "hacking the Pentagon"
- she communicates via the speech program with the same voice as on the phone
- she uses the word "dreamboat"
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Post by: garhkal on 01 February 2017, 16:08:50
Ahh..  Never put that together..

Well saw the 2nd reacher film last night.  LOVED it, though i actually was hoping that teen WAS reacher's kid..
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Post by: Nav_Alpha on 01 February 2017, 17:29:19
I'm watching the Hateful Eight on Netflix. Saw it at the movies when it first came out but thought I'd give it a re-watch.
Still a good one
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Post by: beachhead1985 on 12 February 2017, 18:29:46
Trying to track down a film I haven't seen, but have read or heard described;

Some classical story, like something Shakespeare would write, but modernized and made in the 70s-80s, so instead of swords, the soldiers have guns and it's set in a modern-SF age. It's notable because it features so many tanks and the final or penultimate scene features a tank crashing through a wall.

I'd love it if anyone could point me to a title or possible titles for me to track this one down.

Got it! Richard III
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Post by: PsihoKekec on 13 February 2017, 01:28:33
Watched Zulu again, great movie, but it's funny to watch Micheal Caine acting super posh, didn't catch it before.
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Post by: Kidd on 13 February 2017, 05:12:37
Watched Zulu again, great movie, but it's funny to watch Micheal Caine acting super posh, didn't catch it before.
Super lah di dah I'd say ::)
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Post by: garhkal on 13 February 2017, 15:51:35
Saw 'life on the line' with Travolta, looking at the lives and deaths of 'power grid linemen'.  Decent film, and had a decent plotline, but the acting was subpar to me..
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Post by: garhkal on 16 February 2017, 01:08:34
Finally caught the flick Arrival, and man was it a mind twisting piece of existential blah...  Felt like a slower and more philosophical version of interstellar..
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Post by: Brother Jim on 17 February 2017, 12:26:34
I actually liked Arrival and Keeping Up With the Joneses.

I did not enjoy Under the Skin, even if it had naked Scarlett Johansson scenes in it.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 17 February 2017, 14:01:52
Just saw Lego Batman movie.
Funny, and had some good throw backs to the 60s Batman, maybe for the 50th Anniversary.
It was good, not as cute as the Lego Movie, but still fun.
Might be the best Batman version in Movies IMO.
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Post by: garhkal on 17 February 2017, 16:58:48
I actually liked Arrival and Keeping Up With the Joneses.


Currently waiting on KuwtJ at the library..
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Post by: Brother Jim on 18 February 2017, 13:31:21
Rewatched Dredd and still enjoyed it.
Watched Maggie and The Last Stand and enjoyed both of them.

Even though The Last Stand had some ridiculous action scenes involving a Corvette being super hard to damage.
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Post by: elf25s on 19 February 2017, 01:03:54
had my oldest youngling watch highlander directors(1986) cut for her first time
now she wants to take up fencing....
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Post by: marauder648 on 19 February 2017, 07:53:48
Saw the Lego Batman movie last night.  What a WONDERFUL movie, funny, touching, clever and with a lot of humour for adults in there too.  Its a parody of the whole batman thing, yet this parody of batman did a better job of showing Bats than suicide squad or BvsS.

Go and see this film.
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Post by: Jaim Magnus on 19 February 2017, 07:55:04
Saw the Lego Batman movie last night.  What a WONDERFUL movie, funny, touching, clever and with a lot of humour for adults in there too.  Its a parody of the whole batman thing, yet this parody of batman did a better job of showing Bats than suicide squad or BvsS.

Go and see this film.

I really want to see this, but the local theatre only shows it in 3D, and that does terrible, terrible things to my eyes.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 19 February 2017, 13:29:26
I thought it was a good Batman portrayal, and was a great parody of Batman.

Love the part when he put his dinner in the microwave and struggled with the microwave trying to  cook his own food!

Would of even been better if Ralph Fiennes could of double spoke and did Voldmort as the same time he was playing Alfred.
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Post by: Stormlion1 on 19 February 2017, 14:02:10
I just found Heavy Metal 2000 in my collection so I'm watching that now.
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Post by: PsihoKekec on 20 February 2017, 01:13:54
Behind the Mask: Rise of Leslie Vernon, a fun take on slasher genre.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire 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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Post by: garhkal 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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Post by: elf25s on 08 March 2017, 13:54:23
just finished watching nerve
took me 5 days to finish it...love my kids
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Post by: beachhead1985 on 08 March 2017, 16:37:49
Once again I have found myself in the mood to rewatch Ken Burns' The Civil War

An excellent series.
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Post by: garhkal 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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Post by: Banzai 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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Post by: I am Belch II 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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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 13 March 2017, 20:59:41
Just saw Kong.  Good movie.  Excellent pacing, good story, decent acting.

Be sure to stay for the stinger.
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Post by: Triptych 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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Post by: Tymers Realm 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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Post by: garhkal 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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Post by: Wrangler 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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Post by: Meow Liao 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."

Meow Liao
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Post by: mdauben 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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Post by: mdauben 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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Post by: I am Belch II 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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Post by: Jaim Magnus 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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Post by: garhkal 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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Post by: Meow Liao 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. 

Meow Liao
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Post by: ANS Kamas P81 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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Post by: I am Belch II on 22 April 2017, 06:14:28
Rewatched Rogue One a couple of times, loved the fighter battles.
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Post by: Meow Liao 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.

Meow Liao
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Post by: garhkal 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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Post by: elf25s 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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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire 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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Post by: IAMCLANWOLF 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.
Denial - Great stuff. An easy recommendation. Thumbs up.
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Post by: Luciora 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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Post by: garhkal 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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Post by: Meow Liao on 05 May 2017, 21:02:15
Just watched Warcraft.  That movie basically made me glad I never played WoW.

Meow Liao
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Post by: I am Belch II on 12 May 2017, 06:13:33
Just watched Passengers. great special effects for a creepy movie.
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Post by: Wrangler on 04 June 2017, 08:14:04
Just watched Pirates of the Caribbean : Dead Man Tell No Tales.
Good movie, fun and entertaining.  I have say i was bad and didn't see the fourth movie, so i wasn't sure what had happen that effected things.

It was worth entry, it may not have been fresh and new concept as the original, but was wasn't too bad to be able to follow the story.

CGI certainly improved, with flashback to Johnny Depp being amazingly realistic teenager only ruined with his adult voice jabbering instead of maybe clips of his younger voice.

There word of another one, but this movie had good enough stop point that won't be missed.
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Post by: elf25s on 04 June 2017, 16:52:02
whoops apocalypse both tv series and american movie...
its scary how the tv series mirrors todays events
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Post by: Meow Liao on 05 June 2017, 02:50:53
Old Batman.  Yvonne Craig and Eartha Kitt in the same episode.  This is one of those things we can thank NASA for.  The technology to cram that much beautiful into 30 minutes and still have room for ham.

Meow Liao

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Post by: MoparMessiah on 05 June 2017, 09:50:55
I travel a lot back and forth to China so what I get to see is what they have available on the plane which is a lot. 

Recently I've seen:

Rogue One
Doctor Strange
Sing
No Country For Old Men
Jack Reacher
Jack Reacher 2
Trolls

...  just to name a few
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Post by: garhkal on 05 June 2017, 12:28:51
whoops apocalypse both tv series and american movie...
its scary how the tv series mirrors todays events

That cbs new series about a meteor coming in..  i am actually looking forward to.
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Post by: garhkal on 08 June 2017, 22:58:34
Just finished watching Matt Dameon in The Wall.  A well done movie..  And i loved the coloring of the armors!
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 11 June 2017, 18:59:00
John Wick
John Wick 2

Damn that was a lot of head capping  O0
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Post by: garhkal on 12 June 2017, 01:22:53
I am waiting on the local library getting Wick 2 in..  I was actually surprised at how well i liked #1.
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Post by: Kidd on 12 June 2017, 20:45:45
Of all things, the Lego Batman Movie... and DAMN if I din't enjoy it from start to finish!  :D

the opening monologue is the most awesome ever in the history of opening monologues: "...black. All good movies start with black. And music... edgy, tense music, the kind that would make parents and studio executives nervous. And logos, really long, dramatic logos. Warner Bros? Why not Warner Bro-thers?! DC... the house that BATMAN built. Yeah what Superman? Come at me bro. I'M YOUR KRYPTONITE!"
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Post by: Jaim Magnus on 12 June 2017, 21:19:26
Of all things, the Lego Batman Movie... and DAMN if I din't enjoy it from start to finish!  :D

the opening monologue is the most awesome ever in the history of opening monologues: "...black. All good movies start with black. And music... edgy, tense music, the kind that would make parents and studio executives nervous. And logos, really long, dramatic logos. Warner Bros? Why not Warner Bro-thers?! DC... the house that BATMAN built. Yeah what Superman? Come at me bro. I'M YOUR KRYPTONITE!"

My SO and I went to see this in the theatre. She LOVED it, which was a rare and happy circumstance for me, she generally doesn't have the attention span for movies.
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 12 June 2017, 21:24:14
I am waiting on the local library getting Wick 2 in..  I was actually surprised at how well i liked #1.

It's a continuation and 2 is set up for some kick *** 3
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 12 June 2017, 21:25:30
My SO and I went to see this in the theatre. She LOVED it, which was a rare and happy circumstance for me, she generally doesn't have the attention span for movies.

That's the next movie I watched.  It's cute.

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Post by: I am Belch II on 13 June 2017, 06:07:42
The Lego Batman movie was great. Very funny with a bunch of scartastic jokes in there. I loved the 60s throwback in the movie also. I almost want to say that the Lego Batman was one of the better versions of Batman.
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Post by: Banzai on 13 June 2017, 12:21:54
Logan Noir.  Came with the Logan Blu-ray.  It isn't noir by any definition (the film is screamingly Romantic in all the best ways,) but it works well, connecting more to the old western feel.  I enjoyed it a lot.
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Post by: Kidd on 18 June 2017, 14:26:26
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation.

Highly entertaining as always, but Ghost Protocol edges it out just a tad as my favourite. Rogue Nation would have done well as a Bond. I hope they keep Rebecca Ferguson for the next movie, I'm a sucker for pale brunettes with a cut-glass English accent... I blame Beckinsale  :D
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Post by: I am Belch II on 18 June 2017, 14:47:23
Just saw The Magnificent Seven. Pretty good shoot'em up western. Didnt see the original. So cant say if that was better then the original.
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Post by: Meow Liao on 18 June 2017, 16:28:44
I just watched that one late last night.  It was an enjoyable movie, but I liked the samurai better.  The action nature of this one just didn't allow the same level of attachment to the samurai characters. 

Meow Liao
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Post by: garhkal on 18 June 2017, 23:03:34
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation.

Highly entertaining as always, but Ghost Protocol edges it out just a tad as my favourite. Rogue Nation would have done well as a Bond. I hope they keep Rebecca Ferguson for the next movie, I'm a sucker for pale brunettes with a cut-glass English accent... I blame Beckinsale  :D


I agree.  The acting in GP was also better IMO for all involved.
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Post by: Sharpnel on 22 June 2017, 03:40:10
Just saw The Magnificent Seven. Pretty good shoot'em up western. Didnt see the original. So cant say if that was better then the original.
Don't worry it wasn't. The original, based on 'The Seven samurai', was much better and closer to the film it was based on.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 22 June 2017, 10:53:17
The Seven Samurai was a good film.
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Post by: Kidd on 22 June 2017, 11:19:27
Kurosawa's Samurai, lets face it, is dated, and 1960 Seven as well. So while I ain't saying its a perfect Western*, the new Seven is a sufficiently entertaining modernised take on the 1960 Seven.

*That would be True Grit, why of course O0
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 22 June 2017, 17:59:55
Logan
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Post by: I am Belch II on 22 June 2017, 18:03:04
Sully.
Not that bad of a movie.
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Post by: elf25s on 14 July 2017, 19:31:36
madhouse with kirsty ally

love the line
ladies and gentelmen the only things that will survive the nuclear war would be cocroaches and house guests!
whatever you do not let them in they could be your friend your brother or sister just dont let them in!

i should had listen myself to that line...still fine little comedy
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Post by: elf25s on 15 July 2017, 11:10:21
old british series spaced...rewatching it since i had not seen it in about 10 years

still 3rd episode art is my fave
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Post by: THUD on 15 July 2017, 15:25:27
old british series spaced...rewatching it since i had not seen it in about 10 years

still 3rd episode art is my fave

Fantastic choice.  Episode 3 is hilarious, and a bit disturbed.  My favorite is episode 6. 

I watch Spaced every few years, it's a great time capsule from the late 90s.  It never fails to entertain.

Speaking of Wright,  I saw Baby Driver. It's pretty good,  but not his best work.
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Post by: elf25s on 20 July 2017, 19:37:31
just watched the saint (2017)
bit campy but had a little surprise in it...however small
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Post by: garhkal on 21 July 2017, 01:11:54
Never knew they had a new version of the saint.  I still love the Val Kilmer one.
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Post by: elf25s on 21 July 2017, 10:45:48
i enjoyed kilmers more...at least they tried make it less campy and had a story to it this new one felt rushed too many action scenes where they were not even needed to progress the story...think of bey with very cheap budget and slice that budget by 3/4
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Post by: Aokarasu on 23 July 2017, 15:15:03
"War Machine." Definitely not what I expected based on the trailer - not necessarily a bad thing, but not what I had prepped myself mentally to watch. It was a bit of a tough slog, since I'd gotten off on the wrong foot with it, and it wasn't until the end that what the movie's message/purpose was really about. That's all I will say, lest it swerve into Rule 4 territory.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 24 July 2017, 00:10:32
Ken Burns' The West
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Post by: Luciora on 24 July 2017, 02:14:39
Valerian and the City of a thousand planets.  Very pretty, but...kind of a disappointment in how the main characters interact with each other in a very hamfisted attempt at romance.  It didn't feel natural or wanted and very very awkward.  The actual story was decent though and I did empathize with many of the supporting cast.  The young adult aspect was a bit hard to accept for me.
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 27 July 2017, 01:42:24
Dunkirk - very disappointed
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Post by: I am Belch II on 27 July 2017, 06:34:49
Dunkirk. Liked the movie a lot but the music could of much better.
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Post by: IAMCLANWOLF on 28 July 2017, 12:13:04
Lots of disappointment at the theatre this summer. #P
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Post by: Kidd on 28 July 2017, 15:24:00
in a fit of nostalgia, The Last Starfighter

finished in 20 minutes of "oh gawd the crappy CGI", spent more time admiring Catherine Mary Stewart than anything else... anyone else miss the big feathered hair look of the 80s?
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 28 July 2017, 17:20:53
No!
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Post by: Sharpnel on 28 July 2017, 18:20:44
No!
Yes!
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 28 July 2017, 19:38:29
Yes!

yes  [drool]
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Post by: I am Belch II on 28 July 2017, 19:52:53
The hair spray companies would love it if the big hair of the 80s came back.
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Post by: garhkal on 28 July 2017, 23:17:16
in a fit of nostalgia, The Last Starfighter

finished in 20 minutes of "oh gawd the crappy CGI", spent more time admiring Catherine Mary Stewart than anything else... anyone else miss the big feathered hair look of the 80s?

In today's fit of rebooting /remaking older films, i would LOVE to see them remake the last starfighter with MODERN CGI..


For me, i finally saw Rounders with Damon and Norton..  MAN was Norton's character a total douche...  And i was shocked Damon's character put up with his antics for so long...
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 29 July 2017, 01:36:43
Just watched Spectre.

It was okay, but I don't know how much longer they can keep making Bond movies.
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Post by: garhkal on 29 July 2017, 10:14:48
Yea..  If anything they might be better off, switching from Bond to Bondette..
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Post by: elf25s on 29 July 2017, 11:00:29
on the binge this weekend
primeval
 the british tv series all 5 seasons
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 29 July 2017, 11:02:32
Yea..  If anything they might be better off, switching from Bond to Bondette..

That might work for a movie or two, but Bond movies have been following the same formula since the 60s and just gender-flipping the agent doesn't seem like it'd be sufficient to take out the staleness that's set in.
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Post by: Cache on 29 July 2017, 15:41:14
Just saw Valerian with the family. Good but not great. I'll see it again, but when it's on Netflix. Bonus points for the Jessica Rabbit nod.
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 30 July 2017, 03:44:58
Iron Man 2 and 3
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Post by: garhkal on 30 July 2017, 17:18:41
That might work for a movie or two, but Bond movies have been following the same formula since the 60s and just gender-flipping the agent doesn't seem like it'd be sufficient to take out the staleness that's set in.

So what sort of changes do you think bond would need to stay fresh?
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Post by: Kidd on 31 July 2017, 07:49:00
So what sort of changes do you think bond would need to stay fresh?
go back to gadgets, retake the gentleman spy niche. see Kingsman's popularity? that's where Bond should be, except they somehow dropped the ball with the whole unnecessary "let's find out more about Daniel Craig's roots" bit.
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Post by: Cache on 31 July 2017, 09:06:07
except they somehow dropped the ball with the whole unnecessary "let's find out more about Daniel Craig's roots" bit.
You mean they decided he should be more like Jason Bourne? ;)
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 31 July 2017, 09:55:27
So what sort of changes do you think bond would need to stay fresh?

Dropping the way the Bond Girl is always done would be a good one.  How about a movie where the villain doesn't kidnap the girl for once.  And have her be a bit closer to his skill level: even in the movies where the Bond Girl is another agent she's still entirely too reliant on Bond for survival.  Take out the silly antagonism between Bond and M, it doesn't even make sense.  Have some more team-oriented action that establishes that yes, there are other agents and they're more than just cannon fodder.
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Post by: elf25s on 04 August 2017, 12:53:25
ok death wish remake is in the works...with bruce willis
so ask me again why i so very rarely even bother going to the movies? other than annoyance of others ruining the movies for me....
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Post by: Sharpnel on 04 August 2017, 18:49:40
I swear that there are no new ideas in Hollyweird. The can't well enough alone as they constantly re-make movies that do net need to be re-made or that were so bad that they shouldn't be remade.
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Post by: garhkal on 05 August 2017, 02:11:07
While i agree, the glut of remakes is getting old, there are actually some great 70s and 80s movies i actually would LIKE to get redone, even if just to see how it would look with modern CGI replacing some of the crappy old SFX they had.
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Post by: elf25s on 05 August 2017, 14:37:54
ok speaking of old and not remade yet...
porkys trilogy
and eddie and the cruisers 1 and 2... thats for this weekend
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Post by: Cache on 05 August 2017, 17:06:59
ok death wish remake is in the works...with bruce willis
I saw them credit the original in the credits. That's a new one. Point in their favor in my book.
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Post by: garhkal on 05 August 2017, 17:41:54
ok speaking of old and not remade yet...
porkys trilogy

Wouldn't the Van wilder's or the like come close to the porkies??

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Post by: IAMCLANWOLF on 08 August 2017, 11:30:34
I let my wife pick our last rental. We ended up with The Promise starting Bruce Wayne and Poe Dameron...
I actually ended up really enjoying it. Great period piece. Solid film!
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Post by: elf25s on 08 August 2017, 19:23:52
ok bit of the beaten path...
popetown...

a bit of british animated humor
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Post by: Wrangler on 12 August 2017, 22:09:56
Just watched Nacho Vigalondo's 2016 Colossal movie.  This was a scif-drama black comedy, where Anna Hathway's character returns home from NYC where she faces ghosts from her past while dealing with her alcoholism.  She meets up with her childhood friend, Oscar.  On the other side of the world, the city of Seoul in South Korea is attacked by a Kaiju like giant lizard monster. 

I won't go into more details but it's giant monsters and personal drama. Which very well balanced and well written.  I was surprised the turns the story took linking these two main subjects to the movie.

Very well worth watching.  I regret not having seen in the cinema when it came out in limited release.  I found out about it while watching Jimmy Fallon's Tonight show.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 13 August 2017, 01:03:37
Just rewatched RED.

Love that movie.
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Post by: garhkal on 13 August 2017, 02:14:06
Caught three movies.  First up was Gifted, the somewhat decent story of a single man raising his gifted 7 yr old niece..  Started out hating the grandmother, but felt sorry for her in the end..  Very well acted, but the plot needed work.

Then game, Going out in style with Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine and Allen Arkin..  Very nicely done..

Last was Fate of the Furious..  MAN was i itching to see Statham and the rock go at it again..  BUT i like how it ended..  Also i would have LOVED to know, had that hacking been real, and all those cars were sent to crash like crazy, how LONG it would have taken to clean up the streets of Manhattan?!?!
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Post by: elf25s on 13 August 2017, 14:05:20
dirty rotten scoudrels

i seem to enjoyed that one even when i had not seen it in about 10 years or so...
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 15 August 2017, 22:51:45
Free Fire - surprisingly good
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Post by: Sharpnel on 16 August 2017, 00:08:41
Finally watched John Wick. I saw the cut puppy at the beginning and hoped they wouldn't hurt the dog. They hurt the dog and John Wick did what I would have done, Killed Them All
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 16 August 2017, 00:16:57
Finally watched John Wick. I saw the cut puppy at the beginning and hoped they wouldn't hurt the dog. They hurt the dog and John Wick did what I would have done, Killed Them All

Ended up buying it off Amazon. 

Wife is now a fan but had to fast forward through the dog scene
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Post by: Sharpnel on 16 August 2017, 00:42:40
At least he got another dog at the end, just not as cute as the Beagle
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 16 August 2017, 04:07:49
At least he got another dog at the end, just not as cute as the Beagle

True and he's in the second movie
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Post by: Sharpnel on 16 August 2017, 04:54:47
Finished that earlier, I binged Redbox movies. Those were two of them. Fist Fight and Fate of the Furious were the other two.
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Post by: garhkal on 16 August 2017, 09:24:30
Saw a campy fun sci-fi comedy, Colossal with Zudkis and Anne hathaway..  rather funny..
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Post by: elf25s on 16 August 2017, 17:41:47
ok old but still bit of fun in historical way
my buddy just dropped this in my lap all of captain power and soldiers of the future
still fun to watch...too bad it got axed in mid season
oth rumors of new remake are floating about..maybe it will happen but my guess is nope!
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Post by: RunandFindOut on 16 August 2017, 23:10:34
Picked up Shin Godzilla over the weekend and finally got a chance to watch it after work today.  Even knowing the plot ahead of time, even having watched a blogger who spoilered everything and talked about the symbology and political/cultural commentary of the movie in a Japanese context.  It was still so engrossing you could not look away from it for the entire 1 hour 59 minute stretch.  Finally a true successor to the original 1954 version.
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Post by: elf25s on 18 August 2017, 22:18:40
ok just finished watching shin godzilla with my friends(urgh 4 time watching it and there is so many times one can watch a monster movie)

at the very end when body of our fave monster falls apart are there human skeletons in it?
being it same director as the one who done evangelion does that remind you of something?
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Post by: Aokarasu on 19 August 2017, 04:42:06
Watched "Hidden Figures" with the wife last Saturday. Definitely worth the watch; presuming nothing was overly embellished, I now have even more respect for John Glenn.
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Post by: RunandFindOut on 19 August 2017, 16:04:19
ok just finished watching shin godzilla with my friends(urgh 4 time watching it and there is so many times one can watch a monster movie)

at the very end when body of our fave monster falls apart are there human skeletons in it?
being it same director as the one who done evangelion does that remind you of something?
Not human, but human-like.  If you look closely you can see that they have spikey ridges down their spines and huge fangs.  Most likely conjecture is that it was godzilla evolving again and attempting to turn into something smaller and more numerous and agile.  Though it could also have been a reference to godzilla being the vengeful spirit of those killed by nuclear weapons.  Just as Godzilla was actually a stand in for the Fukushima meltdown.
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Post by: Wrangler on 19 August 2017, 20:58:47
Speaking of Monster movies,  I just watched Kong Skull Island.
It was pretty good adventure movie.  It was very well structured story with heroes and frankly survivors.

Allegedly there going to be King Kong vs Godzilla in 2020.  I don't know how good that would be, but we'll have to wait and see.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 20 August 2017, 01:07:37
I liked the fact that Kong showed up 2 minutes into the film and had numerous scenes, unlike Legendary's Godzilla, which didn't appear until halfway through and had 5 minutes of screen time.
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Post by: THUD on 20 August 2017, 09:35:28
What I loved most about Kong was that it seemed like an updated version of Son of Godzilla.  Or maybe even Kong  Escapes. It had a lot of old monster movie DNA in it.
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Post by: garhkal on 21 August 2017, 18:12:29
Though if it was the same island the king kong from several years back was taken from, was HE one of them?  OR is this just a retcon??
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 21 August 2017, 18:28:47
Though if it was the same island the king kong from several years back was taken from, was HE one of them?  OR is this just a retcon??

It's a new setting.  Everything is new, none of the old movies exist in the same canon.
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Post by: elf25s on 21 August 2017, 21:54:05
death note light up the new world

not as much tension as in first 3 movies...at least majority of the cast came back...some of the new reapers that show up are interesting.
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Post by: THUD on 21 August 2017, 22:22:28
According to the writers and the director of Kong vs Zilla there will be a clear winner.  None of this everybody has to decide who won crap. Everbody place your bets....
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Post by: mdauben on 22 August 2017, 16:28:44
Dunkirk - very disappointed
Huh.  I saw it the night it premiered and I though it was well worth the cost of admission.   :o
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 22 August 2017, 22:14:52
Huh.  I saw it the night it premiered and I though it was well worth the cost of admission.   :o

Really?  Sorry but:

Six guys show up in Dunkirk and they are perfectly dressed neat and proper?
Looked like a couple dudes at a beach party.  There were 400k dudes there.  Where the hell were they?
Boats!  Where the hell are the boats?  Looked like a Regatta. 
Amazing floating Spitfires?  Really?
CGI of the BF109 - why can't they do it right?  The exhaust manifolds go on the bottom.  Plus no yellow nose until later. 

If you wanted entertainment - it was fine.
Historical accuracy - no so much
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Euphonium on 26 August 2017, 16:33:47
The 109 wasn't CGI, it was a Hispano Buchon painted to resemble a Messerschmitt Bf 109E.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: MoparMessiah on 26 August 2017, 17:04:21
The 109 wasn't CGI, it was a Hispano Buchon painted to resemble a Messerschmitt Bf 109E.

Yes in some scenes it was a Hispano in others it's CGI like the Stuka and the bomber - either way it irked me

Oh and I forgot the modern shipping cranes in the background
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: garhkal on 27 August 2017, 01:33:14
Saw Alien covenant this evening.  MAN is it me, or are the crews of these ships just getting dumber and dumber??
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: THUD on 27 August 2017, 08:53:31
Saw Alien covenant this evening.  MAN is it me, or are the crews of these ships just getting dumber and dumber??

I never do this, but I couldn't finish it. There was just a constant cascade of stupid in that film.

Not a movie but I just finished The Tick. It starts out very weird,  but settles in to the classic Tick about half way through. 
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 27 August 2017, 09:22:43
Saw Alien covenant this evening.  MAN is it me, or are the crews of these ships just getting dumber and dumber??

It ain't you.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Aokarasu on 28 August 2017, 04:43:52
Wife and I finally are caught up on "Grace and Frankie." It's a fun series - Lily Tomlin is a particular delight, and the rest of the cast doesn't disappoint, either.
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Post by: garhkal on 28 August 2017, 14:31:22
It ain't you.

Lets count the duncery.
1) A doctor supposedly having THAT BAD Of a panic attack.
2) going off onto a strange planet, and NOT ALREADY watching containment protocols. 
3) NOT watching the two droid guys more closely since they were the same model, but one was psychotic.
4) Not using more heavy firepower on those 2 aliens that burst out of people..  HELL as soon as they started coming out, everyone should have been SHOOTING LIKE CRAZY..
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 28 August 2017, 17:20:35
It made sense in the first Alien movie because the crew weren't scientists or military and therefore probably hadn't been given too much training on containment protocols, plus they had an android that was secretly under orders to bring the creature back to Earth for study.  Neither Prometheus nor Aliens: Covenant have those excuses.  The script requires that the people be jaw-droppingly stupid so that it lasts longer than 20 minutes.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: elf25s on 05 September 2017, 12:21:43
ok i do not think a lot o folks even heard or remember this one by mel brooks
the twelve chairs
love the song hope for the best expect the worst...
i had seen at least 3 versions of that one russian , czek and american(mel brooks)
and all 3 were amusing
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: IAMCLANWOLF on 11 September 2017, 10:53:56
Introduced my kids to Master and Commander over the weekend. Still think it one of the best films ever made.
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Post by: garhkal on 11 September 2017, 15:32:20
Rewatched 2 old but great action films..  Westley snipe's Passenger 57, and Bruce in The Last Boyscout... 
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Post by: Simon Landmine on 11 September 2017, 18:46:55
Had a bit of a Besson double-bill today ...

'From Paris With Love'
'Taxi 2'
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Kidd on 11 September 2017, 22:13:14
I don't know what's wrong with me, but a lot of recent movies just don't grab me. Either I'm finally turning into an old fogey longing for the nostalgia-tinted classics of my youth, or there's something wrong with the art of storytelling these days.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 11 September 2017, 23:27:43
I'm watching the remake of The Magnificent Seven.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: MoparMessiah on 12 September 2017, 01:18:03
Baywatch - just plain cheesy
King Arthur - not too bad
Prometheus - this movie just doesn't make much sense
Pirates of the Caribbean 5 - semi entertaining

14 hour flights to Hong Kong suck   
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Wrangler on 12 September 2017, 06:52:32
Baywatch - just plain cheesy
King Arthur - not too bad
Prometheus - this movie just doesn't make much sense
Pirates of the Caribbean 5 - semi entertaining

14 hour flights to Hong Kong suck
At least they didn't play disaster movies of airplanes like Snakes on a Plane and Airplane II! (I know the later bit more entertaining...but still)
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: elf25s on 12 September 2017, 09:26:23
I don't know what's wrong with me, but a lot of recent movies just don't grab me. Either I'm finally turning into an old fogey longing for the nostalgia-tinted classics of my youth, or there's something wrong with the art of storytelling these days.
nothing is wrong with you...its the sewage and recycled junk that had been made for several years that made you sick and meh every time...
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 12 September 2017, 11:19:46
I don't know what's wrong with me, but a lot of recent movies just don't grab me. Either I'm finally turning into an old fogey longing for the nostalgia-tinted classics of my youth, or there's something wrong with the art of storytelling these days.

It's because most of what's produced has always been "meh" at best.  When we think about the stuff from a few decades ago, we remember mostly only the good stuff that has endured.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: IAMCLANWOLF on 12 September 2017, 15:57:18
Prometheus - this movie just doesn't make much sense

Pretty much same-same with ALIEN | Covenant.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: MoparMessiah on 12 September 2017, 20:02:50
Pretty much same-same with ALIEN | Covenant.

There is an Alien movie on the plane that I might watch tomorrow
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Cache on 13 September 2017, 12:38:07
Prometheus - this movie just doesn't make much sense
Pretty much same-same with ALIEN | Covenant.
So, average B horror movies?  (My wife binges on that garbage now and again.)
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Kidd on 13 September 2017, 13:09:40
I finally watched Inception.

It was good, straightforwardly explained, hardly the mind-screw it's made out to be. (Matrix was much worse.) A philosophical heist movie that was action-packed and yet left me thinking about life, liberty, pursuit of happiness, movies, yadda yadda etc. Marion Cotillard is so hot, she almost dethroned Lea Seydoux as my personal pick for Hottest French Actress Ever... almost...
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: IAMCLANWOLF on 13 September 2017, 14:39:14
So, average B horror movies?

As someone who's a fan of the original ALIEN, and a huge fan of ALIENS. It's as if all the older generation of directors have semi-lost-touch with what it takes to make a great Sci-Fi film anymore. We've seen it with Lucas and Star Wars. James Cameron and Fern Gully. Now with Ridley Scott and the ALIEN franchise. This is especially true [for me] when any of them attempts to "go back" and fill-in any gaps in the mythos. Segments that we've already worked-out in our own minds in one-- or several potentially satisfying ways.

The human characters in Covenant are all phoned-in. You literally care about no one. I'm not talking from an acting perspective either. I'm talking about poor script/dialog/history/telling/revealing. There's absolutely zero to care about. And the worst part; the human characters all act and behave in ways that make you feel as if the screen-play was written in such a way as to purposefully assault/insult to your intelligence. More than one true face-palm inducing moment. There are also lots of horror tropes sprinkled throughout. But, are especially heavy-handed toward the end of the film. Which, makes the tone feel cheap, and very disjointed from other segments where Covenant "feels" like a true Prometheus sequel. There's more here, but to remain spoiler-free, I'll stop.   

It's not all horrible, though. If you can ignore the human characters/actions/dialog, Michael Fassbender does some great things. I mean, really pretty great. Which, isn't hard to imagine given that he made Assassin's Creed worth a view. All of the set pieces and special effects are absolutely gorgeous. And, like Prometheus-- there are some thought-provoking sequences. Obviously, some scenes are just magnificent. Deep space. Ships in action. And, looking down on a planet while in orbit-- viewing storms across the horizon never fails to impress. Lastly, unlike many-- I didn't have a problem with the ending. Actually, I thought it a pretty clever curtain closing. But, I can certainly see why others feel the way they do. Anyway, just my take.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Aokarasu on 14 September 2017, 02:15:59
Introduced my kids to Master and Commander over the weekend. Still think it one of the best films ever made.

Definitely one of my favorites.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: garhkal on 14 September 2017, 14:15:08
It did have some of the better ship to ship combat scenes, and a good amount of 'comedy'.. 
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Post by: Nav_Alpha on 15 September 2017, 01:51:05
Just rewatched Children of Men on Netflix - random mid week day off work, wife at work, couple of beer and I'm still a little bit fluey... so why not movie and lounge time?

I saw this originally at the movies 10 odd years ago and though "well, that was a damn fine sci-fi/future history movie".
Watched it today and it's... well, terrifyingly real. The violent, horrid push against refugees and minorities, governments that seem pretty intent on war and a real "us and them" take on policing. Yeah, this was a little to close to home. Scary
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Post by: mdauben on 15 September 2017, 11:47:22
I just watched Soldier, Sailor, Tinker, Spy (2011) on Netflix.  I'm a big fan of Gary Oldman but for some reason I never saw this one before.  Very good, low key spy thriller.  No big gun fights or car chases, just a mystery where Smiley (Oldman) has to find out who the mole is in British intelligence.  The film reminded me a bit of The Godfather in style.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: elf25s on 16 September 2017, 10:06:37
just finished watching kingsman...
fun little romp in james bond style with a lot more fun tossed in
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Aokarasu on 16 September 2017, 14:10:07
Tim Burton's "Sleepy Hollow." I give it a solid "meh." Something about it seemed off.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Cache on 16 September 2017, 15:17:33
Jason Bourne. Disappointing movie, especially compared to the previous offerings in the series. Rookie mistake plugging a thumb drive containing stolen CIA files into a laptop connected to the internet leads to hijinks. Unstoppable Swat truck fitted with plow drives through traffic, flipping cars in it's way... except it wasn't fitted with a plow in the film. I don't know, I thought the previous movies were smart and the action was at least plausible, if not realistic. Some of this stuff was just plain stupid.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: garhkal on 16 September 2017, 16:13:14
Yea, the recent bourne was a little lackluster compared to the rest.  BUT it was good seeing Tommy lee Jones..
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: MoparMessiah on 16 September 2017, 23:53:01
As someone who's a fan of the original ALIEN, and a huge fan of ALIENS. It's as if all the older generation of directors have semi-lost-touch with what it takes to make a great Sci-Fi film anymore. We've seen it with Lucas and Star Wars. James Cameron and Fern Gully. Now with Ridley Scott and the ALIEN franchise. This is especially true [for me] when any of them attempts to "go back" and fill-in any gaps in the mythos. Segments that we've already worked-out in our own minds in one-- or several potentially satisfying ways.

The human characters in Covenant are all phoned-in. You literally care about no one. I'm not talking from an acting perspective either. I'm talking about poor script/dialog/history/telling/revealing. There's absolutely zero to care about. And the worst part; the human characters all act and behave in ways that make you feel as if the screen-play was written in such a way as to purposefully assault/insult to your intelligence. More than one true face-palm inducing moment. There are also lots of horror tropes sprinkled throughout. But, are especially heavy-handed toward the end of the film. Which, makes the tone feel cheap, and very disjointed from other segments where Covenant "feels" like a true Prometheus sequel. There's more here, but to remain spoiler-free, I'll stop.   

It's not all horrible, though. If you can ignore the human characters/actions/dialog, Michael Fassbender does some great things. I mean, really pretty great. Which, isn't hard to imagine given that he made Assassin's Creed worth a view. All of the set pieces and special effects are absolutely gorgeous. And, like Prometheus-- there are some thought-provoking sequences. Obviously, some scenes are just magnificent. Deep space. Ships in action. And, looking down on a planet while in orbit-- viewing storms across the horizon never fails to impress. Lastly, unlike many-- I didn't have a problem with the ending. Actually, I thought it a pretty clever curtain closing. But, I can certainly see why others feel the way they do. Anyway, just my take.

So I watched this on the flight home. 

You've hit the nail on the head other that Alien is way better than Aliens  8)

It is the sequel to Prometheus and it's better.  It still leaves everyone with a lot of WTH moments. 

She lack of Environmental Protocols and the Interaction with David are just weak.

It was also a movie where it was easy to guess the plot. 

Fassbender did a great job as an actor establishing an evil android
Title: What movies are we watching: it's all remakes anyway
Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 22 November 2017, 23:29:27
Since the old thread hit 51 pages, starting a new one.

Watching Indiana Jones & The Last Crusade.  Wanted to watch a light, fun movie and found it on Amazon Prime.

Was quite surprised to find that Amazon Prime includes some actual adult titles.  That company has a very inconsistent stance when it comes to such material.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: it's all remakes anyway
Post by: garhkal on 23 November 2017, 00:38:02
Well, got done seeing Hitman's bodyguard.
Some great comedy and action, but is it me, or does it seem both Salmea Hayak, and Sam L seem to ONLY be in movies where they get to say the M/F word damn near every 12th word that comes out if their character's mouths..??!
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: it's all remakes anyway
Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 23 November 2017, 00:47:16
Sam does a lot of PG-13 movies that are limited to one f-bomb per film.  But he does like parts where he can drop the word.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: it's all remakes anyway
Post by: garhkal on 23 November 2017, 14:13:23
Well according to his IMDB page he has had 175 acting credits (film tv and vid games). 

From his start in together for days (1972) up through Goodfellas (1990), he's had 13 films, and 9 tv movies/series.  Of those 13 films, only 2 were PG, the other 11 were all R rated.

From 1990 through 1995 (not inc goodfellas), he had 24 films 6 of which were either pg or pg-13.  Strictly businesss, loaded weapon, jurassic park, fluke, hail caesar and amos & andrew.

From 1996 to 2000, i see 17 films..  4 of which were PG (or as one was rated, TV-G).  Starwars ep 1, unbreakable, Our friend martin and Sphere.

That's not that a lot of non R movies in comparison.  Barely 25%..
ANd in most of his R works, he seems to love dropping the F-bomb or the Mffer bomb.
SOME of those films, there's MORE F-bombs than dead bodies!!?!
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: it's all remakes anyway
Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 23 November 2017, 14:47:57
I notice that you've excluded all his recent works from that list.  The MCU alone adds 6 more PG-13 movies where he doesn't use any profanity.  And looking at his IMDb page, he's taking more roles in family friendly titles rather than less in recent years.  Remember, he's said that for years he's been taking roles exclusively based on how fun he thinks they'd be, he's no longer taking roles just because he needs the work: if he wanted to do more roles that allowed him to swear a blue streak he easily could.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: it's all remakes anyway
Post by: garhkal on 24 November 2017, 16:04:59
I did focus only on his stuff up to 95..  I'd have had a LOT longer posting if i included all the rest of his work..
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: it's all remakes anyway
Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 24 November 2017, 16:20:03
Fair enough.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: it's all remakes anyway
Post by: garhkal on 25 November 2017, 02:04:12
One thing movie related i would love, is a site that has a comprehensive listing of all films and their body counts!
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: it's all remakes anyway
Post by: I am Belch II on 25 November 2017, 07:05:42
One thing movie related i would love, is a site that has a comprehensive listing of all films and their body counts!


There is a site for on screen death counts, and who did them. I can't remember the site but it's a good site.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: it's all remakes anyway
Post by: Sharpnel on 25 November 2017, 07:34:20
One thing movie related i would love, is a site that has a comprehensive listing of all films and their body counts!
I'm sure it's out there.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 25 November 2017, 08:56:53
Here it is. Its a pretty good site.

http://www.moviebodycounts.com/
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Post by: garhkal on 25 November 2017, 17:40:24

There is a site for on screen death counts, and who did them. I can't remember the site but it's a good site.
There are a # of them out there, but even using all 5 i found, there's still quite a few movies missing..
Like one has AvP, one had Alien, but neither had Aliens or alien 3/4. 
One had expendables 1, one had expendables 3.  None i saw had expendables 2..
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: it's all remakes anyway
Post by: elf25s on 27 November 2017, 12:42:03
after looking for it i found old tv comedy series from 70s polish television czterdziestolatek
or in english being forty...forgot how funny and a bit tongue in cheek it was ....
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: it's all remakes anyway
Post by: elf25s on 29 November 2017, 14:13:03
had a bit of an amusing romp with both kingsman movies...wish i could get my claws on the original graphic novel that they used for the idea
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: it's all remakes anyway
Post by: Daemion on 29 November 2017, 16:02:18
I got to see both Kung Fury and J Men Forever this weekend, thanks to a friend, as well as the Danish Kaiju movie they premiered the launch of MST3K with.

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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 29 November 2017, 17:07:16
Reptilicus was the name of that movie.
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Post by: garhkal on 30 November 2017, 00:11:04
Just got done watching Atomic blond.  Good cast, great sound track, nice action scenes.  BUT other that, it was barely an average film.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Banzai on 30 November 2017, 17:26:03

The human characters in Covenant are all phoned-in. You literally care about no one. I'm not talking from an acting perspective either. I'm talking about poor script/dialog/history/telling/revealing. There's absolutely zero to care about. And the worst part; the human characters all act and behave in ways that make you feel as if the screen-play was written in such a way as to purposefully assault/insult to your intelligence. More than one true face-palm inducing moment. There are also lots of horror tropes sprinkled throughout. But, are especially heavy-handed toward the end of the film. Which, makes the tone feel cheap, and very disjointed from other segments where Covenant "feels" like a true Prometheus sequel. There's more here, but to remain spoiler-free, I'll stop.   


This mirrors a lot of my issues with the film.  Not all of them, but I will stay out of that list because several issues are spoilers.  But lord, the characters are all cookie-cutter idiots who apparently believe the lives of the very very few are worth risking the lives of thousands of others who don't get a vote.  And they all wonder off from the main party, even when they are aware of the danger hunting them.  Idiots.  DON'T SPLIT THE PARTY!

But on the other hand, like Prometheus, this is a truly beautiful film.   Visually astounding.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: it's all remakes anyway
Post by: Banzai on 01 December 2017, 17:10:19
Baby Driver.  Lord, this movie was a lot of fun. Light and airy, beautifully shot, based around a great sound track, violent, and bloody.  Imagine  La La Land as directed by Quentin Tarantino.  And most of the effects are practical.  A really fun, really good movie.

Black Sheep, the 2006 New Zealand comedy horror film, not the other one. Science goes awry (as it always does) and you end up with carnivorous sheep. If you need more than that, this is not the film for you.  Effects are done by Wetta, who did the LotR films for Jackson, and they have a bloody marvelous time, pun intended. It is gory, occasionally horrifying, but a lot of fun.   
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: it's all remakes anyway
Post by: garhkal on 01 December 2017, 23:53:30
Baby Driver.  Lord, this movie was a lot of fun. Light and airy, beautifully shot, based around a great sound track, violent, and bloody.  Imagine  La La Land as directed by Quentin Tarantino.  And most of the effects are practical.  A really fun, really good movie.

The sound track i will agree was great.  BUT other than that, i thought it was just 'average'..
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Post by: ColBosch on 02 December 2017, 00:16:09
The latest new movies (for a given value of "new") I've seen were the live-action Beauty and the Beast, Tangled, and Brave.

Yep.

...actually, Tangled and Brave weren't bad. B&tB was...meh.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 02 December 2017, 18:07:32
Just saw  Thor III. Pretty good.
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Post by: garhkal on 03 December 2017, 00:00:32
Caught Kidnaped with Hally Berry..  LOVED IT..
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Post by: Kidd on 03 December 2017, 12:34:34
Kingsman 2 apparently thinks the best way to solve the question of "where is the rest of MI6 when James Bond is saving the world" is to kill off every agent, M, Q, etc until only the 2 movie leads are left.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: it's all remakes anyway
Post by: Kojak on 03 December 2017, 21:12:50
Went and saw Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri a few night ago. Really fantastic especially if you enjoy dark comedies; it's from the same guy that did In Bruges and Seven Psychopaths.
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Post by: Kidd on 04 December 2017, 04:29:23
Oh, and I also watched Wind River, because I love Jeremy Renner, and Liz Olsen seems very promising, and deserves to have a role in which she's not forced to put on a fake accent.

About the worst I can say is that Jeremy Renner's character is overpowered and has no development. Plus I dislike out-of-character director's notes at the ending which effectively haymakers the viewer in the face with the point of the movie.

Other than that, it was great, a modern Western that should prompt plenty of navel-gazing about family, life, death, Native Americans, etc. Very well-filmed and acted and (in my opinion) not overtly obvious with the Native American thing (up until the aforementioned director's end note).

add: 9/10 must watch IMHO
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Post by: garhkal on 04 December 2017, 15:22:26
Oh, and I also watched Wind River, because I love Jeremy Renner, and Liz Olsen seems very promising, and deserves to have a role in which she's not forced to put on a fake accent.

About the worst I can say is that Jeremy Renner's character is overpowered and has no development. Plus I dislike out-of-character director's notes at the ending which effectively haymakers the viewer in the face with the point of the movie.

Other than that, it was great, a modern Western that should prompt plenty of navel-gazing about family, life, death, Native Americans, etc. Very well-filmed and acted and (in my opinion) not overtly obvious with the Native American thing (up until the aforementioned director's end note).

add: 9/10 must watch IMHO

I agree it was well acted, but it was also slow..
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: it's all remakes anyway
Post by: Kidd on 08 December 2017, 02:04:42
Passengers, starring Crisp Rat and J-Law.

I find it a tad forced that the ship didn't have a watch system whereby at least 1 crewmember is awake at all times. Keep 2 out of 100 crew awake on a 100-year journey - come on, its only going to take 2 years out of their lifespans.

Other than that, it was a decent flick, but should have explored further what it means to be in their situation, alone with each other on a ship for 80 years.

I agree it was well acted, but it was also slow..
Character-based Western dramas are like that. But slow movies are good movies when it explores the inner thoughts/motivations of the characters as part of the movie's theme, rather than drawing out the movie for the sake of artificial tension or lack of anything to say...
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Post by: ColBosch on 08 December 2017, 05:29:11
Passengers, starring Crisp Rat and J-Law.

I find it a tad forced that the ship didn't have a watch system whereby at least 1 crewmember is awake at all times. Keep 2 out of 100 crew awake on a 100-year journey - come on, its only going to take 2 years out of their lifespans.

Other than that, it was a decent flick, but should have explored further what it means to be in their situation, alone with each other on a ship for 80 years.

I gave it a skip. The general gist I got from it was "Pandorum, without the fun stuff."
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 09 December 2017, 02:38:10
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 popped up on Netflix.  Gotta watch those Disney films while they're still there.
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Post by: ColBosch on 09 December 2017, 15:42:24
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 popped up on Netflix.  Gotta watch those Disney films while they're still there.

Ooo. There's something for later tonight.
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Post by: Wrangler on 09 December 2017, 21:17:09
I just watched couple movies (i hope tv movies counts...)

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Post by: Daemion on 10 December 2017, 11:05:52
A late list, but the library can be a nice trove at times:

Hidden Figures (A good flick)
Tom Cruise Mummy (Interesting and kinda fun homage to the older monster movies. Would love to see some modern retros done like this.)
Hacksaw Ridge (Watched on Pearl Harbor day. Fitting.)
Batman Vs Superman special ed. (Improved the story by half an hour.)
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 13 December 2017, 02:08:59
Decided to rewatch Jurassic World.  Still liked it, but there were two things I really wish were changed: Zack (the older boy) really needed to stop doing his fish-face stare at every girl he sees, and Zara's death scene should have been removed.  They may have intended it to be funny, but it just came across as mean.
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Post by: Triptych on 13 December 2017, 08:08:28
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Better than Force Awakens (which was awful). The plot is similar to ESB, but with a few wrinkles thrown in. All in all, not bad. I particularly liked how they portrayed Luke as a flawed man. I still think Rogue One is the best of the new SW films though. 7/10
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Post by: elf25s on 13 December 2017, 13:57:27
my buddy while in hong kong picked a copy of live version of blade of immortal
guess who is going to pick up popcorn for this evening?
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Post by: garhkal on 13 December 2017, 14:25:13
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 popped up on Netflix.  Gotta watch those Disney films while they're still there.
With the news i am hearing elsewhere (gateworld forums), Disney (marvel) might be getting all the Xmen/F4 and other titles Sony has the rights to..  IF that happens, i will be done with watching Marvel films..

Decided to rewatch Jurassic World.  Still liked it, but there were two things I really wish were changed: Zack (the older boy) really needed to stop doing his fish-face stare at every girl he sees, and Zara's death scene should have been removed.  They may have intended it to be funny, but it just came across as mean.

Zra..  That was the gal assigned to baby sit those 2 idiot kids, wasn't it?  Pity it wasn't ONE OF Those kids vice her..  I liked her.  i DIDN'T like either kid.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 13 December 2017, 15:34:56
With the news i am hearing elsewhere (gateworld forums), Disney (marvel) might be getting all the Xmen/F4 and other titles Sony has the rights to..  IF that happens, i will be done with watching Marvel films..

Fox, not Sony.  Disney is apparently trying to acquire the company right now.

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Zra..  That was the gal assigned to baby sit those 2 idiot kids, wasn't it?  Pity it wasn't ONE OF Those kids vice her..  I liked her.  i DIDN'T like either kid.

Yeah, but then the movie wouldn't have kept its all-important PG-13 rating.
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Post by: Kidd on 14 December 2017, 10:39:11
Fox, not Sony.  Disney is apparently trying to acquire the company right now.

Yeah, but then the movie wouldn't have kept its all-important PG-13 rating.
Disney HAS acquired Fox movies, for about 54 billion. All hail our new animated overlords.

I think it could've been some kind of in-joke about dinosaurs eating people who are always on their smartphones, but it was badly done.

The kids were annoying. But the script as far as i could tell had no purpose for them other than "be annoying" so there it goes. Same problem for the JP series really. I suppose kids are hard to write for.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 14 December 2017, 12:33:57
The kids were annoying. But the script as far as i could tell had no purpose for them other than "be annoying" so there it goes. Same problem for the JP series really. I suppose kids are hard to write for.

In the original book, Tim was a useful character who aided the adults and kept his younger sister safe.  In the movie, he and Lex switched ages which resulted in a useless teenage girl and a useless preteen boy continually forcing the adults to put themselves in danger trying to rescue them.

In JW, Zack was full stop an obnoxious character.  He spends the first half of the movie staring slack-jawed at every girl he sees, he bullies his younger brother, and he's the one who makes the stupid decision to go out into the restricted area after the emergency recall notice is given, which nearly gets him and his brother killed several times.

Gray was more sympathetic: he's younger and he actually keeps his cool to a reasonable level for someone his age when dinosaurs attack.  He's the one who gives Claire the idea to let Rexy out of her pen.  Also, the original script called for him to have Asperger's/high-function autism, which you can still see in his behavior in a few scenes.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: YingJanshi on 15 December 2017, 15:34:09
Watched "Kingsmen: The Golden Circle" the other night, and...it wasn't nearly as good as the first one. It just lacked any soul, I guess is the best way to put it. The first one, as silly as it was, had heart; it kind of felt like an indie movie in a way. The core of the movie was really the story of Eggsy growing up. The sequel felt very "paint-by-numbers". When people died in the first one, it had weight; in the sequel, couldn't really be bothered to care. (One of the reviews I read put it well: where the first one felt like an homage to the Sean Connery Bond movies, the sequel adheres more to the inanity of the Roger Moore Bond movies.)

If you want to watch a really great spy movie spoof, I'd suggest "OSS 117: Cairo Nest of Spies" with Jean Dujardin. It pokes fun at the Bond movies/spy movies in general, but never mocks then or the people that enjoy them (which is one reason I could never get into the Austin Powers movies). The sequel "OSS 117: Lost in Rio" is more campy than the first, but it does have one of the all time best chase scenes in the hospital chase. :D
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Post by: Triptych on 16 December 2017, 20:35:12
American Assassin: the dumbest movie Ive seen this year. It was so bad I couldnt even finish it. 1/10

Suburra: excellent Italian gangster movie about the Roman Mafia. Bleak, nihilistic, and brutal. 9/10
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Post by: Kidd on 18 December 2017, 20:15:20
Dunkirk.

I expected an epic war movie but I got a character drama instead, which is fine. Excellent movie.
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 18 December 2017, 23:31:46
Cars 3 - liked it
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Post by: Banzai on 19 December 2017, 14:36:44
My company rented a theater and took us all to The Last Jedi on Friday. And my manager bought the beer.   The movie was a bit overlong, but I really enjoyed it and I don't understand most of the hate it is getting.  Oh well.



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Post by: mdauben on 20 December 2017, 14:50:27
Dunkirk.

I expected an epic war movie but I got a character drama instead, which is fine. Excellent movie.
Saw this in the theater and really enjoyed it.  IMO its on of those films that really comes alive on the big screen.
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Post by: garhkal on 21 December 2017, 02:59:43
I am stoked to see Dunkirk..
Also caught a re-watch of Mad Max, Fury road.  Still find it rather EWWWW..
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 21 December 2017, 13:40:21
I'm curious, what did you dislike about Fury Road?
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Post by: garhkal on 21 December 2017, 16:04:22
There was no real rhyme or reason to half the stuff, for a realm supposedly in such straights in lack of resources they suer as helll spent a lot of time wasting fuel on all sorts of flamers and gas guzzling vehicles.  Max himself, didn't have much of a plot other than 'surviving'...
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 21 December 2017, 17:21:19
The gas-guzzling vehicles and flamethrowers were deliberate: they displayed that the villains, unlike everyone else, had so much accumulated resources that they could afford to waste them extravagantly.

As far as Max goes, what should he have been doing, searching for a replacement water chip?  He's alone in a desert full of hostile gangs, surviving pretty much is all one would be focused on in such a situation.
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Post by: Banzai on 21 December 2017, 18:26:38
There was no real rhyme or reason to half the stuff, for a realm supposedly in such straights in lack of resources they suer as helll spent a lot of time wasting fuel on all sorts of flamers and gas guzzling vehicles.

They have a fuel refinery (Gas Town) and a munitions factory (Bullet Farm) so the things that are usually in scarcity are not.  Both towns are in subservience to The Citadel  and Immortan Joe who control all the potable water.  Joe is insane and dying, and has taken his War Boys army along with him.  Joe’s wives take off, taking his chance at immortality through a healthy male child with them, and he thus you end up with a mad despot throwing resources in a “family dispute.”   People Eater calls this out specifically, but they are still dependent on Joe's water so they go along.

Oh, and the flamers, especially on the Doof Warrior's Wagon, are used as methods of communication and coordination for Immortan Joe's army.

Max himself, didn't have much of a plot other than 'surviving'...

Oh, I could not disagree with you more.  First, Max is the sidekick, so his story is more sideline to Furiosa's.   But it is amazing.  Where hers is the great protector and hero, his storyline is one of redemption, moving from something close to an animal in human clothes, haunted both literally and figuratively by those he failed, to fully realized human again, willing and able to work with others and sacrifice.   It is a remarkable acting job, done mostly dynamically through action rather than dialog.
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Post by: Kidd on 21 December 2017, 18:59:26
There was no real rhyme or reason to half the stuff, for a realm supposedly in such straights in lack of resources they suer as helll spent a lot of time wasting fuel on all sorts of flamers and gas guzzling vehicles.  Max himself, didn't have much of a plot other than 'surviving'...
Fury Road followed in the vein of Mad Max 2 and 3 - but told more from the perspective of Furiosa and the women, that's all. Like in the previous movies, Max himself doesn't do more than survive. It is the others who benefit from his interventions. They're basically post-apocalyptic Westerns, and Max is the Man with No Name.

The expenditure was remarked upon in the movie, highlighting the importance to Joe of getting the women back and perhaps most importantly, stamping out a revolt against his regime. All good tyrants know the way to keep in power is to extravagantly and enthusiastically punish rebellion and dissent...
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Post by: garhkal on 22 December 2017, 00:39:57
Saw logan lucky this evening.  Nice heist film, and loved the acting..
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Post by: Sharpnel on 22 December 2017, 03:05:56
I saw Atomic Blonde, which was better than expected, but I had a low bar set on this one. Hitman's Bodyguard was typical Samuel L. Jackson fare with lotsa f-bombs and people dying
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 22 December 2017, 11:25:47
Rewatched the Force Awakens
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Post by: garhkal on 22 December 2017, 16:46:37
I saw Atomic Blonde, which was better than expected, but I had a low bar set on this one. Hitman's Bodyguard was typical Samuel L. Jackson fare with lotsa f-bombs and people dying

Atomic blond was NOT as good as i hoped it would be..
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Post by: Sharpnel on 23 December 2017, 01:45:04
Kingsman - The Golden Circle. A nice follow up to the original.
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Post by: garhkal on 23 December 2017, 17:08:32
Got that to watch this evening!
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 24 December 2017, 00:25:53
For some reason I don't fully understand, I decided to actually watch the new Netflix Will Smith movie, Bright.

Will Smith makes a cop movie with a lesson on racism that's delivered with all the subtlety of Malvina Hazen making planetfall.  And it's got orcs.
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Post by: garhkal on 24 December 2017, 02:21:17
No wonder i've not heard of it..  I don't pay attention to netflx
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Post by: Foxx Ital on 24 December 2017, 04:08:40
I really liked Bright, was well done and had a heavy shadowrun feel.
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Post by: Wrangler on 24 December 2017, 07:48:24

Edit: i have no idea why heck i wrote murphy.  #P
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Post by: Sharpnel on 24 December 2017, 07:55:28
It's Bill Murray, not Bill Murphy
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 24 December 2017, 10:54:06
I really liked Bright, was well done and had a heavy shadowrun feel.

I found the Shadowrun elements to be superficial, and without the supernatural parts it was just a by-the-numbers cop movie about the racist-but-noble white cop learning to appreciate his black partner.  The only twist being that the "white" cop was played by Will Smith.

If the movie had ha Jakoby as the main character it would have been a lot better.  Instead, he gets a prophecy that he's going to be the sidekick of the guy who saves the day.
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Post by: Cache on 01 January 2018, 12:43:12
I enjoyed Bright... didn't think it was a great movie, but I enjoyed it.

Took the family to Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle a few days ago. We all really enjoyed it. Plenty of clean humor, a little low-brow, and just enough of the feels.
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Post by: elf25s on 01 January 2018, 16:54:52
i just could not resist...
moon over parador
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 02 January 2018, 20:07:52
Blind Fury - I have no cable so I'm at the mercy of free tv
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Post by: I am Belch II on 03 January 2018, 07:56:14
Airplane! and Airplane 2. Both movies are some of my favorites.
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Post by: elf25s on 03 January 2018, 11:27:09
Airplane! and Airplane 2. Both movies are some of my favorites.
surely you cant be serious? and dont call me shirley!
that is one line that catapulted nielsens rise to stardom ...
still loved him more in forbidden planet...
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Post by: Bosefius on 20 January 2018, 23:33:34
Somehow there were two different movie threads so I went ahead and merged them (thanks for the heads up MoneyLovinOgre4Hire).
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Post by: I am Belch II on 21 January 2018, 11:14:57
surely you cant be serious? and dont call me shirley!
that is one line that catapulted nielsens rise to stardom ...
still loved him more in forbidden planet...


I don't think he did anything besides "Comedy" since Airplane. But that was the big difference in the Airplane movies...they took serious actors like Peter Graves and Robert Stack and had them at comedy roles. Worked for some and didn't for others.
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Post by: garhkal on 25 January 2018, 16:18:23
Blind Fury - I have no cable so I'm at the mercy of free tv

I loved that film BITD..  One of my fave Ruger Hauer ones..

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Post by: mdauben on 26 January 2018, 16:46:00
I'm trying to get caught up on my movie watching.  This week I finally watched Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 . I've read some negative feedback on this movie but I really enjoyed it. 

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Post by: ColBosch on 26 January 2018, 17:09:49
I couldn't make it more than 15 minutes in, which is a shame because I quite liked the first one. I just found Vol. 2 to be annoying and difficult to watch.
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Post by: garhkal on 27 January 2018, 01:33:22
Well, finally caught bladerunner 2049..  Ok, but long, slow and imo had way too many scenes that were dark (too dim to see)..  2 out of 5.
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Post by: Kidd on 27 January 2018, 02:12:11
Bladerunner 2049 - it was good, reminiscent of the original in a good way. I'm glad I steered clear of spoilers as the character appearing near the end was a very pleasant surprise. 9/10.

Thor Ragnarok - was everything I have come to expect from Marvel Phase 2 - jokey, contrived, overlong, and edited less-than-perfectly. But it was exactly the mindlessness that I was looking for at the time, so... 7/10.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 27 January 2018, 07:16:55
I liked Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2...the soundtrack could of been better.

When I saw Thor 3 it felt like Guardians of the Galaxy movie.
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Post by: marauder648 on 27 January 2018, 07:20:13
I went to see Darkest Hour the other day. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtJ60u7SUSw

Its honestly very enjoyable, whilst there are some bits that are not historically accurate, you can forgive them because they seem very Churchillian, and what we know of the man, his personality, his mindset, it really wouldn't surprise me if he did bits like it.

Gary Oldman does a very good job as Churchill (to the point that in filming he made himself rather ill with all the real cigars he was smoking for the scenes), and gets the man's mannerisms, and most difficultly, his voice and way of speaking pretty spot on. 

It shows Churchill's difficulties with his opponents in the War Cabinet, his initially rather fraught relationship with the King, mentions some of the honestly very bad ideas that Churchill had, so its not trying to even present him as Saint Churchill of England. Its a good solid representation of the man.  I thought that Albert Finney had done an amazing Churchill in the HBO TV movie The Gathering Storm, but Mr Oldman's take on him is superb too.
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Post by: RunandFindOut on 27 January 2018, 22:08:51
Yep, I saw it last week and consider it the best portrayal of Churchill I've seen.  Oldman had the role and personality right, this portrayal of him is going to be like Heath Ledger's Joker.  The one to define the image for the age. 

On a slightly lighter note he gained 80 pounds for the role, now he's gotta loose it.   #P
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Post by: PsihoKekec on 29 January 2018, 01:29:18
It's Oldman, he can emulate just about any role imaginable.

Speaking of people capable of total conversion I have seen the Norwegian movie Fachidioten on the TV, brutal and funny at the same time, with Bruno Ganz (Hitler in Untergang) in side role of leader of Serbian gang  ???. My biggest gripe with movie though is that the hero left the scope on the rifle he cut down into obrez

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Post by: garhkal on 29 January 2018, 02:58:54
Did a rewatch of the ford/pitt movie, Devil's own, and then the Morgan freeman Along came a spider..

I've always wanted to see a film with both freeman and Ford in starting either together or as foes..  OR better yet, Ford and Eastwood!
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Post by: Nav_Alpha on 29 January 2018, 09:07:23
Re-watched True Romance for the first time in like 15 years. It's not aged... well.
Great movie, awesome to see a young Tarintino's writing, good acting - but some of the script made me cringe thinking "we would never allow that today".
Anyway, still enjoyed it.

And to keep the Oldman theme going - his role as the one eyed, maniacal pimp with dreads and a Rasta accent in True Romance is gold!
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Post by: Kidd on 29 January 2018, 09:36:55
Re-watched True Romance for the first time in like 15 years. It's not aged... well.
Great movie, awesome to see a young Tarintino's writing, good acting - but some of the script made me cringe thinking "we would never allow that today".
Anyway, still enjoyed it.

And to keep the Oldman theme going - his role as the one eyed, maniacal pimp with dreads and a Rasta accent in True Romance is gold!
Think I know which scene you refer to. Take it for what it is. Frankly, as social commentary I find it better than Tarantino's Django bullshit.

Surely nothing can beat this, as far as Gary Oldman is concerned... (but then again, have y'all seen him as the Devil?)

(https://dionwynhughes.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/zorg.jpg)
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Post by: marauder648 on 29 January 2018, 10:15:44
Zorg is best Oldman :)
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Post by: Tymers Realm on 29 January 2018, 11:32:14
While I want to see Darkest Hour, I haven't yet.

I'll admit Zorg is a fun character, but I also enjoy his take(s) as Dracula myself. Though then again, that film played to the camp, but kept it serious enough.
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Post by: Banzai on 29 January 2018, 13:08:25
I'm trying to get caught up on my movie watching.  This week I finally watched Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 . I've read some negative feedback on this movie but I really enjoyed it.

Just rewatched it on Saturday.  Loved it even more the second time.  It is pretty amazing for what it pulls off: a character driven, character centered big ass blow-em-up special effects spectacular.   Michael Rooker is fantastic (as always), Baby Groot dancing to "Mr. Blue Sky" is my happy place, and "with a Cheap Trick song" is how all films should end. 
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Post by: mdauben on 29 January 2018, 15:35:14
Zorg is best Oldman :)
Oldman is just a true chameleon.  He seems to be able to own any character he portrays.  Zorg, Sirius Black, Commissioner Gordon, George Smiley. Dracula. etc. 
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Post by: garhkal on 29 January 2018, 17:09:05
While I want to see Darkest Hour, I haven't yet.

I'll admit Zorg is a fun character, but I also enjoy his take(s) as Dracula myself. Though then again, that film played to the camp, but kept it serious enough.

I'd be sorely pressed to name my top Oldman character in film..  BUT i can easily do a top 10!

JFK
Bram Stroker's Dracula
Fifth element
Leon (AKA the professional)
Murder in the first
The Scarlet letter
Airforce 1
Lost in space
paranoia
Child 44
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Post by: elf25s on 29 January 2018, 18:02:09
I'd be sorely pressed to name my top Oldman character in film..  BUT i can easily do a top 10!

JFK
Bram Stroker's Dracula
Fifth element
Leon (AKA the professional)
Murder in the first
The Scarlet letter
Airforce 1
Lost in space
paranoia
Child 44
funny i just watched leon and fifth element last night...
his role as nutty atf agent was ...well way over the top but enjoyable...
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Post by: Kidd on 29 January 2018, 22:14:53
Yall ever seen this?

https://youtu.be/RAQLflcOrTk
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Post by: garhkal on 30 January 2018, 00:36:33
Nope..  Never heard of it before..
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Post by: mdauben on 31 January 2018, 11:44:58
I was searching through Amazon Prime last night looking for something to watch and ran across Angry Red Planet (1959) (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/angry_red_planet/).  I remember watching this on TV years ago when I was a lot younger, and at that time I thought it was a really cool movie!  After watching it again yesterday, I had to laugh at my younger self's taste in films!  It's one of those "so bad its funny" movies.  The best part in the whole thing, and the only scene I remembered from seeing it years ago was the fight with the "spider-bat-rat" monster, which (while very old-school FX) was probably at least a step up from the rest of the movie.    ::)

(http://www.badmovies.org/movies/angryred/angryred6.jpg)
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Post by: elf25s on 31 January 2018, 16:42:09
hate being laid out as i am still
started to binge watch
future man on hulu
thought it was some cheezy si fi spoof turns out its abit of a cheezy comedy as well simple but fun to watch when you are sick
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Post by: Nav_Alpha on 31 January 2018, 21:03:24
Think I know which scene you refer to. Take it for what it is. Frankly, as social commentary I find it better than Tarantino's Django bullshit.

Surely nothing can beat this, as far as Gary Oldman is concerned... (but then again, have y'all seen him as the Devil?)

(https://dionwynhughes.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/zorg.jpg)

Yeah, you sorta take it for what it is - just got me thinking you'd not do it that way today.
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Post by: garhkal on 02 February 2018, 02:48:40
Just got done with Geostorm..  I actually loved it, but really felt the end was a little poor..  First off, rebuilding it so soon?  Surely they would have to work on rebuilding all those destroyed cities first..  THEN figure out how to ensure what happened didn't get done again...

Would have also been nice to see HOW deep the conspiracy went to ruin the world..  How many other countries had people involved..
And a brief blurb at the end mentioning how many millions got killed..
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Post by: ActionButler on 04 February 2018, 20:41:07
To stay up after the Super Bowl to stream Cloverfield 3, or to wait until tomorrow because I'm old and nirmally go to bed at 9:00?

Hmmmmmm...
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Post by: Brother Jim on 05 February 2018, 00:10:50
To stay up after the Super Bowl to stream Cloverfield 3, or to wait until tomorrow because I'm old and nirmally go to bed at 9:00?

Hmmmmmm...

Cloverfield 3??????
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Post by: Tymers Realm on 05 February 2018, 00:25:51
Cloverfield 3??????

One word: Netflix
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Post by: ColBosch on 05 February 2018, 02:23:33
Yep. Surprise release!
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Post by: garhkal on 05 February 2018, 15:11:37
So, anyone remember an old Dustin Hoffman/Andy Garcia film, Hero??  I am getting it from the library soon.
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Post by: Banzai on 05 February 2018, 16:15:54
It is fine, but seems off.  I told my wife when we saw it if it had been made in the Forties it would have been perfect.  It is definitely shooting for  the *It Happened One Night* or *His Girl Friday* screwball comedy homage.
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Post by: elf25s on 06 February 2018, 03:18:28
ok how did i miss this gem from 98?
taxi
a french comedy rather enjoyable and it let me re fresh some of my french
what ever happened to comedies like this...? now if i could remember how laugh
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Post by: Banzai on 07 February 2018, 12:53:40
The Raid: Redemption, 2012.  This is not a great film.  The characters are mere sketches at best (Iko Uwais's Rama is introduced quietly completing his morning prayers, then kissing his pregnant wife goodbye, then speaking to his father before strapping on a pistol and badge.  In a fast brush stroke his is set as The Hero.  That is as in depth as it gets) and the set up perfunctory (he is a rookie in a well armed police team raiding a drug dealer's stronghold in Jakarta.  It goes pear-shaped and he has to fight his way up and then back out).  It is more like an old-school video game than a film.

But as a martial arts *movie*?  It is amazing.  It is a running, incredibly choreographed fight scene in the way that *Fury Road* is a running car chase.  There are a couple fighting styles in the move, but the main characters are all practitioners of pencak silat, which is perfect for this: close combat, improvised and brutal.  Silat make Krav Maga look like wushu.   And as good as he is, Iko Uwais isn't even the best fighter in the film.  That would be Yayan Ruhian, who is evil but so freaking genial about it you come to like him.  At one point he gets the drop on one of the cops using a hand gun.  Gesturing the man into an apartment, he unloads the gun, explaining he never liked to use them as there was no real rush.  "It is like ordering take out."  Smiling, he lets the cop take the first punch.  "This is what I do," he says, before taking beating the cop to death with his hands, feet, knees, forearms, body, and anything else at hand.  At 5'2 and lean, Ruhian is a human blur even as he is towered over by the other actors.  If you ever wanted to know what Cassie Suthorn looked like in a fight, Yayan Ruhian is it. 

The fights are amazing, and they don't look like a martial arts demonstration, they look like people trying their best not to get killed. The stunts are fantastic, the kind you can't get away with in the us anymore without resorting to CGI.  There is a gag where a guy hits back-first on a stairway banister that I still don't know how he lived.  The whole movie is that visceral. 

Not a great film, but an amazing movie.
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Post by: Kidd on 07 February 2018, 13:46:36
  If you ever wanted to know what Cassie Suthorn looked like in a fight, Yayan Ruhian is it. 
Different kind of silat. Cassie does silat harimau (tiger silat). You can see Iko demo it in another film

https://youtu.be/wu-6jLqhcNQ from 1:10.

And, well, this movie type silat has as much relation to silat as Jason Bourne's fighting has with... whatever. Inspired by? Oh yes. Iko Uwais and Yayan Ruhia are both legit silat national champs. But the moves here (which they helped choreograph) are strictly movieland.

Whereas I understand Krav maga is quite the actual practical thing.
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Post by: ColBosch on 10 February 2018, 04:03:26
I finally struggled through the rest of Guardians of the Galaxy 2. It was a real slog for me, given how much I detest nostalgic pop culture references. Every time the film did something I started to enjoy, it would then ruin it with yet another damn reference to something like Pac-man. (Seriously, the last good Pac-man game was over thirty years ago, and the last thing we saw Pac-man in at all was freaking Pixels, so thanks for reminding me of that particular trainwreck.) Ugh.

I won't get into the other things that pissed me off about the film, out of respect to those who have not seen it and might enjoy it.
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 12 February 2018, 22:02:44
Let's see.  Two roundtrips from SF to Hong Kong with a roundtrip from HK to Qingdoa China thrown in so lots of movies.

Kingsman - Golden Circle - OK not as good as the first but still a fun way to kill two hours.  Semi original plot but fairly predictable.  Kudos to Elton John for the kick ass cameo. 

Lego - Ninjago - my god what a waste.  Painful to watch.  Jacky Chan must be hurting for money.  I'd rather step on a Lego then watch this again.

Deadpool - OK I understand you all say it ages ago.  This movie rocked.  Loved the character, the story, the sarcasm, the action and the sarcasm.  Did I mention the sarcasm?  I hope they follow this up. 

Looper - OK so I'm not up to dated.  This was way better than I expected.  I liked the story and how it all unfolded.  My kind of sci-fi

Rough Night - Obviously I was running out of things to watch on the plane.  Nothing original about this film.  It did have som funny moments but I wouldn't waste your time with it. 

The Dark Tower - this is an oldie.  Interesting story but semi low budget.  Good for wasting two hours

American Made - I really enjoyed this story and watching Tom Cruise be a greedy dirty scumbag, because he is, made it all the better.  I can recommend this even if you hate Tom Cruise (and who doesn't)

American Assassin - OK I might have had too much vodka by the time I watched this but I swear it wasn't bad.  Actually it was pretty good.  Don't know if it was the greatest casting but what the heck.  Classic revenge movie
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 12 February 2018, 23:09:45
I'm trying to remember the last Jackie Chan movie that I actually thought was good, not counting the Kung Fu Panda films since he wasn't the star in any of them.  Seems like he's mostly just taking movies based on what they'll pay and how easy they are to film, which honestly isn't that different from how a lot of actors have gone as they've aged.
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Post by: elf25s on 12 February 2018, 23:27:38
I'm trying to remember the last Jackie Chan movie that I actually thought was good, not counting the Kung Fu Panda films since he wasn't the star in any of them.  Seems like he's mostly just taking movies based on what they'll pay and how easy they are to film, which honestly isn't that different from how a lot of actors have gone as they've aged.
he may had not aged well but he survived and is still relevant as an actor and fan icon...cant be said about a lot of actors from his generation...and i would love to see another actor top  his stunts. which will not happen anytime soon or if ever...
last movie i watched with him was rob  b good cute story still a lot of comedy in it and watched drunken master(subb of course) last night...pain is a great thing to keep one awake
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Post by: YingJanshi on 13 February 2018, 00:01:06
I'm trying to remember the last Jackie Chan movie that I actually thought was good, not counting the Kung Fu Panda films since he wasn't the star in any of them.  Seems like he's mostly just taking movies based on what they'll pay and how easy they are to film, which honestly isn't that different from how a lot of actors have gone as they've aged.

I haven't watched it yet, but I've heard he was really good in "The Foreigner" with Pierce Brosnan.
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Post by: Kidd on 13 February 2018, 02:29:34
Shinjuku Incident I think. But he's always starred in, if not outright a B-movie, then less-than-serious slapstick action. Thats almost his stock-in-trade as a matter of fact.

He's slowed down considerably due to age and dozens of stunt injuries taking its toll. Hence a lot of what made his movies interesting ain't there no more...
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Post by: Banzai on 13 February 2018, 13:56:02
I haven't watched it yet, but I've heard he was really good in "The Foreigner" with Pierce Brosnan.

I haven't caught this yet, but I heard it was pretty good as well, in the Taken vein more than, say, Police Story.  He has moved into the Liam Neeson phase of his career.
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Post by: garhkal on 13 February 2018, 14:41:16
I loved the foreigner.. Great acting all around and damn good action scenes!
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Post by: Cache on 13 February 2018, 16:17:08
Deadpool - OK I understand you all say it ages ago.  This movie rocked.  Loved the character, the story, the sarcasm, the action and the sarcasm.  Did I mention the sarcasm?  I hope they follow this up.
You are very much in luck. Deadpool 2 teaser (https://youtu.be/8-Cjsnq8kVU) and trailer (https://youtu.be/xZNBFcwd7zc). (Language / adult content warning!)
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Post by: garhkal on 14 February 2018, 01:24:54
Just got done watching a film with Lou Diamond Phillips, in somewhat of a perpherial roll, called The Triangle..  Interesting premise as it tied somewhat into the film the Philadelphia experiment.  BUT man was it long at 245 minutes!
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Post by: YingJanshi on 14 February 2018, 01:36:14
Just got done watching a film with Lou Diamond Phillips, in somewhat of a perpherial roll, called The Triangle..  Interesting premise as it tied somewhat into the film the Philadelphia experiment.  BUT man was it long at 245 minutes!

He's always a fun actor to watch.
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Post by: garhkal on 14 February 2018, 14:36:04
Lou's had a # of good roles (especially loved him in Numbers as that tracker guy), while other roles were "meh", such as the film Striking point.
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Post by: marauder648 on 14 February 2018, 14:49:57
Just got back from seeing Black Panther.

Very enjoyable film, not as good as Ragnarok but then again its more in the mold of Winter Soldier in tone. 
The set peices were very enjoyable, the whole feel of Wakanda, its asthetic, the clothing and look was amazing and the acting was very very good.

But it didn't quite grab me as I was hoping, I still really enjoyed it, but i'm not going to say it was amazing and the best thing since sliced bread. 

Still well worth a watch. :)

Oh and there are 2 post credit scenes.
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Post by: garhkal on 14 February 2018, 23:54:18
Caught "Thank you for your service".  it did imo a good job in showing the dysfunction of the VA (that's all i am saying about it) and the tribulations of servicemen (and their spouses) have on returning from long deployments, often with undiagnozed issues..
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Post by: elf25s on 15 February 2018, 00:10:19
Caught "Thank you for your service".  it did imo a good job in showing the dysfunction of the VA (that's all i am saying about it) and the tribulations of servicemen (and their spouses) have on returning from long deployments, often with undiagnozed issues..
this one was abit too close to home for me and people i deal and dealt with...
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 15 February 2018, 15:41:29
You are very much in luck. Deadpool 2 teaser (https://youtu.be/8-Cjsnq8kVU) and trailer (https://youtu.be/xZNBFcwd7zc). (Language / adult content warning!)

THANK YOU SIR!
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Post by: beachhead1985 on 15 February 2018, 18:17:43
Started watching Babylon 5 and I am LOVING IT! [drool]

Just started season 2 and I have watched the movies Gathering and In the Beginning so far. A little out of order, I know; but I wanted to see how things started.
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Post by: ColBosch on 15 February 2018, 19:08:23
Seasons 2-4 are where the show really shines. Enjoy, it's one of my favorites!
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Post by: elf25s on 15 February 2018, 19:39:09
Seasons 2-4 are where the show really shines. Enjoy, it's one of my favorites!
beat me to it...but its true season 2 through 4 were the better ones...
wish excalibur continued and rangers had potential that was killed too early
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Post by: elf25s on 15 February 2018, 19:55:56
finally saw the latest trailer for ready player one
is it my imagination i spotted at least mad dog mech along with timber wolf in one scene?
i think its just whishful thinking on my part but they do look very close...
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Post by: RunandFindOut on 16 February 2018, 16:59:31
it's not just you.  I definitely spotted a Timber Wolf, the Mad Dog I'm less sure of but the Timber Wolf was unmistakeable.
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Post by: Kidd on 16 February 2018, 23:13:27
Don't really see it

(https://s13.postimg.org/4mi7eonkn/Screenshot_2018-02-17-12-03-03.png)
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Post by: Wrangler on 19 February 2018, 20:14:51
Hard to make out, the 2nd image almost looks like a Ryoken / Stormcrow
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Post by: ColBosch on 19 February 2018, 20:23:27
Very generic mecha. I don't think they're supposed to be from anything in particular.
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Post by: marauder648 on 20 February 2018, 00:27:52
Started watching Babylon 5 and I am LOVING IT! [drool]

Just started season 2 and I have watched the movies Gathering and In the Beginning so far. A little out of order, I know; but I wanted to see how things started.

Season 1 is okay, but as folks have said season 2 - 4 are where it shined, and whilst its CGI have certinally aged, the acting, and makeup/prosthetics have not.  B5 was a show that lived because of two things IMO.  The overarching story and meta-plot, and the caliber of its actors and how their characters sparked and interacted.  It took DS9 a good few years to get that right, mainly due to the power trio of Miles, Julian and Garak, with a healthy dose of Quark thrown in there too.  Babylon 5 had that spark of character interaction from day one, and it was thanks to the amazing actors that helped pull it off.

And of course JMS's magnificent script :)
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Post by: elf25s on 20 February 2018, 03:48:59
Season 1 is okay, but as folks have said season 2 - 4 are where it shined, and whilst its CGI have certinally aged, the acting, and makeup/prosthetics have not.  B5 was a show that lived because of two things IMO.  The overarching story and meta-plot, and the caliber of its actors and how their characters sparked and interacted.  It took DS9 a good few years to get that right, mainly due to the power trio of Miles, Julian and Garak, with a healthy dose of Quark thrown in there too.  Babylon 5 had that spark of character interaction from day one, and it was thanks to the amazing actors that helped pull it off.

And of course JMS's magnificent script :)
gkar lando sheridan dlen vir lneer where the ones that made the show shine
andreas katsulas and peter jurasic these 2 made the show above the rest and still the best
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Post by: Brother Jim on 21 February 2018, 11:23:07
Saw Black Panther yesterday and thought it was really good!!
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Post by: Sharpnel on 21 February 2018, 15:24:20
Watched The Foreigner yesterday. It was pretty good and one of Jackie Chan's best films
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 21 February 2018, 18:56:31
Saw Black Panther yesterday and thought it was really good!!

You were not assaulted?
 >:D
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Post by: elf25s on 22 February 2018, 21:23:56
very rarely i like a sequel...most are trash...but daddys home 2 was not too bad
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Post by: garhkal on 23 February 2018, 01:01:39
Only the brave.  The film based on the Granite Mountain Hotshots..  LOVED IT!
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 23 February 2018, 11:32:35
Thor Ragnarok - OK this entertaining but with all the hype was expecting more comedy.  I'll look forward to the next one since I like this Thor guy. 
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Post by: elf25s on 23 February 2018, 12:19:02
ok being sick as i am i get bored easly...just found this on vhs  zone troopers (1985) and biggles adventures in time last role for peter cushing
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Post by: elf25s on 25 February 2018, 21:04:09
unlike the title suggests eyeborgs is a bit of a what if situation gone bad in reality...bit of b grade type movie but more thought provoking than scary
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Post by: Tymers Realm on 25 February 2018, 23:36:25
Well the GF & I saw Black Panther yesterday.
We both rather enjoyed it. And I'll admit to a couple of things I rarely ever say about going to the movies nowadays: I would see Black Panther in the Theater again, even at full evening prices. It was that enjoyable.
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Post by: elf25s on 26 February 2018, 03:22:30
ok i had not seen this one in years still gives me a chuckle star wreck the pirking...
and i was fortunate to get the first ones from the series
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 28 February 2018, 05:05:46
I watched John Wick with my father, who had never seen it. We enjoyed it immensely, and dad watched the second one the night after. I don't like the second one as much. :-P
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Post by: I am Belch II on 28 February 2018, 09:48:16
Keep on watching Charlie Wilson's War. It's slow enough but with great acting form Philip Seymour Hoffman makes the movie enjoyable.
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 28 February 2018, 13:13:33
I watched John Wick with my father, who had never seen it. We enjoyed it immensely, and dad watched the second one the night after. I don't like the second one as much. :-P

Well there is no pussyfooting around in the second one.

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Post by: Banzai on 28 February 2018, 14:04:51
Wolf Warriors.  It is a 2015 Chinese version of a 1980's American Blow-em-up movie.  Wu Jing, who directs as well as stars as Leng Feng, is charismatic and does his own stunts so he comes across like a mix of Tom Cruise and Jackie Chan.  It is a fun movie, but it is fascinating watching the jingoism of, say, Rambo 2 coming from the other end of the sociopolitical structure.  Rather than a soldier becoming a singular badass, you have a singular badass becoming part of an army.   In a western action film, you have an army chasing an elite team of soldiers.  This has the same, but the Chinese army is the protagonist. (They do a great job of focusing on Chinese nationalism while avoiding any political implications.)  What is also interesting is how in this film computer security and penetration is as important as they physical, with a somewhat realistic scene of intrusion and counter, during a battle.  (Well, a war game, but they treat it very seriously.)

On the bad guys side, you have Scott Adkins as Tom Cat (which I kept hearing as "Top Hat," which strikes fear in the hearts of no one,) as a British former SEAL team member (possible, just go with it,) and his team of mercenaries, who are perfect.  They show up, stepping from beside trees and out of a river, dressed in blue jeans, baseball caps, t-shirts, and obviously western-style load bearing gear.  All they are missing is NRA t-shirts and "Sweet Home Alabama."  Making them mercenaries in the hire of a Chinese criminal gives Wu Jing the ability to fight Americans without going to war with America. Adkins is good, and his fight with Wu Jing (where Wu Jing uses the special power of patriotism,) is a nice capper.

There is a story, about a drug lord who may have a weaponized super flu sending his mercenaries to take vengeance on the soldier who killed his brother while said soldier is in the middle of a military exercise, but don't let that get in the way of a lot of fun. Oh, and a fight with CGI wolves, for some reason.  It is a blast.

Also caught Wolf Warrior 2, which was the sixth-largest grossing film of 2017 regardless of having almost no showings in the US.  It is as big, as goofy, with less army and more Leng Feng saving civilians on his own, this time in an unnamed African nation, while still keeping the "China's Army Will Save You!" vibe.  (That is a paraphrase of the final epigraph of the movie, by the by.)  It doesn't have CGI wolves, but it does have a tank fight, something sorely lacking in most American films.  Also  Frank Grillo is named "Big Daddy" to continue the kick ass villains with underwhelming names.

I suggest both films. 
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 28 February 2018, 15:05:49
They show up, stepping from beside trees and out of a river, dressed in blue jeans, baseball caps, t-shirts, and obviously western-style load bearing gear.

I know what you mean by "load bearing gear," but the image of them walking out of the trees with decorative columns strapped to their backs passed through my head when I read that.

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Also caught Wolf Warrior 2, which was the sixth-largest grossing film of 2017 regardless of having almost no showings in the US.

It's amazing just how big China's movie market has gotten in the last decade.  IIRC, it's really helped the success of the Transformers films.
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 28 February 2018, 15:11:03
I know what you mean by "load bearing gear," but the image of them walking out of the trees with decorative columns strapped to their backs passed through my head when I read that.

It's amazing just how big China's movie market has gotten in the last decade.  IIRC, it's really helped the success of the Transformers films.

There is more money in China than you can imagine. 
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Post by: Banzai on 28 February 2018, 18:24:23
China's movie money is enough that a lot of the American studios create China-only scenes.  Iron Man 3 had some, as I remember, some of it blatant advertising.   But yeah, it is the new frontier.
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Post by: YingJanshi on 28 February 2018, 19:48:31
Just finished watching "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" (been feeling nostalgic for Gene Wilder lately).

I never realized it till now...but that movie is basically "SAW" for kids... o.O
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 28 February 2018, 20:18:41
China's movie money is enough that a lot of the American studios create China-only scenes.  Iron Man 3 had some, as I remember, some of it blatant advertising.   But yeah, it is the new frontier.

The place is something.  I'm there about once a month
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 28 February 2018, 20:38:51
The place is something.  I'm there about once a month

Which part are you headed to?
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 28 February 2018, 22:48:17
Which part are you headed to?

It changes all the time but recently it has been:

Hong Kong/Shenzhen/Dongguan area
Shanghai area
Qingdao/Weifang area

In December also hit Taipei and Hanoi

 :o
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 28 February 2018, 23:50:13
Just watch out for the Walled City.  That place is so scary, Insect Spirits get mugged.

Seriously, though, sounds like an interesting trip, even if it sounds like you're mostly going to be conducting business.
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Post by: Kidd on 01 March 2018, 00:28:10
Darkest Hour was interesting, but I'd bet it played fast and loose with WW2 fact. Frankly i just watched it for Old Man Oldman and Lily James.

China's movie money is enough that a lot of the American studios create China-only scenes.  Iron Man 3 had some, as I remember, some of it blatant advertising.   But yeah, it is the new frontier.
Valerian springs to mind. And a lot of token casting inserts. As a Chinese guy (though not from PRC) I would say it does NOT help the movies.
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Post by: garhkal on 01 March 2018, 00:40:59
Did a rewatch of the Dolph/Vandamme Universal soldier, and man did they really miss out on some good stuff they could have delved into..
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Post by: Banzai on 01 March 2018, 18:35:54
Did a rewatch of the Dolph/Vandamme Universal soldier, and man did they really miss out on some good stuff they could have delved into..

Ignore the sequels until you get to 2009's Universal Soldier: Regeneration. It is direct to video, and it is seriously good.
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Post by: YingJanshi on 01 March 2018, 19:28:39
Anybody going to go see the new "Death Wish" with Bruce Willis?
I doubt I will. The first one was okay. But Willis is no Charles Bronson. (One of my favorite actors.)
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 01 March 2018, 19:50:11
Honestly, I'm really tired of the "man goes on Roaring Rampage Of Revenge for crimes committed against his wife and daughter" plot.
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Post by: Banzai on 01 March 2018, 19:50:30
I like Willis, but the original was a product of its time.  And I really dislike Eli Roth's work.  Really really dislike.   So putting him in a film that was exploitative to start out with?   I am going with a hard "no."
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Post by: garhkal on 01 March 2018, 23:59:56
Honestly, I'm really tired of the "man goes on Roaring Rampage Of Revenge for crimes committed against his wife and daughter" plot.

True that.  We had that one with Travolta recently (set in columbus)..

Personally i am just getting sick to death of all the bloody reboots/remakes, period..
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 02 March 2018, 16:14:21
True that.  We had that one with Travolta recently (set in columbus)..

Personally i am just getting sick to death of all the bloody reboots/remakes, period..

Yep not too many original ideas coming out of Hollywood

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Post by: Wrangler on 02 March 2018, 16:22:51
Would licensing issues be another problem too?  You own said property, but if you make new one you have go through alot legal work to establish ownership.  Would that be one angle they do these repeats?  I recall that number classic 1920-30s-40s and even into 50s had alot remakes among them.  Like Robin Hood for example.
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Post by: garhkal on 02 March 2018, 16:24:24
That almost makes me wanna try and find out, what IS The most remade film franchise?
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 02 March 2018, 16:42:38
I would guess Dracula.
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Post by: elf25s on 02 March 2018, 17:21:07
cinderella and sherlock holmes according to guiness world records are the most remade and retold movies
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Post by: garhkal on 03 March 2018, 00:07:39
Strange, i'd thought robin hood, or the three musketeers would be..
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 03 March 2018, 00:35:00
I wonder if they're counting movies that aren't direct retellings but follow the basic plot or not?
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Post by: Kidd on 04 March 2018, 10:42:33
came across this clip from Market Garden while watching trailers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giNu19c02vY

amazing stuff.
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Post by: idea weenie on 04 March 2018, 15:26:30
Yesterday local theater had an older movie playing so I enjoyed.  The Dark Crystal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j679RgrnPVE)
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Post by: elf25s on 04 March 2018, 16:24:35
Yesterday local theater had an older movie playing so I enjoyed.  The Dark Crystal (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j679RgrnPVE)
lucky you
they are playing it about 100 miles away from where i live...
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Post by: Meow Liao on 04 March 2018, 20:20:54
It was a science fiction double feature.

I saw that Cruise won the Razzie for worst actor in The Mummy, so I watched it to clear dvr space.  About half way through, I paused for...

Alien Covenant.  That was just awful.  When the medic girl went ape shit hysterical I was done. I sat through the rest just to get it out of the way.   I have an idea...no more robots on ships.

And back to finish The Mummy.  I have never cared for Cruise, but if that was worst acting, it must have been an off year for action flicks.  I guess no Expendables movie.

Meow Liao
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Post by: PsihoKekec on 05 March 2018, 01:31:53
came across this clip from Market Garden while watching trailers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giNu19c02vY

amazing stuff.
A Bridge Too Far is really great movie, top notch cast and there was still a great deal of working WWII gear around for convincing battle scenes before the age of CGI.
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Post by: Kidd on 05 March 2018, 08:24:48
Found an old VCD (yes) of Police Academy while throwing away old stuff.

Wow they'd never get away with a lot of this stuff nowadays. Kim Cattrall looks smashing. Why can't they bring back that 80s hair?

A Bridge Too Far is really great movie, top notch cast and there was still a great deal of working WWII gear around for convincing battle scenes before the age of CGI.
Oh thats the name eh? Silly clip not to have the proper name on the title.
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Post by: PsihoKekec on 05 March 2018, 10:46:06
I watched it on the tv last year, having previously seen it as a kid, it stood up the test of time well and it was really something different seeing it with all the knowledge about the operation I have now.
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 05 March 2018, 12:56:57
A Bridge Too Far is really great movie, top notch cast and there was still a great deal of working WWII gear around for convincing battle scenes before the age of CGI.

Very good movie.  There are couple of scenes that are not historically correct but other than that it's a great movie. 
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Post by: garhkal on 05 March 2018, 15:26:01
Found an old VCD (yes) of Police Academy while throwing away old stuff.

Wow they'd never get away with a lot of this stuff nowadays.

That's why IMO a lot of older (late 70s to late 80s) comedies are a LOT more funnier than stuff these days.. Not so ...  "watered down"..
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Post by: YingJanshi on 05 March 2018, 15:39:46
So it looks like in addition to being in GotG, Yondu will be getting his own movie:

https://youtu.be/PzcaR1N0pTI (https://youtu.be/PzcaR1N0pTI)
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Post by: Banzai on 05 March 2018, 19:08:35
Well played.
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Post by: garhkal on 06 March 2018, 00:14:00
So it looks like in addition to being in GotG, Yondu will be getting his own movie:

https://youtu.be/PzcaR1N0pTI (https://youtu.be/PzcaR1N0pTI)

What does mary poppins have to do with Yondu?
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 06 March 2018, 01:14:52
This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISTZYZq1H80
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Post by: ColBosch on 06 March 2018, 01:22:10
Ugh. A fine example of why I didn't like that movie.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 06 March 2018, 02:11:51
It was still better that Drax.
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Post by: garhkal on 06 March 2018, 04:12:51
This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISTZYZq1H80

Ah, the whole using his uber dagger of doom to float down..  Got it.
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Post by: Kidd on 06 March 2018, 04:19:37
This: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISTZYZq1H80
Actually 1 of the better jokes in the movie.

Just choked to death amid the other yakety sax pratfalls such as the end of the clip
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 06 March 2018, 13:29:30
My thoughts exactly.  The first movie had a fairly good balance of action to comedy.  The second doubled down on the comedy at the expense of everything else.
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Post by: Banzai on 06 March 2018, 18:06:28
I thought the humor was what balanced out the "I found my father" notes that could (or "may") have descended into mawkishness.  I enjoyed it a lot, but anything that starts with an ELO song gets a pass from me.
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Post by: ColBosch on 06 March 2018, 20:51:56
My thoughts exactly.  The first movie had a fairly good balance of action to comedy.  The second doubled down on the comedy at the expense of everything else.

I would've been okay with comedy, but GotG's idea of "funny" was "here's a pop culture reference! Laugh, you swine!"

I thought the humor was what balanced out the "I found my father" notes that could (or "may") have descended into mawkishness.  I enjoyed it a lot, but anything that starts with an ELO song gets a pass from me.

I won't say the movie ruined that song for me, but it sure tried its hardest.
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Post by: Wrangler on 07 March 2018, 00:05:50
Weirdest choice of movie posters art..

(https://78.media.tumblr.com/363677676d44b45a51cf377f830d8cfc/tumblr_oy6lcwwR051rq6nfko1_500.jpg)
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 07 March 2018, 12:56:27
Weirdest choice of movie posters art..

(https://78.media.tumblr.com/363677676d44b45a51cf377f830d8cfc/tumblr_oy6lcwwR051rq6nfko1_500.jpg)

WTH?
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Post by: Kidd on 07 March 2018, 13:12:05
Jumanji 2 Welcome to the Jungle - 7/10

Weak storyline, but good plotting, decent dialogue and good acting by all including the kids. Helped by the fact that I could just gaze at a non-metallic-blue Karen Gillan all day...

DC could learn a heck of a lot from the opening sequence leading up to the game entry. Its a moviemaking textbook in introducing the characters and kickstarting the action.
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Post by: garhkal on 20 March 2018, 14:18:42
Well, just got back from watching Black panther..  LOVED IT.  Not as good as maybe Avengers 3 (well capt 3) or thor 3, but still a nice entry for the marvel films.
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Post by: Banzai on 20 March 2018, 17:22:05
Picked up Thor: Ragnarok on Blu-ray at the used place.  (Gotta love someone who watches it once and gets rid of it.)  I am really looking forward to Taika Waititi's director's commentary. 

As far as the film itself, I love it.  After watching the Team Thor: While You Were Fighting and Team Thor: Part 2 shorts, which were also directed by Waititi, I knew Hemsworth could do far more comedy than he was given, and this played that out in spades.  Also as  long time comics reader, seeing Jack Kirby's art style and color palate in action was a joy, Kirby Krackles and all.  And in all that they managed to move a character arc on two of the characters who most resisted that in the MCU in Thor and Loki.   Oh, and "Immigrant Song." 

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Post by: garhkal on 20 March 2018, 23:03:44
Picked up Thor: Ragnarok on Blu-ray at the used place.  (Gotta love someone who watches it once and gets rid of it.)

How much did it cost at the used place?  Every time i've been to stores like "Buyback dvd" or "Half price books" their 'used dvds' are within 3-4 dollars of the NEW ones" for most marvel films..
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 20 March 2018, 23:45:11
OK just grabbed time to watch three movies from SF to Hong Kong.

1.  Fight Club - OK OK OK, I know all you guys saw this long long ago, but I had never seen it.  The movie was not at all what I was expecting.  I liked it quite a bit and liked that it was an original storyline.  So I would have to recommend this. 

2.  12 Angry Men - The original.  In Black & White with Henry Fonda.  I saw this long ago but felt it was time for a re-watch.  It still holds up as a relevant movie.  It's still a classic and everyone should see it. 

3.  Justice League - I'm not a comic book fan.  Nothing against them just not how I wanted to spend my money.  I have enjoyed most of the Marvel movies.  This one was OK.  I guess I don't care for the casting of Superman and Batman.  Love the casting of Aquaman and Wonder Woman.  Fun movie to watch if you need to kill time. 

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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 21 March 2018, 00:28:46
I sometimes think I'm the only person on Earth that didn't like Fight Club.
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 21 March 2018, 04:48:50
I sometimes think I'm the only person on Earth that didn't like Fight Club.

I think that about Blade Runner.

I think they have that on the plane right now.  Might have to try it again.  I hated it so much the first time I almost walked out of the theatre back in the day
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Post by: ColBosch on 21 March 2018, 07:25:50
I sometimes think I'm the only person on Earth that didn't like Fight Club.

I am genuinely surprised that more people don't like it.

I think that about Blade Runner.

I think they have that on the plane right now.  Might have to try it again.  I hated it so much the first time I almost walked out of the theatre back in the day

Blade Runner is kind of garbage in its theatrical release. The Director's Cut is far better, as it cuts out most of Harrison Ford's voiceover work, and the bold choice of having him narrate things that aren't actually happening. I do think Blade Runner is well worth the watch for Rutger Hauer's closing monologue.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 21 March 2018, 09:30:50
I think that about Blade Runner.

Every time I tried watching Blade Runner I fell asleep.
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Post by: (SMD)MadCow on 21 March 2018, 12:51:28
Recently watched:
Thor Ragnarok - very entertaining, lots of fun.
Number 9 - weird, but intriguing as it takes you through the discovery of its post apocalyptic setting.
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Post by: garhkal on 21 March 2018, 15:03:09
I sometimes think I'm the only person on Earth that didn't like Fight Club.
I think that about Blade Runner.

I think they have that on the plane right now.  Might have to try it again.  I hated it so much the first time I almost walked out of the theatre back in the day

Nope you both are not the only one.  I've never really gotten into the whole fight club hype.  And i always thought blade runner was just 'ok.'

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Post by: Banzai on 22 March 2018, 12:29:31
How much did it cost at the used place?  Every time i've been to stores like "Buyback dvd" or "Half price books" their 'used dvds' are within 3-4 dollars of the NEW ones" for most marvel films..

It was $15, $7-10 bucks off new, just because it was new.  A couple months from now it will probably be down to $8.99.
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Post by: garhkal on 22 March 2018, 13:50:29
Guess i am a cheap scate, i wait till i can get it for a fiver or less...
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Post by: Banzai on 22 March 2018, 15:58:02
I was contemplating paying full price, which I almost never do. 
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Post by: Banzai on 23 March 2018, 11:57:31
Troll Hunter, 2010.  I tired quickly of "found footage" movies, but even after 8 years, this one still holds up well.

Otto Jespersen yelling "TROLL!" never fails to make me laugh.
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Post by: Meow Liao on 30 March 2018, 19:02:06
Monday was the two year mark of recording Mirrormask on the dvr, so it was finally time to clear the space.  So I watched that, and I find I can't erase it.  I will have to watch it at least one more time. The visuals of the dream land call for at least one more visit.  And I had no idea it was Neil Gaiman until I noticed his name on the opening info page.  About six weeks ago, I recorded Neil Gaiman: Dream Dangerously.  Some docu from the Indie channel.  I know he is popular, so I snagged it so I can pretend to have a clue if his name comes up.    ???

Meow Liao
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Post by: garhkal on 30 March 2018, 23:37:20
Got done with doing a re-watch on the Statham films Transporter 1 and 2..  Been a while since i saw the first, but not imo as good as the 2nd..  Though much better than the third!
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Post by: IAMCLANWOLF on 02 April 2018, 17:00:43
I hated it so much the first time I almost walked out of the theatre back in the day

I highly recommend 2049. Even if you disliked the original.
Along with the anime short films that segue into the new story.
I'll catch flak for this, but it was my favorite film of 2017.   
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Post by: Banzai on 02 April 2018, 17:01:40
Corvette Summer, Mark Hamill's 1978 follow up to Star Wars. I have been hunting for this one for years.   

It is absolutely a summer drive-in movie, which is where I saw it for the first time.  Hamill plays Kenny, an awkward gearhead high school senior who's auto shop class rebuilds and customizes a 1973 Stingray. (I was very disappointed in auto shop after this movie.  No Corvette rebuilding.)   It is promptly stolen during the class's first field trip cruising it on Van Nuys. (Also disappointing in auto shop: no cruising field trips.) Rather than graduating, Kenny follows a rumor that "his" car in in Las Vegas.  While hitch-hiking he gets picked up by Annie Potts's Vanessa, a hooker-in-training who wants to move from amateur to professional status. Hijinks ensue.   It is pretty mindless, Hamill's acting is pretty wooden, and Potts's is pretty great (she was nominated for a Golden Globe for the role). On the whole it is still as fun as I remembered it from forty years ago. 
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Post by: elf25s on 09 April 2018, 14:39:20
saw ready player one....
disappointed could had stayed at home and enjoy doctor who with tom baker instead and enjoyed it whole lot more
spare yourself the agony dont bother seeing ready player one. do watch c span instead...
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Post by: ColBosch on 09 April 2018, 16:08:29
That surprises me not one bit. Of course, I simply don't feel much in the way of nostalgia in general, so a movie based 100% on that is not going to hold any interest for me.
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 10 April 2018, 04:19:10
Every time I tried watching Blade Runner I fell asleep.

I tried on the airplane - I feel asleep
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Post by: grimlock1 on 10 April 2018, 08:12:06
saw ready player one....
disappointed could had stayed at home and enjoy doctor who with tom baker instead and enjoyed it whole lot more
spare yourself the agony dont bother seeing ready player one. do watch c span instead...
Am I projecting, or did I see a Warkhawk Prime amongst the forces that heeded Parzival's call?
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Post by: I am Belch II on 10 April 2018, 08:22:32
I liked Ready Player One just for all the Easter eggs in the movie. Story line and certain things were just the standard movie to me.
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Post by: elf25s on 10 April 2018, 11:09:40
Am I projecting, or did I see a Warkhawk Prime amongst the forces that heeded Parzival's call?
no i made the same observation when i saw the trailers...about 6 week back
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Post by: Snake Eyes on 11 April 2018, 15:41:54
All five Sharknado movies and Doom.

Watched all the Godfather movies with my wife (she really liked them)
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Post by: Wrangler on 11 April 2018, 17:30:37
I've caught Ready Player One as well.  It was good movie, more light on plot more on flash.
However its more a eye-candy roller coaster, but it does have some heart to it.

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Post by: garhkal on 11 April 2018, 23:50:06
Decided to re-watch an oldie from the 90s...  Red Planet with Val Kilmer and Cary ann-moss..
Still holds up well..  BUT i always wondered.

WHY was it with them being that far out, they couldn't detect that mass solar flare being incoming BEFORE it hit them??
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Post by: elf25s on 12 April 2018, 00:28:20
Decided to re-watch an oldie from the 90s...  Red Planet with Val Kilmer and Cary ann-moss..
Still holds up well..  BUT i always wondered.

WHY was it with them being that far out, they couldn't detect that mass solar flare being incoming BEFORE it hit them??
its a plot device...it always annoyed me when stuff like that happens in the movies for no reason or explanation...hated it as a kid despised it as an adult...
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 12 April 2018, 06:23:38
Watched Star Trek Discovery Episodes 1-5

Graphics seem good.  Plot seems OK.  Script writing seems weak. 
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Post by: Banzai on 12 April 2018, 15:25:11
*The Night Stalker,* 1972.  The first Kolchak film.  I picked up the whole series, so I am watching it in order.
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Post by: elf25s on 13 April 2018, 16:09:20
ok terry pratchets good omens book is being made by bbc into a series later on this year . loved the book especially the 4 horsemen...btw one of which had been replaced because science made him break out in frustration so he retired...cant wait to see it on small screen. looks like the former doctor david tennant is playing one of the major players...

re watching jonathan strange and mr norrell...fun romp through alternative history during english war with napoleon...when magic comes back after 300 years being gone...crowley
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Post by: Daemion on 15 April 2018, 01:13:02
Knucklehead on netflix. A completely random find looking for something else (The Pacifier).  I have to admit I enjoy the wide range of movies the WWE studios have produced. This one was a fun family film.

Also random find - and okay if you're teenager at heart - The Princess Protection Program. Disney Channel movie. Being into alternate realities, I kinda thought it would be neat to see an Earth that is completely dotted with all kinds of little city-state kingdoms, each with its own princess. That's not what this one was about, but came close to that kind of backdrop.
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Post by: marauder648 on 15 April 2018, 01:36:12
Went to see Ready Player One last night.  From reviews i'd seen, I was worried it was gonna be trying to RAM the 80's nostalgia down your throat in a forceful manner aka

(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bVfpD7PrGO8/UOycL2lSRiI/AAAAAAAAFMc/bl61FLoNmAA/s1600/look-at-my-kids.gif)

But it wasn't THAT bad and all in all the film was very enjoyable, the action was good, the CGI was pretty darn amazing, it made me smile seeing tons of stuff I recognised and the acting was pretty good too. All in all an enjoyable film. Gonna have to read the book now.
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Post by: Kidd on 15 April 2018, 02:21:34
Murder on the Orient Express. Very atmospheric film. Helps that I haven't read the novel - always wanted to, didn't. Great acting all around. Looking forward to Death on the Nile.
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Post by: Wrangler on 15 April 2018, 08:01:10
Murder on the Orient Express. Very atmospheric film. Helps that I haven't read the novel - always wanted to, didn't. Great acting all around. Looking forward to Death on the Nile.
So it's not better than earlier films?  Like the 2001, 1979 film, even the 1934 one just called Orient Express? I wanted to see this new one, i THINK i may seen earlier 1934 one and 1974 one on my old UHF movie channel back in the day.  Sean Connery was in 74 film that was 11th best film of that year.
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Post by: Kidd on 15 April 2018, 08:11:11
So it's not better than earlier films?  Like the 2001, 1979 film, even the 1934 one just called Orient Express? I wanted to see this new one, i THINK i may seen earlier 1934 one and 1974 one on my old UHF movie channel back in the day.  Sean Connery was in 74 film that was 11th best film of that year.
AFAI can tell its a straight up adaptation. No I've never watched the other films or read the book - I've just started the novel btw. Poirot was never really my thing - I'm a diehard Holmesian :D
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Post by: garhkal on 15 April 2018, 16:10:57
Getting ready for Infinity wars, with a re-watch of all the marvel films..
Did IM 1 last night,
have IM2 for tonight,
then thor 1,
then Capt 1
then avengers 1
then IM3
Then thor 2
then capt 2
Then Gotg 1 AND 2
Then avengers 2
Then Antman
Then Capt 3 civil war
Then Dr strange
Then Spidey homecoming
Then thor 3

Since BP and "Antman and the wasp" are not yet out on video, i can't do them...
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Post by: Banzai on 16 April 2018, 17:35:53
Antman and The Wasp haven't been in a theater yet, so they are not really in line before *Infinity War.*

I have been running through the same path for a month or so, getting ready for the 27th.

In other films, just picked up *Atomic Blond* and *Collateral.*  Haven't watched *Blond* yet, but *Collateral* was outstanding.  I am a fan of Michael Mann's direction (and eye - his view makes LA into a character,) and I find I still enjoy Tom Cruise's acting.  Jamie Foxx did a fine job, though he was at times so amiable I wanted to slap him.  (In my headcannon, Max was so traumatized by this night he got a bunch of tats and moved to Atlanta, changing his name to "Bats." )  Cruise does a great job as a sociopath who starts out personable but devolves over the course of the night.  Really solid film. 
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Post by: I am Belch II on 16 April 2018, 19:47:44
Lots of Marvel movies to watch, over 40 hours.
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Post by: garhkal on 17 April 2018, 00:51:29
Well going in order (inc Times), we have
Capt 1 - 2 hrs 4 min (124 min)
IM 1 - 2 hrs 6 min (126 min)
IM 2 - 2 hrs 4 min (124 min)
Inc Hulk - 1 hr 52 min (112 min)
Thor 1 - 1 hr 55 min (115 min)
Avengers 1 - 2 hrs 33 min (153 min)
IM 3 - 2 hrs 10 min (130 min)
Thor 2 - 1 hr 52 (112 min)
Capt 2 - 2 hrs 16 min (136 min)
GotG 1 - 2 hrs 1 min (121 min)
GotG 2 - 2 hrs 16 min (136 min)
Avengers 2 - 2 hrs 21 min (141 min)
Antman - 1 hr 57 min (117 min)
Capt 3 - 2 hrs 27 min (147 min)
Dr Strange - 1 hr 55 min (115 min)
Spidey home - 2 hrs 13 min (133 min)
Thor 3 - 2 hrs 10 min (130 min)

So NOT counting AMTW and BP (still in theaters), we have 17 movies with a combined total of 2,172 minutes of viewing time, which equates to 36 hrs 12 minutes...

That's a LOT of watching!!
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Post by: elf25s on 21 April 2018, 12:40:33
ok sick again...damn my neighbors and their ilk...
so now i have the time to go on watching binge if i can stomach it.
all 007 james bond movies from 192 to 2015.
ask me in 3 days if i still enjoy the movies after the binge...
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Post by: Cache on 21 April 2018, 12:56:54
Brought the fam to Ready Player One and we all enjoyed it. The story didn't feel like anything new but it was still good. The nostalgia took it up a notch from there.
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Post by: garhkal on 21 April 2018, 15:52:42
Well going in order (inc Times), we have
Capt 1 - 2 hrs 4 min (124 min)
IM 1 - 2 hrs 6 min (126 min)
IM 2 - 2 hrs 4 min (124 min)
Inc Hulk - 1 hr 52 min (112 min)
Thor 1 - 1 hr 55 min (115 min)
Avengers 1 - 2 hrs 33 min (153 min)
IM 3 - 2 hrs 10 min (130 min)
Thor 2 - 1 hr 52 (112 min)
Capt 2 - 2 hrs 16 min (136 min)
GotG 1 - 2 hrs 1 min (121 min)
GotG 2 - 2 hrs 16 min (136 min)
Avengers 2 - 2 hrs 21 min (141 min)
Antman - 1 hr 57 min (117 min)
Capt 3 - 2 hrs 27 min (147 min)
Dr Strange - 1 hr 55 min (115 min)
Spidey home - 2 hrs 13 min (133 min)
Thor 3 - 2 hrs 10 min (130 min)

So the first five down (IM1, 2, Inc hulk, Cap 1 and Thor 1)..  Avengers 1 is later this evening..  Then onto the rest tomorrow and in the week..
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Post by: elf25s on 22 April 2018, 11:28:58
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhwktRDG_aQ

please wont you be my neighbor?

am i only one that is willing to see this in theater and face the crowds of the unruly?
of all the movies coming out soon this is the one that caught my attention for not only it being about the icon of america but also unlike most it had no big explosions to gt your attention
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Post by: Tymers Realm on 22 April 2018, 11:56:14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhwktRDG_aQ

please wont you be my neighbor?

am i only one that is willing to see this in theater and face the crowds of the unruly?
of all the movies coming out soon this is the one that caught my attention for not only it being about the icon of america but also unlike most it had no big explosions to gt your attention

This might be worth seeing.
There was also that PBS documentary within the last month or so that was quite good as well.

Now I'm feeling old...
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 22 April 2018, 12:58:10
You're never too old for Mr Rogers.
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Post by: garhkal on 22 April 2018, 14:50:20
Caught Hugh Jackman's "The Greatest Showman", and man did i love it.  Outstanding acting and singing..
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Post by: Jaim Magnus on 22 April 2018, 18:08:16
You're never too old for Mr Rogers.

Mr. Dressup, all the way.
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Post by: Top Sergeant on 22 April 2018, 19:30:36
I learned something today that has me really wishing for "what might have been".

I was listening to a biography of famed director Akira Kurosawa, and during the section where the author covered Kurosawa's long professional relationship with actor Toshiro Mifune he said that, before offering the role of Obi-Wan to Sir Alec Guiness, George Lucas offered it to Mifune.

I have been picturing Mifune as Obi Wan all day. Man, that would have rocked for me!
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 22 April 2018, 20:57:55
I think I heard that before.  But it would have rocked, especially given how much Guinness hated the role.
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Post by: marauder648 on 23 April 2018, 03:56:06
Obviously with Infinity War coming out very soon it does not need to be said but No spoilers! If you spoil Infinity War, I will laminate your dog.  If you do not have a dog, I will buy you one, let you get attached to it and THEN laminate it. 

Also I watched a classic last night, the first Tremors, its still a damn enjoyable movie!

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Post by: Banzai on 23 April 2018, 11:17:41
No dog lamination, got it.

Watched Atomic Blond. Brutal fight scenes, some quite good, including a 7-minute long bruiser in an abandoned hotel that was very good. The movie does great in subverting the "the hero never shows damage" trope, and Charlize Theron takes a beating.  A lot of Cold War paranoia and double/triple/quadrupedal crossing (the film takes place days before the Berlin Wall came down and everything is supposed to change, spy-wise.)  Great cast, including James McAvoy, John Goodman, Sofia Boutella, and Bill Skarsgård in a very fun role.  It earns its R-rating, and I give is a strong "B" grade. 
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Post by: elf25s on 23 April 2018, 15:43:12
ok one of my favorite novels is  a classic that no one with a mind will not say its one of the best novels written by alexander dumas count of monte cristo.over the years i watched few adaptations of the book russian german french and american
and two that really struck me as the best of all movies out there were 1934 and 1998 versions.
and one mention that got me started on the road to read at age 5 after watching the movie the 1975 version with richard chambarlain. the dungeon stay of edmunt dantes was the scene that had made a big impression on me ...even at age 5
sadly i was not able to read the book till i was 8 no librarian would let me get my hands on the book...
so does any one have a fave version of the adaptation of the novel?
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Post by: garhkal on 23 April 2018, 16:17:35
Also I watched a classic last night, the first Tremors, its still a damn enjoyable movie!

I love it too, even liked #3 and 4.. 
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Post by: Banzai on 23 April 2018, 16:53:55
I didn't even hate #2, Aftershocks.  It was D2V, which is always a hit in the casting and effects budget, but they did a great job with what they had.  Most important to me, they didn't just recycle the original plot and monsters, taking them in a completely different direction with the Screamers.   Some people didn't like them at all, but at least the movie took a chance.  Gotta respect that.
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Post by: Tymers Realm on 23 April 2018, 17:11:20
ok one of my favorite novels is  a classic that no one with a mind will not say its one of the best novels written by alexander dumas count of monte cristo.over the years i watched few adaptations of the book russian german french and american
and two that really struck me as the best of all movies out there were 1934 and 1998 versions.
and one mention that got me started on the road to read at age 5 after watching the movie the 1975 version with richard chambarlain. the dungeon stay of edmunt dantes was the scene that had made a big impression on me ...even at age 5
sadly i was not able to read the book till i was 8 no librarian would let me get my hands on the book...
so does any one have a fave version of the adaptation of the novel?


I always enjoy the 2002 film version with  Jim Caviezel and Guy Pearce. Oh so much fun.
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Post by: garhkal on 23 April 2018, 22:41:53
I didn't even hate #2, Aftershocks.  It was D2V, which is always a hit in the casting and effects budget, but they did a great job with what they had.  Most important to me, they didn't just recycle the original plot and monsters, taking them in a completely different direction with the Screamers.   Some people didn't like them at all, but at least the movie took a chance.  Gotta respect that.

That it did, which is why #4 i loved, with the going back in the past, to explore somewhat, their origins..  though i disliked #5, bloodlines.
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Post by: elf25s on 23 April 2018, 23:13:46
I always enjoy the 2002 film version with  Jim Caviezel and Guy Pearce. Oh so much fun.
i liked one scene from it...the prison carage...and line do you think i would make it this easy?
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Post by: marauder648 on 24 April 2018, 01:53:22
So...here's Venom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnAN9Lyg4Ng
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Post by: Banzai on 24 April 2018, 12:09:10
So...here's Venom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnAN9Lyg4Ng

And queue the Internet screams of "this is going to be 99% Tom Hardy and the last 1% of the movie as Carnage" in 3...2...1...
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 24 April 2018, 14:15:01
I'm having trouble seeing the point of a Venom movie that's set in a continuity apart from Spider-Man.
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Post by: Cache on 24 April 2018, 14:16:13
And queue the Internet screams of "this is going to be 99% Tom Hardy and the last 1% of the movie as Carnage" in 3...2...1...
Not that they won't, but that'd be a silly leap. Hardy isn't afraid to do a movie wearing a mask the entire time.
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Post by: Banzai on 26 April 2018, 13:26:02
Went and saw Black Panther.  Was really underwhelmed.  Some outstanding stuff, some crappy stuff, some "huh?" stuff, wrapped in an Iron Man remake (also a lot of my complaints for Dr. Strange, which was also an Iron Man rehash.  Marvel needs to let more time go before recycling a story so closely.)

Still looking forward to tomorrow.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 26 April 2018, 14:33:38
I like Tom Hardy as a actor....hope he does better as Venom then he did as Bane.
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Post by: Kidd on 26 April 2018, 14:43:15
If there's one side character I really want to know more about, its Tom Hardy's snarky forger-mercenary-gambler-adventurer in Inception.

"Mustn't be afraid to dream a little big, darling..."
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Post by: Banzai on 26 April 2018, 15:18:53
And his Max in Fury Road was a workshop in acting without speaking (much).
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Post by: Cache on 26 April 2018, 19:52:24
And his Max in Fury Road was a workshop in acting without speaking (much).
Rather enjoyed him in Dunkirk as well.
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Post by: garhkal on 26 April 2018, 23:55:52
I like Tom Hardy as a actor....hope he does better as Venom then he did as Bane.

As an actor, he's had a lot more hits than 'misses' for me..
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Post by: I am Belch II on 27 April 2018, 07:39:54
As long as Tom Hardy covers parts of his face, he plays some really good roles.
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Post by: elf25s on 28 April 2018, 16:52:19
man who sued god
some of the better comedies i had seen i long time
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Post by: garhkal on 29 April 2018, 01:35:02
man who sued god
some of the better comedies i had seen i long time

I liked that one too..  Billy Connolly did good in it..
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Post by: I am Belch II on 29 April 2018, 11:21:34
Watched War for the Planet of the Apes. ....Not bad...I just didnt think it was that good.
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Post by: ColBosch on 29 April 2018, 11:45:20
Watched War for the Planet of the Apes. ....Not bad...I just didnt think it was that good.

It had its moments, but yeah, it was kind of...bleah. The final battle scene really felt like they ran out of budget and had to hurry things along.
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Post by: elf25s on 29 April 2018, 15:57:04
ok i had been binging on all 27 or is 26? james bond movies and took a break to watch man who sued god...
and i find that amazing on how much of action and silly 007 movies are i can only bear to watch them only once...without cringing or get down right bored to tears... done wit all bonds to mid 80s i should be done with rest sometimes around 3 am...
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 29 April 2018, 16:41:06
A lot of the older Bond movies especially are pretty cringe-inducing.  Bond's smooth-talking pickup lines haven't aged well.
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Post by: elf25s on 29 April 2018, 16:44:41
its not just the lines but the action...as well. never seen a hero with glass head like bonds and jaw of granite...lmao even the science behind a lot of stuff still makes me cringe...
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Post by: elf25s on 01 May 2018, 00:19:08
ok since my james bond binge my cringe factor and discomfort has risen quite high...
but i was surprised when i saw this person about 40 minutes in never say never again
 Rowan Atkinson    ...    Small-Fawcett yep mister bean himself and where he got an idea for johnny english
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Post by: Sapphirus on 07 May 2018, 00:30:09
I just saw the very first Robocop from 1987 on Demand and I loved it.  I finally saw it from a-z.  Yes, I know about Robocop for like decades.  jeez.
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Post by: garhkal on 07 May 2018, 13:51:53
Surprisingly i liked the 2nd robocop more than the first, but both still beat out the reboot.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 07 May 2018, 15:20:55
The reboot missed the point of the originals.
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Post by: garhkal on 07 May 2018, 16:48:12
TV related not movies, but i just caught last friday's ep of Blindspot, and they had Bill Nye on, as the father of agent patterson.  MENTIONING working with 'a dr rodney Mccay"...

That got my stargate goosebumps up..
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Post by: garhkal on 10 May 2018, 08:19:15
Well, finally saw Maze runner - Death cure..
So it was an "interesting ending".  Left me with a # of questions.  But still, a decent ending to the series.
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Post by: Foxx Ital on 10 May 2018, 10:29:39
Watched sidekicks, this movie deserves a mst3k treatment.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 10 May 2018, 10:48:04
That was the bad Chuck Norris Karate Kid rippoff, wasn't it?
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Post by: Foxx Ital on 10 May 2018, 12:31:30
Yeah, with some "jokes" that didn't age well.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 10 May 2018, 21:10:34
Surprisingly i liked the 2nd robocop more than the first, but both still beat out the reboot.

I like it more then the first also. Just don't even try and watch the 3rd Robocop movie.
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Post by: garhkal on 11 May 2018, 06:58:08
That was the bad Chuck Norris Karate Kid rippoff, wasn't it?


Surprisingly i've always had a soft spot for it..

I like it more then the first also. Just don't even try and watch the 3rd Robocop movie.

Ahh, you mean the abomination that shall not be named.
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Post by: Kidd on 11 May 2018, 14:50:24
Game Night.

Okay so I just got it because Jason Bateman is such a nice guy and Rachel Mcadams is smoking - how the heck does she look 25 at 40?!

but this was very well done. Plot's thin but very entertaining. 8/10, would recommend renting.
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Post by: Wrangler on 12 May 2018, 23:41:22
1955's To Kill A Mockingbird. It was on Netflix other night. This was the first time I had have ever seen the film. I was not big on watching dramas growing up. It was a great movie and still can get emotionally to you despite its age. How the turbulent times of yesterday and it can teach you lessons that are still relevant today.

The version of the film i saw was restored completely. It certainly opens ur eyes to a long lost era. I was struck by opening how clear it was. How crayon looked or the 1900 dated coin was placed.
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Post by: Jaim Magnus on 13 May 2018, 06:55:14
Interesting. We had to watch that in high school here in Canada. After reading the book of course.
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Post by: ColBosch on 13 May 2018, 09:26:32
I re-watched Dunkirk with a friend last night. She hadn't seen it before, so I was poised to answer any questions she might've had due to the complicated plotting of the film. Happily, she twigged that it wasn't all in "real time" quickly, and she seemed to enjoy it as much as I did.
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Post by: mdauben on 13 May 2018, 22:56:21
I just finally got a chance to watch Black Panther tonight.  I have to say I came away a little disappointed.  Don't get me wrong, it was a really good movie.  It's just from all the hype and reviews I was expecting a great movie, and I don't think it hit that level, at least for me. )
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Post by: ColBosch on 14 May 2018, 12:51:51
I just finally got a chance to watch Black Panther tonight.  I have to say I came away a little disappointed.  Don't get me wrong, it was a really good movie.  It's just from all the hype and reviews I was expecting a great movie, and I don't think it hit that level, at least for me. )

I am waiting to forget it exists before I watch it, so maybe another year or two. I'll probably catch up on all the MCU flicks I've missed at the same time. Right now, though, I am completely burnt out.
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Post by: Kidd on 14 May 2018, 13:35:48
I just finally got a chance to watch Black Panther tonight.  I have to say I came away a little disappointed.  Don't get me wrong, it was a really good movie.  It's just from all the hype and reviews I was expecting a great movie, and I don't think it hit that level, at least for me. )
The hype and associated issues was really self-defeating for me, because on its own it was a decent flick and one of the better Marvel "origins" movies. We've come such a long way in cinematic technique that its genuinely getting harder to do better and better. By most standards therefore BP is good enough. Its just that it has been unfairly praised to the heavens and that has set itself up for a fall, IMHO.
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Post by: Wrangler on 15 May 2018, 09:24:38
I found most of the Marvel origin stories/first movies more watchable than the serial stuff.

Don't get me wrong, i like well written interconnected stories, but sometimes it's too much for movie to do it, television on other hand perfect medium for it.
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Post by: Banzai on 15 May 2018, 11:06:48
One of my problems with Black Panther was it is a rehash of Iron Man's first movie, which is fine, but it is only two years after the latest rehash of Iron Man's first movie, Doctor Strange.  I have a lot of other issues with it as well.  It is a fine comic book movie, but the comments of it being the Best Comic Book Movie EVER don't hold up. 
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Post by: Banzai on 15 May 2018, 11:34:09
And speaking of comic book movies, a friend lent me The Losers (2010.) Hated this movie.  It is the kind of movie Tropic Thunder was making fun of, with every shoot-em-up, blow-em-up cliché in place.  A black ops team is betrayed by their mysterious handler and has to go underground to try to get revenge and/or redemption.  Add in femme fatale with a mysterious past.  One of the Losers wife is going to give birth at any moment.  Tension in the team.  Hijinks ensue.  It almost went as parody, but it never seemed to be sure what tone it was taking, jumping from serious to Silver-age comics level of goofy, complete with sonic bombs out of a 60’s Bond knockoff which can make an island…disappear? Or something.  And Max the Supervillain Black Ops Mastermind, who is trying create a fake attack on US soil to frame…someone?  Or is going to sell the weapons to terrorists.  Or is trying to steal a billion dollars (cue Dr. Evil) from the CIA.  Or something.  It is not only unclear, but changes like the wind.  But he murders kids, shoots a woman who is carrying his sun-protection parasol because she slips, and breaks com security to gloat.  He is a BAD MAN who seems to be in control of every clandestine intelligence agency in the US.  Or something.

 
The rest of the cast is fine, and I really enjoyed Chris Evans playing against type as a goofy intelligence expert/hacker, but the film is really uneven.  You can pull off that mix of funny and violent and tense, like RED did (also a comic book movie), but The Losers didn’t have the cast RED did, and their script was all over the place.  It seemed like they didn’t really know where they wanted to go, and the ending, (SPOILER ALERT) where MAX escapes on…a city bus?  Really?  A guy who can call up planes at a whim, a security force of ex-SF operators, and has buildings for his minions, escapes on a bus?  And gets his watch stolen?  A guy who murdered his sun-shade gets jacked by two punks?  Sheesh.  It felt like the Simpsons episode with all of the spin offs, in the Chief Wiggum and Skinner team up where the bad guy gets away and the Chief says “I have the feeling we’ll be seeing him again…each and every week.”   It was an unsatisfying end to an unsatisfying movie, so at least that was consistent.
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Post by: garhkal on 15 May 2018, 15:24:13
One of my problems with Black Panther was it is a rehash of Iron Man's first movie, which is fine, but it is only two years after the latest rehash of Iron Man's first movie, Doctor Strange.  I have a lot of other issues with it as well.  It is a fine comic book movie, but the comments of it being the Best Comic Book Movie EVER don't hold up.

Strange, i never though/saw dr strange as a rehash of IM1..
Nor black panther.


As for both Red and the losers, i never REALIZED they were comic movies, til i got told about it..  I laughed at some of the hyjinks that the losers got up to in the film, but otherwise it was just "ok".  BUT i absolutely loved RED.
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Post by: Triptych on 16 May 2018, 04:20:00
Deadpool 2: better than the first movie. It's now got a plot, though still somewhat very simplified. More of the same, just with a bigger budget lol. 6/10
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Post by: Kidd on 16 May 2018, 04:43:44
Pop Culture Reference One: Classic Spielberg in many ways. Goonies for the 00s kids. But the constant refrain/obsession with marginal trivia is tiresome. As a background to the movie it would have been cool. As central premise, macguffin, character development (such as it is) AND resolution... it is extremely irritating.

I can only think development must have gone like the first studio scene in Wayne's World: "I guess kids like this?" "oh, they love it."

Throw in a good dash of pointless dystopia and drone scare and Chosen one-itis ("trust me Mr Spielberg, kids dig this") and here we are. Speaking of Chosen ones, the "hero" is uninspiring at best and frankly off-putting. The real heroes imo are Artemis and H - they put in more work winning than he did, the former for a far more noble cause.

Bonus points for having the hypocritical gall to play straight the scene where the Evil CEO(tm) tries to impress the hero with his pop-culture references as relayed via earpiece by his advisors - I felt like that was truly the movie talking directly to the audience.

No Battletech Mechs that I could see. But the action was so frenetic it was hard to see anyway.
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Post by: pheonixstorm on 16 May 2018, 07:17:45
Watched Power Rangers yesterday with my son. Not bad for a PR flick. Much better than the series imo. Looking at watching some of the youtube red movies if I can find the ones I remember seeing trailers for a few years back.
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Post by: Banzai on 16 May 2018, 12:20:40
Strange, i never though/saw dr strange as a rehash of IM1..
Nor black panther.


In Doctor Strange and Iron Man you have powerful, rich, arrogant main characters who lose it all, end up with a major physical infirmity, then come to understand power by learning to serve rather than be served.  Similar arcs with both love and respect growing for Christine/Pepper.  It has a bit of a pay off in the antagonism between Strange and Stark in IW.  They grate each other because they are both basically the same guy, just one went mystical and the other engineering.

In Black Panther it even riffs on the structure of Iron Man: The original villain is replaced mid-film by the real antagonist.  The real antagonist is a family member (for all intents and purposes) who usurps the main character’s leadership position, leaving them for dead.  The main character needs to take back his position by fighting the antagonist in a dangerous, industrial setting, both using similar powered suits.   (Oh, and Killmonger's death is a copy of Nyssa's death in Blade 2, yet another Marvel film.)
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 19 May 2018, 21:25:03
I was just looking up movie times since I'm planning to go see Deadpool 2 on Monday.

Black Panther is still in the theater here, despite already being out on video.  This is, I think, the first time that three different Marvel movies have been playing here simultaneously.
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Post by: Banzai on 22 May 2018, 11:13:25
Deadpool 2.  Sick, twisted, and got me listening to Celine Dion. 
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Post by: garhkal on 22 May 2018, 14:37:59
Deadpool 2.  Sick, twisted, and got me listening to Celine Dion.

I couldn't stop laughing near the end of it..  LOVED the music too, even Celine.. 
Though why is it we didn't see one instance (to my knowledge) of Cable using ANY of his TK or telepathy powers??
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 22 May 2018, 15:52:44
Presumably because they wanted to focus on the "uses ridiculously oversized guns" aspect of his character to keep him more on Wade's power level.  And play up the silliness of the 90s anti-hero.
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Post by: Banzai on 22 May 2018, 18:54:12
I couldn't stop laughing near the end of it..  LOVED the music too, even Celine.. 
Though why is it we didn't see one instance (to my knowledge) of Cable using ANY of his TK or telepathy powers??

It was subtle, but happened a lot: The Gun jumping back onto his back (where it stayed, without a holster), things jumping into his hands, and a few times on the prison bus.  They never called attention to it, but it was there.
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Post by: Banzai on 22 May 2018, 19:12:49
Presumably because they wanted to focus on the "uses ridiculously oversized guns" aspect of his character to keep him more on Wade's power level.  And play up the silliness of the 90s anti-hero.

The whole movie is a love letter to the 90's extreme movement.  A beautiful beautiful love letter. Of beautiful love. And...other things. But mostly love!

"What crazy person would come up with that power?  Probably someone who can't draw feet!" - My favorite line. 
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 22 May 2018, 22:39:46
It was subtle, but happened a lot: The Gun jumping back onto his back (where it stayed, without a holster), things jumping into his hands, and a few times on the prison bus.  They never called attention to it, but it was there.

It wasn't really clear whether that was TK or the gun being magnetically drawn to him, since it stuck itself to his back.
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Post by: garhkal on 23 May 2018, 00:12:45
It wasn't really clear whether that was TK or the gun being magnetically drawn to him, since it stuck itself to his back.

I too, thought that scene was more his gun had a magnet or such in, so he could call it back.. Much like Capt's shield in avengers 2 and beyond did.
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Post by: Banzai on 23 May 2018, 11:56:44
They way it jumped onto his back when he moved on, and the distance it jumped to his back during his fight in the Ice Box, and knowing his mutant power, said TK to me.  And in AoU they specifically shouted out the magnets.  Here they didn't.  By YMMV, as always. 
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 23 May 2018, 14:18:41
Usually, movies have a character look at the item they're TKing or make some sort of gesture to show that they're using their powers.  Given that Cable didn't do any of that, and his powers weren't mentioned anywhere, I went with it being a high-tech "magnetic" effect of the gun itself since most viewers aren't going to have the slightest notion that Cable normally has telepathic and telekinetic abilities.
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Post by: garhkal on 23 May 2018, 15:03:26
Usually, movies have a character look at the item they're TKing or make some sort of gesture to show that they're using their powers.  Given that Cable didn't do any of that, and his powers weren't mentioned anywhere, I went with it being a high-tech "magnetic" effect of the gun itself since most viewers aren't going to have the slightest notion that Cable normally has telepathic and telekinetic abilities.

Yup.  That's why i wondered "So if his gun's being called back cause of magnets, WHEN is he gonna pump out some uber TK he has"??
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Post by: Banzai on 23 May 2018, 16:39:47
As I said, YMMV.  But considering this movie is chock full of jokes that are never explained, it seemed all in the same vein.
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Post by: Kidd on 06 June 2018, 02:26:12
John Wick and John Wick Chapter 2.

The first was thin on plot, heavy on the action. The second checked quite a few boxes on what a good sequel should be - a lot more plot, a lot more world-building, a lot more complications, and an ending that decently sets up the finale. Nice.

Mindless 1-man action rampages are not my thing, but I like good gunplay too, so what the heck. I would still have stopped halfway however, but for the presence of some of my favourite actors - Ian McShane, John Leguizamos, Willem Dafoe, Peter Serafinowicz, even Common from Wanted. They're not A-list, but do great work in the limited time they're usually given, so its always nice to see them and they kept me going.

Will be waiting eagerly for Chapter 3.
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Post by: Wrangler on 06 June 2018, 08:25:34
Just finally saw Star Wars: Solo.

To my pleasure, it was very good movie.  I'm not entirely sure why it's not doing as good in the theaters, other than it being expensive now to go to them depending on the location.  It's worth the cost of watching it! Its as good as Rogue One incomparison.  Ron Howard did a amazing job with salvage job he did with project!
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Post by: ColBosch on 06 June 2018, 09:29:54
I am COMPLETELY burned out on big-budget spectacle films. I'm done. I can't handle more Marvel - haven't seen a one since Guardians 2, which I hated - and I can't handle more Star Wars. I even skipped Pacific Rim 2.
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Post by: Wrangler on 06 June 2018, 10:11:30
I am COMPLETELY burned out on big-budget spectacle films. I'm done. I can't handle more Marvel - haven't seen a one since Guardians 2, which I hated - and I can't handle more Star Wars. I even skipped Pacific Rim 2.
Too bad. Solo was good, i'm in same camp as you with burn out thing.
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Post by: ColBosch on 06 June 2018, 10:21:34
Too bad. Solo was good, i'm in same camp as you with burn out thing.

Nah. I'm not going to see it.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 06 June 2018, 11:40:28
I am COMPLETELY burned out on big-budget spectacle films. I'm done. I can't handle more Marvel - haven't seen a one since Guardians 2, which I hated - and I can't handle more Star Wars. I even skipped Pacific Rim 2.

Guardians 2 represented a low point in recent Marvel films: the ones that have come out since have been better, but if you're burned out you're burned out.  And there's a heck of a lot of Marvel films to cause burn out.

I haven't bothered with Solo myself.  I thought about going Monday but had car trouble that needed to be taken care of and honestly nothing I've seen about the movie really makes me feel that I absolutely must go see it.

I've been watching the trailers for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom.  So far, it looks like it's Jurassic Park 2, but with likable characters and a coherent plot.
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Post by: Banzai on 06 June 2018, 12:11:06
My daughter is working through a condensed version of the MCU, so we watched Avenger, Age of Ultron.  Other than a few uncomfortable minutes ("Dad, what does 'playing hide the zucchini' mean?" ) it went well.  On to Ant Man!
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Post by: garhkal on 06 June 2018, 15:31:13
Caught 13:17 to paris, and the new Willis Death wish..  Loved the latter..  A great re-imagining of the original...  Though the first, was a little slow, it was still good.
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Post by: Banzai on 06 June 2018, 16:51:34
Caught 13:17 to paris, and the new Willis Death wish..  Loved the latter..  A great re-imagining of the original...  Though the first, was a little slow, it was still good.

I am more than a little hesitant to watch Death Wish as I find Eli Roth's work distasteful at best.  I have no problem with violent films, or even gory films, but Roth's tendency to bathe in brutality, for want of a better term, turns me off of his movies.  How was it from that stand point?
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Post by: garhkal on 07 June 2018, 01:31:34
It was not really that brutal, compared to the original.  Only once, would i call a scene brutal..
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Post by: Top Sergeant on 07 June 2018, 05:58:44
I am COMPLETELY burned out on big-budget spectacle films. I'm done. I can't handle more Marvel - haven't seen a one since Guardians 2, which I hated - and I can't handle more Star Wars. I even skipped Pacific Rim 2.

I just watched Destination: Moon. Its on YouTube! This is the sci fi movie that Heinlein co-wrote with a screen writer.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 07 June 2018, 09:53:17
I am more than a little hesitant to watch Death Wish as I find Eli Roth's work distasteful at best.  I have no problem with violent films, or even gory films, but Roth's tendency to bathe in brutality, for want of a better term, turns me off of his movies.

My problem is less the violence and more that "guy goes on massive rampage to get revenge for the murder of his family" is such a cliched plot.
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Post by: Kidd on 07 June 2018, 10:52:30
It is.

Such plots need a good twist to stay fresh - like eg said guy is a legendary ex-Illuminati assassin nicknamed Baba Yaga...
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Post by: garhkal on 07 June 2018, 13:32:16
My problem is less the violence and more that "guy goes on massive rampage to get revenge for the murder of his family" is such a cliched plot.

So true.  Just taking a look at it, we had kill bill 1 and 2, all the death wish series (inc the remake), all 3 takens, john wick 1 and 2, the crow, man on fire, darkman, payback, law abiding citizen, punisher, faster, next of kin, the brave one, boondock saints, collateral, collateral damage, defendor (Heck, most any superhero film could count), the equalizer, eye for an eye, fire with fire, four brothers..  And many more..
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Post by: Kidd on 07 June 2018, 13:44:52
...boondock saints...
Not quite.
What a classic though. Super underrated.
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Post by: Banzai on 07 June 2018, 15:48:47
So true.  Just taking a look at it, we had kill bill 1 and 2, all the death wish series (inc the remake), all 3 takens, john wick 1 and 2, the crow, man on fire, darkman, payback, law abiding citizen, punisher, faster, next of kin, the brave one, boondock saints, collateral, collateral damage, defendor (Heck, most any superhero film could count), the equalizer, eye for an eye, fire with fire, four brothers..  And many more..

The Count of Monte Cristo, Hamlet, Medea...  Heh.
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Post by: ColBosch on 07 June 2018, 16:10:17
There are no new plots and very few new ideas, and the most effective stories often use specific formulas. Judge a story on how it entertains you, not on its originality.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 07 June 2018, 18:40:18
There may be no new stories, but it's still possible to be more original than "my family was murdered, I'm going to spend the next two hours running around shooting people."
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Post by: Banzai on 08 June 2018, 10:56:32
Shin Godzilla.  This is the weirdest Godzilla film I have ever seen, and I have seen all of them.  The monster concept and execution is great, but just as the original Gojira was a response to the nuclear attacks on Japan, this version is a response to the governmental responses (and lack there in) to Fukushima and the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami.  Where in other films the main human characters were scientists or military leader (or military super-powered mutants - I love Final Wars!) in here they are a Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary and Special Envoy to the President of the United States.  It says a lot that it doesn't suffer from that.  But the movie (and some of the movie's characters) question whether Godzilla or the bureaucracy is a bigger danger.

Godzilla's design is unique, horribly beautiful, and alien.  It was a weird flick, but I really enjoyed it.
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Post by: garhkal on 11 June 2018, 14:34:44
So, saw the Jennifer Laurence, Red Sparrow.  And even with the nudity (that some felt was a little off), i LOVED the film.  All the twists kept me glued to the screen.

Then saw the comedy, Game Night, and felt it was a solid 3 ou of 5.. 

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Post by: Kidd on 11 June 2018, 20:39:27
(that some felt was a little off)
Its meant to be.
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Post by: Top Sergeant on 11 June 2018, 22:16:37
Watched Go For Broke! with Van Johnson. And thus starts my vacation.
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Post by: ColBosch on 11 June 2018, 22:22:08
I finally watched Thor: Ragnarok. Not bad.
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Post by: Brother Jim on 12 June 2018, 22:16:07
Watched Hotel Artemis today.
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Post by: idea weenie on 13 June 2018, 20:13:08
Watched Upgrade

Fun movie, a bit of shakeycam in the beginning, nice little twist in it about who hired the people the main character is going after
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Post by: Banzai on 14 June 2018, 11:39:22
A Walk Among the Tombstones.  I have been avoiding this movie since I am a Lawrence Block fan who watched 8 Million Ways to Die when it came out.  (Arguably one of the worst adaptations I have ever seen of a novel, and a horrible movie on top of that.) But Neeson really gets the character of Matt Scudder, and the film embraces the tone of the novel. Enjoyed it quite a bit.
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Post by: Kidd on 16 June 2018, 04:26:29
Tomb Raider.

Underrated film, underrated franchise. Didn't care that much for the puzzles, but the pace was decent and the mystery was good - I liked that the ending was non-supernatural. The new Tomb Raider feels a lot like a feminine Indiana Jones (again minus the supernatural or alien, which IMHO is a good thing), and as such ought to have wider appeal. No idea why it wasn't so.

7/10, would watch again.
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Post by: beachhead1985 on 16 June 2018, 09:56:14
Watched Go For Broke! with Van Johnson. And thus starts my vacation.

Classic!

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Post by: Banzai on 20 June 2018, 13:38:29
Solo.  Light and airy fun.  Liked the heist stories, like the characters, Alden Ehrenreich did fine as an idealistic version of Han, Woody Harrelson did great at not just playing Woody Harrelson, the twist at the end was pretty good and sets up some great story possibilities.  And it was fun.  Since Firefly was pretty much Han Solo: The Series, you can see a lot of comparisons, but to me that is not a bad thing.

Now the people who complained that The Last Jedi was too different from other Star Wars films are complaining Solo is to similar.
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Post by: ColBosch on 20 June 2018, 16:10:15
Star Wars fans are the worst, full stop. It's why I don't participate in any SW fan stuff, and just enjoy the movies on my own terms.
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Post by: beachhead1985 on 21 June 2018, 21:36:35
I really liked Solo. Best part? I think that was the least Jedi/Force nonsense I could ever hope for in anything SW.

Now, I guess I have to watch more Rebels to find out what happened with *SPOILER* to get him into where he is in Solo. I am TIRED of that character, but I know many, many others are not.
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Post by: RunandFindOut on 22 June 2018, 20:25:48
So just watched Jurassic World 2.  As far as a review of its cinematic qualities.  They didn't drop the idiot ball they played the World Cup with it, essentially Sharknado with dinosaurs and a good budget.  But none of that mattered because it was an incredibly fun movie.

Plot Synopsis:
I see stupid people.
"RAAAWRRR"
"AAAHHHHH"
NOMNOMNOM

And that's all the movie really needed.  Dinosaurs chasing and eating stupid people.
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Post by: Kidd on 22 June 2018, 21:38:10
My friend gave it a 0/10 for what idiot kid did at the end :D
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Post by: RunandFindOut on 22 June 2018, 22:07:18
And if I were rating it for the quality of the plot and cinematic value I would rate it a 0 from the beginning.  As the entire plot is one stupidity built on another, it's like every single time a choice was made and you went "no they couldn't be that stupid" the decision was made "herp derp, nah MOAR STUPID!"  This movie was basically the World Cup of stupid.

But I didn't go to see a cinematic masterpiece.  I went to eat popcorn and watch dinosaurs chase and eat people.  I got exactly what I went for.  They could have just ignored the whole plot and just done "When dinosaurs attack" and made the whole movie a compilation of dinosaurs eating people and I would've been happy with it.
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Post by: garhkal on 22 June 2018, 22:26:39
So its a 'break out the popcorn and enjoy dunces getting eaten kinda film..
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 22 June 2018, 22:28:38
So its a 'break out the popcorn and enjoy dunces getting eaten kinda film..

Did you not see the part where it was a Jurassic Park film?
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Post by: Kidd on 22 June 2018, 23:40:49
JW1 was relatively sensible IMHO... other than the ludicrosity of the Indominus project. (Honestly, it won't have been worse if they'd just gone with militarised rexes and raptors, I think, rather than some Clanner monstrosity :D )
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Post by: Luciora on 23 June 2018, 00:38:14
Old timey here.  Phantom Tollbooth.  Much preferred the book, and the pacing was just as quick, just not a fan of all the songs and how they mixed up the characters.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 23 June 2018, 09:00:42
What about the 70s low quality animation?
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Post by: Luciora on 23 June 2018, 09:29:53
It was a mashup of looney tunes and rocky and bullwinkle.  Kind of nostalgic and not all that jarring.  Plus i was amazed at how much of San Francisco I remembered from the opening shots.

What about the 70s low quality animation?
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Post by: BrokenMnemonic on 23 June 2018, 10:22:01
Thanks to the convention last weekend, I ended up seeing Jurassic World 2 and Oceans 8. JW2 was what I expected, although it felt a bit more fun than the first movie; we all declared that clearly the star was what we think was a Pachycephalosaurus that we dubbed Bryan the Barbarian Dwarf Dinosaur, for his stunning role in throwing horrible rich white people through the air in hilarious fashion before running off to live free in the woods. Possibly headbutting trees as he went.

I enjoyed Oceans 8; I think the only part of the movie that didn't work was having to find a designer they could use as part of the plot - I would've preferred it if they'd had a line establishing that the particular designer in question had been identified and targeted early, so that the plot didn't hinge around finding someone who could be exploited, but that's a minor nitpick in what was a funny, low-key heist movie.
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Post by: Ruger on 23 June 2018, 12:40:05
Just watched Incredibles 2...great movie except for the family's reactions to Jack-Jack...

They knew about that back in the last movie!!!

Ruger
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Post by: Luciora on 23 June 2018, 12:46:58
I keep imagining a crossover with I'm gonna git ya sucka, everytime I hear the closing song and think he's going to be the Jack-Jack of Spades.

Just watched Incredibles 2...great movie except for the family's reactions to Jack-Jack...

They knew about that back in the last movie!!!

Ruger
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Post by: ColBosch on 23 June 2018, 15:39:09
Just watched Incredibles 2...

As a head's up, I have been told by very reliable sources to avoid that movie if you suffer from photo-sensitivity or full-blown epilepsy. Why I haven't heard of any outright seizures, I do know a few folks who had to leave with screaming migraines.
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Post by: Ruger on 23 June 2018, 15:57:30
As a head's up, I have been told by very reliable sources to avoid that movie if you suffer from photo-sensitivity or full-blown epilepsy. Why I haven't heard of any outright seizures, I do know a few folks who had to leave with screaming migraines.

They post a warning before the movie begins, and IIRC, the theater also posted a warning in the concession/ticket area...

Ruger
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Post by: Ruger on 23 June 2018, 21:35:53
Just watched Incredibles 2...great movie except for the family's reactions to Jack-Jack...

They knew about that back in the last movie!!!

Ruger

Rewatched the end of the first movie earlier tonight...guess Jack-Jack was far enough away from the rest of the family that when he went off on Syndrome, they didn't see it...but wouldn't they have asked the babysitter about her message?

???

Ruger
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Post by: Luciora on 23 June 2018, 22:40:54
That babysitter was probably in too much shock to respond after all that.

Rewatched the end of the first movie earlier tonight...guess Jack-Jack was far enough away from the rest of the family that when he went off on Syndrome, they didn't see it...but wouldn't they have asked the babysitter about her message?

???

Ruger
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 24 June 2018, 00:53:03
That babysitter was probably in too much shock to respond after all that.

And then Dicker probably memory-wiped her.
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Post by: ActionButler on 24 June 2018, 09:40:09
I cannot even begin to express how much I wish my family had opted to go see Incredibles 2 instead of Jurassic House.

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Post by: Banzai on 25 June 2018, 11:03:55
Braindead, the original cut for Dead Alive.  First, the cuts made Dead Alive a better film.  Nothing cut was worth saving.  Second, does it say something that it isn't the gore in the move that made me cringe, it was the truly abysmal acting?  Third, still an amazingly gory, goofy, imaginative, fun horror ride.  You can definitely see the Sam Raimi influence without it being derivitive of the Evil Dead series.  Nice run down a bloody, bloody, bloody memory lane.

"I kick ass for the Lord!"
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 25 June 2018, 23:27:40
Saw Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom today.

I liked it.  It was a dumb movie, but it was dumb in a fun way.  It started out the action quickly and kept going the whole way through.  Like Jurassic World was a remake of Jurassic Park, Fallen Kingdom was a remake of Lost World.  But since Lost World was a really bad movie, Fallen Kingdom was better: the heroes were actually heroic and the villains were actually villainous.  And, of course, there were lots of dinosaurs eating people.
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Post by: PsihoKekec on 26 June 2018, 00:37:27
"I kick ass for the Lord!"
Obviously kung fu skills are not all that helpful when your enemies are already dead, lawnmoving skills on the other hand...
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Post by: beachhead1985 on 26 June 2018, 09:00:56
having watched jurassic world, I was honestly impressed with how they broke the island mould and really brought forward some of the obvious second and third-order consequences of the technology. I found it to be a smooth transition from creature feature/horror to scifi moral puzzler. And Chris Pratt ditched the fake tan too.

My only let down was that they didn't find a way to get the two stupid kids from the last one into this movie and thence into the digestive system of a dinosaur.
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Post by: Banzai on 26 June 2018, 11:37:48
Obviously kung fu skills are not all that helpful when your enemies are already dead, lawnmoving skills on the other hand...

Who knew Chekhov had a lawnmower?
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Post by: Banzai on 29 June 2018, 15:36:41
Finally caught Pacific Rim: Uprising.  I was a big fan of the original (I am a sucker for a good kaiju film and obviously love my 'Mechs), and this was a slicker, cleaner, stripped down version.  Gone is the dark and dingy feel, the character history wrestling over doubts and the past, and all the Ron Perlman.   So you have a popcorn film about giant things doing giant violence in a fun way.  It knows exactly what it is and embraces it, so a solid B.  I avoided all of the previews, so I went in unspoiled and was surprised at times. 
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Post by: idea weenie on 29 June 2018, 20:27:26
Watched 'Upgrade', a movie about the guy who got paralyzed from the neck down, and his wife murdered in front of him.  He gets a chip implanted into his spine that learns how to operate his body.  He then uses the chip for revenge on the first of four people that murdered his wife. Also, the chip figures out how to talk to him.

Unfortunately, it is a learning chip, and he is teaching it that revenge, breaking the law, and murder are a good thing.  "We are going to finish the job we started"
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Post by: Armiger on 29 June 2018, 23:16:28
The last movies that I watched were All Is Lost starring Robert Redford and the animated adaptation of The Killing Joke. The former was an excellent survival tale set on the high seas and the latter was... rather disturbing.
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Post by: garhkal on 30 June 2018, 00:55:12
Finally caught Pacific Rim: Uprising.  I was a big fan of the original (I am a sucker for a good kaiju film and obviously love my 'Mechs), and this was a slicker, cleaner, stripped down version.  Gone is the dark and dingy feel, the character history wrestling over doubts and the past, and all the Ron Perlman.   So you have a popcorn film about giant things doing giant violence in a fun way.  It knows exactly what it is and embraces it, so a solid B.  I avoided all of the previews, so I went in unspoiled and was surprised at times.

I found it funny the new Jagers could almost do martial art moves..  Kinda reminded me of the fights in transformers, more than the original did..

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Post by: Ruger on 01 July 2018, 13:54:11
And then Dicker probably memory-wiped her.

This is actually exactly what happens it turns out...just noticed last night that the second disk on my Incredibles two disk set has a minisode on it..."Jack-Jack Attack"...and it shows just what the babysitter (Kari?) went through until Syndrome/Buddy shows up (love the bit about the "S" on his costume), and then she gets memory wiped at the end...

Ruger
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Post by: Banzai on 03 July 2018, 11:09:23
Picked up The Expendables 1 & 2 on Blu-Ray for a buck.  After watching the first one, I think I overpaid.   Supergroup casting, crappy script, and way to much CGI.  CGI blood, CGI explosions, CGI Stone Cold Steve Austin on Fire, really obvious CGI from airplane windows.  There was less CGI in Infinity War.   Most of the cast and the cameos are a waste.  Poor Charisma Carpenter, who spends two minutes on screen as "Bad Choices In Relationships Girl" and main point was to make Jason Statham's badass merc sound like a brokenhearted fifteen-year-old.  "I'm not perfect, but you should have waited.  I was worth it," he says, after beating up her abusive ex-boyfriend and two basketball teams.  I did like Randy Couture, who's small part fit his acting skills, but made up for it in a couple of nice fights, including with Stone Cold, and some of the humor was good. And having Dolph Lundgren on film again was almost worth it.   But the plot was a mess, made very little sense, and the dialog that was supposed to add depth to this mercenary death squad made them sound mopey, more like emo band lyrics than the existential musings of killers on the edge. 
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 03 July 2018, 11:14:38
The Expendibles had a plot?
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Post by: Luciora on 03 July 2018, 11:17:52
I'm still waiting for Expendabelles.  They aren't getting any younger.
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Post by: garhkal on 03 July 2018, 12:53:46
Yea it had a plot..  Go here - kill stuff - return home - celebrate in bar!
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Post by: Banzai on 03 July 2018, 13:24:24
Someplace in there, theoretically. Under the CGI.  (Sorry, but they figured how to light a guy on fire safely in the '30's. This bugs me more than it should.)
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 03 July 2018, 15:00:51
CGI became widespread and filmmakers got lazy with practical effects, even though practicals often look better and are cheaper.  Though when setting people on fire, CGI may have become popular for insurance purposes.
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Post by: IAMCLANWOLF on 03 July 2018, 15:02:39
Pacific Rim 2-- yuck. But then, I thought as much from the trailers.

The Martian. Still love this one.

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Post by: PsihoKekec on 04 July 2018, 00:19:14
I'm still waiting for Expendabelles.  They aren't getting any younger.
Would that be like Golden Girls, but with guns?
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 04 July 2018, 00:35:57
Aside from Helen Mirren, who else would fit the film?
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Post by: garhkal on 04 July 2018, 01:40:08
CGI became widespread and filmmakers got lazy with practical effects, even though practicals often look better and are cheaper.  Though when setting people on fire, CGI may have become popular for insurance purposes.

Maybe its also that the CGI 'hires more folk', thus exes love using it..

Aside from Helen Mirren, who else would fit the film?

Cynthia Rothrock, Famke Janssen, Linda Hamilton (assuming she's still fit enough), Natsha Henstrige, Lucy Liu, Jennifer Garner (though she might be too 'knew' really to count), Brigitte Nielson, Grace jones, Sigourney Weaver (not sure if she counts as most of her so called action roles, were with guns, not fisticuffs), Michelle Yeoh...
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Post by: Kidd on 04 July 2018, 07:57:30
Gawd I feel old just reading that list... but some still too young I think. You need Judi Dench, and I'd also consider Ming Na Wen, Michelle Pfeiffer, Monica Bellucci...

Finished the 5th Pirates just to see the end of the story. It was painful to watch though. Was there a budget squeeze, or lack of creative talent, or something? Everyone seemed to be phoning it in, and the production crew is nobody familiar. And I missed Pintel and Raggetti.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 04 July 2018, 11:02:05
Disney really should have ended it with the third movie.  The fifth one was horrible, and between being critically panned, poor performance in the box office, and the abuse allegations against Depp from his ex, I'd say his career is probably over at this point.
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Post by: Kidd on 04 July 2018, 11:50:43
Disney really should have ended it with the third movie.  The fifth one was horrible, and between being critically panned, poor performance in the box office, and the abuse allegations against Depp from his ex, I'd say his career is probably over at this point.
Pirates 3 got panned a little at the time, I don't know why, it's positively slick compared to some of the crap we get today. Much was made of the supposed complexity of double-crosses (just like how Inception is supposed to be "mind blowing") but to me it was straightforward. Audiences these days... can't seem to take anything more than WHIZ BANG!  COOL! AWESOME!
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 04 July 2018, 12:04:36
Eh, that's always been the case.
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Post by: garhkal on 04 July 2018, 14:20:12
Gawd I feel old just reading that list... but some still too young I think. You need Judi Dench, and I'd also consider Ming Na Wen, Michelle Pfeiffer, Monica Bellucci...

Finished the 5th Pirates just to see the end of the story. It was painful to watch though. Was there a budget squeeze, or lack of creative talent, or something? Everyone seemed to be phoning it in, and the production crew is nobody familiar. And I missed Pintel and Raggetti.

Ming na wen, is more of a modern era action heroine, same with Monica Bellucci, Morena Baccarin and Kate beckingstale..   That's why i didn't count them..  But Dench hasn't really done any action roles to my knowledge..

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Post by: Kidd on 04 July 2018, 14:43:26
Ming na wen, is more of a modern era action heroine, same with Monica Bellucci, Morena Baccarin and Kate beckingstale..   That's why i didn't count them..  But Dench hasn't really done any action roles to my knowledge..
"I beg your bloody pardon?"

(https://s15.postimg.cc/6mwj2uiqz/Image_m_gun.jpg)

I was just listing elderly actresses who've starred in action movies, more or less. I know Judi Dench is a stretch but she'd fit in well in such a flick, as either General Goodguy or Evil Mastermind, opposite or alongside Helen Mirren.

I'd even add Meryl Streep, just for kicks... she's one tough cookie, I bet she can handle a gun.
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Post by: Top Sergeant on 05 July 2018, 06:50:59
Add Raquel Welch in there.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 05 July 2018, 07:40:28
Just got Ready Player One. Now I need to watch it more for all the "Easter eggs"
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Post by: ActionButler on 07 July 2018, 06:47:16
Antman and the Wasp was so good.
I don’t remember the last time I laughed so much.
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Post by: Ruger on 07 July 2018, 12:43:34
Antman and the Wasp was so good.
I don’t remember the last time I laughed so much.

I laughed more at Deadpool 2, but Ant-Man and the Wasp was very good and funny too...

Ruger
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Post by: garhkal on 07 July 2018, 16:28:40
Glad to hear.  How many stingers were at the end?  One or two??
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Post by: Ruger on 07 July 2018, 16:58:42
Glad to hear.  How many stingers were at the end?  One or two??

One important mid-credits scene and one mostly for fun end of credits scene...

Ruger
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Post by: garhkal on 08 July 2018, 00:55:20
Thanks..

For me, i just watched Escape plan 2..  No where near as good as 1, but it was ok...
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Post by: Luciora on 08 July 2018, 01:00:16
Loved White Gold, Romancing the Stone and Cowboy Curtis in Quantumland.  Can't wait to see the next Marvel movie now!
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Post by: Banzai on 09 July 2018, 10:47:22
Ant Man and The Wasp on Friday, was fantastic.  I liked the first Ant Man, but this improved on it in every way.  Evangeline Lilly moving up from supporting character; Paul Rudd's dad act was as heroic as his Ant Man; Douglass was crotchety and fun; no fight between similar powered heroes; no final fight -- there was a great finale, but they avoided the huge punch out scenes that are in almost every other super hero movie.  Great fun all the way around.
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Post by: Banzai on 09 July 2018, 11:30:53
Expendables 2. In exactly the opposite reaction than to the first film, I really enjoyed it.  Remove attempts at depth and replace with Schwarzenegger and Willis stealing each others catchphrases and Chuck Norris spouting Chuck Norris Facts.  Still too much CGI, but I will take it with the level of affectionate parody of 80's-90's action films.   
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Post by: garhkal on 09 July 2018, 15:13:43
Expendables 2. In exactly the opposite reaction than to the first film, I really enjoyed it.  Remove attempts at depth and replace with Schwarzenegger and Willis stealing each others catchphrases and Chuck Norris spouting Chuck Norris Facts.  Still too much CGI, but I will take it with the level of affectionate parody of 80's-90's action films.

I did love the norris making jokes on himself in #2..  AND willis/Arnie going back and forth with each other's phrases..
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Post by: Banzai on 12 July 2018, 12:02:18
Drive.  Ryan Gosling has a soulless staring contest with the world. Surprisingly little drive.  Noir-ish, dark little crime drama. Ron Perlman and Bryan Cranston are good, Albert Brooks is outstanding, and I found it really overrated.  For as many Best Of lists it made I was hoping for more, but found it hollow, especially Gosling.  I think they were trying to do something with his taciturn psycho romantic, but he never pulled it off.
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Post by: garhkal on 12 July 2018, 15:42:28
I've found most of gossling's film rolls, rather bland..
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Post by: Kidd on 13 July 2018, 09:13:32
He did well in Blade Runner and IMHO Gangster Squad.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 13 July 2018, 10:32:03
Blade Runner is one of the few films I found so boring that I actually fell asleep while watching.
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Post by: garhkal on 13 July 2018, 14:53:49
Yea, i had high hopes for Blade runner 2, but was left disappointed..
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Post by: pheonixstorm on 14 July 2018, 23:46:39
Anyone watch How it Ends on netflix yet?

And add me to the disappointed crowd for Blade Runner 2. The base story had so much going for it but the movie as a whole just fell flat and dragged on and on and on and on...
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Post by: Banzai on 16 July 2018, 12:17:59
Expendables 3, because in for a penny, in for a pound.  Didn't like it as much as 2but still fun, and Mel Gibson was solid as the bad guy.  RL makes me forget how good he could be as an actor.

Universal Soldier: Regeneration. This should have been so bad.  Direct to Video?  Check.  Fourth part of the Universal Soldiers series which had so bad they were just plain bad parts 2 and 3?  Check.  A documentary director doing his first action feature after replacing the original director? Check.  Ten million dollar budget? Check.

But it was really solid.  They went away from any humor; no plucky sidekick/possible lover interest/reporter ; very little existential angst; back story covered in a few sentences;  no deep dive into the tech – it just is, it works like they say it does, and reality doesn’t apply; and it is shot as grim and straight ahead as possible.  And it works with this material.  It is basically some sort of Frankenstein Goes to War meets The Bourne Series, and it works.  JCVD is solid as the former UniSol (new name for a new age) that they are working to test reintegration into the world who gets called back into hell when a rescue mission to an explosive-rigged nuclear reactor first goes pear shaped and then the pear bursts into flame.  MMA star Andrei “Pitbull” Arlovski  is perfectly menacing as the New Generation Unisol (NGU) as he channels Arnold in the first Terminator.  No idea if he can act, but the man is brutal on screen, and he can move.  Lundgren is not in the film long, but makes every scene memorable as a very damaged, yet deadly, warrior with limited grasp of the world around him, a niche that Dolf is carving out in several films.  The rest of the cast is adequate to very good.   This movie exceeds expectations on almost every level.  Really impressed.
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Post by: Cache on 16 July 2018, 20:44:37
Anyone watch How it Ends on netflix yet?
Skip it... unless you're bored and enjoy stupid people.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 16 July 2018, 22:18:33
Good to know.
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Post by: garhkal on 17 July 2018, 00:15:23
Universal Soldier: Regeneration. This should have been so bad.  Direct to Video?  Check.  Fourth part of the Universal Soldiers series which had so bad they were just plain bad parts 2 and 3?  Check.  A documentary director doing his first action feature after replacing the original director? Check.  Ten million dollar budget? Check.

But it was really solid.  They went away from any humor; no plucky sidekick/possible lover interest/reporter ; very little existential angst; back story covered in a few sentences;  no deep dive into the tech – it just is, it works like they say it does, and reality doesn’t apply; and it is shot as grim and straight ahead as possible.  And it works with this material.  It is basically some sort of Frankenstein Goes to War meets The Bourne Series, and it works.  JCVD is solid as the former UniSol (new name for a new age) that they are working to test reintegration into the world who gets called back into hell when a rescue mission to an explosive-rigged nuclear reactor first goes pear shaped and then the pear bursts into flame.  MMA star Andrei “Pitbull” Arlovski  is perfectly menacing as the New Generation Unisol (NGU) as he channels Arnold in the first Terminator.  No idea if he can act, but the man is brutal on screen, and he can move.  Lundgren is not in the film long, but makes every scene memorable as a very damaged, yet deadly, warrior with limited grasp of the world around him, a niche that Dolf is carving out in several films.  The rest of the cast is adequate to very good.   This movie exceeds expectations on almost every level.  Really impressed.

I was surprised at how much i liked the fight scenes.  However for ME, that was all i liked..

Well, got blockers.  Had to turn it off after barely 23 min in, due to all the bloomin profanity...  It's worse on gross out factor than even the American Pie series, and at least THOSE i could stomach watching..
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 17 July 2018, 00:24:27
I thought the name alone really indicated what kind of movie it was going to be.
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Post by: garhkal on 17 July 2018, 15:50:34
I thought the name alone really indicated what kind of movie it was going to be.

The previews made it look SIMILAR to the American pie like movies, but no where in them, did i think it was gonna be as profane as it turned out to me..
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Post by: mdauben on 22 July 2018, 08:01:12
And add me to the disappointed crowd for Blade Runner 2. The base story had so much going for it but the movie as a whole just fell flat and dragged on and on and on and on...
I finally watched that recently and I enjoyed it.  It didn't have the same impact on me that the first one did, but I still liked it.

Skip it... unless you're bored and enjoy stupid people.
That's too bad.  I was planning to watch that tonight.  Now I'll have to pick something else from my list.
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Post by: Cache on 22 July 2018, 10:02:26
Baywatch (2017). Wife and I laughed our butts off. Plenty of lowbrow humor and they certainly weren't afraid to make fun of the movie/series concept.
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Post by: Luciora on 22 July 2018, 10:57:41
Going to see Mamma Mia: Here we go again.  Enjoyed the first one immensely, and Pierce Brosnan is a believable singer, unlike a certain gladiator who was in an actual musical
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Post by: garhkal on 22 July 2018, 16:05:40
Caught Rampge, and 7 days in Entebbe..  LOVED Rampage, but thought Entebbe was too slow, really.. 
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Post by: Von Rohrs on 22 July 2018, 17:37:52
I probably have to rewatch Blade Runner. My immediate reaction was lukewarm, but writing this i'd actually give it a quite positive review.

Just saw JW2. I wouldn't say it played the World Cup with the idiot ball so much as it's very clearly a tragedy. I'm not sure if it was a subconscious cry for help (well hours of sobbing wailing), or entirely deliberate, but something like 85% of the movie works as a metaphor for how much the writer didn't want to be making this movie, hated the studio process, hated the direction of the franchise, and was being driven slowly insane. Unfortunately you would expect that to be more entertaining. (Not nearly enough people gotten eaten.)
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 22 July 2018, 17:47:38
JW2?
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Post by: Jaim Magnus on 22 July 2018, 17:55:24
JW2?

Jurassic World 2, I would assume.
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Post by: Von Rohrs on 22 July 2018, 19:09:01
Oh I thought swear word were banned, yes that's it, and it might be 100% of the movie.

[spoilers...barely]
The first line is unscrupulous men you have come to pick the bones of the franchise, and whose greed & incompetence ends up unleashing something terrible into the world, reassuring each other there's nothing to be afraid of since surely everything's dead after the last movie anyway.

Which track perfectly with the studio-er bad guy's (who senselessly sales something priceless for about this movie's opening weekend boxoffice) conversation with the good guys and how terrible their movie was later. This is after he locks up are childhood sense of wo-er a clone of our childhood sense of wonder & nostalgia; But before this movi-this movie's spliced together bad idea-er this movie's new dinosaur comes like a monster in the night to attack our childhood as it cowers in it's bed.

I wish I had something for 'off Costa Rica to N. California' by boat in apparently a day, but the writer's silent screaming is still clear.

[Actual spoiler]
The studio smothers a pale & frail stand in for the original Jurassic Park in it's bed as part of a ruthless cash grab.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 22 July 2018, 19:31:12
And yet it was still better than Jurassic Park 2 or 3.
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Post by: Kidd on 22 July 2018, 23:11:24
"Better than JP3" isn't much of a bar, but I'm gonna have to rewatch JP2 with fresh, adult eyes cause <10yo me thought Lost World rocked... except the ship scene was kinda stupid I agree.

I do know a friend so disgusted with the boy's action at the end however that he immediately rated it a Zero on that alone :D

I probably have to rewatch Blade Runner. My immediate reaction was lukewarm, but writing this i'd actually give it a quite positive review.
It gets a bit draggy just before finding Han Solo. But its not bad overall. I did the full monty and watched Blade Runner, all the shorts in sequence, and then went for 2049, so maybe that helps.
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Post by: Luciora on 22 July 2018, 23:24:14
So, Mamma Mia: Here we go again had a slow start, but built up pretty well.  It was neat listening to some of the lesser known songs and trying to figure out if I heard them before.  The younger cast was pretty spot on for the adults, especially Young Tanya.  Only thing I felt off about was maybe they could have been 5-10 years older to match the life experiences mentioned in the first movie.  I did enjoy it alot on the whole and even sang along. 
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 23 July 2018, 00:45:17
"Better than JP3" isn't much of a bar, but I'm gonna have to rewatch JP2 with fresh, adult eyes cause <10yo me thought Lost World rocked... except the ship scene was kinda stupid I agree.

The death of all but one character in JP2 can be traced back to actions by the protagonists: either stupidity on their parts or deliberate acts of sabotage.  And a velociraptor got killed by gymnastics.
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Post by: Kidd on 23 July 2018, 01:27:40
The death of all but one character in JP2 can be traced back to actions by the protagonists: either stupidity on their parts or deliberate acts of sabotage.  And a velociraptor got killed by gymnastics.
Oh yeah I forgot the gymnastics :(

As for the rest... its JP whaddya expect, monster movie trope, we had a guy get eaten cause he was on the can for crying out loud :lol:
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 23 July 2018, 09:26:18
I'm just saying that the "heroes" of JP2 were the real bad guys.
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Post by: ColBosch on 23 July 2018, 13:12:54
The Jurassic Park films are just watered-down slasher flicks.
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Post by: Major Headcase on 23 July 2018, 14:47:42
My last two flicks were:
"The Bicycle"
A 1950s post-war Italian cinema drama about loss and desperation and the importance of morality despite circumstances. Good film, much fun. 👍
"Patterns"
Another 1950s film, produced and staring Orson Welles, about the rise of dehumanizing corporate power and the burgeoning race for power through capitalism in post-war industrial America, and the seductive, morally eroding, power that money and ambition has on even the best intended people who embrace it. Surprisingly modern for a film from that period. 5 stars. 👍
🙂
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 23 July 2018, 14:52:38
My last two flicks were:
"The Bicycle"
A 1950s post-war Italian cinema drama about loss and desperation and the importance of morality despite circumstances. Good film, much fun. 👍

I saw that in film class when I was in college.
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Post by: garhkal on 23 July 2018, 15:09:32
The Jurassic Park films are just watered-down slasher flicks.

Slasher flicks with monsters rather than humans..

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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 23 July 2018, 15:16:58
They're not slasher flicks at all.  They're updated versions of the 50s monster movies about the way that humans create monsters due to their own hubris.
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Post by: PsihoKekec on 24 July 2018, 00:33:31
''Pit and Pendelum''
Seen it as a kid more than thirty years ago, now it makes sense. Not much of the Poe story that it was supposed to be based upon, but still a good movie which catches a general spirit of Poe's works quite well. 
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Post by: garhkal on 24 July 2018, 01:02:43
Just did a re-watch of Starship troopers 2, and made a 'woa' moment.  That gal playing the Sgt, the one who was the last of the troopers to have gotten taken over by those bugs, but who injected herself with what ever those drugs were.  Was the SAME gal, who played the Bridge officer on the ship, in #1, that got crushed by the blast door closing on her...
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Post by: Kidd on 24 July 2018, 01:30:33
Wow, you're right. Go figure.

I don't know why but I have a certain fondness for ST2. The tonal shift and budget issues from ST1 render it on a level with fanfic, but, like, good fanfic*... decent enough acting, not too bad dialogue...

"You just killed a general officer!"
"Lots of generals out there, flyboy."

*whereas ST3 is straight up bad fanfic
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Post by: I am Belch II on 24 July 2018, 03:59:38
There was a part or 2 in ST2 that was ok. I really liked Starship Troopers 3. It was still pretty bad, but the propaganda was back and it was pretty good. Casper Van Dien was pretty good in the movie, but that is when his work was on the end.
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Post by: garhkal on 24 July 2018, 14:28:43
I really wonder, WHY SST2 and 3, had such a low budget, compared to #1...
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Post by: ColBosch on 24 July 2018, 15:01:58
I really wonder, WHY SST2 and 3, had such a low budget, compared to #1...

Because Starship Troopers 1 didn't make enough money, but the studio still had the rights. So direct-to-DVD to suck up the few dollars they could.
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Post by: Kidd on 24 July 2018, 16:57:50
I believe ST1 was enough of a failure that they put it to bed

But the VFX guy Phil Tippett was enough of a believer in Verhoeven's version of ST that he did ST2. The low budget is exactly why the plot and setting is so tightly focused. They could not afford any firearms or physical effects.

Years later the studio somehow finally gave in to Casper Van Dien's constant haranguing, and made ST3, probably on an even lower budget... or at least it looks that way (can you tell I really hate that film? ::) )

and lord I hope that's the last of that
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Post by: I am Belch II on 24 July 2018, 19:45:27
ST3 was ok, it wasn't great, but it wasn't a pile of turd. Just the God-Planet bug was a little to much for me.
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Post by: garhkal on 25 July 2018, 00:06:47
Rotten tomatoes puts SST3 above 2 in populatity. 
Based off of Boxoffice mojo,
SST1 cost 105 mil to make, grossed 54.8 mil at the box office, and has an adjusted worldwide gross of 121 mil..  Just barely 24 mil over cost.
However, i can't seem to find SST 2 or 3 on the site...
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 25 July 2018, 01:20:26
Since they were direct-to-video, the studio might not have released the info.
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Post by: Kidd on 25 July 2018, 02:19:15
Something I don't get. ST1 was to me always super-campy B-list action/horror schlock that you basically only watched to see bugs chomping people and people shooting bugs. Now though there are 'hindsight' reviews proclaiming Verhoeven to be a satirical genius disguising social commentary as, well, super-campy B-list action/horror schlock. And thus decrying the rest of the series as such, compared to the"brilliant satire" of the first.

What the foxtrot? Am I missing something, or are these reviewers kind of grasping at straws with rose-tinted 20/20 goggles on?
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Post by: I am Belch II on 25 July 2018, 11:20:41
This is always a funny video that Ive watched about Starship Troopers. Take note if your ever invade a planet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TzAxL-O43w
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 25 July 2018, 11:41:02
What the foxtrot? Am I missing something, or are these reviewers kind of grasping at straws with rose-tinted 20/20 goggles on?

If the social commentary wasn't obvious to anyone until years after the film came out, chances are it's grasping at straws.
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Post by: Banzai on 25 July 2018, 12:42:48
Something I don't get. ST1 was to me always super-campy B-list action/horror schlock that you basically only watched to see bugs chomping people and people shooting bugs. Now though there are 'hindsight' reviews proclaiming Verhoeven to be a satirical genius disguising social commentary as, well, super-campy B-list action/horror schlock. And thus decrying the rest of the series as such, compared to the"brilliant satire" of the first.

What the foxtrot? Am I missing something, or are these reviewers kind of grasping at straws with rose-tinted 20/20 goggles on?

I just read Roger Ebert's original review from 1997 and he refers to the level of "sly satire."  You don't get much more mainstream than Roge, so I don't think it went over most people's head.  My glasses may be rose-tinted to a degree, looking back 21 years, but I remember thinking it was a satire of commercials and CNN culture similar what he did in Robocop ten years earlier.
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Post by: Banzai on 25 July 2018, 12:54:02
Season One of Ash vs the Evil Dead.  Groovy!  A great love letter to Evil Dead 2, it has been a mixed bag so far, but some outstanding episodes mixed with really good one (and a few not so good). Nice to see other directors playing in Raimi's playground as well.  And I love Bruce Campbell, but Ray Santiago and Dana DeLorenzo own this show.  They are a joy, both playing off each other and off Bruce.  Great casting all around, especially Lucy Lawless, who has been more a long running cameo so far.  The CGI is expected with the shooting schedule and budget of a weekly 30-min show (which seems a perfect length, really,) but the occasional practical effects are outstanding.  I am only half way through the first season, but it has been a fun ride.
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Post by: ColBosch on 25 July 2018, 15:38:07
Something I don't get. ST1 was to me always super-campy B-list action/horror schlock that you basically only watched to see bugs chomping people and people shooting bugs. Now though there are 'hindsight' reviews proclaiming Verhoeven to be a satirical genius disguising social commentary as, well, super-campy B-list action/horror schlock. And thus decrying the rest of the series as such, compared to the"brilliant satire" of the first.

What the foxtrot? Am I missing something, or are these reviewers kind of grasping at straws with rose-tinted 20/20 goggles on?

A little of column A, a little of column B. If you've ever read the original Heinlein novel, you'll quickly note that it's completely different in tone from the films. Verhoeven tried to read the book, but found its pro-military stance and the "service for citizenship" to be far too reminiscent of World War II Germany. (He grew up in The Hague, the seat of the German occupation of the Netherlands, during the war.) He was firmly into doing subtle satires of America by this point - both Robocop and Showgirls were meant to be digs at American hypocrisy - and in a very real way Starship Troopers completed a virtual trilogy. Those of us who remember just how weird things got during the 1993 war with Iraq should be able to see his points, even if we disagree with them.

Of course, Heinlein never meant his novel to be social commentary. He wrote it in response to cutbacks in military research, and the book is purely meant to show off the potential that technology could offer, with every infantryman in a nuke-wielding, armored battlesuit. Starship Troopers is widely considered the origin of the mecha genre, and to this day various militaries around the world have continued to try to reproduce his vision of powered armor. The rest of the novel - the social backgound - was meant to be the barest sketch of a world, one very different from his next major novel: the hippie classic Stranger in a Strange Land.

The use of fifty-year old novels and twenty-year old movies as social commentary on today strikes me as bemusing. It's roughly the equivalent of claiming that the Simpsons predicted basically everything that's happened over that show's multiple-decade run. But hey, it's easy to take an old science fiction movie and point to whatever the authors guessed correctly. Got to produce the content, after all.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 25 July 2018, 16:29:37
The use of fifty-year old novels and twenty-year old movies as social commentary on today strikes me as bemusing. It's roughly the equivalent of claiming that the Simpsons predicted basically everything that's happened over that show's multiple-decade run. But hey, it's easy to take an old science fiction movie and point to whatever the authors guessed correctly. Got to produce the content, after all.

Especially when you're looking at a body of work that's as large as Heinlein's.  I think of the sci-fi writers of that era, only Asimov beat him in productivity.
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Post by: Kidd on 25 July 2018, 17:48:19
He was firmly into doing subtle satires of America by this point - both Robocop and Showgirls were meant to be digs at American hypocrisy - and in a very real way Starship Troopers completed a virtual trilogy.
Maybe its the 90s vibe, but I'm not that impressed with the supposed satirical nature of ST1... or maybe I prefer my satire played straight.
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Of course, Heinlein never meant his novel to be social commentary. He wrote it in response to cutbacks in military research, and the book is purely meant to show off the potential that technology could offer, with every infantryman in a nuke-wielding, armored battlesuit.
Huh. Now I'm turned around and upside-down - Heinlein the military action man, and Verhoeven the social satirist?!

Nah, all that guff he wrote about government and rights and so on must have had an intended point. Though it strikes me that he was overly pleased with himself about the merits of his MI logistics and command structure - it's not really as workable as he makes it seem.
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Post by: ColBosch on 25 July 2018, 19:15:09
Nah, all that guff he wrote about government and rights and so on must have had an intended point.

I really doubt it, unless a certain exchange in the book is meant to be important. A teacher asks his class why they live in a society where service to the state is required for citizenship. A brown-nosing student says that it's because it's a perfect system. The teacher shoots him down, saying that the system merely works, and isn't any better than anything else tried before. Perhaps Heinlein was subtly trying to get readers to think of the other cultures he'd presented, some of which were - quite openly - his idea of utopia. (See For Us, the Living if you want to be preached at for a couple hundred pages, though Heinlein did strike on the primary use of the internet long before anyone thought of it: looking at naked women.)

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Though it strikes me that he was overly pleased with himself about the merits of his MI logistics and command structure - it's not really as workable as he makes it seem.

It's absolutely unworkable. Maintenance, logistics, administration, and other jobs are important and should be participated in by the troops, but the primary task for a soldier is training. If a trooper has to leave early to cook dinner for everyone, you've got neither a good infantryman nor a good cook. The entire reason staff officers exist is because there is no way you can have even a mid-level commander actively fighting and keeping track of the battle as a whole. But Heinlein seems to have wink-winked that as well; the Mobile Infantry might claim to handle all their own tasks, but it sure seemed like it was the Navy carting them around, making sure they were fed, and keeping their gear working.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 25 July 2018, 19:32:42
Heinlein did put the theme that a Real Man is an omnidisciplinarian who excels at every single task in a lot of his books.
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Post by: ColBosch on 25 July 2018, 20:10:17
Heinlein did put the theme that a Real Man is an omnidisciplinarian who excels at every single task in a lot of his books.

A fit, handsome one at that. Of course, Isaac Asimov's main complaint about Heinlein was that RAH, in real life, was a fit, handsome omnidisciplinarian who excelled at every task. :D

But I think we've drifted this thread enough. ;)
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Post by: beachhead1985 on 25 July 2018, 20:32:22
Just got a copy of the new BluRay combo of "platoon leader" and "Soldier Boyz".

Soldier Boyz is basically shameless badfic; a team of mixed gang-banger inmates have to go on a commando reason for ...reasons...and learn to trust and respect eachother despite their differences.

But Platoon Leader is one of my favourite war movies ever (the book is good too).

Not a huge fan of Micheal Dudikopf, but he's okay.

Also picked up the last Adam West Batman animated movie; Batman & Robin Vs Twoface.

I have a good weekend coming!
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Post by: Triptych on 28 July 2018, 01:52:15
Ready Player One- meh. I dont think Spielberg has made a good movie since Munich. He reminds me of De Niro, who's just cashing in his checks nowadays. 4.5/10

A Quiet Place- everyone was raving about this, but I thought it was meh. So many plot holes. 5/10

The Death of Stalin- an all star cast but I didn't laugh even once. 1/10

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Post by: idea weenie on 28 July 2018, 12:54:29
Just watched 'Princess Mononoke', had never seen it before


ST3 was ok, it wasn't great, but it wasn't a pile of turd. Just the God-Planet bug was a little to much for me.

As a single entity, it would have been better as a centralized brain that is fed by various plants, plus vegetarian critters that eat all they can and walk into one of the creature's many mouths to be consumed.  Waste disposal would also be an issue to be solved

The final version of it would be an organic version of solar panels and computer.  Any legs/mouth/digestive system would be vestigial at that point.

At least it was destroyed by the new human superweapon
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 28 July 2018, 13:27:58
Just watched 'Princess Mononoke', had never seen it before

Nice.  Dubbed or Subbed version?  I recommend watching the other version just to compare the two.
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Post by: garhkal on 28 July 2018, 14:56:36
Not a huge fan of Micheal Dudikopf, but he's okay.

I've always seen Dudikopf as barely qualifying as a B'lister.. 
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Post by: Banzai on 30 July 2018, 11:35:52
Caught Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom this weekend.  Visually it was great, but it was also the stupidest film I have seen in some time, and I binge-watched the first five Resident Evil movies on Friday.  (Also found that watching the Resident Evil films back to back has them make even less sense than they do already.)
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Post by: garhkal on 30 July 2018, 14:27:30
Caught Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom this weekend.  Visually it was great, but it was also the stupidest film I have seen in some time, and I binge-watched the first five Resident Evil movies on Friday.  (Also found that watching the Resident Evil films back to back has them make even less sense than they do already.)

For me the first 3 resident evil's were good, i might even say great.  THEN they fast went downhill in stupidity..
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Post by: Luciora on 30 July 2018, 21:12:30
Teen Titans Go to the Movies was entertaining.  Did feel like they were borrowing alot from the current successful film houses, Pixar, Marvel, Fox.  Definately something for kids, and lots of neat cameos.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: ColBosch on 31 July 2018, 00:04:41
I finally watched Star Wars VIII, and enjoyed it. Part of my enjoyment was seeing it on my own TV; I've not owned a proper television for over a decade.
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Post by: garhkal on 31 July 2018, 00:47:59
Caught an oldie tonight..  Black dog, with patrick swazye, Meatloaf and Randy travis...    Still a good watch.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Kidd on 31 July 2018, 02:47:11
Rewatched Rogue One, and decided I might even promote it to 3rd Favourite over A New Hope (blasphemy?!).

I noticed something both R1 and Avengers Infinity War have in common, is that both are McGuffin action films when they might have been done better as character films, which both ESB and Avengers 1 really are. Lots of breathless action but minimal character development... Well at least there was some for R1 but Infinity was just all action.
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Post by: Dubble_g on 31 July 2018, 06:13:45
Flying back to Canada so had time to watch a few movies on the plane. Only really good one was "The Death of Stalin", very dryly, Blackley humorous, with Steve Buscemi as Khrushchev, Michael Palin (Monty Python) as Molotov and Jason Isaacs absolutely stealing the movie as Marshal Zhukov.

Highly recommend it!

Edit: Definitely do NOT recommend flying with Air Canada though. 6 hours late leaving airport, diverted to Vancouver where we had to wait 2 hours, missed our connection so rebooked onto a flight leaving 6 hours later, and now THAT flight has been delayed 30 minutes. A nightmare worthy of Stalinist Russia.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Major Headcase on 01 August 2018, 18:35:43
Went and saw The Equaliser 2 this weekend. It was good-ish. Action packed. Unfortunately all of these "lone killer" movies are following the same formula. John Wick, Reacher, the Accountant, the many faces of Bourne. It's fun watching them effortlessly kick butt, however the scripts are virtually interchangeable... no truly new exciting, stories involved. I'm starting to think Deadpool is the most original story in this style in years... 😂
I'd rent it and order a pizza, but not really worth theater prices...
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Post by: garhkal on 01 August 2018, 23:20:12
Went and saw The Equaliser 2 this weekend. It was good-ish. Action packed. Unfortunately all of these "lone killer" movies are following the same formula. John Wick, Reacher, the Accountant, the many faces of Bourne. It's fun watching them effortlessly kick butt, however the scripts are virtually interchangeable... no truly new exciting, stories involved. I'm starting to think Deadpool is the most original story in this style in years... 😂
I'd rent it and order a pizza, but not really worth theater prices...

So it was at least worth seeing..
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Post by: Kidd on 01 August 2018, 23:53:11
Went and saw The Equaliser 2 this weekend. It was good-ish. Action packed. Unfortunately all of these "lone killer" movies are following the same formula. John Wick, Reacher, the Accountant, the many faces of Bourne. It's fun watching them effortlessly kick butt, however the scripts are virtually interchangeable... no truly new exciting, stories involved. I'm starting to think Deadpool is the most original story in this style in years... 😂
I'd rent it and order a pizza, but not really worth theater prices...
In other words, no real change since Charlie Bronson then
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: rebs on 02 August 2018, 03:19:52
Watched Black Hawk Down last week.  Here was a case where I actually thought the movie was better than the book.  Not going to get into why, because the conversation would move too close toward politics.

I also watched The Road Warrior.  That got me to remembering all the discussions here about 3025 era and the "Mad Max" quality of that timeline.
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Post by: ColBosch on 02 August 2018, 05:12:06
I also watched The Road Warrior.  That got me to remembering all the discussions here about 3025 era and the "Mad Max" quality of that timeline.

Amusingly, I think that Fury Road comes closer to what I picture as the feel of the original Battledroids. Immortan Joe and his brothers are Successor Warlords writ small, while Lord Humongous was a roving pirate. In addition, while the vehicles of The Road Warrior are one-offs, those in the latest film - while varied in form - fall into classes with defined functions.
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 02 August 2018, 08:02:46
Amusingly, I think that Fury Road comes closer to what I picture as the feel of the original Battledroids. Immortan Joe and his brothers are Successor Warlords writ small, while Lord Humongous was a roving pirate. In addition, while the vehicles of The Road Warrior are one-offs, those in the latest film - while varied in form - fall into classes with defined functions.

Fury Road is more like 3SW, Mad Max is more like the period between the SLDF leaving and 1SW. Mad Max was set in the period when law and order were breaking down and the veneer of humanity was being stripped away, whereas Fury Road was set while petty warlords were slowly building their power bases, something that would eventually lead to civilisation returning.

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Post by: Kidd on 02 August 2018, 08:05:40
Fury Road is just another day in the outer Periphery. Max is really an ex-Colonial Marshal drifter now walking the earth and finding purpose. They film using cars because Mechs were expensive.
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Post by: rebs on 15 August 2018, 21:10:35
The Godfather - A great movie, a classic.

The Godfather II - Surpasses the original, a great example of a rare sequel that goes beyond the mark set by the original first film.

The Godfather III - What the hell were the writers thinking?  They're cousins, what kind of crap writing is that?  I wish I never even saw the film. 
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Post by: garhkal on 16 August 2018, 00:22:03
Caught a pair of roman era flicks.. First was the Eagle, with Channing tatum.  Then came Centurion, with Fasbender..
Much preferred the Eagle...
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Post by: Major Headcase on 16 August 2018, 14:27:25
Got drunk and watched Stripes twice last night... I now am writing up "Hulka`s Company" a misfit last-chance Davion mech unit for screw-ups and head cases, lead by a hard ass veteran instructor, Sgt. Hulka... oh whiskey, I both love and hate you so...
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Post by: garhkal on 16 August 2018, 14:34:12
Got drunk and watched Stripes twice last night... I now am writing up "Hulka`s Company" a misfit last-chance Davion mech unit for screw-ups and head cases, lead by a hard ass veteran instructor, Sgt. Hulka... oh whiskey, I both love and hate you so...

I might have to take that idea, and run with it for a SW game..
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Post by: Jaim Magnus on 16 August 2018, 15:06:49
Caught a pair of roman era flicks.. First was the Eagle, with Channing tatum.  Then came Centurion, with Fasbender..
Much preferred the Eagle...

Hmm, I much preferred Centurion.
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Post by: ColBosch on 16 August 2018, 15:27:42
I re-watched Big Trouble in Little China before work. I still love that flick.
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Post by: garhkal on 16 August 2018, 23:15:53
There was a rumor going around iirc the year before last, that they were going to do a remake...  Anyone hear what happened to it?
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Post by: Sharpnel on 17 August 2018, 01:05:55
I re-watched Big Trouble in Little China before work. I still love that flick.
Love the film. too. Just because Jack Burton is that awesome. Might be the best film/role Kurt Russell has ever done.
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Post by: Ruger on 17 August 2018, 03:20:05
Love the film. too. Just because Jack Burton is that awesome. Might be the best film/role Kurt Russell has ever done.

LOL, Jack Burton is the commander of my merc unit, the Clifton's Rangers, in 3067...

And yes, put me down as another that loves that movie...

Ruger
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Post by: I am Belch II on 17 August 2018, 06:06:49
Just watched Darkest Hour. It was good and Gary Oldman was awesome in the role, but not a lot of action and a lot of talking and yelling.
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Post by: Wrangler on 17 August 2018, 12:19:18
Love the film. too. Just because Jack Burton is that awesome. Might be the best film/role Kurt Russell has ever done.
I wonder if the remake will be any good. Its hard to try capture the lightning twice.
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Post by: Banzai on 20 August 2018, 12:34:27
Thankfully the remake has been dead in the water for a while, as far as I hear.  But if you are looking for more Jack Burton (and how could you not be?) check out the comics from BOOM! Studios.  Carpenter is writing the final one. https://screenrant.com/big-trouble-in-little-china-old-man-jack/
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Post by: Luciora on 23 August 2018, 19:22:17
Winnie the Pooh.  Took a different view once I saw the opening credits with Atwell, Capaldi and McGregor.  Felt like I was watching a crossover of the Doctor, Agent Carter and a Jedi.  Nice to see her rebound after Rogers.   ;D
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Post by: Cache on 16 September 2018, 20:33:58
The Predator. Good movie, worth the price of admission. Full of 80's action movie errors in a modern setting, so don't overanalyze it. The humor was dead-on for our tastes (adult) and we loved the Loonies. Plenty of gore as well. The ending sets up for a crazy possible sequel... kind of like Independence Day 2.
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Post by: mdauben on 21 September 2018, 18:10:48
Just watched Darkest Hour. It was good and Gary Oldman was awesome in the role, but not a lot of action and a lot of talking and yelling.
I just watched this the other day and loved it.  I'm a huge Gary Oldman fan, though.  I could care less about the story when he's on screen.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 21 September 2018, 18:24:07
I just watched this the other day and loved it.  I'm a huge Gary Oldman fan, though.  I could care less about the story when he's on screen.

I'm a huge Gary Oldman fan and a big Churchlill fan, he played the role very good. It's a political movie...there was no real action that movie. It was good but kinda boring.
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Post by: Ruger on 22 September 2018, 12:17:43
The Predator. Good movie, worth the price of admission. Full of 80's action movie errors in a modern setting, so don't overanalyze it. The humor was dead-on for our tastes (adult) and we loved the Loonies. Plenty of gore as well. The ending sets up for a crazy possible sequel... kind of like Independence Day 2.

I enjoyed it as well...

Ruger
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Post by: Banzai on 24 September 2018, 00:07:55
Cabin in the Woods.  Both a love note and a hate note to the genre.  Great meta-fun.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 24 September 2018, 06:50:30
Murder on the Orient Exprees. Nice drama, a little slow.
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Post by: Banzai on 24 September 2018, 10:57:35
Murder on the Orient Exprees. Nice drama, a little slow.

The new one, or the Lumet version from the '70's with Albert Finney as Poirot?  I love that version, and haven't seen the new one yet.
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Post by: garhkal on 24 September 2018, 13:44:35
Started trying to watch an old war film from back in 2006, about the all japanese batallion of troops in WW2..
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410403/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_11

Man was the camera jittery as hell..  That plus the quality of the film, made me turn off after 20 minutes..
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 24 September 2018, 15:50:55
The new one, or the Lumet version from the '70's with Albert Finney as Poirot?  I love that version, and haven't seen the new one yet.

Older won was better imo

Just saw Infinity War
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Post by: Banzai on 05 October 2018, 13:15:12
Just watched The Nightmare Before Christmas, starting my Halloween Standards.
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Post by: Luciora on 05 October 2018, 16:49:37
The Greatest Showman. 

Soundtrack has been on repeat for the past week now.   ;D
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Post by: Kidd on 11 October 2018, 17:55:41
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo.

An underrated, well presented film. Very atmospheric and makes me want to visit Sweden. Frankly if the movie had been titled anything else, and less attention focused on Lisbeth Salander, it would have been a classic.

But the movie title and marketing chose to focus on Lisbeth to sell the book trilogy I suppose, when the protagonist really ought to be Daniel Craig's character Blomqvist. Frankly I skipped the movie all these years because I didn't know either Daniel Craig or Stellan Skarsgard, two of my favourite actors, were in it. Plus the moviemakers made Lisbeth a lot more repellent and weird than the book did.

If they wanted to make Lisbeth the focus of the trilogy, they should have reduced Blomqvist's role. As it is he does more of the investigation and takes up lots more attention, alos as he has a more interesting comeback arc as well compared to Lisbeth. Oh well.
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Post by: garhkal on 13 October 2018, 01:23:19
Caught a golden oldie with John Goodman, King Ralph.
Always liked the comedy of John, and he brought it here, but still did the role justice..
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Post by: I am Belch II on 13 October 2018, 03:54:12
Tried watching Kingsman Secret Service.....sorry not good to me. I guess if I liked James Bond and that kind of spy stuff I would of liked it more.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 13 October 2018, 10:14:06
Kingsman is the kind of movie that, had it been made i the 80s or 90s, would have probably been a modest hit but then people would say hadn't aged well.  Making a not-Bond movie in this decade, when actual Bond movies appear to be fading, was a very weird choice.
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Post by: Ruger on 13 October 2018, 10:31:54
Kingsman is the kind of movie that, had it been made i the 80s or 90s, would have probably been a modest hit but then people would say hadn't aged well.  Making a not-Bond movie in this decade, when actual Bond movies appear to be fading, was a very weird choice.

I haven't watched a Bond film since "Die Another Day", as I despised the one before and was only willing to give them one more chance...I actually really liked DAD, but never felt the need to watch another afterward...

The two Kingsmen movies, however, I loved...

Ruger
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 14 October 2018, 01:14:27
I haven't watched a Bond film since "Die Another Day", as I despised the one before and was only willing to give them one more chance...I actually really liked DAD, but never felt the need to watch another afterward...

The two Kingsmen movies, however, I loved...

Ruger

This, although I started disliking Bond with Brosnan's term. Kingsmen wasn't trying to be a Bond film, there are very few similarities between the two franchises, why do people keep trying to force them into one? Johnny English has as much similarity to Bond as Kingsmen does.

Me, I finally watched Black Panther, found it boring and impossible to get into, not sure why. My wife shared my opinion, but my mother and son loved it, so a 50/50 split in the house, with one abstention, from my youngest son who was too young to be interested.
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Post by: garhkal on 14 October 2018, 01:19:30
Kingsman tried to be a bond, but with vulgarity..
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 14 October 2018, 02:06:07
Kingsman tried to be a bond, but with vulgarity..

How so? I'm genuinely curious as to how you think it was trying to be a Bond, sure they have two similar elements with the gentleman spy and the over the top villain, but those are common to pretty much every spy movie.

So why is it you feel it's trying to be a Bond movie?
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Post by: marauder648 on 14 October 2018, 02:41:05
Well there's basically a Q, there's gadgets and gizmo's and schmoozing of ladies, but Kingsman's not Bond, the Kingsman movies are fun though.

Last night I watched 2010 The Year we make Contact, still one of my fave movies.
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Post by: Kidd on 14 October 2018, 02:57:01
Kingsman is a throwback to Bond films of the Moonraker or Die Another Day type - exceedingly over the top in all ways and not exactly meant to be taken all that seriously.
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Post by: marauder648 on 14 October 2018, 03:08:38
Kingsman is a throwback to Bond films of the Moonraker or Die Another Day type - exceedingly over the top in all ways and not exactly meant to be taken all that seriously.

Indeed, and fun because of it.  Lets be honest, the Church scene in the first movie was glorious.
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Post by: garhkal on 14 October 2018, 10:59:10
Well there's basically a Q, there's gadgets and gizmo's and schmoozing of ladies, but Kingsman's not Bond, the Kingsman movies are fun though.

Last night I watched 2010 The Year we make Contact, still one of my fave movies.

Exactly.  Also, there was the whole they are british angle.
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 15 October 2018, 03:15:40
Kingsman is a throwback to Bond films of the Moonraker or Die Another Day type - exceedingly over the top in all ways and not exactly meant to be taken all that seriously.

Kingsmen was a spoof of the spy genre in general, as it just so happens Bond is the best known franchise in the genre and as a result got top billing.

It wasn't trying to be Bond, it was poking fun at Bond, and the spy movie genre in general. The fact that it happens to be very enjoyable is just a bonus, the second one not so much.

In a lot of ways, it's very similar to Galaxy Quest, where it's poking fun at a genre in general, but focuses on one franchise primarily. It also happens to be a pretty good movie, just like Galaxy Quest. :)
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Post by: Kidd on 15 October 2018, 03:31:30
Kingsmen was a spoof of the spy genre in general, as it just so happens Bond is the best known franchise in the genre and as a result got top billing.

It wasn't trying to be Bond, it was poking fun at Bond, and the spy movie genre in general. The fact that it happens to be very enjoyable is just a bonus, the second one not so much.

In a lot of ways, it's very similar to Galaxy Quest, where it's poking fun at a genre in general, but focuses on one franchise primarily. It also happens to be a pretty good movie, just like Galaxy Quest. :)
i dunno, for it to qualify as a spoof of the genre in general, it ought to include obvious shout-outs/hints to other spy movies e.g. the Bourne trilogy.

If rating spy spoofs on pure "enjoyableness" I'm afraid Kingsman is near bottom, after Austin Powers and Man from UNCLE.

Get Smart is right at the bottom though. No wait... SPY is. Yup. Cause Steve Carell is a matter of chacon a son gout, but Melissa McCarthy is pure, unadulterated, concentrated unfunny.
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Post by: Banzai on 15 October 2018, 11:35:27
Finally got around to watching Boondock Saints.  Really disliked it.  It as if they wrote some scenes and loosely tied them together, meaning to build some actual characters and a plot, and they jumped directly into shooting a movie instead.  You had some good actors in there, and some interesting ideas, but not a lot else. 
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Post by: garhkal on 15 October 2018, 14:15:52
Caught Hotel Artemis over the weekend.  Man does Foster look old!
Decent film, but man was it strange in parts.
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Post by: Kidd on 15 October 2018, 15:30:09
Finally got around to watching Boondock Saints.  Really disliked it.  It as if they wrote some scenes and loosely tied them together, meaning to build some actual characters and a plot, and they jumped directly into shooting a movie instead.  You had some good actors in there, and some interesting ideas, but not a lot else.
Awww come on that's one of my all time favourites

The characters are charming with a standout quirk, even the sidebit guys like the bartender, and it does the reversed scene gimmick pretty well through the film.

Things sort of fall apart at the climax after the church scene, I absolutely agree, but until then it's comedy gold.

Oh and http://youtu.be/XFP2ZB8ngbs
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 15 October 2018, 19:12:29
I had some friends who were obsessed with Boondock Saints, but I thought it really just seemed to be a lot of shooting and some fairly unfunny jokes.
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Post by: garhkal on 15 October 2018, 23:17:32
I had some friends who were obsessed with Boondock Saints, but I thought it really just seemed to be a lot of shooting and some fairly unfunny jokes.

Same here.  Watched it once, never since.
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 16 October 2018, 06:30:00
Awww come on that's one of my all time favourites

The characters are charming with a standout quirk, even the sidebit guys like the bartender, and it does the reversed scene gimmick pretty well through the film.

Things sort of fall apart at the climax after the church scene, I absolutely agree, but until then it's comedy gold.

Oh and http://youtu.be/XFP2ZB8ngbs

Now that we agree on Kidd, Boondock Saints was awesome in my eyes. The sequel, though, not so much.

I had some friends who were obsessed with Boondock Saints, but I thought it really just seemed to be a lot of shooting and some fairly unfunny jokes.

I'm guessing it's not the sort of movie you like to watch then. :)

I loved its no nonsense vigilante plot, the quirky nature of the police and Detective Smecker, and the fact that it didn't gloss over the brothers being as bad as what they killed, just more choosy about targets. What can I say? I loved the movie, it was consistent, small time violence. No need for the flashy action movie scenes, the over the top explosions, ridiculous car chases or massive shootouts. One thing that always puzzled me with it though, why cauterize a wound if you've already stopped the bleeding? I'm thinking a good dressing and antiseptic if you're not going to see a doctor.
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Post by: Kidd on 16 October 2018, 07:50:59

One thing that always puzzled me with it though, why cauterize a wound if you've already stopped the bleeding?

"Television! You see this on bad television!"

Yeah it's a very rough film, and the sequel is abysmal, but I love the outrageous dialogue and great acting and the little details and the defining quirks of each character...
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Post by: Banzai on 17 October 2018, 12:12:13
What it reminded me of, in a good way, was if the McKenzie Brothers became hit men.  Especially where they fought in the air shaft and ended up breaking through the ceiling to kill all of mafiosi.  Add a few "take offs," more toques, and Bobs your uncle.

Still didn't like it.
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Post by: Major Headcase on 18 October 2018, 19:37:42
On tonight's menu is "Hopscotch", a classic spy comedy starring Walter Matthau. An old favorite of mine. Accompanied by homemade clam chowder in a toasted sourghdough bread ball with sharp cheddar bake over top, and a good Belgian Tripel to wash it down!! 😁 I love movie nights!!
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Post by: Banzai on 19 October 2018, 14:34:10
Hopscotch is a fun film.  I read the novel, which is darker, but other than that it stays pretty close to the story.  Matthau is such a good actor and he carries that movie.
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Post by: idea weenie on 19 October 2018, 19:42:12
Watched Venom in theater, not excellent like Marvel mainstream movies, but fairly enjoyable.  It might seem to be a horror style movie, but as the movie goes on, it is more like a buddy cop movie, where you have the Venom symbiote snarking at Eddie.  For example:

Eddie/Venom break into a room near the top of a tall tower to leave an item on the desk of Eddie's old boss.
Eddie: "So how do we get back out?" (Eddie is scared of heights)
Venom: "Jump out the window"
(scene break)
Eddie is standing near the bank of elevators for the building, waiting for one to arrive.
Venom: "Coward"
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Post by: Banzai on 22 October 2018, 13:04:53
The Old Man & the Gun.  If you like Redford, you will like this film.  Slow and amiable, charming and well written - both the man and the movie.  Redford plays an gentleman bank robber and prison escape artist. Sissy Spacek is fantastic as part of a getaway turned love interest.  Danny Glover and Tom Waits are the rest of Redford's "Over the Hill Gang."  And Casey Affleck, of whom I am not a fan, uses his mumbly tenor voice in way that shows his mid-career crisis really well.

My wife found it too slow, but enjoyed the acting.  I just enjoyed the whole thing.  It makes a nice swan song if Redford goes through with retiring.

Also saw The Meg.  A big, goofy movie, but it is hampered by the family friendly PG13 rating.   But not a waste of time. 
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Post by: garhkal on 22 October 2018, 15:03:03
Watched an oldie, called Fall time.  Mickey Rourke, David Arquette, Steven baldwin.  MAN what a load of Trype..
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Post by: Sharpnel on 23 October 2018, 12:51:56
Watching 'Alan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold' and realizing howterrible it was and what a ripoff of the Indiana Jone movies it was, right down to the music. Sharon Stone was in this for one reason ony and tht was to 'scream' as much and often as possible.
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Post by: Banzai on 23 October 2018, 15:26:41
What We Do in the Shadows.  Flight of the Conchords and Thor: Ragnarock director Taika Waititi in a mocumentary about the trials and travails of four flatmates in New Zealand who also happen to be vampires.   Making rent, fighting with room mates, clubbing, and dealing with vampire hunters - just like on The Real World! 

Really, really good.
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Post by: Banzai on 24 October 2018, 16:42:39
Bad Times at the El Royale. .  Very good.  Solid cast, Goddard's direction is good, snappy dialog, and the cinematography is fantastic. 
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Post by: Triptych on 27 October 2018, 12:59:34
First Man- the space scenes are great, but when it comes to the rest of the stuff its underwhelming. A lot of stuff on Armstrong's life was taken out, and the scenes that were left in felt somewhat lacking. Gosling plays him like a robot, even to his own family. All in all, still a recommendation, but with caveats. 7/10
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Post by: I am Belch II on 27 October 2018, 16:46:59
Just saw Jurissac World 2. It was lacking in the fun Dino movie that the first one had. Kinda thought it was boring for a good half of the movie
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 27 October 2018, 18:44:20
Yeah, it was good only in scenes where dinosaurs were eating people.  Scenes when dinosaurs were not eating people were boring.
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Post by: Banzai on 19 November 2018, 17:35:49
Ready Player One.  Finally got around to Redboxing it.  Hated the book. Really, really hated the book, but enjoyed the movie.  A lot of what I found annoying, distasteful, and offensive in the book was mostly removed for the film.  The info dumps were gone; the challenges were no longer so anti-creative; the the instant love relationship between Parzival and Art3mis was shallow, but lost the incredibly creepy stalker vibe it had in the book, not to mention the "you are not the prize in a game" while completely making her the prize in the game.  Improvements all the way around.  I may buy it just to freeze frame all of the references next. 
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Post by: Top Sergeant on 26 November 2018, 00:28:51
Finally watched Iron Sky.
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Post by: garhkal on 26 November 2018, 01:01:36
Rewatched John Wick 2.  Man did i laugh at the scene where he met with that armory guy.. 
"Do you have something robust"
What about desert!
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Post by: I am Belch II on 26 November 2018, 04:56:22
I just saw John Wick 2. IT was good but not as good as the first.
Just a question?? Is everyone in NYC a secret assassin?? They seem to be the largest employer there. It was a cool shot when all of them looked at John Wick at the same time in Central Park.
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 26 November 2018, 05:14:34
I just saw John Wick 2. IT was good but not as good as the first.
Just a question?? Is everyone in NYC a secret assassin?? They seem to be the largest employer there. It was a cool shot when all of them looked at John Wick at the same time in Central Park.

I think they are just the ones Winston asked to come along, he's the careful type and would have bought enough to kill John outright. Maybe. :)

I just finished Antman and the Wasp, it was entertaining, the tie into Infinity War was great, but I found a few sections of it quite boring and other repetitive.
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Post by: Kidd on 26 November 2018, 07:25:07
I didn't get on the John Wick hype train until recently either, which I deeply regret as Ian McShane is 1 of my favourite actors. The whole "secret society of assassin hotels" thing is already so awesome, but Winston really classes it up.


Just a question?? Is everyone in NYC a secret assassin?? They seem to be the largest employer there. It was a cool shot when all of them looked at John Wick at the same time in Central Park.
The bit when Winston met John? That was Winston filling the whole meeting place with his people, or at least people employed by him, to make a private and secure location appear the opposite.

The bit at the end when John began running? Probably many of Winston's people lounging around, plus agents of other interested parties like Morphe the Bowery King (same beggar dude as before), plus independents just sniffing around.

It's not surprising there'd be lots of assassins living near or transiting NYC if the operations center is located there, though of course like any good ye olde worlde European corporation, the Council heads seem to spend their time in the Continent.
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Post by: garhkal on 26 November 2018, 15:35:24
Though in both Wick 1 and 2, i always wondered "Where the hell were the cops"??
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Post by: Cache on 26 November 2018, 17:21:44
Though in both Wick 1 and 2, i always wondered "Where the hell were the cops"??
They showed up.  In 1, it was for a "noise complaint" and in 2, it was when his house blew up (gas leak). Same cop both times--Jimmy. Both times he asked if John was working again, indicating either Jimmy was on the payroll or he at least knew what Wick was and chose to not push the issue for whatever reason. The scenes are on Youtube, I can't link them here due to copyright issues and all that.
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Post by: rebs on 26 November 2018, 21:50:55
First Man was pretty good, even though it struck me as a sequel to The Right Stuff.


Tonight, I'm watching Gettysburg with my dad.  Not bad though its a little long.
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Post by: Dubble_g on 27 November 2018, 01:37:25
Watched the "Ballad of Buster Scruggs" and "Outlaw King" on Netflix recently.

Outlaw King is like a Game of Thrones prequel--It's got the same gritty tone, and even a lot of the same actors: Jeor Mormont, Brynden Tully and best of all, Stannis the Mannis as the English king Edward I. It's about the rebellion of Robert the Bruce of Scotland against the English, and the beginning overlaps chronologically with the end of Mel Gibson's Braveheart.

There's a lot to like about it, great cinematography, great set and costume design, a lot of good performances (though Chris Pine overdoes the quiet brooding shtick I think)--my only complaint is that it blitzes through the opening set up, so you're never really sure why the people are doing the things they're doing.  Like, why is Chris the Bruce rebelling? Couldn't tell you. Why does his English noblewoman wife support him? Again, I got nuthin'. Which is a shame like I say, because there's so much here that's so good. Plus, Stannis as our one true and rightful king.

My full yapping about it here: https://one-way-mirror.blogspot.com/2018/11/outlaw-king.html

And then for something completely different: Buster Scruggs. It's an anthology of six westerns, by the Coen brothers of Fargo, O Brother Where Art Thou? and No Country For Old Men fame. Enjoyable if uneven. More about life in the West than a 'cowboy movie' kind of Western. There's too much cowboy singing for my taste, but again there's some great performances, include James Franco as a bank robber (when about to be hung, quips to the sobbing condemned man next to him: First time?) singer Tom Waits as a prospector, and Liam Neeson as a guy with a traveling storyteller. Humor tends to be of the black and oddball variety, but there are one or two stories here that were really enjoyable.
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 27 November 2018, 03:59:02
They showed up.  In 1, it was for a "noise complaint" and in 2, it was when his house blew up (gas leak). Same cop both times--Jimmy. Both times he asked if John was working again, indicating either Jimmy was on the payroll or he at least knew what Wick was and chose to not push the issue for whatever reason. The scenes are on Youtube, I can't link them here due to copyright issues and all that.

From the director: The police and the assassins have an "understanding" of sorts. It's a professional courtesy thing, where the police will look the other way provided the assassins stay on their side of the line. It actually works in the cops favour, since if a murderer or serial killer is running around, the assassins will deal with them in their own way. The cops know that by and large no one would put a contract out on an innocent party, so if an assassin gets you, you probably deserved it.

It's horrendously unrealistic, but fun.
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Post by: garhkal on 27 November 2018, 15:08:51
They showed up.  In 1, it was for a "noise complaint" and in 2, it was when his house blew up (gas leak). Same cop both times--Jimmy. Both times he asked if John was working again, indicating either Jimmy was on the payroll or he at least knew what Wick was and chose to not push the issue for whatever reason. The scenes are on Youtube, I can't link them here due to copyright issues and all that.

I was more on about during all the car chases or fight scenes..

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Post by: Banzai on 29 November 2018, 17:48:36
Puppet Master: The Littlest Reich.  Don't get me wrong, I like bad horror movies. (I love Black Sheep.)  I like stupid horror films (did I mention Black Sheep?) But this one...  I don't consider the series to be a classic even of b-movie horror, but it was a cheesy, goofy attempt at making a bunch of murderous dolls murder people.  Haven't watched any of them in a dozen years, but didn't hate them.  This movie I hated.

First of all, it s a reboot into a parallel universe where we go from the titular Puppet Master change from surviving the Holocaust and fighting Nazis to being a Nazi. (Oh, Udo Kier, if you needed money, I would lend you some!)  Secondly, this seemed more like a Troma film: cheaper looking, even less logic, and far, far nastier for the point of being nastier.   I don't walk out of theaters or stop movies at home.  This one, I stopped.  Horrible little film with little to redeem it.
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Post by: garhkal on 29 November 2018, 23:37:33
Thinking of getting that 'sci-fi' film Kin this weekend..  Anyone seen it?
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Post by: Cache on 09 December 2018, 11:54:23
Watched Tag with the wife, and it was absurd but a hell of a lot of fun. So much homage to Predator at the golf course. ;D Would watch again.
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Post by: Banzai on 13 December 2018, 18:14:19
Rare Imports: A Christmas Tale is a Christmas-themed horror film done right.  Good job, Finland!
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Post by: rebs on 15 December 2018, 23:43:09
Another family movie night with daddy-o...

Tonight we watched Rounders, because we love poker in general.  And Edward Norton is a can't miss actor most occasions.

Not so much the irresponsible gambling, though.  That's a problem, but the movie was still ok.
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Post by: Luciora on 16 December 2018, 01:09:09
Luc Besson needs to watch Aquaman and take notes about how a story can mesh with fantastic creature and architecture elements.

There were some distractions, Mera was a touch too close to another superhero redhead for my taste, as well as someone else's origin story which made sense but felt off.
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Post by: beachhead1985 on 19 December 2018, 10:42:26
Here is a weird one for you that I already struck out with at the source.

1980s-era docu-toy commercial for Tomy products.

A little girl sends her two Tomy Wind-ups back to the factory in Japan for some reason where they have some crazy adventures and then get to interview one of the senior engineers/designers before being shipped home.

Live action with extensive voice-overs and stop-motion, I expect.

I just thought of it the other day while re-watching Robin Williams "Toys" (Don't) and emailed the company about it, but it is beyond institutional memory over there.
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Post by: Sapphirus on 25 December 2018, 00:23:39
Finally saw the Bumblebee movie and it was a Christmas miracle.  TTBT, it's a hell lot better than the ones that Michael Bay put out.  It's a good action flick :)
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Post by: rebs on 25 December 2018, 00:35:28
I watched Fat Man and Little Boy tonight.  A partly fictionalized account of the Manhattan Project that was fairly well done.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 25 December 2018, 00:59:48
Finally saw the Bumblebee movie and it was a Christmas miracle.  TTBT, it's a hell lot better than the ones that Michael Bay put out.  It's a good action flick :)

Technically it's still a Bay film, he just didn't direct it.

But the big question is: how much Stan Bush music is in it?
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Post by: garhkal on 25 December 2018, 01:57:52
Hmm.   Might have to see B/bee in the theater then.  That is the 3rd 'great" comment i've heard.  No negatives yet.
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Post by: Top Sergeant on 25 December 2018, 18:26:56
I watched They Were Expendable. That's the movie that made me think PT Boats were so cool when I was a kid.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 25 December 2018, 18:50:08
At the relatives, and they've got Home Alone on.
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Post by: Luciora on 26 December 2018, 15:55:48
Just saw Bumblebee.  Lots of cringey 80s moments, and the humor was hit or miss with me, but they did the Transformers right. 

Still not happy with the fact they kept the loss of Bee voicebox from the recent films, and the humans look like they they won't return, hopefully.   Not a fan of Cena and Hailee was good in her part but I couldn't really warm up to her.

The Cybertron scenes were great, and had a neat mix of comic feel and cinematic detail, as well as form and even voice accurate parts.  Worth watching for that alone.

Definately worth seeing. 
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Post by: Top Sergeant on 29 December 2018, 07:59:14
I must be on a John Wayne war movie kick; just watched Back to Bataan.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 29 December 2018, 08:06:02
Going classic with the Battle of Midway.
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Post by: Ruger on 29 December 2018, 14:18:55

The Cybertron scenes were great, and had a neat mix of comic feel and cinematic detail, as well as form and even voice accurate parts.  Worth watching for that alone.

Definately worth seeing.

Just got back from it...decent flick but I wished they had done more on Cybertron...also, I thought Wheeljack was supposed to be in it, but I didn't see him...

Still so worth it if only to see and hear "Ravage...Eject!"

Edit: and I must also say that Aquaman was well worth seeing on the big screen as well...not sure how well it will translate to the small screen in some of the scenes...

Ruger
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Post by: rebs on 02 January 2019, 21:47:38
Watching Contact with my dad tonight.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 02 January 2019, 23:15:37
There was a movie that missed the point of the book.
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 04 January 2019, 22:53:30
Kentucky Fried Movie
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Post by: Top Sergeant on 06 January 2019, 07:47:22
I must be on a John Wayne kick. Yesterday I watched Operation Pacific and Flying Leathernecks while painting minis.
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 06 January 2019, 14:38:43
Bull Durham
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Post by: Major Headcase on 06 January 2019, 17:29:26
I have been pretty sick for the past week or so. I drank lots of tea, took lots of nyquil, and must have watched The Last Starfighter 5 or 6 times.... 😂
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 06 January 2019, 17:39:51
You may be taking too much NyQuil.
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Post by: Kidd on 06 January 2019, 19:20:11
I have been pretty sick for the past week or so. I drank lots of tea, took lots of nyquil, and must have watched The Last Starfighter 5 or 6 times.... 😂
that's some sickness you got. even in the utter pits of maudlin nostalgia I haven't watched Last Starfighter more than twice in a year.
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Post by: Major Headcase on 06 January 2019, 22:12:52
that's some sickness you got. even in the utter pits of maudlin nostalgia I haven't watched Last Starfighter more than twice in a year.

Too lazy to take it out of the xbox and kept falling asleep during it. Only watched the whole way through once.  ;)
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Post by: garhkal on 07 January 2019, 03:14:07
that's some sickness you got. even in the utter pits of maudlin nostalgia I haven't watched Last Starfighter more than twice in a year.

For me, it's maybe 2-3 times in the past 6 years.
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Post by: Wrangler on 07 January 2019, 08:49:23
Clock in the Wall with Jack Black in it.  Family "scary" magic movie set in the 1950s.  It was enjoyable and funny.
Not sure if they will continue it into a series, but this movie is fun never the less.
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Post by: garhkal on 07 January 2019, 15:48:29
Clock in the Wall with Jack Black in it.  Family "scary" magic movie set in the 1950s.  It was enjoyable and funny.
Not sure if they will continue it into a series, but this movie is fun never the less.

I was laughing like crazy at the banter back and forth between Black's character and Blanchette's one..
Also did you get a feeling that maybe that little black girl, who seemed to wanna become friends with the kid hero of the story, MAY have been the love child of Izzy and that shape shifting gal??
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 07 January 2019, 20:05:59
Clock in the Wall with Jack Black in it.  Family "scary" magic movie set in the 1950s.  It was enjoyable and funny.
Not sure if they will continue it into a series, but this movie is fun never the less.

I'll have to se if they have this on the plane on my next business trip.

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Post by: rebs on 13 January 2019, 04:37:06
I watched The Stand tonight.  Well, the second half of it, having watched the first half last night.
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 14 January 2019, 22:12:29
The Badlanders - old school western
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 15 January 2019, 06:46:08
I watched The Stand tonight.  Well, the second half of it, having watched the first half last night.

Perhaps the most faithful rendition of a King novel I've seen. I really enjoyed The Stand, even if it is long and drawn out.
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Post by: Banzai on 15 January 2019, 11:56:48
Perhaps the most faithful rendition of a King novel I've seen. I really enjoyed The Stand, even if it is long and drawn out.
Not unlike the source material. 

The only problem I had with TV adaptation of The Stand was Molly Ringwald as Frannie.  I am an 80's kid with a big weakness for red heads, so I had the prerequisite crush on her, but she was really miscast.  The rest of the cast is pretty solid, and Jamey Sheridan was perfect as Flagg.
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Post by: rebs on 16 January 2019, 06:52:16
After reading most of the Dark Tower series, I have a new appreciation for Flagg as the Ageless Stranger or Maerlyn...
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Post by: Banzai on 17 January 2019, 13:06:56
Flagg in The Stand was, for me, a much more frightening and interesting character than most of the iterations in The Dark Tower books, though I think The Covenant Man in Wind Through the Keyhole hit most of the right notes in a low-key song.
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Post by: Top Sergeant on 17 January 2019, 23:29:07
Watched Serenity last night as I was painting some minis.
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 18 January 2019, 02:26:45
Flagg in The Stand was, for me, a much more frightening and interesting character than most of the iterations in The Dark Tower books, though I think The Covenant Man in Wind Through the Keyhole hit most of the right notes in a low-key song.

Flagg was downright alarming in The Stand, such a charming and charismatic character in public, but an absolute monster either way. His ability to bring out the worst in people was impressive.
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Post by: rebs on 18 January 2019, 03:06:26
The first time Tick-Tock Man thinks "my life for you", it raised hairs on the back of my neck.  That familiar slavish bit of devotion recalled Flagg to me perfectly.  That's the shame of the Dark Tower movie.   Not enough time to tell the full story. 
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Post by: Triptych on 29 January 2019, 10:57:06
Bohemian Rhapsody- I prefer to watch drama movies at home so I waited until it came out on streaming. Rami Malek is pretty good as Freddy Mercury, but the teeth issue is overly exaggerated, imo. The movie is uneven, with some scenes not really coming together and it rather sanitizes many key aspects of Mercury's life, but in the end, the good outweighs the bad since the music portions are very good. 7/10

Widows- about a group of women who team up on a heist after their criminal husbands die in a shootout with the cops. Although the premise is good, I thought the whole thing felt contrived, and it had the obligatory Hollywood ending. Also, the twist at the end was pretty predictable, I guessed about 70% of it right. 5/10

The Sisters Brothers
- Western about two brothers who are bounty hunters, and I was pleasantly surprised at how good it is. Joaquin Phioenix, John C Reilly, and Jake Gyllenhall are all good in it. I was expecting it to be somewhat of a parody, but it was played straight- way better than The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. Unpredictable plot and somewhat unexpected ending too. 7.5/10
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Post by: I am Belch II on 29 January 2019, 11:46:39
Iron Eagle  and Iron Eagle II.

Say what you want about Iron Eagle. They made 4 movies of the Iron Eagle series....only 1 Top Gun!!!
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Post by: Ruger on 29 January 2019, 12:06:12
Iron Eagle  and Iron Eagle II.

Say what you want about Iron Eagle. They made 4 movies of the Iron Eagle series....only 1 Top Gun!!!

Four Iron Eagles and only 1.5 to 2 that I really liked...

And aren't they working on a Top Gun sequel?

Ruger
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Post by: I am Belch II on 29 January 2019, 13:25:34
Four Iron Eagles and only 1.5 to 2 that I really liked...

And aren't they working on a Top Gun sequel?

Ruger

Yes they are doing a Top Gun Sequel. It will have Tom Cruise and Star FA-18s not F-35s.
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Post by: garhkal on 29 January 2019, 14:13:47
Four Iron Eagles and only 1.5 to 2 that I really liked...

And aren't they working on a Top Gun sequel?

Ruger

I only ever "LIKED" the first.  the rest were just barely OK..

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Post by: Foxx Ital on 30 January 2019, 00:19:17
Second one wasn't bad,but I was a kid when I watched it.
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Post by: Banzai on 31 January 2019, 12:48:25
Yes they are doing a Top Gun Sequel. It will have Tom Cruise and Star FA-18s not F-35s.

They have been working on a Top Gun sequel since Tom was dating Katy, who was supposed to star.  They already pushed it out a year after post.  Seldom a good sign.
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Post by: garhkal on 31 January 2019, 14:09:36
They have been working on a Top Gun sequel since Tom was dating Katy, who was supposed to star.  They already pushed it out a year after post.  Seldom a good sign.

Nope.  IMO pushing it year after year is always a bad sign.
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Post by: Kidd on 31 January 2019, 14:21:47
Slightly less than it used to. Nowadays marketing has big say in timing releases. Nobody wants to be caught in the horns of a Marvel and/or Disney weekend.
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Post by: garhkal on 01 February 2019, 00:23:49
Been a while since i saw it, so i checked out Mr Holland's Opus from the library.  Still is a damn good movie.
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Post by: Sharpnel on 01 February 2019, 01:48:53
I watched 'Polar' and 'Close' on Netflix on my days off. Decent action flicks I guess. I liked how 'raw' Vanessa Hudgens looked in 'Polar'. almost didn't recognize her.
Finished 2nd Season of Punisher as well (This could have been compressed into fewer and still got the story done)
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Post by: I am Belch II on 01 February 2019, 04:33:16
From what I understand Top Gun 2 all have Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, and will have Goose's kid going thru the programs. It will also star F18s not F35s. That's all that I can gather now.
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Post by: Easy on 01 February 2019, 10:25:01
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Post by: idea weenie on 02 February 2019, 10:33:05
Is it possible to have just a little too much action and plot twist crammed into two hours?

Short answer: No

Long answer: Friend of mine was a football fan and wanted to watch a game one Thursday night.  He had also borrowed a copy of Mad Max: Fury Road.  He was just going to watch a little bit of the movie before the game started, to see if he might like it.  He wound up watching the whole movie, and only seeing the last half hour of the game
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Post by: Easy on 02 February 2019, 10:51:40
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Post by: Easy on 02 February 2019, 10:54:05
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 02 February 2019, 11:11:26
Marvel doesn't produce the X-Men movies.  That's Fox (which will end up as part of Marvel if Disney's buyout goes through, but still isn't yet).
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Post by: Triptych on 02 February 2019, 16:03:41
From what I understand Top Gun 2 all have Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, and will have Goose's kid going thru the programs. It will also star F18s not F35s. That's all that I can gather now.
That figures. The F-35 isnt really a dogfighter.
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 02 February 2019, 20:27:41
Bohemian Rhapsody - I'm not sure about the casting since the guy seemed too short to play Freddie Mercury - I think Sasha Cohen would have been a better choice
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Post by: mdauben on 17 February 2019, 11:27:07
Was on something of a WWII kick yesterday, so I watched Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) and Sahara (1943).  It was interesting to see the difference in the treatment of the "bad guys" in each movie.  In the first the Japanese are generally portrayed as honorable and in some cases oy reluctantly following orders.  In the latter movie (made during the actual war) the Germans are shown as dishonorable, arrogant, murderers.
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Post by: (SMD)MadCow on 17 February 2019, 13:16:23
Watched 'Fargo' last night for the first time. It was pegged as a dark comedy, which sounded fun to me, and it had a pretty good cast. But, the plot was super slow and it ended up being really stupid. 1/10, would not watch again or recommend.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 17 February 2019, 17:57:14
I did the WW2 movie watching thing just recently with Midway and then MacArthur.
Both are good but not great.
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Post by: Banzai on 18 February 2019, 12:11:43
Amazon delivered my copy of Deathsport, the 1978 Roger Corman classic of 70's scholock.  It is a rip off of Star Wars, with a few changes:

1) Rather than space is is a post-apocalyptic desert with the best cities matte paints can create.
2) Rather than Jedi we have savage, telepathic Range Guides with acrylic broadswords.
3) Rather than the fallen Jedi killing the hero's father, the fallen Range Guide killed the hero's mother.
4) Rather than a plucky princess we get a female Range Guide who, in Roger Corman style, loses her kit occasionally.  For the plot.
5) And most important, rather than Luke Skywalker whining a lot, you get David Carradine in a leather loin cloth hopped up on prodigious amounts of cocaine and pot spouting lines such as "like sand in the wind, keep moving."   

It is gloriously bad.  At one point Carradine's character is driving a motorcycle, pardon me, a "death machine," through an tunnel and the sound is that of a T.I.E fighter's engine.  I guess they thought no one would notice.

Oh, and for the score they recorded Gerry Garcia noodling on his guitar and ran it through a synthesizer.    It is all so horrible, and I love this movie so much!
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Post by: PsihoKekec on 19 February 2019, 01:49:13
Heavy Trip

The most obscure metal band Finland ever produced goes to metal festival in Norway. Hilarity and insanity ensue.
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Post by: grimlock1 on 20 February 2019, 11:35:41
Just saw Alita: Battle Angel with no other background besides knowing that it was a manga and OVA back in the 80s/90s.

I liked it.  I'm also thinking about going again, because I want to take a closer look at Alita's 2nd fight with Gri... Gris... the Dragon.  Was the Dragon fighting smarter than I initially gave him credit for?  Specifically, did Grewishka manipulate her into attacking from further away, giving his whip/saw/chain fingers an advantage?.  Or did that fight end the way it did 'cause plot. While Grewishka certainly isn't played as a particularly skilled or clever fighter, Alita isn't exactly Kenshin Himura.  She just throws herself into fights, trusting that her instinctive responses will get her out.  On the other hand, between an URM Berserker body and a head full of Panzer Kunst, that seems like a fairly safe bet.  At least until the sequel.
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Post by: Armiger on 01 March 2019, 00:29:24
Just saw Alita: Battle Angel with no other background besides knowing that it was a manga and OVA back in the 80s/90s.

I grew up reading the manga (there's actually two, the original done in the early '90s and a follow-up done in the mid- to late-2000s) and I'm loathe to see the movie.

As an aside, the last B-Movie that I watched was Gunhed.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 01 March 2019, 01:05:54
I read the first three volumes of the original manga and I thought that the movie is actually a pretty good adaptation.  There are a few changes, but or the most part they make sense in order to keep the story more coherent.
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Post by: garhkal on 01 March 2019, 02:32:27
Caught Bad times at the El Royale.
Man what a trippy movie..  But LOVED seeing Hemsworth in a baddie role.
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Post by: Armiger on 01 March 2019, 02:55:34
I read the first three volumes of the original manga and I thought that the movie is actually a pretty good adaptation.  There are a few changes, but or the most part they make sense in order to keep the story more coherent.

I guess I'm hesitant because I've read the entire, original Battle Angel manga series several times over (and the follow-up series once). My expectation for the Battle Angel movie ranges from "meh" to "do not want." Battle Angel Alita is a much-loved staple from my teenage years (Gen-Xer here!), like, say, BattleTech! Imagine a BattleTech movie done to.. bollocks. I remember the gobsmacked BattleTech cartoon from the early '90s btw...  :(

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Post by: Ruger on 01 March 2019, 05:21:40
I guess I'm hesitant because I've read the entire, original Battle Angel manga series several times over (and the follow-up series once). My expectation for the Battle Angel movie ranges from "meh" to "do not want." Battle Angel Alita is a much-loved staple from my teenage years (Gen-Xer here!), like, say, BattleTech! Imagine a BattleTech movie done to.. bollocks. I remember the gobsmacked BattleTech cartoon from the early '90s btw...  :(

I own, have read and love the original Battle Angel Alita manga and most of the Last Order series...I also absolutely LOVED the movie, am very tempted to see it again in the theater and plan to get the Blue-Ray when it comes out...

Ruger
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Post by: beachhead1985 on 01 March 2019, 09:23:48
Watching "the Boys in Company C" which I had thought was only a scholastic book series previously...
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Post by: grimlock1 on 01 March 2019, 10:21:54
I guess I'm hesitant because I've read the entire, original Battle Angel manga series several times over (and the follow-up series once). My expectation for the Battle Angel movie ranges from "meh" to "do not want." Battle Angel Alita is a much-loved staple from my teenage years (Gen-Xer here!), like, say, BattleTech! Imagine a BattleTech movie done to.. bollocks. I remember the gobsmacked BattleTech cartoon from the early '90s btw...  :(

In all fairness, the Battletech cartoon was a new low.  But from what you've said, I wouldn't recommend the movie. Not that I've read the manga, but it seems near and dear to your heart.  In that case, enjoy your classics.  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Armiger on 01 March 2019, 13:17:24
I own, have read and love the original Battle Angel Alita manga and most of the Last Order series...I also absolutely LOVED the movie, am very tempted to see it again in the theater and plan to get the Blue-Ray when it comes out...

Ruger

 :thumbsup:

I'll take this as a good sign then.
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Post by: Top Sergeant on 06 March 2019, 20:09:18
Watching "the Boys in Company C" which I had thought was only a scholastic book series previously...

Is that the film where they play soccer aboard the transport ship?
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Post by: Dubble_g on 06 March 2019, 21:57:54
Finally watched Female Monarch: The Movie, aka Queen's Live Aid Concert at Wembley. Some of the earlier bits about the group's formation and the process of making their music was interesting, but I think it veered a bit too much on the reenactment side--as noted, the last 15 minutes of the movie are essentially a shot-for-shot remake of their Live Aid performance... and if you're going to do that, why not just show us the actual thing? Freddie Mercury is the focus but digging for a bit more insight into his character would have been interesting. Great performance by Remi Malek though.
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Post by: garhkal on 07 March 2019, 01:27:10
Finally watched Female Monarch: The Movie, aka Queen's Live Aid Concert at Wembley. Some of the earlier bits about the group's formation and the process of making their music was interesting, but I think it veered a bit too much on the reenactment side--as noted, the last 15 minutes of the movie are essentially a shot-for-shot remake of their Live Aid performance... and if you're going to do that, why not just show us the actual thing? Freddie Mercury is the focus but digging for a bit more insight into his character would have been interesting. Great performance by Remi Malek though.

I actually liked the film, but wish they'd done some more aspects of his concert touring...  LOVED seeing them do the 'live taping' for the "I want to break free vid!"..
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Post by: Banzai on 07 March 2019, 12:25:44
I found it a very frustrating movie.  They move when songs were made ("We Will Rock You" to the 80's, "Another One Bites the Dust" to Hot Space, "Fat Bottomed Girls" to four or five years before it was written, etc.) for no particular reason, story wise.  They sanitized the rest of the band, especially Brian (who met his long time mistress during a drunken orgy the band (not Freddie) threw in New Orleans, for one example).  They added tension where it wasn't (they never broke up, Brian and Roger had three solo projects behind them before Freddie started on his first one, and they were so good at Live Aid because they had been on their world tour two months before), and melodrama when it wasn't needed (Freddie wasn't diagnosed with AIDS until at least two years after Live Aid, and waited to tell the band for sometime after that).   And that is just the broad strokes.  I also think they didn't really get to what made Freddy Freddy - he was quite a bit more complicated than the film shows, though the actors for the band were really, really good.  Remi got his statue, but Gwilym Lee was pitch perfect as May, down to his fidgeting in the studio.

I would love to see a more honest film.  But in the mean time, Days of Our Lives is a really good documentary on the band, and Inside the Rhapsody, which is a 45-minute documentary on how they put the song together, is fantastic and I suggest them both.
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Post by: Kidd on 07 March 2019, 12:35:46
I've rarely seen a biopic that didn't take copious liberties, to the point that I avoid films which are certain to push my buttons... In fact I just generally avoid biopics.
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Post by: Von Rohrs on 09 March 2019, 09:41:46
The Broken Formula of Music Biopics (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3q3LEaK7_U)

Captain Marvel, is likely the worst marvel movie. Not by a big margin or anything, but mediocre at least scraping at bad.   
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Post by: Kidd on 09 March 2019, 10:11:51
The Broken Formula of Music Biopics (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3q3LEaK7_U)

5:00 to 6:38 - THANK YOU!
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 09 March 2019, 10:32:51
Given the organized campaign there's been to destroy Captain Marvel's reputation before the movie was even released, it's hard to take negative reviews of the movie seriously.
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Post by: IAMCLANWOLF on 09 March 2019, 11:20:18
Given the organized campaign there's been to destroy Captain Marvel's reputation before the movie was even released, it's hard to take negative reviews of the movie seriously.

I dunno, seems pretty straightforward...   

https://www.metacritic.com/movie/captain-marvel/user-reviews

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Post by: Kidd on 09 March 2019, 12:31:40
Given the organized campaign there's been to destroy glorify Captain Marvel's reputation before the movie was even released, it's hard to take negative positive reviews of the movie seriously.
^ this can be said as well
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 09 March 2019, 12:46:48
I dunno, seems pretty straightforward...   

https://www.metacritic.com/movie/captain-marvel/user-reviews

There was an organized campaign to review-bomb the film on Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes weeks before it hit theaters.
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Post by: garhkal on 09 March 2019, 15:00:00
Given the organized campaign there's been to destroy Captain Marvel's reputation before the movie was even released, it's hard to take negative reviews of the movie seriously.

True, but of the 4 folks i know who've already seen it, 3 disliked it, one said "it was decent, but nothing spectacular..
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 09 March 2019, 15:14:42
Everyone I know who's seen it and is a person who shares similar taste in movies to me has said they've enjoyed it and thought it was a decent film, with favorable comparisons to Wave One films like Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger.  Nobody has said it was a spectacular movie like Black Panther, Avengers 1, or Winter Soldier, but I also don't know anyone who was expecting that it would be.
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Post by: Ruger on 09 March 2019, 16:26:29
Everyone I know who's seen it and is a person who shares similar taste in movies to me has said they've enjoyed it and thought it was a decent film, with favorable comparisons to Wave One films like Thor and Captain America: The First Avenger.  Nobody has said it was a spectacular movie like Black Panther, Avengers 1, or Winter Soldier, but I also don't know anyone who was expecting that it would be.

I just got back from seeing it, and have to agree with the above (we'll, except as follows)...wasn't the best of them, but I also did not fall asleep during it like I always do with the first two Thor movies (I only really like his third movie)...and I will pick it up when it's released on blue-ray/DVD, which I have yet to do with Iron Man 2...

I thought it was a decent origin story for Captain Marvel, set things up well for Photon (Pulsar, Spectrum, whatever she wants to call herself) to show up, and gave us a reasonable explanation for why CM hadn't been involved in the first 20 movies...

And of course, Goose stole the show several times...and I'm not sure I can watch Fury in the same way ever again because of it...

Ruger
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Post by: Brother Jim on 09 March 2019, 16:57:03
 I saw both Captain Marvel and Alita: Battle Angel in the theater yesterday. I very much enjoyed both, even though I missed the first ten minutes or so of Alita.

Today I rented Overlord and Ralph Wrecks the Internet and am about to start watching them.
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Post by: rebs on 09 March 2019, 18:19:47
I just watched The Commitments.  It's about an Irish soul band in Dublin, Ireland, and the tribulations they face as performers.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 09 March 2019, 20:14:36
The wife wanted to watch the Harry Potter series again. Also getting the Harry Potter Hogwarts Battle card game
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Post by: Top Sergeant on 09 March 2019, 22:51:15
Lori and I saw Captain Marvel. We loved it.
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Post by: garhkal on 09 March 2019, 22:54:22
I just watched The Commitments.  It's about an Irish soul band in Dublin, Ireland, and the tribulations they face as performers.

Always liked that film. 
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Post by: PsihoKekec on 11 March 2019, 01:11:50
It's a gem, I saw it without any expectations some years ago and was really impressed.

Seen Death of Stalin again, really funny while also very dark, certainly a niche film.
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Post by: Wrangler on 11 March 2019, 09:16:30
I saw Battle Angel Alita, it was better than i expected for live action adaption.
It was well balanced, didn't loose too much vibe from the original story told in the manga.Very self-contained, with some nugged for sequel that's not pushed too hard.

I think they did better job than Manga did!  I guess its because of the story they told hadn't had another 25 years worth of backstory they came out later.
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Post by: rebs on 12 March 2019, 20:46:10
I just got back home from seeing The Green Book at the theater.  Without going into rule 4 territory to describe it, it's quite good and I recommend it.
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Post by: rebs on 13 March 2019, 01:38:31
Always liked that film.
It's a gem, I saw it without any expectations some years ago and was really impressed.

I was surprised by it.  My dad had seen it before and liked it enough to buy it on Amazon.  I didn't know what to expect, but I'm glad I dropped by to watch it with me daddy-o. 
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Post by: IAMCLANWOLF on 13 March 2019, 17:19:46
No Country for Old Men. Bleak, but this in no way diminished my enthusiasm. I thought it was excellent.
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 17 March 2019, 05:19:55
Just watched Captain Marvel, I found it a passable edition in Marvel's filmography.

Oddly, I liked it more than my wife did, my kids absolutely loved it, but my wife thought it was barely passable.

I thought the decision to de-age SLJ was a poor one, the characterization of Captain Marvel was inconsistent, and that's not even getting started on Fury's access to Pegasus, and the actions undertaken therein.

I did like the inversion of bad guy to good guy, and Ben Mendelsohn really stole just about every scene he was in, Goose the cat was cool etc etc. The movie definitely had it redeeming characteristics, but over all I'd rate it as average.

I think the biggest killer for me was setting it in the 90's. As a young adult of the 90's, albeit Australia, pagers were old devices not cutting edge, mobile phones were commonplace, and there were plenty of other technology issues. Overall the setting of the movie felt like a bizarre mish mash of 80's and 00's, more than anything out of the 90's.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 17 March 2019, 10:19:19
Fury was being sarcastic about how cutting-edge his pager was.  And mobile phones were still heavy bricks that got terrible reception if they got reception at all except in a very few number of places.  As someone who grew up in the US in the 90s I thought it looked like a reasonable representation of 1995.
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 18 March 2019, 03:27:33
Fury was being sarcastic about how cutting-edge his pager was.  And mobile phones were still heavy bricks that got terrible reception if they got reception at all except in a very few number of places.  As someone who grew up in the US in the 90s I thought it looked like a reasonable representation of 1995.

Fair enough. :)

In the 90's we were somewhat less influenced by US society over here, so that might answer why it felt more like a 00's setting to me. Took that long for things to take off in AUS.
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Post by: Ruger on 18 March 2019, 03:39:50
Fury was being sarcastic about how cutting-edge his pager was.  And mobile phones were still heavy bricks that got terrible reception if they got reception at all except in a very few number of places.  As someone who grew up in the US in the 90s I thought it looked like a reasonable representation of 1995.

Got my first personal cell phone in late 90's or so, and first real job out of college actually had me saddled with a pager at first before I got the first (bulky) cel phone from them, and that was in the early 00's, so the tech was actually about right for me...

Ruger
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 18 March 2019, 08:17:44
Got my first personal cell phone in late 90's or so, and first real job out of college actually had me saddled with a pager at first before I got the first (bulky) cel phone from them, and that was in the early 00's, so the tech was actually about right for me...

Ruger

Interesting, I got my first mobile phone in 1994, it was a third generation analogue. Pagers had essentially stopped being used by 95 over here, my dad handed his back in in 93. Interesting, I did read a while ago that Aussies are some of the fastest uptakers of new technologies, but I always expected the US to beat us to that punch.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 18 March 2019, 11:16:23
The US actually has a surprising history of being relatively slow to adopt new technologies.
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Post by: IronFist on 18 March 2019, 13:56:18
Just have to comment...  Fury said it was a two way pager (i.e. can send text message) which is way ahead of its time in 1995.
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Post by: garhkal on 18 March 2019, 14:23:15
Just have to comment...  Fury said it was a two way pager (i.e. can send text message) which is way ahead of its time in 1995.

Not surprising for someone in SHIELD..  You'd think They would have more cutting edge tech than is available to the common folk.
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 19 March 2019, 02:57:36
Just have to comment...  Fury said it was a two way pager (i.e. can send text message) which is way ahead of its time in 1995.

My father had one in the late 80's, two way when within range, absolutely nothing when outside of range. :-P But I believe that's adequately covered in the slower uptake in technology covered upthread.

Thinking mobiles though, Coulson was using one in the car park, wasn't he?
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Post by: grimlock1 on 19 March 2019, 10:50:47
My father had one in the late 80's, two way when within range, absolutely nothing when outside of range. :-P But I believe that's adequately covered in the slower uptake in technology covered upthread.

Thinking mobiles though, Coulson was using one in the car park, wasn't he?
I thought that was a radio...
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 20 March 2019, 04:29:05
I thought that was a radio...

Possibly, probably now that I think about it. My brain put it in as a phone in my memory, but more likely a radio.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 20 March 2019, 12:11:37
It was a walky-talky radio.
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Post by: Luciora on 20 March 2019, 16:46:51
It was the brick style cell phone.
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Post by: Cache on 21 March 2019, 09:36:59
It was the brick style cell phone.
Didn't Fury use a CB-style radio to answer him?
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Post by: Wrangler on 21 March 2019, 13:35:27
I saw it other night, i can't remember.  I do remember that the Pager could send limited text messages, which was unique technology by 95.

I was in service from 90 to 94 in (later 2 years) Los Angeles, i saw maybe on cell phone at the time some girl had which was sizablely bigger than nextell click phone.

As for the movie, i like it.  I like Danvers's character attitude, sassy sense of humor and thinking on the go. 


If i were to nickpick Aside maybe she was bit too powerful in the end,
I did get little confused when they were doing the Subway parts on the train. Again, i was literately there when this is suppose to have took place, the subway car was in correct color livery, but not track and stations (seem to be too modern) until they hit the tunnel.  That train was Blue Line from Long Beach, CA to 7th Street Subway station.

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Post by: garhkal on 21 March 2019, 14:21:05
Turning a train into some replica of old is easier to do, than to do it to the tracks/station its on...
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Post by: grimlock1 on 21 March 2019, 16:31:31
As for the movie, i like it.  I like Danvers's character attitude, sassy sense of humor and thinking on the go. 
I liked that about her too, but They kind of shot themselves in the foot with it. She spends the entire movie pushing back against everyone and everything that tried to hold her back.  Then the climactic scene with the Supreme Intelligence has that flood of memories of her getting back up, again and again through out her life.  The that she never gives an inch to anyone through out the movie kinda steals that scene's thunder.  Don't get me wrong, I like the visuals and love the message, but that scene kind of lacked impact.  Not everything can be a home run. 

Oh, and Fury's eye.... that was weak sauce.
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 22 March 2019, 02:58:52
I liked that about her too, but They kind of shot themselves in the foot with it. She spends the entire movie pushing back against everyone and everything that tried to hold her back.  Then the climactic scene with the Supreme Intelligence has that flood of memories of her getting back up, again and again through out her life.  The that she never gives an inch to anyone through out the movie kinda steals that scene's thunder.  Don't get me wrong, I like the visuals and love the message, but that scene kind of lacked impact.  Not everything can be a home run. 

Oh, and Fury's eye.... that was weak sauce.

Fury's eye I'll give you, that was piteous, I wasn't impressed by that at all.

However I found the scene of Carol Danvers getting back up every time she was knocked down to be quite fitting, she wasn't always hitting home runs (or sixes as we'd say in Australia), she was taking her lumps and proving she could get back in the saddle and try again. In the end that stubborn refusal to give up is what got her the win.
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Post by: Luciora on 22 March 2019, 03:20:56
Fury's eye was perfect.  Not everyone has a rad backstory for every scar or injury. 

Reminds me alot of One Eyed Sam from I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, where the guy looked and acted like a tough war veteran, but turned out he was a secretary and lost an eye from a paperclip fight. 

Makes perfect sense Fury would hide the reason for it.
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 22 March 2019, 08:05:14
Fury's eye was perfect.  Not everyone has a rad backstory for every scar or injury. 

Reminds me alot of One Eyed Sam from I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, where the guy looked and acted like a tough war veteran, but turned out he was a secretary and lost an eye from a paperclip fight. 

Makes perfect sense Fury would hide the reason for it.

No, Fury's eye was perfect when it was a mystery only occasionally alluded to. Not everything needs to be spelled out, and the way it happened was weak at best

Oh sure, there's the comedy factor of it, I have to admit that it got a few laughs, but on the whole I felt it was a disappointing reveal. As always, you're welcome to your opinion, but I'm not going to share it.
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Post by: garhkal on 22 March 2019, 14:44:38
Getting off Capt Marvel..  Anyone seen "Mortal engines" yet?  how was it?
What of Bumblebee?
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 22 March 2019, 15:18:22
Mortal Engines was an attempt to cash in on a young adult novel series, despite that craze having peaked several years ago.

The premise was silly and the novel the movie was based on was really niche, so mostly it seemed to be an attempt to cash in on Peter Jackson's name.
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Post by: Ruger on 22 March 2019, 17:42:04
Getting off Capt Marvel..  Anyone seen "Mortal engines" yet?  how was it?
What of Bumblebee?

Bumblebee was the live action Transformers movie any Gen 1 TF fan was waiting for...

Ruger
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Post by: Tymers Realm on 23 March 2019, 11:25:45
Bumblebee was the live action Transformers movie any Gen 1 TF fan was waiting for...

Ruger

Pretty much this.
The thing with Bumblebee is it's hard to tell if it's a true prequel or a movie series soft reboot or both.

I really lost interest in the movie franchise with TF 2. I mean it all looks cool and plays with the Rule of Cool big time, but that only goes so far. Bumblebee does a lot better in focusing not only on the human side, but the bot side as well. Plus as a G1 fan, the film's opening sequence proves you can do G1 stylings with a Bayformer visual apporach (which should of been attempted in the first place...).
I only have the DVD of TF1 (and the TF: The Movie), but Bumblebee will be added to my collection in due time.
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Post by: rebs on 24 March 2019, 22:53:55
Watching The Expendables 3 right now.
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Post by: Luciora on 25 March 2019, 01:47:52
Just rewatched Thor Ragnarok, and was reminded by the Sakar entrance just how much it reminded me of Zalem/Tiphares and the scrapyard under it from Alita.
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Post by: rebs on 25 March 2019, 02:01:41
Now I'm watching Seven.  One of Morgan Freeman's best performances.
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Post by: grimlock1 on 25 March 2019, 07:51:16
Watching The Expendables 3 right now.
A great Antonio Banderas movie!  I know I've seen the supporting cast other stuff, but it's not coming to me.  Maybe one of them was a boxer?  Or a boxing movie?
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Post by: Banzai on 26 March 2019, 15:31:25
Ninja, 2009.   Scott Adkins as a different American Ninja that in American Ninja, even though his is British, and for no story reason.  Oh well.  It is a straight faced yet goofy throwback to the Golden Age of 80's Ninja Movies.   Starts out in a Ninja school that seems greatly lacking in ninja training.  Actually the first half of the film is greatly lacking in ninjaing, even though the villain, or at least one of them is a ninja who hates our main characters who are also ninja.  There is also a weird substory about a oil company with a killer's club/cult (they have both a brand as well as easily identifiable uniforms, which is nice) who hires the ninja to do something he was going to do anyway, but it wouldn't be a throwback without a conviluted subplot. The bosses for the firm (Temple Corporation) also wear cult robes over their suits.   It is as if the Illuminati bought a lot of stock in Shell Oil and took over, then brought their own cult of Red Shirts that they realized were crappy at their jobs, so they subcontracted a ninja consultant.  As I said, the first half lacks in ninjaness, but the fight scenes when Adkins takes on the mooks in their own club house take off, and it holds up from there. 

On a scale of 1 to 5 ninja throwing stars, i give it a solid 2.5, maybe 3 if I am really forgiving.   It came with the squeal which is supposed to be better, but the name, Ninja: Shadow of a Tear sounds more like a good Nightwish album title. 
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Post by: Luciora on 26 March 2019, 17:52:40
Kung Fu Hustle and Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons.  Needed a good Stephen Chow fix, and hopefully he gets to act again instead of directing only.
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Post by: grimlock1 on 27 March 2019, 09:57:59
On a scale of 1 to 5 ninja throwing stars, i give it a solid 2.5, maybe 3 if I am really forgiving.   It came with the squeal which is supposed to be better, but the name, Ninja: Shadow of a Tear sounds more like a good Nightwish album title.
What's the conversion factor from "ninja throwing stars" to IMDB stars? :-)
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Post by: beachhead1985 on 28 March 2019, 22:49:05
Watched Buckaroo Banzai for the first time.

Holy Cow.

I loved it.
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Post by: rebs on 29 March 2019, 01:26:09
Watching Showtime with Robert DeNiro and Eddie Murphy.  Pretty funny.
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Post by: Sharpnel on 29 March 2019, 04:03:22
Watched the Motley Crue biopic, The Dirt. Some very minor errors, but otherwise entertaining.
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Post by: Tymers Realm on 29 March 2019, 08:06:46
Watched Buckaroo Banzai for the first time.

Holy Cow.

I loved it.

It is truly a movie of it's era, and shows it.
Plus it has, IMHO, one of the coolest end credit sequences there is (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah6TYuJ1iQg)...
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Post by: Foxx Ital on 29 March 2019, 08:17:37
It is truly a movie of it's era, and shows it.
Plus it has, IMHO, one of the coolest end credit sequences there is (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ah6TYuJ1iQg)...

 I've longed for mst3k to tackle it.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 29 March 2019, 09:59:46
They probably won't.  They go for bad movies, and Buckaroo Banzai is too fun and entertaining on its own.
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Post by: grimlock1 on 29 March 2019, 11:54:22
Watched Buckaroo Banzai for the first time.

Holy Cow.

I loved it.
Took this photo in my lab.  Just saying.

Unfortunately, I don't have any watermelons.
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Post by: Banzai on 29 March 2019, 12:22:47
Watched Buckaroo Banzai for the first time.

Holy Cow.

I loved it.

Welcome to the Team...
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Post by: rebs on 30 March 2019, 00:27:27
Watching Blade II tonight.
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Post by: rebs on 30 March 2019, 01:09:37
Now I'm watching Blade Trinity.  Killing vampires with high beams and the like.  But it's still entertaining. 
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Post by: Banzai on 01 April 2019, 13:38:36
Now I'm watching Blade Trinity.  Killing vampires with high beams and the like.  But it's still entertaining.

Far more entertaining is Patton Oswalt's stories of what happened off screen.  You can easily find them on line.
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Post by: Top Sergeant on 01 April 2019, 21:56:46
Re-watched Thor Ragnarok and the Avenger's Thanos movie.
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Post by: garhkal on 01 April 2019, 22:50:19
Re-watched Thor Ragnarok and the Avenger's Thanos movie.

Same here, also adding a re-watch of civil war and ant-man and the wasp..
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Post by: rebs on 02 April 2019, 02:56:39
Watched Deep Impact tonight.  It's like comfort food for movies...
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Post by: Luciora on 02 April 2019, 09:35:25
My brother has been marathoning the whole Marvel lineup for a month now, starting with The Incredible Hulk.  Just finished Infinity War last night.   Ant man and Wasp to follow soon.

Same here, also adding a re-watch of civil war and ant-man and the wasp..
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Post by: Major Headcase on 02 April 2019, 10:16:14
I have pizza, beer, and "Equilibrium" planned for tonight. Introducing it to a friend who's never even heard of it.  :)
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Post by: Cache on 02 April 2019, 22:01:22
Bumblebee is on blue-ray, finally. First watch with the family tonight. There will be more watchings.
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Post by: garhkal on 03 April 2019, 00:01:30
Caught fantastic beasts 2.. Loved it.
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Post by: rebs on 03 April 2019, 00:58:26
Watcjong Three Kings right now on the tube.
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Post by: Banzai on 03 April 2019, 12:13:58
Train to Busan.  South Korea's first big mainstream zombie flick.  Good characterization, great tension, very well done all around.  The tight quarters of a high speed rail train is put to good effect.
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Post by: Major Headcase on 03 April 2019, 15:16:08
Train to Busan.  South Korea's first big mainstream zombie flick.  Good characterization, great tension, very well done all around.  The tight quarters of a high speed rail train is put to good effect.

I am not a zombie flick fan but I loved that movie! The claustrophobic terror on the train made it 10 times better than I expected.
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Post by: Ruger on 06 April 2019, 14:09:54
Just got done watching Shazam! I went in expecting it to be corny, but was actually pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it.

Ruger
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Post by: rebs on 08 April 2019, 04:04:37
Just watched Gone, Baby, Gone. 
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Post by: rebs on 14 April 2019, 18:45:08
Just got home from watching Captain Marvel.
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Post by: Wrangler on 14 April 2019, 19:19:15
Watched the Jurassic Park: Fallen Kingdom. Certainly different vibe to this one, I was sort of surprised how it got so dark in end. It reminded me of how the original Terminator movie ended or how the 1st Reboot ended.
Was this intended as lead into a sequel?
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 14 April 2019, 21:12:18
Seems that way.  Not sure if it did well enough to get one, though.
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Post by: garhkal on 14 April 2019, 23:25:40
I certainly don't think it did well enough to deserve yet another sequel..
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 15 April 2019, 03:27:44
I certainly don't think it did well enough to deserve yet another sequel..

Deserve, such a loaded term. The box office take exceeded $1B, there will be a sequel...

I watched Lego Movie 2, it was pretty good, funny to see how they manage to break down creativity and growing up, as well as the mercurial relationships between siblings and the habits of parents. I don't think it was as good as the original, but it was still pretty good.
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Post by: grimlock1 on 16 April 2019, 07:57:18
Watched The Meg last night.  It diverged quite a bit from the book, but it worked quite well. Shuya Sophia Cai was a hoot! Bingbing Li got to be more than "we'll cast Chinese actress to increase our draw in the Asian markets." Statham was... Statham. I was wondering how they would put him in a melee with shark that stretch between Home Plate and First Base, but they did.
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Post by: Banzai on 16 April 2019, 11:27:38
The Meg was the answer to a question no one was asking: "How do we make a movie about a massive man-eating shark attacking people to be completely family friendly?"    It was as if they refused to commit to the concept.  And a movie about a carnivorous shark the size of a whale is not served by half-measures.  The source books (I have read most of them) are goofy, over the top fun with a decent amount of tension and reasonable carnage based on the size of the sharks.  The movie missed that.   Didn't hate it, but it was a missed opportunity.

Oh, and they really should have done the first chapter of the books, regardless of how it was historically inaccurate.  The megalodon vs. T-Rex scene was the best thing in the book.
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Post by: grimlock1 on 16 April 2019, 11:51:37
The Meg was the answer to a question no one was asking: "How do we make a movie about a massive man-eating shark attacking people to be completely family friendly?"    It was as if they refused to commit to the concept.  And a movie about a carnivorous shark the size of a whale is not served by half-measures.  The source books (I have read most of them) are goofy, over the top fun with a decent amount of tension and reasonable carnage based on the size of the sharks.  The movie missed that.   Didn't hate it, but it was a missed opportunity.

Oh, and they really should have done the first chapter of the books, regardless of how it was historically inaccurate.  The megalodon vs. T-Rex scene was the best thing in the book.

Yeah, I read a bunch of those books, about ten years ago.  Of all the things a guy can do to impress a girl, it wasn't half bad. :-)
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Post by: Wrangler on 17 April 2019, 09:20:11
Another movie i just saw was Rampage starring the Rock.  I found it was actually entertaining, given how it's based on old video game.  This is shut your mind off sort of movie, but it was good.  Though i couldn't tell they left room for sequel or not.
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Post by: garhkal on 17 April 2019, 13:16:07
From my watching of it, no i don't see how they had any left over for a sequel.
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Post by: Banzai on 17 April 2019, 18:11:31
Did it make enough money?  Yes, it did.  Then there is always room for a squeal. 
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Post by: grimlock1 on 18 April 2019, 14:15:07
Saw Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom last night.   I'm surprised that Blue didn't end up sleeping on the porch of Owen's cabin
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Post by: rebs on 18 April 2019, 19:35:03
Watching Zero Dark Thirty right now. 
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Post by: Wrangler on 19 April 2019, 09:39:30
Saw Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom last night.   I'm surprised that Blue didn't end up sleeping on the porch of Owen's cabin.
Blue wanted to be free after being in that cage after the bullet nearly killed her.
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Post by: Brother Jim on 20 April 2019, 11:47:13
Mandy.  A Nicholas Cage movie that left me simultaneously feeling like I wasted the 2 hours and 54
                     seconds it took to watch it and that I enjoyed it, but not enough to ever watch it again.

The Darkest Minds.  I liked it, but the story was obviously set-up with sequels in mind that I don't think
                                            will ever get made.

Doom.  Unlike the movies above, this was a third or fourth rewatch. Made me want to play some
                      board/mini games similar to the premise, like the Aliens board game, Sedition Wars or Legions
                      of Steel.
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Post by: Triptych on 20 April 2019, 13:11:20
Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans (2015) Documentary about Steve McQueen and his effort to make a racing movie titled Le Mans. I'm a big fan of his, and it's obvious he had a great vision to make the ultimate racing movie, but it totally bombed in the box office and killed his dream of becoming a completely independent movie producer. McQueen was a perfectionist, and he spared no expense to try and actually race (he finished 2nd place with a broken foot at the warm up race in Florida- an amazing achievement) in order to know how it felt like. The lack of a script doomed the picture from the start, yet its fascinating to watch the whole thing unfold. Includes archival voice interviews with McQueen himself. 8/10
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Post by: garhkal on 20 April 2019, 14:28:12
The Darkest Minds.  I liked it, but the story was obviously set-up with sequels in mind that I don't think
                                            will ever get made.

Yea.  IMO the concept sounded decent, but the script and acting were sub-par..
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 21 April 2019, 09:00:06
Finally watched Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse it was the source of mixed opinions in my house, I liked it, my wife had this WTF did I just watch? feel, one boy liked it, the other not so much.

On the whole, I enjoyed it. Miles Morales is new to me, and I thought this one nicely captured the experience of a new superhero discovering his own abilities.
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Post by: Tymers Realm on 21 April 2019, 10:45:16
Spider-verse really takes the essence of Miles' origin (without the rest of the Ultimate line stuff) and adds one of the most popular Spiders (Spider-Gwen/Ghost Spider), creates a mentor Peter, and adds several other unique Spiders into a decent Character Origin film.
I saw Spider-verse in the theaters and wasn't disappointed in the least. While the animation style seems a little jarring at first, it is rather unique. I really do hope Sony Animation has a proper sequel in the pipeline. more cross-dimensional hijinks is needed.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 21 April 2019, 11:27:49
I'm pretty sure that Sony already said that they were planning to, and that the next time would feature some more alternate universes, like the Spider-Man from the PS4 game.
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Post by: Luciora on 21 April 2019, 16:24:29
A Sony animated feature beat a Disney animated feature in the Oscar's.  That alone makes it one of the better animated films.
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Post by: Banzai on 23 April 2019, 12:51:43
Aquaman.  "Hey guys, let's set Black Panther underwater!"   

Not a horrid waste of a Redbox rental, but it was pretty "meh."  Jason Momoa is good, but they didn't really seem to trust him to carry the film the way most Marvel films trust their main characters.  He has pretty good comic timing, is easy on the eyes, and possesses a fierce physicality, but the movie only highlights the last, and that only through a lot of punching.  The final battle was another hodgepoge of millions of small things fighting by swirling like sand in a storm rather than beings (which has been a weakness in the Marvel films as well, especially the Avengers brand).  (And in the ocean do things fall to the ocean floor with a bone jarring "thud" or just float off?  The movie isn't sure either, but drag definitely doesn't exist.  Stupid fluid dynamics...)  But yeah, the story is pretty shamelessly lifted directly out of Black Panther, but with white sea people (and Deep Ones.  The Lovecraft elements are there, even winked at in the prolog, but only touched on.  Which is too bad, because the comics embraced the trope more than a few times.)

Better than the dour Snyder stuff, but seems a missed opportunity.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 24 April 2019, 01:12:42
Just watched Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle.

It was pretty good, much more faithful to the original book than the Disney adaptations.
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Post by: rebs on 24 April 2019, 21:10:08
Just watched Jurassic World.  The narrator at the end ignores the impact that big game hunters would have on thirty or so dinosaurs that break lose.


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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 24 April 2019, 21:22:32
Yeah, they act like thousands of breeding pairs of dinosaurs have been released across the globe.  In reality, it would probably take only a few weeks at most to round up and capture or kill all the dinos besides Blue.
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Post by: rebs on 24 April 2019, 21:32:02
Yeah, Blue gets to live.  Ha, we me not have a choice, Blue might not allow herself to be caught.
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 24 April 2019, 22:47:45
Yeah, they act like thousands of breeding pairs of dinosaurs have been released across the globe.  In reality, it would probably take only a few weeks at most to round up and capture or kill all the dinos besides Blue.

The pterosaurs might be a little hard to run to ground, but yeah, any land based dino is going to be captured in short order. There's no way the local governments are going to let them run wild.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 24 April 2019, 23:47:08
Even the pterosaurs ought to be relatively easy to deal with.  It was officially stated that in every other instance of pterosaurs escaping to the mainland they were successfully found and captured/killed in a matter of months.
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 26 April 2019, 03:40:32
Even the pterosaurs ought to be relatively easy to deal with.  It was officially stated that in every other instance of pterosaurs escaping to the mainland they were successfully found and captured/killed in a matter of months.

My only consideration there is that there were so many of them that escaped.

Sure you could chase them down, track down sightings etc, they don't know to hide, so finding most of them should be relatively easy. Some would be very difficult to find though, heading towards uninhabited areas of South America.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 26 April 2019, 09:20:14
I suppose it's possible, but word of god was pretty unambiguous.
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Post by: grimlock1 on 26 April 2019, 09:38:28
Yeah, they act like thousands of breeding pairs of dinosaurs have been released across the globe.  In reality, it would probably take only a few weeks at most to round up and capture or kill all the dinos besides Blue.
Also, aren't they all still female?

Which would mean the dinosaurs were already on the path to re-extinction without any help from the volcano.
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Post by: garhkal on 26 April 2019, 13:42:15
As we saw in 1 though, they 'adapt' so they can make eggs..
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Post by: grimlock1 on 26 April 2019, 14:12:27
As we saw in 1 though, they 'adapt' so they can make eggs..
At least 1 species demonstrated that ability, but there's no way to know if all species uses that particular segment of frog DNA. And I have to imagine that Wu would put some time and energy into addressing that issue in the last 20 year. When he wasn't creating gene-spliced murder-machines.   Also, the predator/prey ratios were all out of wack, and the populations were way to too small to provide sustainable genetic diversity.
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Post by: IAMCLANWOLF on 26 April 2019, 17:52:31
I saw Spider-verse in the theaters and wasn't disappointed in the least.

Same. I thought it was good the first time. Weird, but good. While amazingly gorgeous.
The more I watch it, the more fond I grow of the characters. It is very well done. Brilliant, I dare say.   
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Post by: Wrangler on 26 April 2019, 23:34:18
Just watched Ant-man for the 2nd time, first time with my wife. She like it, as i suspected she may have like nice blend of humor and well written parts of the movie.

To be honest, it didn't need the Avengers connections stand on its own feet.  Hopefully, i can get her to see 2nd film.
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Post by: idea weenie on 27 April 2019, 14:06:48
To be honest, it didn't need the Avengers connections stand on its own feet.  Hopefully, i can get her to see 2nd film.

Ask her if she liked Luis from the first Ant-Man.  There is a great set-up with him in the second film
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Post by: rebs on 27 April 2019, 23:03:01
Went to go see Avengers: End Game but they were all sold out all over the city.  So I ended up seeing Dumbo instead because I wanted to watch a movie.  It was pretty good, there was even a nod to the trippy "Elephants on Parade" part of the original.  And I'll still see the Avengers later.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 28 April 2019, 07:31:44
Just saw Aquaman....good for a DC movie. Not the best but ok.
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Post by: garhkal on 28 April 2019, 15:18:57
Ask her if she liked Luis from the first Ant-Man.  There is a great set-up with him in the second film

He's my fave 2nd string character from the AM franchise..
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Post by: rebs on 28 April 2019, 17:30:02
Watched Caddy Shack today.  Good immature fun on a Sunday afternoon.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 28 April 2019, 18:26:02
I heard that Rodney Dangerfield got really nervous filming that movie since he was used to doing stand up comedy and the fact that nobody was laughing at his jokes made him think they were falling flat.  Someone had to explain to him that no, they were all struggling to contain themselves because if they did start laughing it would ruin the take.
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Post by: rebs on 28 April 2019, 18:43:41
I believe that. 

I was watching the interplay between Chevy Chase and Bill Murray for signs of the strain that was between them.  They seem to have burried it by then, but their SNL rivalry was still hot at that time.
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Post by: Banzai on 30 April 2019, 18:43:04
Overlord.  It was fun.  Wolfenstein : The Movie, in every good way, so much that I expected a roboHitler to show up a the end, chain guns screaming. The plot is pretty straight forward, with a paratrooper stick sent to destroy a radio tower to allow Operation OVERLORD to take place.  Most of them don't make it to the ground, and those that do find, of course, Nazi Science Gone Awry.  Mayhem and bloodshed ensue.

Both Jovan Adepo and Wyatt Russell (Kurt's son) did solid work.  But Pilou Asbæk as the way over the top Nazi villain and Mathilde Ollivier as the French civilian who helps the paratroopers were both outstanding.  Ollivier especially does a lot with both the quieter moments and the machine gunning of Nazis and monsters.   It died in the theater, but hopefully rises (heh) in the home market. 
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Post by: rebs on 05 May 2019, 22:08:03
Went and saw Endgame earlier today.  I'll be seeing it again soon so I can see the parts I missed whilest using the men's room. 
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Post by: garhkal on 06 May 2019, 00:40:40
Caught Glass.  Thought it was just Meh..  2.5 out of 5..  SLOW to get anywhere, and what little we saw of their 'powers' (other than Macevoy's wall crawling) seemed not really "Super"..

Then caught a cop/comedy, Show Dogs.  LOVED IT..  Couldn't stop laughing.
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Post by: Banzai on 06 May 2019, 13:01:41
Vanishing Point, 1971.  Picked up the Blu-ray, which has the uncut European version.  The real difference is he picks up a hitchhiker on his last night running, played by Charlotte Rampling, who is fantastic as always.  It is a small beat, a metaphysical beat in a film scattered with them, but the producers didn't think Americans would get it, so they cut it.  (The producers had no faith in the movie at all, showing is just a few times before sending it to the UK where it took off.)   This is an odd, existential, strangely spiritual movie about an extended car chase, and it is a sloppy mess in several places.  But any film with Charlotte Rampling as an angel of death cannot be a bad one, and I loved this movie as a kid way before seeing that scene.
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Post by: rebs on 12 May 2019, 15:38:46
Just watched Collateral.  Not bad for a Tom Cruise flick. 
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 12 May 2019, 16:16:26
Watched John Carter.

I agree with the previous assessments, it was a pretty decent film that was doomed by a lack of advertising.

Though the Mighty Whitey aspect is pretty dated. A hazard of using material from that time period,  I guess.
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Post by: Banzai on 14 May 2019, 11:58:30
Little Big Man.  Saw this a bunch of times on tv when I was a kid so I picked up the Blu-ray.  It holds up very well for a 70's anti-western.
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Post by: Luciora on 14 May 2019, 12:17:59
I'm very glad the wartime allegiances were only background and didn't have any more impact than setting.  I definitely agree on the dated setting being a risk.

Watched John Carter.

I agree with the previous assessments, it was a pretty decent film that was doomed by a lack of advertising.

Though the Mighty Whitey aspect is pretty dated. A hazard of using material from that time period,  I guess.
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Post by: grimlock1 on 16 May 2019, 10:49:25
Watched Venom last night and was pleasantly surprised. Also, the symbiote's lines were gold.
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Post by: Top Sergeant on 16 May 2019, 22:25:06
Tora! Tora! Tora!
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Post by: rebs on 17 May 2019, 23:11:10
Just saw John Wick III: Parabellum tonight.  Lots of fighting, and even a nod to The Matrix toward the end.  A surprisingly fun watch.  I recommend it highly.
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Post by: rebs on 24 May 2019, 01:35:26
Watching The Golden Child right now.  Eddie Murphy at his best.

"Give me the kn kn kn kn knife"
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Post by: (SMD)MadCow on 24 May 2019, 10:10:54
Caught 'The Predator' on a movie channel, action was good, plot has more holes than swiss cheese, just turn off your brain and watch the pretty effects.
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Post by: Banzai on 24 May 2019, 11:58:52
Caught 'The Predator' on a movie channel, action was good, plot has more holes than swiss cheese, just turn off your brain and watch the pretty effects.

That film just annoyed me - so much wasted potential.  I would love to have seen the original version before they re-shot the last third.
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Post by: (SMD)MadCow on 24 May 2019, 22:46:27
That film just annoyed me - so much wasted potential.  I would love to have seen the original version before they re-shot the last third.

Maybe, but even in the first act, why is the Predator immediately hunting people instead of delivering the thing. And why is the thing a battle suit instead of some advanced environmentaltech to help out with the global warming?
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Post by: Cache on 25 May 2019, 09:24:56
Maybe, but even in the first act, why is the Predator immediately hunting people instead of delivering the thing. And why is the thing a battle suit instead of some advanced environmentaltech to help out with the global warming?
1) The reshoots changed so much of the story that the beginning no longer made sense, which was a pretty big oversight. But... violence is entertaining.
2) The tech they received was to handle a problem of a more immediate nature. I don't believe there was anything stating the Predator race had that kind of environmental technology. They seemed quite focused on weaponry and genetics.
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Post by: rebs on 26 May 2019, 00:40:01
Just watched Romeo Must Die again.  An entertaining movie, even if the kung fu magical realism gets to be too much at times.  It's no Kung Fu Hustle, but still a bit much.
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Post by: rebs on 27 May 2019, 00:51:46
Watching Hollywood Homicide right now.  Didn't know much going into it, but I was pleasantly surprised to find Harrison Ford playing a senior detective assisting his younger partner in investigating the murder of a rap group. 
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Post by: garhkal on 27 May 2019, 14:43:05
I always laugh at that film.  I just can't see Harnett being a cop..
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Post by: Elmoth on 27 May 2019, 15:54:07
Elysium. Starting now.

EDIT: Pseh. I thought it would be better. Guess I didn't fully buy the rich-poor physicial divide as depicted there since I work in logistics.
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Post by: Banzai on 28 May 2019, 13:57:14
Brightburn.  Really disappointing movie.   t had a lot of promise, and the trailers looked creepy good.  I was hoping for a deconstruction of the superhero film a la Moore's Miracleman stories, but ended up with "what if Superman at twelve was a serial killer, and everyone in Smallville was both stupid and naive to a superhuman level?"  Even as a slasher film it is less than mediocre.   

Go watch Chronicle to see it done better.
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Post by: rebs on 29 May 2019, 01:38:03
Watching Bait right now. Been on something of a Jamie Foxx kick as of late.  It's about authorities using a low-level criminal as, yep you guessed it, bait after placing a micro-bug on him. All this in the hopes of netting a bigger fish responsible for $42 million gold heist.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 29 May 2019, 10:10:08
Watched Venom.

It was okay, but I think Eddie needed to be a more morally ambiguous character if they wanted to really sell him as an antihero.

As it stands he's more of a hero except for occasional bouts of eating people.
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Post by: garhkal on 29 May 2019, 14:50:39
Watching Bait right now. Been on something of a Jamie Foxx kick as of late.  It's about authorities using a low-level criminal as, yep you guessed it, bait after placing a micro-bug on him. All this in the hopes of netting a bigger fish responsible for $42 million gold heist.

I always liked that one, same with Bad company, with Chris rock and Anthony hopkins.
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Post by: grimlock1 on 30 May 2019, 10:09:45
That film just annoyed me - so much wasted potential.  I would love to have seen the original version before they re-shot the last third.
Shane Black grumbled about the studio telling him to punch up the funny. The sequence with humans trying to use some captured Pred weaponry was something I have expected from Mel Brooks movie.

Watched Venom.

It was okay, but I think Eddie needed to be a more morally ambiguous character if they wanted to really sell him as an antihero.

As it stands he's more of a hero except for occasional bouts of eating people.
Yeah, but the voice over established that he only eats bad people.
The trailers were selling more suspense/psychological thriller than the movie delivered.
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Post by: Dubble_g on 19 June 2019, 09:49:46
Nice Guys

Sporadically hilarious, but tonally all over the map. Buddy comedy, slapstick, touching feelgood family drama, back to farce, black comedy. A real rollercoaster. Ryan Gosling is great, perfect as a bumbling PI, Russell Crowe looking like he got real comfortable, Kim Basinger in a cameo. Solid 5/7 movie.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 19 June 2019, 10:13:50
Ended up seeing Ralf Breaks The Internet.  It was entertaining, but I think Disney dropped the ball.  Really felt like they didn't actually have enough material for a full-length movie and instead took the scripts from multiple shorts and edited them together to make something that was feature-length.
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Post by: Luciora on 19 June 2019, 10:33:15
It felt like originally the sequel was supposed to deal with online gaming and the perils thereof, not a story about how to game microtransactions and "oh look at our little in joke that we somehow turned into a plot point".  On the other hand, I ended up liking vanellope more, and hating Ralph, whereas, in the first movie I absolutely detested her and cheered for Ralph.

It was a letdown for me.


Ended up seeing Ralf Breaks The Internet.  It was entertaining, but I think Disney dropped the ball.  Really felt like they didn't actually have enough material for a full-length movie and instead took the scripts from multiple shorts and edited them together to make something that was feature-length.
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Post by: Kidd on 19 June 2019, 11:20:39
Moral of the first movie: friends need to stick together

Moral of the second movie: friends need to let go

excuse me, what the ******?
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 19 June 2019, 12:44:30
Moral of the first movie: friends need to stick together

Moral of the second movie: friends need to let go

excuse me, what the ******?

And then there's the whole "don't ever leave your own game and try to get into a new game, that's literally the most evil thing you can possibly do" vs "it's okay, you've grown up and we'll just make you a character in this other game and despite being the main character in your game, no one will even notice you're gone.  It certainly risk won't risk having your original game unplugged or anything."
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Post by: rebs on 19 June 2019, 19:19:22
Saw the new Shaft movie last night.  A father-and-son story that even brings in original Shaft actor Richard Roundtree as grandpa Shaft.  Over-all entertaining and worth a few bucks to see. 
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 19 June 2019, 22:42:38
Captain Marvel

Still love it.
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Post by: garhkal on 20 June 2019, 00:18:16
Elsewhere, someone mentioned they're re-releasing end game in some theaters with EXTRA material in..  I wonder if that's true, how much LONGER that film will be..
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Post by: Ruger on 20 June 2019, 03:39:19
Elsewhere, someone mentioned they're re-releasing end game in some theaters with EXTRA material in..  I wonder if that's true, how much LONGER that film will be..

It is not an extended edition from what I’ve read on several sites. There will be a deleted scene, a tribute and some other material shown after the credits when this is put in theaters next weekend (starting the 28th).

Ruger
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 20 June 2019, 09:40:01
The stuff we'd normally just wait to come out on video for and then not watch once we actually had a copy.  I liked End Game, but I'm not sitting through it in the theaters twice.
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Post by: Euphonium on 20 June 2019, 17:16:24
I finally got around to watching John Wick 1 & 2.
I really enjoyed the first one, and the first half of the second, but the world-building in the later parts of Chapter 2 didn't work for me.

The best bit of the lot was the "Dog Wick" special  >:D
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Post by: IAMCLANWOLF on 21 June 2019, 11:02:40
...the world-building in 2 didn't work for me.

Completely agree. Which, is why I haven't gone out of my way to go view Parabellum.

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Post by: Ruger on 21 June 2019, 11:09:40
Completely agree. Which, is why I haven't gone out of my way to go view Parabellum.

I loved the first, found the second ok, but not as good. And I loved the third one, especially for the dogs. That bit was worth the price of entry alone.

Ruger
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Post by: Banzai on 21 June 2019, 15:31:27
The fight with Cecep Arif Rahman and Yayan Ruhian was worth the price of admission for me.   And considering Yayan will always be "Mad Dog" to me, it all works...
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Post by: Dubble_g on 22 June 2019, 01:29:46
Continuing my Goose Fest, I watched Drive (by Director Nicolas Winding Refn) the other night.

I’d watched Refn’s “Valhalla Rising” (the world's only 9-hour viking movie with no dialog) and was expecting something slow-moving and arty, but this movie still managed to surprise me.

Like a piece of orchestral music, it’s got these quiet, idyllic parts that suddenly explode into action—the nameless Driver (Ryan Gosling) sits idly on a motel bed, before a window shatters in a slow-mo shotgun blast, and then we leap into furious violence—later the Driver and his neighbor Irene (Carey Mulligan) share a lingering, golden-lit kiss in an elevator, before the Driver turns around and stomps the head of another man into the ground, killing him.

Gosling is a bit one-note in this movie, essentially playing a preview of his character from Blade Runner 2049: monosyllabic, vulnerable yet tough superman. The bit part characters are more interesting: Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston as a shady garage owner, Ron Perlman as a brutal gangster, Oscar Isaac as an ex-con.

Side note: I was a little frustrated with the sound mix— the music on the soundtrack is blaringly loud, but the conversations mumbled and muted. Spent a lot of time fiddling the volume up and down.
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Post by: Top Sergeant on 22 June 2019, 17:50:01
Had not seen Ant Man and the Wasp. Caught it last night on Netflix. Not bad at all.
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Post by: Banzai on 24 June 2019, 11:48:05
I wanted to like or even love Drive, but Ryan Gosling's soulless, dead cow-eyed performance ruined it for me.  The other characters almost saved it for me, and Brook's work as Bernie was fantastic.  (Ron Perlman was somewhat wasted in a roll who should have been named "Ron Perman Character."  Which is a waste as he is able to do so much more.  Just watched him in 1986's cinema version of The Name of the Rose.

I love neo-noir, and low-level crime drama, but I just can't stand Gosling's performance.  In anything, really.
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Post by: IAMCLANWOLF on 24 June 2019, 12:29:07
Huh... I didn't get that at all. Loved Drive, myself. And Blade Runner 2049 is one of my favorites.
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Post by: Kidd on 24 June 2019, 13:11:44
In addition to BR, he sells Gangster Squad for me more than anything else in that movie
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Post by: garhkal on 24 June 2019, 13:23:09
Never really been much of a gosling fan, but did like him (with russel Crowe) in that film, the nice guys..
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Post by: Dubble_g on 25 June 2019, 19:08:54
Never really been much of a gosling fan, but did like him (with russel Crowe) in that film, the nice guys..

https://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php?topic=54582.msg1513662#msg1513662

Let's see if we can get an infinite repeating loop of posts ...
Or someone sell me on Gangster Squad.
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Post by: rebs on 30 June 2019, 01:57:40
Watched Eraser earlier.  Pretty standard fare for Arnold.  Not a bad movie though.
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Post by: Luciora on 30 June 2019, 08:20:55
MiB:International.  Enjoyed it, fun romp, tad predictable and felt like at times I was watching a humorous James Bond film.  But in a good way
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Post by: grimlock1 on 30 June 2019, 11:24:49
The Aquaman DVD finally made it to the top of my netfilix list.
2.5/5
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Post by: Kidd on 30 June 2019, 14:14:15
Aquaman wasn't bad at all. I rate it on a level with Black Panther. Better than the first couple Thors, and both Ant-mans.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 11 July 2019, 19:06:37
Well, I've been stuck at home for the last few days because my car broke down, so I was scanning Netflix and discovered that Megamind was now on it.

It was... okay.  Got stuck with the same overindulgence of 80s music that far too many other movies are doing and I thought it really went overboard on the "look at how much of a Silver Age supervillain I am" stuff in an attempt to force the humor instead of letting it flow more naturally.  I'm fine watching it on a streaming service, but it's definitely not something I'd have wanted to watch in the theater.
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Post by: garhkal on 12 July 2019, 01:12:12
So, watched a few from the library today.
Started off with Captive state..  Weird film, good story, but things were off, especially near the end.  Was hard to see if Goodman's character was a goodie or a baddie..

Then came Hotel mumbai.  LOVED IT.

And lastly, the gerrad butler film, vanished, about 3 folks on a lighthouse duty..  Strange but intriguing..
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Post by: Banzai on 12 July 2019, 13:39:55
Shazam!  Cute, but seemed to take to many beats out of Spiderman: Homecoming including the entirety of the end credits.  But it was fun, which was odd to see in a DC movie.

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Post by: snewsom2997 on 12 July 2019, 13:44:26
Just watched Freejack on Google Movies. Gotta love Mick Jaeger as a mercenary, and Anthony Hopkins as a bad guy.
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Post by: garhkal on 13 July 2019, 01:37:11
Wow. that's a blast from the past film.  May need to see if its at the local library..
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Post by: Euphonium on 13 July 2019, 18:51:36
Took my kids to see Spiderman: Far From Home today.
I found the first act was just as painfully cringe-worthy as I find anything with highschool-aged protagonists, but it improved a lot once the second act started. The post-credit scenes tell me that I'm missing out on some things, probably because I'm not up to date on all the other MCU films. My favourite bits would be finding out what EDITH stood for, and "I love Led Zeppelin" as AC/DC starts to play.
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Post by: Banzai on 16 July 2019, 12:45:55
Hellboy, 2019 version.  David Harbour is solid as Hellboy, a rougher, "younger" feel that Ron Perlman's take, but he does a lot with what he has.  Alice Monaghan is in this one rather than Liz, which is nice if you like the canon (and I do), though here she is a played by an African-American actress as a Londoner rather than Irish, but Sasha Lane does a good job as well.  And Emma Tate and Troy James (voice and physical actors, in order) do an amazing job with Baba Yaga.

Other than that?  They try to use way to many pieces of Hellboy comics for the storyline - like all of them, so it is disjointed.  There are too many bad guys to list, and only Baba Yaga comes off frightening.  Milla Jovovich, who plays Nimue, the main Big Bad of the stories for the most part, has almost nothing to work with.  In The Golden Army, Nuada, the baddie, was shown to be a noble, doomed hero, trying to save his people from slowly dying due to humans constantly breaking the treaty his father insists on holding.  He is an extremist, and a villian, but you know why and that makes all the difference.  Nimue, The Blood Queen, queen of the faerie, just wants to kill the humans so the "monsters" can have their own Eden.  She has a plague, that sort of shows up and then flutters out.  She is raising an army...that never shows up. She has a plan, maybe, and Hellboy is part of it, but it is never really explained.  There is a prophecy, or a seeing, and/or some destiny... none of which is really explained or has much reason except for people to try to seduce or murder Hellboy at random.   It is totally scatter shot.
 
It embraces the "R" rating with random f-bombs and bad, CGI blood.  A lot of bad, CGI blood, especially in the last act where the movie seems to remember it is rated "R" so it kills some a bunch of random, CGI people in bloody ways for no real payoff other than being gory-ish.  And the GGI at other points is terrible, with the fight against a trio of giants as the most obvious.  One of the things that made Baba Yaga so good was that she was a practical effect, using great make up and a truly gifted physical performer contorting his body in an inhuman manner, but is shows up the rest of the effects.

So tl;dr: Harbour is good, Baba Yaga is fantastic, rest of film is bad.  And as they bombed big time, there probably won't be a chance to make another with a good villain as shown in the stinger.  Well, the last stinger.  This had more stingers than an MCU film.
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Post by: garhkal on 16 July 2019, 13:34:24
So deadpool wrote hellboy... 8)
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Post by: Banzai on 24 July 2019, 16:23:10
Versus, a 2000 Japanese sort of zombie flick.  If a Yakuza boss wants to meet you in a place called "the Forest of Resurrection", do not escape from prison to do so.  That is what I learned.  It is bloody, violent, and has a goofy self-awareness, but what story is there doesn't make a damn bit of sense.  On the other hand, it has smart zombies who arm themselves with firearms, so that is fun. 
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Post by: Euphonium on 24 July 2019, 16:34:20
Finally got around to watching Aquaman. I thought it was pretty good. Not without flaws, but sits alongside Wonderwoman as the only good DC movies since the Dark Knight in my book.

(I'll add that I've never read a DC (or Marvel) comic in my life)
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 24 July 2019, 17:40:59
Finally went and saw Spider-Man: Far From Home

It was okay.  Ned does nothing but take up space.  If they edited his character out of the film it wouldn't have added anything.  Pacing had issues as the film simultaneously swung between being a teen flick and being a more serious superhero film.
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Post by: grimlock1 on 25 July 2019, 10:29:51
Blade Runner 2049

I'm still looking for what ever it is in this series that speaks to people. 
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Post by: Luciora on 25 July 2019, 11:51:35
Meet the Spartans and Blazing Saddles back to back.  Its interesting to see the disparity between the two forms of comedy.
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Post by: Kidd on 25 July 2019, 12:25:24
Your Name and John Wick 3

Your Name was delightful, good storytelling, well paced, typically Japanese stuff. It didn't resonate much with anything other than a rather typical millennial/Gen Z vibe of finding where one belongs, but like with many anime movies it was technically flawless in many areas. 8/10, would watch again.

I preferred John Wick 2 over 3, even though this movie does leave me eager for the next installment. The fight scenes felt a touch less dynamic compared to the first two, I wonder if they changed fight coordinators...? And the plot... didn't quite get it. Everything went as expected until the scene with the Elder. So here, John has two choices ultimately; kill Winston and continue working for the High Table, or take the fight to the High Table and Elder both. The conflict and flip between the two choices felt too rushed. John should have had more time to reflect on the choice between the two, instead we just got more fight scenes and with the same guy even. So this part felt meaningless.

Now, having decided to team up with Winston against the High Table, I expected John to kill the Adjudicator. Leaving her alive probably serves the plot somehow, but is really not what you expect from John "I killed a High Table in a Continental, come at me bro" Wick. It'll be interesting to see where this goes next, but JW3 was a bit of a let down from JW2.

7/10 but would not watch again, fight scenes too interminable.

Blade Runner 2049

In a word, cyberpunk

Specifically, detective noir set against a dystopian backdrop of evil megacorporations, zero governance and judicial review, advanced technology, cultural melting pots and cyborgs

2049, like the original, underscores the point by asking just what it means to be human in the midst of all this confusion and conflict, but has a different answer
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Post by: rebs on 25 July 2019, 22:16:30
Just got back from seeing Yesterday.  I really enjoyed it.
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Post by: MoparMessiah on 01 August 2019, 11:50:01
Rewatched "Uncle Buck" the other night
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Post by: Banzai on 05 August 2019, 23:11:27
Time After Time.  Notable for Malcolm McDowell as the hero rather than the villain (who was David Warner).
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Post by: garhkal on 05 August 2019, 23:18:13
Did a re-watch of The Time Machine, the one with Jeremmy Irons as the lead Morlock.  Still holds up nicely.
Then caught Shazam finally.   Couldn't stop laughing..
Though i do wonder.. HE did all that "lightening from the hand" stuff, just for fun/cash, but not once did we see him use it in that final fight?  I wonder why!?
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 06 August 2019, 00:02:25
They hit the limit on the special effects budget.
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 06 August 2019, 03:27:10
Did a re-watch of The Time Machine, the one with Jeremmy Irons as the lead Morlock.  Still holds up nicely.
Then caught Shazam finally.   Couldn't stop laughing..
Though i do wonder.. HE did all that "lightening from the hand" stuff, just for fun/cash, but not once did we see him use it in that final fight?  I wonder why!?

He did it in the final battle, the two of them shot large bolts of lightning at each other.

After that there wasn't really much point as it didn't meet his strategic aim. He didn't want to kill Sivana, just get rid of the sins.
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Post by: Kidd on 08 August 2019, 04:20:16
What happens when you have a bigger CGI budget than sense? Hellboy (2019).

Milla Jovovich, Ian McShane, even Daniel Dae Kim try their best but all the gravitas and conviction in the world can't save hackneyed, flat and predictable dialogue - interspersed with a million pointless jump cuts.

Nothing will ever beat the Ron Perlman Hellboys for heart. Whereas Hellboy 2019 thinks "heart" is nothing but a fleshy organ to be torn open onscreen like an edgy, gothy, pathetic cry for attention.
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Post by: Dubble_g on 14 August 2019, 01:13:59
Your Name was delightful, good storytelling, well paced, typically Japanese stuff. It didn't resonate much with anything other than a rather typical millennial/Gen Z vibe of finding where one belongs, but like with many anime movies it was technically flawless in many areas. 8/10, would watch again.

Yes, I thought that one was well-crafted, even if aimed at a demographic way, way, waaay younger than I am.

I just watched the director's follow-up, "Tenki no ko" (English title: Weathering with You), which I thought was again technically impressive but feels like more of the same: Teenage boy-meets-girl in magical-realism Tokyo. The CG and music were a bit more intrusive this time, and the story a bit flabbier, but the depiction of Tokyo is startlingly realistic for an animated movie (though the product & brand placement really smacks you in the head this time). More of a 6/10 this time around.

I wonder how well the new one will translate, as the key conceit this time revolves around the idea of someone being a "hare onna/otoko" or "ame onna/otoko" -- the idea there are some people who always seem to cause good/bad weather wherever they go.

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2049, like the original, underscores the point by asking just what it means to be human in the midst of all this confusion and conflict, but has a different answer

The most interesting thread for me was the character of Joi, in that she takes the metaphor/question one step further--not only what is the difference between real and artificial human, but what is the difference between real and virtual? What does it say about humanity when we have even outsourced love and affection to the digital world?
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Post by: Kidd on 14 August 2019, 13:11:47

I just watched the director's follow-up, "Tenki no ko" (English title: Weathering with You), which I thought was again technically impressive but feels like more of the same: Teenage boy-meets-girl in magical-realism Tokyo. The CG and music were a bit more intrusive this time, and the story a bit flabbier, but the depiction of Tokyo is startlingly realistic for an animated movie (though the product & brand placement really smacks you in the head this time). More of a 6/10 this time around.
I'll try to find that one, I like movies set in Tokyo*, and I'm not that old to be entirely appreciative of that kind of plot yet!

*which started when I was much younger and watched my first foreign language film, a 2007 movie named Adrift In Tokyo. Heard of it?

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The most interesting thread for me was the character of Joi, in that she takes the metaphor/question one step further--not only what is the difference between real and artificial human, but what is the difference between real and virtual? What does it say about humanity when we have even outsourced love and affection to the digital world?
I think the character of Joi was inspired in 3 ways, and not just because Ana de Armas looks great! :D

First, obviously audiences of BR2049 would be much more accepting of android-humanity compared to BR1, especially with the conception revelation. So take it to the next level... what about a holographic program? Somehow, for me, BR2049's virtual Joi pulls off this question much better than Westworld's robots did.

Secondly, K's desire for Joi draws a parallel - humans outsourced love lust and affection to replicant pleasure models; K in his turn outsourced to a computer program... both making use of perceived lesser non-lifeforms. In this shared vice, we see the first dim spark of humanity in an otherwise robotically-efficient replicant blade runner. (Highlighted by the dismissive hooker replicants, who were apparently disdainfully oblivious to the irony.)

Lastly... I'm a traditionalist I guess, so to me the takeaway goes back to good old John: "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." That's the ultimate impetus that brings K's belief in his humanity back after being confirmed that he is truly nothing more than a mass-produced replicant; his Joi transcended her programming to attempt to defend him to the point of self-sacrifice; K too can transcend his own to lay his life on the line for Stelline, Deckard and the replicant movement. Love is sacrifice, sacrifice is love, love is human.

Great stuff.
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Post by: Dubble_g on 14 August 2019, 20:07:41
I'll try to find that one, I like movies set in Tokyo*, and I'm not that old to be entirely appreciative of that kind of plot yet!

Tenki no ko is just out here in Japan, so it may take a while to find its way into your cinemas, depending on where you live. (September-October for SE Asia, Australia & NZ, probably 2020 for North America, etc.): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weathering_with_You

Haven't seen Adrift in Tokyo. Honestly, I don't watch a lot of Japanese cinema. It's mostly streaming shows and movies for me these days.

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Love is sacrifice, sacrifice is love, love is human.

Reminds me of the classic A. Bertram Chandler short story "The Cage" about aliens that abduct humans for display in one of their zoos, and only realize humans are sentient when they put another animal in a cage: "only intelligent creatures put other creatures in cages."

Or on a lighter note, of the Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie sketch where two businessmen discuss Fry's son, revealing that Fry was too busy and "delegated" his conjugal duties to one of his staff ... who then delegated the delegating to Laurie ... who delegated to Fry's wife ... who delegated to her son: https://www.webcitation.org/5kjLts9oQ?url=http://www.geocities.com/mmemym/bits2/fal0088.htm

in other news...

Finally got around to watching Restrepo, a documentary on the fighting in Afghanistan. Hm. Slice-of-life in the field, though I'm not sure I came away with any greater understanding of what these men went through, of the greater conflict in general or what it means for any of us.

Rewatched the Dark Crystal for the first time in decades as a warm-up to the new Netflix series. Isn't quite as scary when you're no longer a kid, but I appreciate that it has its own distinctive visual style. I especially liked the first 5-10 minutes this time, where the movie lays out the linked or dual nature of the good and bad guys.
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Post by: rebs on 14 August 2019, 20:38:40
Just got back from seeing Hobbs and Shaw.  By far my favorite of the franchise.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 14 August 2019, 20:46:07
Anyone remember when the series was about cars?
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Post by: Banzai on 16 August 2019, 11:04:13
And stealing VCRs?
#justiceforHan
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Post by: Kidd on 31 August 2019, 12:51:03
When Harry Met Sally
Breakfast Club


Geez, what classics.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 01 September 2019, 03:59:32
Just watched Mortal Engines. Visually it was a great movie with a good Steampunk idea.....but everything else was really really bad.
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Post by: idea weenie on 01 September 2019, 12:45:26
Ready or Not (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_or_Not_(2019_film)) - Red Band trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOEhbaKNvoY)

Semi-horror, semi-comedy.  Essentially a new bride joins a wealthy family that made its money in games.  The wedding night they have a special ceremony, where the new bride pulls a card out of a box, and has to play the game to be properly accepted.

She pulls Hide & Seek.  She has to hide inside their mansion until dawn, and if she can do so, she wins.  They give her a 100 second head start.

After she leaves the room, the family picks up the ancient weapons on the walls, and once the count reaches zero, they start trying to find (and kill) her.

Think 'Most dangerous Game', but with a little Keystone Cops because the family hasn't done Hide & Seek for ~30 years
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Post by: garhkal on 01 September 2019, 14:55:38
Sounds like a good laugh for a film.

As for Mortal Engines, i always wondered..  WHERE THE HECK did they all get fuel/food from?? 
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 01 September 2019, 15:18:21
From the 9ther cities.
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Post by: grimlock1 on 05 September 2019, 07:46:52
Pops was visiting last week so we went to see Angel Has Fallen.  Which meant we needed to watch London Has Fallen the night before.

Nolte was great in Angel Has Fallen.  Banning's reaction to his father blowing up the whole dang mountain seemed a lot like most people's reaction to Banning killing everyone who's not A: POTUS or B: Mike Banning. :-)
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Post by: Cache on 05 September 2019, 10:42:34
Spoiler alert, please? That's still a new movie.
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Post by: Dubble_g on 24 September 2019, 05:09:26
Saw Ad Astra. Hard SF, well shot, a bit like 2001: A Space Odyssey if it had been directed by Terrance Mallick. Makes ya think. Hmm/10

Prepped for it by watching Event Horizon, which is like Pet Sematery in space.

Followed up by watching Interstellar, which we as also supposed to be hard as SF with black holes and time dilation but ends up being about the power of love, baby. I can feel my sf softening.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 24 September 2019, 09:34:58
My take on Ad Astra was that it was an attempt to make a hard scifi story by someone who neither knew nor cared about science.  So it was really a movie about Brad Pitt brooding in space.
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Post by: Kidd on 24 September 2019, 10:29:51
Interstellar's marketing of being over 9000 mohs harder than hard scifi lead to a lot of people confidently declaring that black holes are "proven" interdimensional wormholes...

...as opposed to simply crushing you into microparticulate pulp
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Post by: garhkal on 24 September 2019, 14:39:39
My take on Ad Astra was that it was an attempt to make a hard scifi story by someone who neither knew nor cared about science.  So it was really a movie about Brad Pitt brooding in space.

So far of the 19 people i know of, personally that is, who've seen it.  ONLY ONE Recommends it.  The others felt it was 'meh, or BLEH'.
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Post by: Triptych on 02 October 2019, 06:26:19
Ad Astra- literally one of the worst movies Ive seen this year. Lots of angsty stuff, simple plot, plot holes and terrible worldbuilding. 3/10
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Post by: grimlock1 on 02 October 2019, 08:44:15
Saw the Whole Nine Yards for the first time in years.  Perry was perfect in that movie.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 02 October 2019, 14:25:17
Sounds like a good laugh for a film.

As for Mortal Engines, i always wondered..  WHERE THE HECK did they all get fuel/food from??


For some reason I like movies that nobody else likes. I did like the moving large city idea. Lots of other things were so far crazy in that movie.
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Post by: Kidd on 02 October 2019, 14:48:38

For some reason I like movies that nobody else likes. I did like the moving large city idea. Lots of other things were so far crazy in that movie.
I blame people trying to force novels out of short story ideas, and other people trying to force series out of novels, and yet more people trying to force movies out of said novels, and then other people try to force movie series out of... you get the picture

A series of unfortunate ev bad decisions led to that crap. And they'll just try it again, all looking for the Holy Grail of a bestselling series of movies that can tap into the collective consumerist consciousness and make everyone rags-to-insane-riches rich
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Post by: garhkal on 02 October 2019, 15:36:19

For some reason I like movies that nobody else likes. I did like the moving large city idea. Lots of other things were so far crazy in that movie.

I liked the movie, but there were lots of questions i wish had some sort of answers..

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Post by: rebs on 03 October 2019, 17:17:20
Saw Ad Astra.  Its Apocalypse Now in space, basically. 
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Post by: garhkal on 04 October 2019, 00:07:08
Caught John wick 3.  Loved some of the battle scenes, but was very MORE so, rather far-fetched, than 1 or 2 were, in how the hell was he alive at the end..  Falling like he did, he should have broken BOTH HIS NECK AND BACK....
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Post by: Wrangler on 05 October 2019, 19:54:27
Caught John wick 3.  Loved some of the battle scenes, but was very MORE so, rather far-fetched, than 1 or 2 were, in how the hell was he alive at the end..  Falling like he did, he should have broken BOTH HIS NECK AND BACK....
Well...maybe he's really in the Matrix
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Post by: garhkal on 05 October 2019, 23:54:45
Loved the final battle with Dacascoss..  And his two minions..
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 06 October 2019, 05:50:41
I honestly found John Wick 3 to be rather dull and forgettable.

Pity really, I was mesmerised by John Wick, and entertained by John Wick 2, but number 3 just didn't do it for me.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 06 October 2019, 09:35:11
I just like seeing the Chairman form Iron Chef fight John Wick...in John Wick 3.
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Post by: Dubble_g on 19 October 2019, 21:48:17
Raining all weekend so ended up watching Joker and Yesterday.

Joker: Not really a DC/superhero movie at all. Basically Taxi Driver with clowns. There're some scenes that are very good -- especially between the Joker and his social worker -- but the social commentary felt a little forced and tacked on, detracting from the main story.

Yesterday: Started off very funny and charming, but rather than explore the kinda gonzo premise (man wakes up after an accident in a world where the Beatles never existed) it focuses on the most predictable of love stories ever. Hm. Bit disappointed in director Danny Boyle here, too, as a lot of the shots and edits we're kinda artsy without any point -- let's shoot this scene at a 45 degree angle! Ok now slow motion! It's still kind of cozy, comfort viewing (and a good Joker antidote) but kind of forgettable.
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Post by: garhkal on 19 October 2019, 23:08:06
Anna (2019).  Man was this a good movie.  The shuting back and forth in time, made it a slight bit disjointed, but the twists were all over the place..  LOVED it.
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Post by: Dubble_g on 05 November 2019, 00:10:15
Anybody else catch "The King" on Netflix?

Thought it was a bit disappointing myself--basically it's an adaptation of Shakespeare's Henry IV (1 and 2) and Henry V that takes out all of Shakespeare's language and puts a couple of F-bombs in instead. Like, they sat down and decided that having the guy who played Tommen in Game of Thrones swearing would be a bigger draw than the "band of brothers" speech.

It's got an interesting cast, with Timothee Chamelet (Paul in the upcoming Dune movie), Krennic from Rogue One, Robert Pattinson of Twilight fame (infamy?) and Johnny Depp's daughter, but the whole exercise felt a bit lifeless to me. It's vaguely revisionist, portraying Henry's war with France as not the boy becoming a man and king, but rather boy continuing to be impulsive, selfish and self-indulgent. Not sure what poor ol' Hal has done to deserve such treatment, though.

There's an attempt at "grittiness" by slathering combatants in mud, but despite talking about strategy the battle unfolds like 10-year-olds playing rugby: everybody kind of runs into the middle of the field and falls over. I think Netflix's other recent period piece, "Outlaw King," was a lot more fun to watch and a better made movie.

Only high point was Pattinson, who was acting like he was in a Pink Panther movie: accent and acting totally over the top.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 05 November 2019, 08:57:08
Rewatching the Indiana Jones movies. Not going to watch the most current one. The movie sparked a lot of debates like who would you rather go on a adventure with Indy Jones or Han Solo.
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Post by: grimlock1 on 05 November 2019, 10:29:25
Rewatching the Indiana Jones movies. Not going to watch the most current one. The movie sparked a lot of debates like who would you rather go on a adventure with Indy Jones or Han Solo.
Oh, that's a hard question!

Saw Terminator: Dark Fate, and I was happy with it. 
Arnold's part was forced, but the rest worked well.  John is addressed.  Sarah Connor is the badass we remember from T2. The Rev 9, well, lets face it, they've been trying to top the T1000 since 1991, with no real succes, but the splitting thing makes for an interesting complication.  They don't really say what it buys them.  The nano-tech portion seems no more dangerous than the T1000, and the endo skeleton is just an endo skeleton.  It may be unobtanium alloy, but hit it hard enough, and it will break.

Grace and Sarah were a good combo on screen.
  Suffice to say, I was kinda surprised when I saw a youtube video titled, "Why Terminator: Dark Fate bombed!"  Especially since the video came out less than 24 hours after the movie.  They didn't even wait to see what the first weekend numbers looked like. Rush to judgement much?
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Post by: Kidd on 05 November 2019, 11:06:49
Probably based on early premiere critics -but it's been out worldwide 2 weeks now

Metacritic score is low

And frankly a lot of people in my side are plain boycotting sequels of all franchises

And it seems to fall into the good old "AHA LOOK I SUBVERTED EXPECTATIONS! NOTICE ME SENPAI!"

amongst other things.

Edit: oh seems they project from opening weekend box office

https://www.indiewire.com/2019/11/terminator-dark-fate-box-office-bomb-100-million-1202187062/
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 05 November 2019, 11:36:09
Projecting that movies you don't like are going to fail and posting negative reviews of them on Rotten Tomatoes two weeks before they hit the screen is a popular tradition these days.
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Post by: grimlock1 on 05 November 2019, 11:53:02

Edit: oh seems they project from opening weekend box office

https://www.indiewire.com/2019/11/terminator-dark-fate-box-office-bomb-100-million-1202187062/
Yeah, but they were projecting based on opening weekend sales.... At 8am, on Saturday of opening weekend.
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Post by: Kidd on 05 November 2019, 13:58:59
Yeah, but they were projecting based on opening weekend sales.... At 8am, on Saturday of opening weekend.
I don't know, were they? I know there's a whole mini-industry revolving around projecting box offices but I don't know jack about it.

Anyway.

The Lion King is my favourite Disney, hands down, bar none. Best story, best soundtrack, best songs, best voice cast. (Lilo and Stitch comes second.)

And Jon Favreau... man. Iron, Man. Designed the cookie template for most all of MCU moving forward, and who can't watch Chef without feeling good.

So I really, really, reeeeaaaallllyyyy wanted to like The Nnew Lion King. But.... beautiful CGI aside, it was underwhelming. I didn't want to feel any MORE sad about my defiled childhood cinema so I just put it out of my mind.

But well, the Honest Trailer just came out, and... it opened all them wounds afresh, man. See for yourself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67W7JCohZMo
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Post by: Dubble_g on 05 November 2019, 19:41:11
Re: Terminator Dark Fate, Box Office Mojo reports it's sitting at around $125M sales (vs. estimated production budget of $185M, not including marketing costs) as of November 4.
(https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2809221637/)

- US sales at $31M
- Other notable market is China, where it's been fairly popular, at close to $28M

Haven't seen the movie yet myself, but the "Half in the Bag" review by Red Letter Media was hilarious just for the opening five minutes, in which they try to explain the history of the franchise:
https://redlettermedia.com/half-in-the-bag-terminator-dark-fate/
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Post by: Triptych on 08 November 2019, 13:54:27
Midway

Ugh, where do I even begin? It was either this or watch Terminator Dork Fate, so I figured a history lesson would be better. Bleech. The main character has a very funky accent (after researching it seems he's British- why couldnt they have hired an American actor instead?), and his scenes are very awkward and distracting. In fact the non-battle sequences are devoid of any drama and characterization that its all laughable.

The characters are all archetypes, and dont seem to be very realistic even though they are based on real life people. The script has no suspense or thrills- it seems more like a highlight reel of what happened on Pearl Harbor to the Battle of Midway. Even the Doolittle Raid takes up about five minutes- I think they included it because half the backers of this movie are Chinese.

All in all, I'd give it a 5/10- the 5 being for the battle scenes, even though they are unrealistic too.  ::)

The original Charlton Heston movie was better- if it only had better special effects like this one it would have been a classic.
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Post by: garhkal on 08 November 2019, 15:07:27
So, wait till it hits DVD then.  Got it.
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Post by: grimlock1 on 10 November 2019, 19:21:03
Midway

Ugh, where do I even begin? It was either this or watch Terminator Dork Fate, so I figured a history lesson would be better. Bleech. The main character has a very funky accent (after researching it seems he's British- why couldnt they have hired an American actor instead?), and his scenes are very awkward and distracting. In fact the non-battle sequences are devoid of any drama and characterization that its all laughable.

The characters are all archetypes, and dont seem to be very realistic even though they are based on real life people. The script has no suspense or thrills- it seems more like a highlight reel of what happened on Pearl Harbor to the Battle of Midway. Even the Doolittle Raid takes up about five minutes- I think they included it because half the backers of this movie are Chinese.

All in all, I'd give it a 5/10- the 5 being for the battle scenes, even though they are unrealistic too.  ::)

The original Charlton Heston movie was better- if it only had better special effects like this one it would have been a classic.

Was the Heston version the source that Nagumo had studied Halsey and was thrown for a loop when Spruance was in command?
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Post by: Luciora on 10 November 2019, 19:51:11
Terminator: Dark Fate. 

Yeah....Repeating time travel stories make for weak franchises, especially with how the plot turned out.

About 20 minutes in I changed my expectation from action sci-fi to dark sci-fi comedy. 

So many missed chances for tech or time related upgrades or choices.  I remember some explanation why the time travellers can't bring stuff back, but they are so many wasted chances to introduce stuff from the future to the past, since it's going to happen anyways.  One thing time travel can't bar is memory.  Why not set up a cache or repository for the future?  And why not program the Terminators with energy based or derived weapons like a coil gun, plasma or laser extension?  If they can do melee, they should be able to have direct ranged attacks that would need a minimum amount of material from the terminator. 

Also, one thing that never is addressed that is completely capable of the higher end terminators, is that it should be able to subvert a earlier gen Terminator.  You melee a high end terminator with an older one and the higher end should be able to reprogram it at will, especially while very being grappled.  Even though Arnold may be an anomaly, there should have been something mentioned why the Ver9 couldn't interface with Arnold, especially with the ease the V9 was able to subvert the local internet.


I suppose Grace and the remains of the V9 and Arnie will provide the impetus for Legion, but....I can't get excited for a Terminator film anymore, as technology is moving fast enough to render moot much of what makes these films possible, even though the film touches on it briefly as well.

Overall, I did enjoy it, but I just had so many questions after.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 10 November 2019, 22:21:14
Remember that in Terminator 3, the new villain robot had a plasma rifle and a flamethrower built into her arm. So there's already precedent.
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Post by: Dubble_g on 10 November 2019, 22:58:00
And we all know how important stuff that happened in the last movie is to the Terminator franchise.
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Post by: Luciora on 10 November 2019, 23:36:56
And looking up something random from T3: Rise of the Machines,  they did exactly all that I had questioned, when I was going over the trivia.  I guess whomever did Dark Fate didn't take notes from T3. 

Was Sgt. Candy's voice really Aahnald, or another actor completely? That was what I was looking for on IMDB.  Didn't see the answer though.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 10 November 2019, 23:45:25
And we all know how important stuff that happened in the last movie is to the Terminator franchise.

Well, if they can send a metal robot back in time by wrapping it in skin, there's nothing stopping them from stuffing a gun into its abdomen. It's just a plot hole. Always has been.
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Post by: Triptych on 11 November 2019, 00:38:42
Was the Heston version the source that Nagumo had studied Halsey and was thrown for a loop when Spruance was in command?
No, in the Heston version the Japanese didnt even discuss Halsey or Spruance- they just went through the motions of attacking Midway and switching to bombs when the American carrier planes appeared.
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Post by: grimlock1 on 11 November 2019, 08:42:16
No, in the Heston version the Japanese didnt even discuss Halsey or Spruance- they just went through the motions of attacking Midway and switching to bombs when the American carrier planes appeared.
Then where did I see that?  For some reason I'm associating it with something I watched in my grandparent's living room, but they didn't have cable so it would have been on 2-13. That rules out the Discovery channel.  National Geographic wasn't on during the day, and the only WWII program I ever remember watching at their house was the 1976 version of Midway. 

Have any documented sources suggested that the difference between Spruance and Halsey's command style had any effect on Japanese planning or am I remembering a myth?
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 11 November 2019, 10:18:20
I don't recall ever hearing anything like that.
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Post by: Triptych on 11 November 2019, 13:01:25
Then where did I see that?  For some reason I'm associating it with something I watched in my grandparent's living room, but they didn't have cable so it would have been on 2-13. That rules out the Discovery channel.  National Geographic wasn't on during the day, and the only WWII program I ever remember watching at their house was the 1976 version of Midway. 

Have any documented sources suggested that the difference between Spruance and Halsey's command style had any effect on Japanese planning or am I remembering a myth?

Patton maybe? I remember scenes in that movie with a German intel officer discussing Patton's psychological state and whether the Allies would give command to him for the Normandy Invasion or not.  :)

As far as the Pacific War, I dont recall reading or seeing anything about the Japanese about Spruance. I doubt they even knew who Spruance was in regards to a command position because he was a cruiser captain when Nimitz picked him to replace Halsey at Midway.
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Post by: grimlock1 on 12 November 2019, 12:26:12
Patton maybe? I remember scenes in that movie with a German intel officer discussing Patton's psychological state and whether the Allies would give command to him for the Normandy Invasion or not.  :)

As far as the Pacific War, I dont recall reading or seeing anything about the Japanese about Spruance. I doubt they even knew who Spruance was in regards to a command position because he was a cruiser captain when Nimitz picked him to replace Halsey at Midway.
I must be remembering something wrong then. 
The scene I'm recalling is a group of Japanese officers and one of them says something to the effect of, "I have studied Admiral Halsey.  I know exactly how he will respond to our attack."  The next scene was an officer, presumably Nimitz, visiting Halsey in the hospital to discuss his replacement.  Halsey in a particularly bad mood because there was a tree blocking the view of the docks from his hospital window.  They discussed who would replace him, Spruance came up.  As he left, the visitor promised to look into having the tree cut down.
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Post by: Jaim Magnus on 12 November 2019, 12:49:59
Midway 1976.

First scene, where the Japanese discuss Halsey, approx 22 min 30 sec.

Second scene, between Nimitz and Halsey, approx 36 min 25 sec.

Time stamp may vary slightly dependent upon copy. There's a couple other scenes in between the two which may have caused some confusion.
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Post by: Wrangler on 12 November 2019, 15:22:53
Remember that in Terminator 3, the new villain robot had a plasma rifle and a flamethrower built into her arm. So there's already precedent.
Sarah O'Connor television show at least try make some sense.  I don't think there enough time to express story more clearly.  I see films as events, brief moments of importance. When you have television style show, you got time tell tail that makes sense. 
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Post by: Luciora on 14 November 2019, 01:16:20
Just watched Stephen Chow's The Mermaid.  Pretty entertaining, a bit more heavy on the drama than his usual work.  The comedy was done in his usual style, and it was neat to see a number of recurring faces from the other films in it. 

The special effects were par for the course for China, but it worked.
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Post by: grimlock1 on 14 November 2019, 11:05:47
Midway 1976.

First scene, where the Japanese discuss Halsey, approx 22 min 30 sec.

Second scene, between Nimitz and Halsey, approx 36 min 25 sec.

Time stamp may vary slightly dependent upon copy. There's a couple other scenes in between the two which may have caused some confusion.
Glad to know I'm not making stuff up. Thanks.
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Post by: Triptych on 01 December 2019, 04:25:58
The Irishman

Scorsese is at it again with Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino and Joe Pesci, perhaps for the final time together. It's about a guy named Frank who becomes a hitman for the mob, and his relationship with Jimmy Hoffa.

I gotta say, its 3 and a half hours long and some portions do drag a little. Some of the computer generated de aging is a bit awkward, because these old actors have a hard time physically playing younger versions of themselves- stand ins would have helped.

In the end though, it's nice to see DeNiro, Pacino and Pesci do one last turn- it almost feels like a swansong for all the major players involved. Lots of the supporting cast was from Boardwalk Empire too. The whole thing is very similar to Goodfellas. 8/10
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Post by: I am Belch II on 01 December 2019, 04:59:32
I like the 1976 Midway movie. I can get past the wrong planes, and different ships...because its the 70's and they didn't want to use models.
It told a good story...more factual than other war movies later down the road. Its in my top 10 of war movies. Not the best but still pretty good. The stuff with the Charleston Heston and his son could of been left out.
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Post by: idea weenie on 07 December 2019, 12:03:05
Watched Charlie's Angels.

It was okay.  Not as much campy fun, not that boring to me, just okay
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Post by: Kidd on 08 December 2019, 09:30:45
The Irishman.

While it was good, I have to admit, I agree with reviewers who called it "Goodfellas... with the boring bits included". The driving scenes were indeed draggy and too much investment for too little payoff. But it was good. Not as good as was claimed: "The first 5 minutes are better than any MCU film!" somebody bragged, and it was not true.

Unlike other reviewers I liked retirement home De Niro and retirement (prison) Joe Pesci - it hammers home the bottomline that crime has significant lasting consequences and few lasting rewards. But otherwise there's not much one learns from the story, unlike, say, Godfather. Similar to Goodfellas, the thrill is from knowing that these events happened in real life. (More or less, minus dramatisation and the questionable claims about Jimmy Hoffa.) Other than that, you don't learn anything.

Certainly entertaining though. 8/10, wouldn't watch again, good for a one-time deal.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 17 December 2019, 22:51:22
Well, I saw Keanu Reeves Shoots People John Wick 3 last night.

I haven't actually seen the first two but I don't really think it mattered.  What was going on in the film was pretty obvious.
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Post by: Sharpnel on 17 December 2019, 22:59:50
Watched 6 Underground on Netflix. Typical Michael Bay fair. gratuitous explosions and a limited script. Until this movie, I never saw an outdoor cafe table explode in a ball of flame. The car that hit it, did not.
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Post by: garhkal on 18 December 2019, 02:11:45
Well, I saw Keanu Reeves Shoots People John Wick 3 last night.

I haven't actually seen the first two but I don't really think it mattered.  What was going on in the film was pretty obvious.

I've seen them all.  My rundown goes Wick 1, Wick 3, Wick 2..

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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 18 December 2019, 03:24:59
Don't know, don't especially care.  I watched it because a friend had rented it and I was hanging out at his place and I'm not really thinking that I'm going to bother seeing the other two.
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 18 December 2019, 05:04:45
I've seen them all.  My rundown goes Wick 1, Wick 3, Wick 2..

John Wick is a mile above it's sequels. John Wick 2 is polarizing, but passable. John Wick 3 is pretty good, but the franchise is going stale somewhat.

Well, I saw Keanu Reeves Shoots People John Wick 3 last night.

I haven't actually seen the first two but I don't really think it mattered.  What was going on in the film was pretty obvious.

I'd say that plot wise, not seeing John Wick and John Wick 2 would make it difficult to understand some of the factors involved. This doesn't mean the movie would make sense, but it would be somewhat less compelling. There is actually a pretty good story line at play there, but if you didn't really enjoy it overmuch then definitely don't bother watching the other two, you'd just be wasting your time.
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Post by: Sharpnel on 18 December 2019, 10:03:35
John Wick is a mile above it's sequels. John Wick 2 is polarizing, but passable. John Wick 3 is pretty good, but the franchise is going stale somewhat.

But not stale enough to prevent John Wick 4 (as JW3 made over $100 million in profit)
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 18 December 2019, 13:16:33
I'd say that plot wise, not seeing John Wick and John Wick 2 would make it difficult to understand some of the factors involved. This doesn't mean the movie would make sense, but it would be somewhat less compelling. There is actually a pretty good story line at play there, but if you didn't really enjoy it overmuch then definitely don't bother watching the other two, you'd just be wasting your time.

Wick is a retired assassin who went on a rampage after some jerks killed his dog and burned down his house.  Then he got involved with The Big Criminal Organization that he used to work for and killed one of their heads because the guy was too stupid to live, but he did it in the hotel where no fighting is supposed to occur.  This led the organization to use gratuitous Latin to put a bounty on his head.  Movie start.  Did I miss anything important?
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Cache on 18 December 2019, 13:37:56
Did I miss anything important?
His late wife (who was the reason he retired) gave him the dog.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Kidd on 18 December 2019, 13:39:55
I think JW1 was preferred by those who liked straightforward shoot em ups, while JW2 was preferred by those who liked to explore the intricacies of how the High Table underworld works.

The seasonal mood is kicking in hard down here. I watched the Series 8 Dr Who Christmas Special "Last Christmas".

Damn I miss Clara.
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Post by: garhkal on 18 December 2019, 15:00:10
But not stale enough to prevent John Wick 4 (as JW3 made over $100 million in profit)

I like how Wick 1, established that there was a somewhat global assassin kabal, and 'safe zones' in the continentials..  Then how it was Expanded on with 2, and further with 3..

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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 18 December 2019, 15:53:23
His late wife (who was the reason he retired) gave him the dog.

Yeah, but that point wasn't really necessary to understand what was happening in 3.  I mean, the dog barely even got mentioned since he's got a new dog.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Cache on 18 December 2019, 18:49:47
Yeah, but that point wasn't really necessary to understand what was happening in 3.  I mean, the dog barely even got mentioned since he's got a new dog.
It's what makes it all romantic. He did it for love.  ;D
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: garhkal on 19 December 2019, 01:29:18
Caught Rambo, Last blood..  Loved the way he rigged his farmstead for that final battle..  But the end, was rather strange..  are we to assume he just sat there to die?
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Nightlord01 on 19 December 2019, 05:07:22
Wick is a retired assassin who went on a rampage after some jerks killed his dog and burned down his house.  Then he got involved with The Big Criminal Organization that he used to work for and killed one of their heads because the guy was too stupid to live, but he did it in the hotel where no fighting is supposed to occur.  This led the organization to use gratuitous Latin to put a bounty on his head.  Movie start.  Did I miss anything important?

Quite a lot actually, but it's clear that you didn't enjoy the movie, and I really don't care enough to explain things you likely already know and are willfully disregarding in because you simply didn't like the movie.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 19 December 2019, 11:34:05
I enjoyed the movie, I just didn't find it to be terribly deep or meaningful.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Top Sergeant on 01 January 2020, 08:22:16
For the Holidays my wife and I watched Die Hard and the 1984 version of A Christmas Carol, the one starring George C. Scott.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Nightlord01 on 01 January 2020, 09:27:22
Just caught Zombieland: Double Tap.

It dragged through the first two acts, then went a light speed in the final act.

Pity, they couldn't follow up on the promise of the first, but they did leave it for a long time.
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Post by: marauder648 on 01 January 2020, 09:40:03
I'm looking forwards to seeing Jojo the Rabbit, it looks different to be sure!
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Post by: garhkal on 01 January 2020, 15:19:23
Just caught Zombieland: Double Tap.

Strangely, i've never watched the first one all the way through..  Caught 10 min here or there...
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 01 January 2020, 19:21:19
Strangely, i've never watched the first one all the way through..  Caught 10 min here or there...

I really enjoyed the first movie, Zombieland was novel, a fresh take on the Zombie movie.

Zombieland Double Tap was very faithful to the original, but really slow and dull through what should have been the best part.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: PsihoKekec on 09 January 2020, 15:42:20
I was impressed by 1917, there were few minor gripes, but in all I enjoyed it a lot
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Post by: Deathknight69 on 26 January 2020, 06:46:26
The Battle of Britain followed by 633 Squadron.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: elf25s on 26 January 2020, 17:29:24
ok since 1983 i was never ever able to watch return of the jedi without interruption and over the years i was always interrupted or movie broke or dvd died and at one time theater was on fire at same point at line fly causally chewee. today was the day  i finally was able to watch it without any of the stuff happening to it.

also watched jexi and it is one movie that makes a point of making sure one reads the terms of service

finally got around to watching old live action adaptation of manga uzumaki nice horror flick

and i was tortured by my friends when they dragged me to theater and forced me to sit through the most horrid movie ....rise of the skywalker...i want my 2 hours back and i want to have my eyes replaced!
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Post by: Demon55 on 27 January 2020, 10:56:33
Watched Just Mercy last week.  It was pretty good and a heart wrencher.
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Post by: I am Belch II on 27 January 2020, 15:41:49
Its not a movie but watching The Expanse.
I found out that this Show is some great TV and great Sci-fi. Im just into the last part of Season 2 now, very glad that Im watching it.
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Post by: elf25s on 27 January 2020, 16:10:59
Its not a movie but watching The Expanse.
I found out that this Show is some great TV and great Sci-fi. Im just into the last part of Season 2 now, very glad that Im watching it.
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had you seen altered carbon yet?
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Post by: Triptych on 01 February 2020, 13:54:53
Terminator Dark Fate- I didnt bother to watch this in the cinema because I knew it was gonna suck, and I was right. It's completely pointless and pretty much tells the same story as T2. The only changes they made was that the bad guy can split in two and the messiah is now a Mexican. Not surprising why it bombed at the box office. 0/10
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 02 February 2020, 03:02:50
Watched Bumblebee.

It was surprisingly good.
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Post by: rebs on 02 February 2020, 03:19:36
Bumblebee was suprising good. I caught it in the theater and really enjoyed it.  I was expecting more of a kids movie, but was glad it was so serious. 
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 02 February 2020, 11:22:46
I was just glad that it got rid of all of the worst things from Bayformers- the gratuitous fanservice, the crude humor, the fight scenes that were so zoomed-in that you couldn't even fully see one of the participants, the total lack of an identifiable plot...
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Post by: garhkal on 02 February 2020, 16:06:49
I loved the scenes on cybertron, but totally hated it that they effectively shredded the lore, TF 1-3 made.. 
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 02 February 2020, 17:32:23
None of the Bayformers films were all that consistent. And Hasbro declared it to be a reboot of the franchise, which was a good idea given how hard The Last Knight flopped.
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Post by: garhkal on 03 February 2020, 01:11:49
Which is something i found strange.  I liked the last knight, and would have liked to seen a sequel to it.  MORE so than Dark of the moon...

To me, 1 was the best, followed by revenge of the fallen, then last night, then age of extinction and dark of the moon in last..
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 03 February 2020, 02:00:41
I think that part of what did TLK in was just how poorly audiences were feeling after Age of Extinction.  There was a lot of people who thought the series had been wrung dry by then and just didn't want to see another one.
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Post by: garhkal on 03 February 2020, 14:15:16
Agreed.  Though i did much prefer whalberg to Shia..
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Post by: Wrangler on 05 February 2020, 06:51:53
Just watched Jumanji welcome to the jungle for the first time withe the wife. It was good surprisingly to us.
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Post by: garhkal on 05 February 2020, 13:50:40
Just watched Jumanji welcome to the jungle for the first time withe the wife. It was good surprisingly to us.

I liked it a lot.  More so than the version with Robin williams.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 08 February 2020, 18:05:36
Just got back from Birds of Prey.  Fun movie in a way that most DC movies haven't been.  Like DC's answer to Deadpool.  Definitely recommend.
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Post by: garhkal on 09 February 2020, 16:33:38
From what i'm hearing about it, though it may seem good, i won't be watching it...
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 09 February 2020, 17:31:23
Don't know what you've heard.  The only real complaints I've seen have been from people who didn't like the way Cassandra Cain was portrayed, but I didn't have a problem there.
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Post by: garhkal on 10 February 2020, 00:41:55
Caught a funky movie this evening..  A kind of comical 'surviving the game like' film, called Ready or not.  Decent cast list..  And i laughed at a lot of the scenes..
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Post by: elf25s on 12 February 2020, 13:03:23
ok  on a whim i decided to watch episode of the prisoner (1967) hammer into anvil
forgot hoe bloody good it was easy one of the best episodes from the series
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 25 February 2020, 21:18:26
Watching the original Tremors.  Been a long time since I've seen it.
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Post by: garhkal on 26 February 2020, 00:56:34
The original is the ONLY Great one out of the tremors series...
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 26 February 2020, 02:45:47
Though some of the others are still entertaining.
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Post by: marauder648 on 26 February 2020, 03:26:41
Tremors 1 and 2, there was nothing after them.
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Post by: Dubble_g on 26 February 2020, 04:05:11
Finally saw "1917." I'm a big fan of WW1 history since it was the only one my family participated in, in any meaningful way (great-grandad in the royal artillery, great uncle killed at Second Cambrai in October 1918, another stationed in Egypt) so it's nice to see the era get a modern treatment.

The talk is all the cinematography and yes, it's an impessive technical accomplishment, but honestly I found it a bit distracting. You start thinking about the way the shot was composed rather than focusing on the action and drama of the moment. The soundtrack is also pretty loud and intrusive.

It's a pretty simple story, without much of a message, unless it's "life as a lance corporal in WW1 was pretty awful" (and probably still is). The main character has an impossible mission unceremoniously dumped in his lap because some senior officer is screwing up, is given no guidance on how to achieve the mission, staggers through a series of disasters, and receives slightly less than zero thanks when he reaches his destination.

It makes a good pair with Dunkirk in a new wave of war movies that aren't really about heroism or the morality of war, just about poor sods trying to survive the whole thing. In this, it reminds me of a quote by US war correspondent George Biddle--"I wish the people at home, instead of thinking of their boys in terms of football stars, would think of them in terms of miners trapped underground or suffocating to death in a tenth-story fire."

As always, the Bluray director's extended cut of all this ranting and raving is on my blog:
https://one-way-mirror.blogspot.com/2020/02/1917.html
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Post by: Ruger on 26 February 2020, 05:09:11
Tremors 1 and 2, there was nothing after them.

As a fan of the Deadlands rpg, I was rather fond of the fourth one.

Ruger
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Post by: I am Belch II on 26 February 2020, 14:54:37
As a fan of the Deadlands rpg, I was rather fond of the fourth one.

Ruger

Wasnt there like 6 Tremors Movies and a TV Series that lasted one season???
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Post by: garhkal on 26 February 2020, 15:29:08
Beh.  Don't remind me.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 26 February 2020, 16:23:52
There was actually a second series that brought back Kevin Bacon, but it only got so far as filming the pilot before it was canceled.
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Post by: Ruger on 26 February 2020, 18:37:48
Wasnt there like 6 Tremors Movies and a TV Series that lasted one season???

Yes. And I have them all on dvd.

Ruger
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Post by: Top Sergeant on 27 February 2020, 22:16:53
The Buccaneer with Charlton Heston and Yul Brenner!
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Post by: rebs on 27 February 2020, 22:37:45
I caught 1917 tonight.  Good movie, and I especially appreciated the cinematography of one long scene. 
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Post by: Dubble_g on 28 February 2020, 20:03:49
I caught 1917 tonight.  Good movie, and I especially appreciated the cinematography of one long scene. 

This was on the previous page so...

Finally saw "1917." I'm a big fan of WW1 history since it was the only one my family participated in, in any meaningful way (great-grandad in the royal artillery, great uncle killed at Second Cambrai in October 1918, another stationed in Egypt) so it's nice to see the era get a modern treatment.

The talk is all the cinematography and yes, it's an impessive technical accomplishment, but honestly I found it a bit distracting. You start thinking about the way the shot was composed rather than focusing on the action and drama of the moment. The soundtrack is also pretty loud and intrusive.

It's a pretty simple story, without much of a message, unless it's "life as a lance corporal in WW1 was pretty awful" (and probably still is). The main character has an impossible mission unceremoniously dumped in his lap because some senior officer is screwing up, is given no guidance on how to achieve the mission, staggers through a series of disasters, and receives slightly less than zero thanks when he reaches his destination.

It makes a good pair with Dunkirk in a new wave of war movies that aren't really about heroism or the morality of war, just about poor sods trying to survive the whole thing. In this, it reminds me of a quote by US war correspondent George Biddle--"I wish the people at home, instead of thinking of their boys in terms of football stars, would think of them in terms of miners trapped underground or suffocating to death in a tenth-story fire."

As always, the Bluray director's extended cut of all this ranting and raving is on my blog:
https://one-way-mirror.blogspot.com/2020/02/1917.html
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 02 March 2020, 17:59:35
After having binged the entire Tremors series (yeah, I have a lot of free time), my assessment:

The original was a genuinely good movie.

The second and fourth movies were decent.

The third and fifth movies had good parts, but also had some bad parts that they'd have been better without.

The sixth movie I didn't actually finish.  Felt more like a Syfy Channel Original Movie knockoff of the series than a proper sequel.  Burt came across as a parody of his previous character.  Other characters were generic and bland.  Oh well, on to something else now.
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Post by: elf25s on 07 March 2020, 18:13:30
all highlander movies...i still despise the second one with such hate that i cannot put in words....
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Post by: garhkal on 08 March 2020, 00:45:50
#2 i find ok, but #4 and 5 were the suckiest to me.
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Post by: Top Sergeant on 23 April 2020, 09:45:17
Red Sun one of my favorites.

In case you are not familiar with it, this one is a western with Charles Bronson, Toshiro Mifune and Ursula Andress.
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Post by: garhkal on 23 April 2020, 10:09:23
Rising sun, a good crime caper, more of the thinking mans one with Sean Connery and Westley snipes.
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Post by: elf25s on 23 April 2020, 14:51:54
about to binge on really b flick series...puppet master...
funny thing about the movies my youngling saw it for first time when she was 5 going on 6 and loved it so much she fell in love with horror flix...by the time she turned 9 she turned into a critic of fx and stories go figure...oth her friends staying overnight made for very interesting conversations with their parents ...she  does not like friday 13 series after first one she deemed them not scary but silly and adores freddy
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Post by: Ruger on 23 April 2020, 15:30:42
I recently watched the Sabata trilogy, and Aquaman, along with several animated Batman movies. Also the Clone Wars movie (the animated one) before watching the first six seasons of Clone Wars, and finished off the three seasons of Marvel’s Runaways.

Now, I’ve started watching the 2003 Battlestar Galactica series, starting with Blood & Chrome, The the mini-series, and I’m almost through with the first season. Not sure just when I will watch The Plan and Razor during the viewing just yet.

Ruger
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Post by: Luciora on 23 April 2020, 16:15:27
Steven Chow fest this week. Shaolin Soccer, Mermaid, Kung fu Hustle, Journey to the west, God of Cookery, King of Comedy, CJ7 and Chinese Odyssey 1 & 2.
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Post by: garhkal on 24 April 2020, 01:18:20
I recently watched the Sabata trilogy, and Aquaman, along with several animated Batman movies. Also the Clone Wars movie (the animated one) before watching the first six seasons of Clone Wars, and finished off the three seasons of Marvel’s Runaways.

Now, I’ve started watching the 2003 Battlestar Galactica series, starting with Blood & Chrome, The the mini-series, and I’m almost through with the first season. Not sure just when I will watch The Plan and Razor during the viewing just yet.

Ruger

I always wanted there to be more for blood and chrome.
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Post by: Top Sergeant on 24 April 2020, 08:44:59
I must be on a Western kick: Rio Lobo, Big Jake, Bugles in the Afternoon.
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Post by: garhkal on 24 April 2020, 14:30:29
Saw that Medal of honor flik, Last full Measure.
It was slow in the first 30 or so minutes, but once it built up the steam, it was AWESOME...
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Post by: grimlock1 on 27 April 2020, 18:32:57
I just watched A New Hope for the first time in years and one of MANY differences between it and the Skywalker Trilogy jumped out.  The radio calls during the Trench run were almost subdued.  Everyone was tense, but they acted like professionals.  There was no shouting, or bellowing.  The only scream I can recall was when Red Leader was crippled and crashing.   That and Han's whoop.

Compare and contrast that with the way Poe was always chewing the scenery. Lets just say I prefer the older version.
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Post by: Wrangler on 17 May 2020, 15:12:18
Just watched Hitman's Bodyguard with Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson in it.  Hilarious if not slightly bloody action / comedy film. I recommended it highly if you like high action and snappy comebacks between two good actors with chemistry.

A sequel in the can suppose to be coming out next year, the Hitman's Girlfriend's bodyguard.
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Post by: Ruger on 17 May 2020, 16:53:02
Just watched Hitman's Bodyguard with Ryan Reynolds and Samuel L. Jackson in it.  Hilarious if not slightly bloody action / comedy film. I recommended it highly if you like high action and squibs from two good actors with chemistry.

A sequel in the can suppose to be coming out next year, the Hitman's Girlfriend's bodyguard.

It was actually supposed to come out this year, but then the whole virus thing hit.

Ruger
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Post by: garhkal on 18 May 2020, 01:57:24
It was actually supposed to come out this year, but then the whole virus thing hit.

Ruger

I just wonder, if it's gonna have as much cussing in, as the first one.?
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Post by: rebs on 18 May 2020, 23:11:14
Fist Full of Dollars.  I like Clint Eastwood, just can't help it, even in spite of his opinions.
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Post by: garhkal on 19 May 2020, 01:07:49
Did a re-do of the first and second installment in the Maze runner series..  Still like the first film, but really wanted to see Thomas, PUSH teresa off that bloody cliff, after he realized she SOLD them all out...
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 21 May 2020, 10:52:40
Watched Justice League Dark: Apokolips War last night.

It's dark, and bloody, and lots of characters die gruesome on-screen deaths.  Which makes the ending of triggering a cosmic reset really freaking obvious to predict.
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Post by: DEZOAT on 27 May 2020, 16:32:22
 I just started watching Grant on the History Channel it really good  :thumbsup:
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 27 May 2020, 16:57:28
"On the History Channel" and "it's really good" are two phrases one does not expect to hear in conjunction.
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Post by: Luciora on 27 May 2020, 17:41:40
Watched CJ7 in mandarin.  It was a cheap DVD release that I now regret.  I'm getting the Blu-Ray so I can hear it in the native Cantonese.  There is something wierd about watching something and knowing sometimes is off and you can't place it right away.  Also the special features on the bluray are far superior to the old DVD release.
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Post by: garhkal on 28 May 2020, 00:39:24
I just started watching Grant on the History Channel it really good  :thumbsup:

Did you ever see that long (4 and a half hr) long film, Gettysburg, with a lot of good named actors in (from iirc 1993)?? 
Now though its long, its well worth the watch.
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Post by: DEZOAT on 28 May 2020, 06:24:16
 ;D garhkal to answer your question YES! I watch a lot of war movies from B.C.  to now. I have seen God and Generals as well. I taped Gettysburg off the TV and I have copy of the DVD as well. I collect war movies as well in Blueray DVD. I just started watching GRANT its 9 part mini series on the History Channel. Its one those Documentary movie type which it really good but then again I love history and war movie.
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Post by: garhkal on 28 May 2020, 14:22:38
Havn't yet seen gods and generals, but its on the list to get from the library..
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Post by: Ruger on 31 May 2020, 14:34:27
Just got done watching Dragonheart Vengeance, the fifth movie in the series. I think it might rank up near the first in the series.

Ruger
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Post by: Sharpnel on 31 May 2020, 18:31:20
Just got done watching Dragonheart Vengeance, the fifth movie in the series. I think it might rank up near the first in the series.

Ruger
There's five movies in the series?
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Post by: Ruger on 31 May 2020, 20:51:10
There's five movies in the series?

As of a couple months ago or so. At one point, Walmart had a boxed set of all five, but I didn’t see that out there Saturday when I found the fifth one had been reduced down in price.

The second one was...not very good...I think the third one was slightly better than the second, and the fourth...hmm...not sure I remember much about it from the one time I’ve watched it so far (got the second through the fourth in a boxed set along with the first movie back when there were only four). All sequels have been direct to video releases, IIRC.

Ruger
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 31 May 2020, 21:33:55
Wasn't the second a Sci-Fi Channel movie?
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Post by: Ruger on 01 June 2020, 04:11:37
Wasn't the second a Sci-Fi Channel movie?

Could be. Don’t really remember.

Ruger
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Post by: garhkal on 01 June 2020, 15:53:38
Yea, they had the first with Quaid..  A 2nd where a farmer kid, becomes the new dragon rider..  A 3rd that i didn't even see..
IIRC the 4th had the dragon be linked to some barbarian chick thing.....
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Post by: Ruger on 01 June 2020, 16:33:34
Yea, they had the first with Quaid..  A 2nd where a farmer kid, becomes the new dragon rider..  A 3rd that i didn't even see..
IIRC the 4th had the dragon be linked to some barbarian chick thing.....

According to Wikipedia, all the sequels were direct to video. Also, the third and fourth movies were prequels to the first movie and the fourth was a sequel to the third, which introed the barbarian tribe.

Ruger
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Post by: garhkal on 02 June 2020, 01:13:01
Doing a re-watch of some golden oldies.  started off with 48 hrs.. Forgot how much of a dick, Nolte was in that film.  Then got onto Beverly hill's cop 1 and 2..  STILL great laughs..  Even today..
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Post by: elf25s on 05 June 2020, 23:05:44
death race 2000
rewatched it have this weird feeling that it has some of the anime roots
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Post by: PsihoKekec on 06 June 2020, 02:47:55
Anime? It's clearly Loony Toons inspired, especially the killing of the nazi team with the fake tunnel (my tummy hurt from that one, too much laughter can be painful).
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 07 June 2020, 00:20:58
Decided I was in the mood to rewatch Godzilla (2014).
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Post by: Major Headcase on 07 June 2020, 00:26:39
Watched 2 movies this weekend:
Knives Out. New to me, liked it a lot. Wierd seeing Captain America as the bad guy...
The Lion in Winter. Old favorite. Can watch that film over and over and never get bored! Peter O'Toole at his finest...
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Post by: rebs on 07 June 2020, 00:42:25
I watched Lonesome Dove, which I have seen several times now.  I'm especially a huge fan of McRae, Robert Duvall's character.

Guess I'm on something of a western kick when it comes to movies lately. 
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: garhkal on 07 June 2020, 02:24:22
Decided I was in the mood to rewatch Godzilla (2014).

I never liked that in a film just over 2 hrs long, we had a combined total of just over 20 minutes worth of him.  So it may have been more appropriate to call it 'Humans AND godzilla"..
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Post by: Ruger on 07 June 2020, 05:07:16
Rewatched the Infinity War duology.

Ruger
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 07 June 2020, 08:36:42
I never liked that in a film just over 2 hrs long, we had a combined total of just over 20 minutes worth of him.  So it may have been more appropriate to call it 'Humans AND godzilla"..

Yeah, especially since until San Fransisco all we got were small snippets that switched back to what the boring human is doing right before Godzilla actually did something.
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Post by: garhkal on 07 June 2020, 15:04:49
Yeah, especially since until San Fransisco all we got were small snippets that switched back to what the boring human is doing right before Godzilla actually did something.

And even in the times he was fighting, we often had 'long shots, focusing more on the humans, than the monsters..
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 07 June 2020, 15:28:07
Yup.

Today I'm rewatching Kong: Skull Island.
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Post by: garhkal on 08 June 2020, 00:47:33
I'd love to see someone minute check all the various kong/godzilla films, to see WHICH ONE had the most amount of actual screen time in a film named for them..
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 08 June 2020, 00:51:04
I'm sure that someone already has and put the results up on YouTube.
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Post by: Mecha82 on 08 June 2020, 18:43:05
I never liked that in a film just over 2 hrs long, we had a combined total of just over 20 minutes worth of him.  So it may have been more appropriate to call it 'Humans AND godzilla"..

It's sequel Godzilla: King of the Monsters is far better movie and really enjoyable to watch. 
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Post by: Luciora on 08 June 2020, 19:33:56
If I paid to see a Godzilla movie. It better be about Godzilla,  not when harry met Sally Tokyo edition.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 08 June 2020, 22:16:04
King of the Monsters was definitely better in the action department, but the plot was, well, who watches Godzilla moves for the plot?
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Post by: Imperium on 09 June 2020, 03:10:45
Nightbreed Director's Cut. Also Terrifier, which is way nasty.

Terrifier is arguably the best horror movie in the last 20-30 years. Basically since the early 90s and late 80s. I mean Carnosaur was a fun and intelligent time for horror movies, and in the intellectual/philosophical sense is far ahead of Terrifier, but that just shows how good Terrifier is. It is raw, enthralling, scares you long after you watch it, horror. Art the Clown is far scarier then Jason or Freddy, and easily at their levels, especially since Part 2 suggests Supernatural Powers.

And by Horror Movie I don't mean the crap they serve now, which is PG=13 teen Bop. I admit, AT FIRST it was fine as satirical (First Screams, Know What you did via Hugetits, Final Destinations, etc. ) and there are gems ( The Bay, The Ruins, Green Inferno, Steven King Movies like 'Pet Semetary' and 'It' (90s Version, new 'It' sucked and 'Dark Tower' was a gift to true fans since it extended the story-line despite popular criticism. As a fan who read all the books, I have to say, Thank You Stephen King! ) )Anyways, I say you can literally go 20-30 years back and Terrifier is that good. Utterly amazing Horror Movie with a soon to be Classic Villain aka Jason and Freddy and Michael Myer level.
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Post by: Ruger on 09 June 2020, 03:57:20
I have to admit, I rather did like the Dark Tower movie, and wished it had carried on, either with more movies or a tv series.

Of course, I’m somewhat biased as I’m a big fan of the series.

Ruger
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Post by: garhkal on 09 June 2020, 14:55:16
I also like the dark tower movie.  never read the novels..
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Post by: Ruger on 09 June 2020, 16:34:06
I also like the dark tower movie.  never read the novels..

GO TO YOUR ROOM!

Seriously though, if you liked the movie, you really need to read the series, and should consider the comics as well, as each tell portions of the story.

Ruger
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Post by: elf25s on 09 June 2020, 19:58:52
ok my buddy brought over  trancers all 5 of them

my eyes my brain i think if i tilt my head liquid brains will flow through the ear....and gads i enjoyed them all
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Post by: truetanker on 13 June 2020, 20:58:34
Every Saturday midday on MeTV, check local channel, I watch Svengoolie.

So whatever is playing, I love it... cheesy hell yeah! Stupid, hell no... today's was Curse of the Werewolf.

TT
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Post by: Ruger on 13 June 2020, 21:41:26
Got Justice League Dark Apocalypse.

Loved every minute of it. Saw the ending coming a mile away, especially once Flash was found to be alive and running, but still a great ending.

Ruger
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Post by: Sharpnel on 13 June 2020, 22:21:10
Killing Gunther - Schwarzenegger was excellent in this goofy flick.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 13 June 2020, 22:28:06
Watching Knives Out, which is apparently a film about Daniel Craig with having a Southern Gentleman's accent.  Oh, and something about a murder.  But mostly, that accent.
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Post by: Tymers Realm on 14 June 2020, 07:34:14
Every Saturday midday on MeTV, check local channel, I watch Svengoolie.

So whatever is playing, I love it... cheesy hell yeah! Stupid, hell no... today's was Curse of the Werewolf.

TT

Yep. He's a Chicagoland icon, of sorts.
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Post by: Wrangler on 29 June 2020, 17:18:10
I saw the Eurovision movie with Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams.  It was good. I normally I am not big fan of Mr. Ferrell.  He wasnt too much over the to and yet he managed to keep it funny.  It was a cute rom com kind movie if like a love letter to Eurovision song contest.
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Post by: elf25s on 30 June 2020, 10:01:24
for some reason i had craving to re watch lexx...
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Post by: garhkal on 30 June 2020, 13:46:12
Did a re-watch of Child of Man (with Clive owen), and thought to myself..  GEE>  Did the makers of that (short lived) TV show "The Lottery", watch that film for inspiration?
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Post by: truetanker on 01 July 2020, 15:00:37
Killer Klowns from Outer Space 2.

TT
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Post by: elf25s on 01 July 2020, 19:50:36
Killer Klowns from Outer Space 2.

TT
friggin hate clowns so when did the sequel came out?
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Post by: garhkal on 02 July 2020, 02:32:45
Caught a pair of older ones this evening..

First was Mad Money, with Queen latifa...  STILL a good laugh.
And The time machine, the version with Guy Pierce in..  Always wondered.  With the knowledge had, could he have backtracked BACK to where the lunar mission was doing that explosion thinggy, to have STOPPED them from detonating it, and ruining both the moon AND the planet?
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Post by: truetanker on 02 July 2020, 11:01:33
friggin hate clowns so when did the sequel came out?

Bootleg foreign film... mostly splicing various scenes from the first with new dialogue. Pretty bad really, like a porn kung-fu dubbed. Just horrible dialogue spliced with some modest nudity and really bad acting with some martial arts thrown in to cheesy it up a bit. Sad it's more of a pocket change budget. Think of the old style Shawn-O-Scope films on the El Rey cable channel. Or the really bad dubbed 70s Chinese ones.

TT
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Post by: elf25s on 02 July 2020, 16:12:15
Bootleg foreign film... mostly splicing various scenes from the first with new dialogue. Pretty bad really, like a porn kung-fu dubbed. Just horrible dialogue spliced with some modest nudity and really bad acting with some martial arts thrown in to cheesy it up a bit. Sad it's more of a pocket change budget. Think of the old style Shawn-O-Scope films on the El Rey cable channel. Or the really bad dubbed 70s Chinese ones.

TT
bit worth looking up then...first one put me off popcorn for little while...i love popcorn
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Post by: truetanker on 02 July 2020, 17:13:36
Might be hard to find... my copy is still on VHS... but I do recommend Zombie Kung-Fu, it's cheaply made but still B rated  enough to laugh at stupidity.

TT
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Post by: elf25s on 02 July 2020, 23:55:26
speaking of b movies i still think that around 1952 to about 1964 was the best when it came to b movies
70s had some gems and early 80s but after that it was meh who cares...
my all time faves are forbbiden planet pretty much any monster flick with godzilla  rocky horror picture show and trancers
but hey its me...
and that little window between 1974 to 1981 any kung fu flick from hong kong with that awful english language dub...the pain ...ohhh the pain
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 03 July 2020, 01:40:40
Forbidden Planet wasn't a B-Movie.  It had a high production value and a good script.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: elf25s on 03 July 2020, 10:38:03
Forbidden Planet wasn't a B-Movie.  It had a high production value and a good script.
i agree but it got me started on b movie binge and to this day 40 years later i still cannot stop thinking of it as a b movie
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Post by: truetanker on 03 July 2020, 11:26:15
Pain? It's pure torture when you have a British accented Kung-Fu flick. Going as far as I have over 100 collective foreign Kung-Fu Zombie movies, most dubbed or sub-titles.

TT
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Post by: elf25s on 03 July 2020, 16:19:51
Pain? It's pure torture when you have a British accented Kung-Fu flick. Going as far as I have over 100 collective foreign Kung-Fu Zombie movies, most dubbed or sub-titles.

TT
ohhh gods the worst ones i can think of are the ones with jackie chan...lol
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Post by: Top Sergeant on 04 July 2020, 18:43:59
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979)
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Post by: truetanker on 06 July 2020, 10:02:06
Any Ultraman or Starman, Japanese superheros... not shy either about the original G Force cartoon as well.

TT
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Post by: elf25s on 07 July 2020, 18:59:19
ok bit of guilty pleasure...and still tries to make me sing when i hear it since 1979 the muppet movie rainbow connection
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Post by: truetanker on 08 July 2020, 12:33:38
Groan....

Dr. Teeth and the Electric Boogaloo Band...

TT
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Post by: grimlock1 on 08 July 2020, 12:41:52
Pain? It's pure torture when you have a British accented Kung-Fu flick. Going as far as I have over 100 collective foreign Kung-Fu Zombie movies, most dubbed or sub-titles.

TT
Try watching the British Hong Kong dub of Transformers Masterforce.    :bang:
They just blindly applied the names from the American toys, so there is a Japanese emigrant, living in America named Optimus Prime, a boy who grew up on a jungle island named Hosehead...
 :bang:
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Post by: truetanker on 08 July 2020, 12:53:43
Thundercats in enspaniol.... some of the mouthings don't add up! Also Hair Bear Bunch and Shirt Tails in German...

Could be worse, M.A.S.K. in Korean.

TT
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 08 July 2020, 16:00:14
When I was in high school, we had a Polish exchange student one year who talked about watching American shows in Poland.  Star Trek had entire episodes dubbed by a single person.
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Post by: elf25s on 08 July 2020, 17:45:54
When I was in high school, we had a Polish exchange student one year who talked about watching American shows in Poland.  Star Trek had entire episodes dubbed by a single person.
its called lektor it a robotic human monotone from hell! look it up on helltube any movie add lektor to title...ohhh wait dont do it! you will thank me if you dont ...trust me...
poles are used to it...but never ever under any circumstances watch young frankenstein with lektor option on! you will dig a hole 7 by 4 and 20 feet deep and will try to jump in it while covering yourself with soil...
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Post by: elf25s on 08 July 2020, 17:47:35
Any Ultraman or Starman, Japanese superheros... not shy either about the original G Force cartoon as well.

TT
gatchaman happy to say i got 2 original seasons in japaniese no slice hack and glue battle of the planets...loved the american opening intro tho...
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Post by: elf25s on 08 July 2020, 17:48:47
Groan....

Dr. Teeth and the Electric Boogaloo Band...

TT
yah try two kids singing along with doctor teeth or ralph the dog...if you were in hell that would be the most popular record...
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Post by: PsihoKekec on 09 July 2020, 00:42:48
When I was in high school, we had a Polish exchange student one year who talked about watching American shows in Poland.  Star Trek had entire episodes dubbed by a single person.
Polish dubbing is a meme on it's own, people watch it just to experience the terrible job the dubber does. My first encounter was when watching With Fire and Sword, where Ukrainians were terribly dubbed by single guy, while their talk could still be somewhat heard under the voiceover. And then I found this is not a singular failiure, but a norm for Poles. I'm glad they subtitle foreign films and series here, they tried to pass the law requiring dubbing of everything, but it was pulled amongst overwhelming mockery and derision.
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Post by: truetanker on 09 July 2020, 10:18:59
yah try two kids singing along with doctor teeth or ralph the dog...if you were in hell that would be the most popular record...

No... Blues Clues in french, my daughter is trying to learn it. My son OTOH, is trying to learn spanish, he's 16 dating a latino. Nothing wrong but the butchery of him trying to speak a language this late... she puts up with him, for now. My spanish is alot better, I think he does it to sound pathetic to get comfort from her... like the age old arm around a girl in a dark movie theater! What we did or are doing for lovery these days... god we're old.

TT
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Post by: Mecha82 on 10 July 2020, 07:34:09
Shin Godzilla

Godzilla movie directed by Hideaki Anno (creator of Neon Genesis Evangelion) and having take on King of the Monsters that's unrelated to OG one from 1954 or to any other version of legendary monster in that matter. It has that Anno's touch that makes it unique with lot of time dedicated to Japanese government talking about how they should deal with Godzilla. Also Godzilla in Shin Godzilla is among most OP versions of legendary mnsters alongside with one from Planet of Monsters anime movies. IIRC Anno has aid that he will direct possible sequel only if he is asked to do so but otherwise he isn't interested. 
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 10 July 2020, 23:32:58
the original Clash of the Titans is on Netflix right now.

Got to love the classics.
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Post by: rebs on 10 July 2020, 23:53:24
Just watched Hotel Artemis on Amazon Prime.  It was filled with cliches and over-used tropes from beginning to end.  OK viewing, all in all, but I had hoped for something a little better.
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Post by: Mecha82 on 11 July 2020, 13:49:14
Wonder Woman: Bloodlines

DC animated movie focused on Wonder Woman. One of two and one from post-Flashpoint era as they referenced Justice League: WAR. It's rare for DC animated movies not to be focused on Batman or Superman. Especially Batman because DC and WB really loves to milk Batman. 
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 11 July 2020, 14:25:32
The animated stuff is a little better at including stuff beyond those two, but yeah, the focus is heavy.
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Post by: rebs on 11 July 2020, 22:38:30
Tonight I watched A Most Wanted Man.  Philip Seymour Hoffman was convincing as a German intelligence operative in the war on terror.  Not a bad flick by any stretch. 
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 12 July 2020, 00:41:30
Rewatched Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse.

Still one of the best comic book movies of all time.
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Post by: garhkal on 12 July 2020, 02:25:14
For me, i re-watched a golden oldie, Virus, from 1980 with Robert Vaughan..  Man that film was dated as hell...
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Post by: Nav_Alpha on 12 July 2020, 07:39:26
Just watched the new Tom Hanks flick, Greyhound. As a CS Forester fan, I was very impressed.
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Post by: truetanker on 13 July 2020, 13:24:30
For me, i re-watched a golden oldie, Virus, from 1980 with Robert Vaughan..  Man that film was dated as hell...

I have the Sonny Chiba version.  Really good movie, Virus.

TT
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 13 July 2020, 16:53:18
"Next Saturday night, we're sending you Back To the Future!"
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Post by: rebs on 14 July 2020, 23:45:27
Watched Star Trek: Beyond earlier tonight. I enjoyed it a lot more than I thought I would.  I'm normally not a fan of reboots, but this was a pleasant surprise.   
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Post by: garhkal on 15 July 2020, 00:05:03
The third was funny as heck, Rocking the beastie boys... :thumbsup:
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Post by: marauder648 on 15 July 2020, 00:52:49
I saw Greyhound too. It's rather decent actually and is well-acted. There's one thing about it that is unrealistic but oddly enough it's not the bit from the trailer where you see the U-Boat and Greyhound alongside one another. As an incident like that did really happen, a damaged U-boat, unable to dive took itself in right against an attacking escort that couldn't depress its guns enough.

Definitely recommend.
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Post by: Dubble_g on 15 July 2020, 02:39:42
Anybody else watched any of the new Netflix action movies. I caught Extraction and The Old Guard recently.

Extraction impressed more of the two, mainly on the strength of a first-act car chase that is an absolute beast, a veritable cinematic juggernaut of nonstop action. It gets a bit John Wickensian as it goes on, and the climactic final scene isn't up to the same standard as the car chase, but I thought overall it was enjoyable fluff.

Less impressed by The Old Guard, with Charlize Theron as the leader of a kind of SEAL team made of Highlander/Deadpool/Wolverine style immortals. The action is also very Wicky, but not quite as adrenalinicky as Extraction and the plot was a bit too predictable for my taste.

I thought both kind of suggest a strategy for Netflix original movies--pick one big name Hollywood star, focus on bodies per minute (bpm) and go easy on the script. As though they were aiming for "just good enough" rather than "great." 

https://one-way-mirror.blogspot.com/2020/04/wickensian-action-extraction.html

https://one-way-mirror.blogspot.com/2020/07/the-old-guard.html
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Post by: Sharpnel on 15 July 2020, 03:18:07
Watched Old Guard and was underwhelmed. Which for me is not unexpected when it comes Theron's more recent works. And judging by the end a sequel is already in the works.
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Post by: truetanker on 15 July 2020, 08:01:17
Was cleaning out the DVD draw and found Colossal.

Where a girlfriend has a bad day and decides to go to the park and swing... and " things " go wrong on the other side of the world.

Except for the stupid parts, it more of a redemption film. Weirdly non-comical, but the boyfriend gets what he deserves!

Cheesy, fun, non-humorous but a weird love story.

TT
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Post by: elf25s on 15 July 2020, 08:22:22
Was cleaning out the DVD draw and found Colossal.

Where a girlfriend has a bad day and decides to go to the park and swing... and " things " go wrong on the other side of the world.

Except for the stupid parts, it more of a redemption film. Weirdly non-comical, but the boyfriend gets what he deserves!

Cheesy, fun, non-humorous but a weird love story.

TT
yah that one was fun going to korea to make a mess back in us...lol
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Post by: garhkal on 15 July 2020, 14:42:30
The special effects were weird, but it was a funny film.. 
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Post by: grimlock1 on 16 July 2020, 13:52:38
Was cleaning out the DVD draw and found Colossal.

Where a girlfriend has a bad day and decides to go to the park and swing... and " things " go wrong on the other side of the world.

Except for the stupid parts, it more of a redemption film. Weirdly non-comical, but the boyfriend gets what he deserves!

Cheesy, fun, non-humorous but a weird love story.

TT
Yeah, that was an odd one.

I rewatched Man From Earth recently.
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Post by: elf25s on 16 July 2020, 22:57:00
ok my buddy came over had bad day...decided to make it worse
we watched ...trancers
while drinking nasty beer
yah i am ashamed dont hurt me!
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Post by: garhkal on 17 July 2020, 00:42:44
ok my buddy came over had bad day...decided to make it worse
we watched ...trancers
while drinking nasty beer
yah i am ashamed dont hurt me!

Don't think i've ever seen Trancers..  Do remember seeing scanners, scanners 2 and scanners 3 back in the day.
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Post by: truetanker on 17 July 2020, 07:51:47
Screamers and it's cousins are a great B rated horror with a nice even A rating.

TT
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Post by: Sharpnel on 17 July 2020, 09:51:02
Trancers was great. Tim Thomerson was awesome as Jack Deth.
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Post by: elf25s on 17 July 2020, 11:58:52
Trancers was great. Tim Thomerson was awesome as Jack Deth.
you should seen him in quark...still get a chuckle from his jeane and gene
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Post by: Wrangler on 26 July 2020, 18:59:48
Scott Pilgrim vs The World. 10 year anniversary this past week. What crime the marketing failed the film. It was funny / surreal film. The music was awesome and what movie has lead make make the future Captain Marvel cry, kicked both Superman and Captain America butts?
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Post by: garhkal on 27 July 2020, 00:35:35
For me, i did a watch of Christopher Reeve's Superman 1, 2 and started on 3..  BUT the disk was shot..  BUT then since it was almost 20 years old, that's not surprising..
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Post by: Wrangler on 27 July 2020, 14:46:22
Make sure you don't want watch 4.  It will hurt your brain.
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Post by: elf25s on 27 July 2020, 22:58:27
ok i finally got around to watching two old polish comedies...yah poles have a sense of humor who would had thought? and they were rather sophisticated
vabank and seksmisia both you can catch on helltube
vabank is about how to make revenge even sweeter and have people help you do it
seksmisia is a scifi romp with a rather tounge in cheek what happenes when all men die off and 2 remaining speciments are uncovered 50 years later from forgotten suspended animation experiment...
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 28 July 2020, 00:32:11
I think I've heard of Seksmisia.
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Post by: garhkal on 28 July 2020, 01:37:36
Make sure you don't want watch 4.  It will hurt your brain.

Well that won't be a problem.  My disk for 3 and 4, froze up after 48 min into #3..  So i had to toss it.
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Post by: elf25s on 28 July 2020, 11:13:15
Well that won't be a problem.  My disk for 3 and 4, froze up after 48 min into #3..  So i had to toss it.
consider it a blessing by whatever gods are around...i still hold down vurps when i think of superman 4
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Post by: battlelukas1 on 30 July 2020, 08:31:37
I personally loved Zombieland - thank you for your input - without it i would have just missed such a nice movie :D
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Post by: garhkal on 30 July 2020, 16:04:06
I loved the first one, the 2nd was meh..

Finally caught rises of skywalker..  Decent.  NOT as bad as i was led to believe by all the naysayers, but NO WHERE near as good as even the prequels..
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Post by: rebs on 30 July 2020, 16:10:54
I loved the first one, the 2nd was meh..

Finally caught rises of skywalker..  Decent.  NOT as bad as i was led to believe by all the naysayers, but NO WHERE near as good as even the prequels..

Lucas *might* bring us Thrawn.  Finger crossed and chickens sacrificed.
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 30 July 2020, 16:24:25
Why would Lucas have anything to do with a franchise he's no longer a part of?
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Post by: Mecha82 on 30 July 2020, 17:28:23
I did find TRoS to be enjoyable movie even with it's flaws. That said I don't find Lucas to be this perfect director and writer. Sure he is good world builder and he has eye for visual side of film making but when it comes to writing and directing he needs help from others like he did with OT. I blame everything that went wrong with PT on Lucas because he wrote and directed those without any input from other people. Then again I don't hate JJ Abrams like some do and I find his movies enjoyable. 
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Post by: rebs on 30 July 2020, 17:34:53
When he worked with Irving Kirschner as director on ESB, that was when Lucas and Star Wars was as his/its best. 

As for the above, I just have a feeling we will see Thrawn in a major motion picture, regardless of who brings it to us.  Lucas has hinted he wanted to go that route.  If you have Lucas working with Zahn's idea, that would be the winner. 
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Post by: truetanker on 30 July 2020, 18:41:09
If they did that, I want to see that Clarissan  (sp?) Minig facility.  The one where it has AT-ATs holding the place up, also where the moon?  has a very high melting point to make excavations easier, where Han need to be guided by the Sunsheild. Think of a BT jumper with its sail deployed, moving backwards protecting itself and others.

Who would you rather see in Thrawn? Cause it has a lot of ex-Empire, Jade, the Solo twins... even Boba surviving...

Not to mention Vader's force ninjas... >:D

TT
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Post by: rebs on 30 July 2020, 19:22:57
I shouldn't have said anything because now we're derailing the thread.  I'm going to get yelled at by mods, and I'm going to deserve it.

But I think it's going to be reworked with a lot of new characters, if it happens. 
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Post by: elf25s on 30 July 2020, 22:14:35
If they did that, I want to see that Clarissan  (sp?) Minig facility.  The one where it has AT-ATs holding the place up, also where the moon?  has a very high melting point to make excavations easier, where Han need to be guided by the Sunsheild. Think of a BT jumper with its sail deployed, moving backwards protecting itself and others.

Who would you rather see in Thrawn? Cause it has a lot of ex-Empire, Jade, the Solo twins... even Boba surviving...

Not to mention Vader's force ninjas... >:D

TT


ok i would love to see thrawn trilogy done like empire strikes back...but this is a wish that will never be fulfilled thanks to disney killing that part of SW canon
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 30 July 2020, 23:06:58
It's 20 years too late for any of the actors to pull that off anyway.
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Post by: garhkal on 30 July 2020, 23:11:49
Lucas *might* bring us Thrawn.  Finger crossed and chickens sacrificed.

All glory to Cthulhu...
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Post by: rebs on 30 July 2020, 23:18:05
All glory to Cthulhu...

And Cthulhu gets all the glory if this happens.

Now, can we track back on to B movies?  If we can get this thread back on track before a moderator notices, it would be like falling downstairs backwards and landing on our feet...
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Post by: elf25s on 31 July 2020, 09:01:38
ok got my claws on some old harold lloyd movies from the 30s
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Post by: truetanker on 31 July 2020, 12:42:53
You know, I did like Troopers, Cops parody on YouTube.  It really is a B-rated short. If you want, check out Vader vs. Hitler on Epic Rap Battles...

But back to the theme :

The other day I watched Clockwork Orange with my wife. Milk bar anyone?

TT
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Post by: elf25s on 31 July 2020, 15:57:52
You know, I did like Troopers, Cops parody on YouTube.  It really is a B-rated short. If you want, check out Vader vs. Hitler on Epic Rap Battles...

But back to the theme :

The other day I watched Clockwork Orange with my wife. Milk bar anyone?

TT

had you looked up the chad vader the nightshift manager?
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Post by: garhkal on 01 August 2020, 00:12:29
Did a re-watch of the Matt Leblanc Lost in space..  Still love Gary Oldman's revised Mr/Dr Smith..  Though i was always puzzled they never did a sequel..
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 01 August 2020, 00:25:53
Didn't the movie flop in the theaters?
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Post by: I am Belch II on 01 August 2020, 06:54:27
Didn't the movie flop in the theaters?

Yeah it did flop bad. I liked the opening fight with the fighters. That was pretty good. But after that the movie was bad.
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Post by: Tymers Realm on 01 August 2020, 13:47:57
We don't talk about that LiS movie. Ever!
It's a over-done, over-glitzed, TV movie pilot that crashed and burned hard.

Not even the follow-up comic book lasted that long.
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Post by: garhkal on 01 August 2020, 14:22:19
I must not have gotten that memo..
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Post by: Banzai on 11 August 2020, 21:12:28
Watched Old Guard and count me among the unimpressed. There was a lot they could have mined there and whiffed on it.

Found my old Blu Ray of the 1979 version of Salem's Lot with David Soul, James Mason, Bonnie Bedelia, Fred Willard (RIP) and about half of the late 70's character actors.  Toby Hooper directed it, and it still is pretty creepy for a 40-year-old TV adaptation.   The Glick kids floating at the window still stands the test of time.

Then I binged all of Season 2 for What We Do In the Shadows.  Jackie Daytona for the win (and Mark Hamill as the best Special Guest Star for this year.  And last.  Maybe next.  He was glorious.)
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 11 August 2020, 21:40:19
I have yet to hear anyone have something good to say about Old Guard.
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Post by: garhkal on 12 August 2020, 02:13:03
Caught an oldie this evening, the Rocketeer with Alan arkin and Timothy Dalton..

There was a # of times when he was speaking, i could SWEAR he was sounding just like Sean Bean...
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Post by: I am Belch II on 12 August 2020, 06:14:33
A Bridge to Far. Such a great war movie...when they did war movies in the 70s, they were really good.
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Post by: Schriv on 12 August 2020, 06:25:13
I just watched John Carter of Mars, and The Final Countdown.  Both were good for a few hours of not dealing with reality.
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Post by: elf25s on 12 August 2020, 08:03:10
renegade force...
rewatched it love the strive for realism in action scenes that even after almost 20 years i find it refreshing
that and t 1000 actor still nails it nicely
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Post by: Triptych on 12 August 2020, 13:39:25
Old Guard- meh, I could barely finish it. It's a Highlander rip off, but without the cool historical stuff, nor do they bother to explain why anyone is immortal.

Greyhound- old fashioned war movie, good guys are good, bad guys are bad. I would have liked it more if the battles were realistic though.

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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 12 August 2020, 13:46:50
Greyhound- old fashioned war movie, good guys are good, bad guys are bad. I would have liked it more if the battles were realistic though.

Well, which one do you want?
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Post by: PsihoKekec on 12 August 2020, 13:49:27
renegade force...
rewatched it love the strive for realism in action scenes that even after almost 20 years i find it refreshing
that and t 1000 actor still nails it nicely
Two named characters and two extras enter occupied courthouse, who exits alive?
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Post by: Triptych on 13 August 2020, 11:25:38
Well, which one do you want?
Cant it be both? lol
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 13 August 2020, 11:31:05
"Realistic" and "morally unambiguous" rarely mix.
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Post by: truetanker on 14 August 2020, 19:29:27
Dinotopia with that supernatural actor, foroot his name.

Great CGI low budget film.

Wish there was a sequel.

TT
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Post by: elf25s on 15 August 2020, 00:13:26
Dinotopia with that supernatural actor, foroot his name.

Great CGI low budget film.

Wish there was a sequel.

TT
well there is a tv series...i happen t have it...
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Post by: Dubble_g on 16 August 2020, 03:30:44
Caught the new Netflix movie, Project Power (Jamie Foxx, Joseph-Gordon-Samuel-Johnson-Lyle-Levitt) a quasi-superhero actioner about black hats using unsuspecting folks in New Orleans to test a drug that gives you a random superpower for 5 minutes--might be cool, like super-strength or invulnerability, might suck, like freezing you to death or making your insides outsides.

Solid 4/10. Not as fun as Expendables, but better at the character stuff than Old Guard, miles better than Titan or Mute.   
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Post by: Ruger on 17 August 2020, 19:10:20
Just got done watching a classic:

Smokey and the Bandit

I had forgotten how much fun that movie is.

Ruger
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Post by: elf25s on 17 August 2020, 23:04:59
Just got done watching a classic:

Smokey and the Bandit

I had forgotten how much fun that movie is.

Ruger
and dont forget cannon ball
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Post by: garhkal on 18 August 2020, 00:42:02
Talking of the cannonball run, i watched a similar film, the gumball rally..  It didn't hold a torch to cannonball run...
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Post by: elf25s on 18 August 2020, 09:12:35
Talking of the cannonball run, i watched a similar film, the gumball rally..  It didn't hold a torch to cannonball run...
true but keep in mind it was earlier  than cannonball...but i bet you missed some one in there...some one witha scarf...and shades...that had played best gomez addams
it alone made it worth watching
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Post by: idea weenie on 18 August 2020, 19:27:40
For another fun race, try The Great Race (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Race) from 1965.

At the time it set a record for largest pie fight - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDJQ7zn3-2g  (Count how many times the lead got hit by pies in the scene)
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Post by: elf25s on 18 August 2020, 21:09:26
For another fun race, try The Great Race (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Race) from 1965.

At the time it set a record for largest pie fight - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDJQ7zn3-2g  (Count how many times the lead got hit by pies in the scene)
lol i watched this morning
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Post by: garhkal on 19 August 2020, 01:15:50
true but keep in mind it was earlier  than cannonball...but i bet you missed some one in there...some one witha scarf...and shades...that had played best gomez addams
it alone made it worth watching

Actually< Raoul Julia being in it, was one of the biggest reasons i bothered reserving it to watch...
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Post by: elf25s on 19 August 2020, 12:09:22
b grade tv show cute funny psych
stories are to predictable but main characters little quirks and over top acting are some what funny
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Post by: elf25s on 23 August 2020, 23:21:24
bluethunder
i know old still fun to watch
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Post by: garhkal on 24 August 2020, 01:17:16
I've often wondered, if they had blue thunder face off against airwolf, which would win?
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Post by: elf25s on 24 August 2020, 11:53:36
I've often wondered, if they had blue thunder face off against airwolf, which would win?
i think i started that thread back in 2003 on what used to be spymac forums..thing went for about 53 pages over a year
it was brutal...i dont ever want to start that again...
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Post by: PsihoKekec on 24 August 2020, 12:10:12
Ah yes, the vs. threads, not even once.
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Post by: elf25s on 24 August 2020, 13:42:16
Ah yes, the vs. threads, not even once.
yah i learned my lesson but not before starting few arguments on knight rider vs airwolf...
i was young...i was foolish and i relished that with cup of tea in hand
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Post by: garhkal on 24 August 2020, 14:29:19
yah i learned my lesson but not before starting few arguments on knight rider vs airwolf...
i was young...i was foolish and i relished that with cup of tea in hand

I'd take KITT over airwolf..  Hasslehoff over Jan michael vincint.
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Post by: rebs on 24 August 2020, 20:59:45
Just watched The Quick and the Dead.  Definitely one of Gene Hackman's finest roles, even if he did deserve to get shot in the end.
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Post by: elf25s on 24 August 2020, 22:00:00
Just watched The Quick and the Dead.  Definitely one of Gene Hackman's finest roles, even if he did deserve to get shot in the end.
yes and i still loved him as a blind hermit in young frankentein
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Post by: grimlock1 on 25 August 2020, 09:10:33
Just finished Ford v Ferrari.  It has me curious to do some more serious reading to see what they "dramatized."
One thing has been bugging me.  There was a car in the background of the Daytona sequence.  It had a very tall, U-shaped spoiler.  I can't remember the name of car and it's driving me nuts.  It was the basis for the reigning champ in Pixar's Cars.  I watched an entire episode about this car on the History channel one time, so it's really bugging me. 
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Post by: elf25s on 25 August 2020, 21:50:55
ok guilty pleasure live action kikis delivery service...
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Post by: Nightlord01 on 27 August 2020, 05:01:09
Just finished Ford v Ferrari.  It has me curious to do some more serious reading to see what they "dramatized."
One thing has been bugging me.  There was a car in the background of the Daytona sequence.  It had a very tall, U-shaped spoiler.  I can't remember the name of car and it's driving me nuts.  It was the basis for the reigning champ in Pixar's Cars.  I watched an entire episode about this car on the History channel one time, so it's really bugging me.



1970 Plymouth Superbird :-)
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Post by: Mecha82 on 28 August 2020, 17:00:12
Ant-Man & The Wasp

It was one of two Endgame MCU movies that has been released that I hadn't seen before with other one being Spider-Man: Homecoming. It was fun just like all other MCU movies. Over all I am optimistic about future of MCU considering that they have made fun enjoyable movies and so far there hasn't been any bad ones so I am eager to see what they put out next after Black Widow. 
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 28 August 2020, 23:46:28
Unfortunately, Chadwick Boseman's sudden death means that no matter what they do, every scene with Black Panther in it from now on is going to be a lot sadder.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: elf25s on 29 August 2020, 12:09:32
Unfortunately, Chadwick Boseman's sudden death means that no matter what they do, every scene with Black Panther in it from now on is going to be a lot sadder.
i would not worry about it disney has it all under control after all the cgi was excellent in last star wars ....riiiiiiight? riiiiight?
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Post by: Wrangler on 29 August 2020, 13:34:47
Random movie on old UHS Channel, Krull (1983).
(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/7864/1z9k.jpg)
Woo man, was that interesting flash from the past. Semi-stale but still interesting film.
Pretty, but story so-so.

Still, love the weapons, cinematic, and fly Clydesdale with flames as they rode.
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Post by: Mecha82 on 29 August 2020, 13:58:32
Ah yes, Krull. Nearly forgotten fantasy movie from 80's. I should watch it some day as I only know it trough YT videos about it.
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Post by: garhkal on 29 August 2020, 15:11:53
I used to love that too, but the animation/graphics are WAY SUB PAR these days...
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Post by: elf25s on 29 August 2020, 15:20:44
bill and ted face the music
surprisingly it had its moments
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Post by: garhkal on 30 August 2020, 01:21:20
I liked the first bill and ted, when it came out, but not the 2nd..  These days, maybe its cause i am in my 40s, but i just can't stand either..  BUT i will still give the new one a whirl...
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Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 30 August 2020, 01:38:44
the second Bill and Ted movie was always considered to be significantly inferior to the original.  Barring a few scenes.
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Post by: Ruger on 30 August 2020, 15:09:12
Went and saw New Mutants. Despite what the critics say (big surprise), I highly enjoyed the film. It does play fast and loose with the Demon Bear storyline, but I think it’s well worth seeing if you’re a fan of the comics (which I have been as I started collecting the New Mutants with issue 1 of the original run, and got much of that series before it became X-Force).

Ruger
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Post by: Luciora on 30 August 2020, 16:28:07
Or they will do the Warmachine swap.  I don't think they will deep fake something like that.

i would not worry about it disney has it all under control after all the cgi was excellent in last star wars ....riiiiiiight? riiiiight?
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Post by: Dubble_g on 30 August 2020, 19:06:27
Random movie on old UHS Channel, Krull (1983).
(http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/7864/1z9k.jpg)
Woo man, was that interesting flash from the past. Semi-stale but still interesting film.
Pretty, but story so-so.

Still, love the weapons, cinematic, and fly Clydesdale with flames as they rode.

Yeah, I found Krull on YouTube and sat through the whole thing. High point for me was a young Liam Neeson, with a wonderful beard.

https://one-way-mirror.blogspot.com/2019/04/liveblogging-krull.html
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Post by: DOC_Agren on 30 August 2020, 23:38:33
Just got done watching a classic:

Smokey and the Bandit

I had forgotten how much fun that movie is.

Ruger
I got to see it at the Drive with my Wife (her favorite movie) and the 16 year old who like yeah I'll go.  He totally feel in love with it.
Had to find #2 and even as I warned him #3 which was on tv
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: grimlock1 on 01 September 2020, 07:24:00
Or they will do the Warmachine swap.  I don't think they will deep fake something like that.
I hope they do an actor swap, not a deep fake.  Digital Tarkin in Rogue One was okay-ish for the few scenes.
 It was only a handful of scenes, and the uncanny valley kinda helped.  The weirdness helped sell the fact that a guy who would destroy an entire planet just to tell the rest of the galaxy he can is NOT RIGHT IN THE HEAD, but also, Cushing died in 1994.  Twenty years before Rogue One was made. Using a digital replacement for Chadwick Boseman, in a movie made only a few years after his death feels... I don't know what I feel, but if I were king of Disney for a day, I would say, cast a new actor.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Ruger on 01 September 2020, 11:28:37
I hope they do an actor swap, not a deep fake.  Digital Tarkin in Rogue One was okay-ish for the few scenes.
 It was only a handful of scenes, and the uncanny valley kinda helped.  The weirdness helped sell the fact that a guy who would destroy an entire planet just to tell the rest of the galaxy he can is NOT RIGHT IN THE HEAD, but also, Cushing died in 1994.  Twenty years before Rogue One was made. Using a digital replacement for Chadwick Boseman, in a movie made only a few years after his death feels... I don't know what I feel, but if I were king of Disney for a day, I would say, cast a new actor.

OR

Just have T’Challa die (off screen or in an explosion or something), and replace him as Black Panther (and as ruler of Wakanda) with Suri.

Ruger
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Jaim Magnus on 01 September 2020, 11:31:44
OR

Just have T’Challa die (off screen or in an explosion or something), and replace him as Black Panther (and as ruler of Wakanda) with Suri.

Ruger

^^
This is good, more respectful.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: garhkal on 01 September 2020, 14:10:32
OR

Just have T’Challa die (off screen or in an explosion or something), and replace him as Black Panther (and as ruler of Wakanda) with Suri.

Ruger

Though how would she become the new panther, as there's no more 'heart shaped herbs', for he to gain power from?
That said, i do agree, replacing him, "Off screen" so to speak, with someone new, to keep the torch going, is more respectful. 
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 01 September 2020, 16:24:12
I figured that they always intended to reveal that "all the heart-shaped herb" that got destroyed in Black Panther wasn't actually all of it and they had another grove or six hidden away.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: garhkal on 02 September 2020, 00:43:41
Then why was so much made about nakia sneaking one and only one, out, so T'challa, (if he survived), or M'Baku potentially being given it, if more than that one grove existed?
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 02 September 2020, 00:49:55
Because retcon-induced plot hole.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Ruger on 02 September 2020, 04:13:13
Then why was so much made about nakia sneaking one and only one, out, so T'challa, (if he survived), or M'Baku potentially being given it, if more than that one grove existed?

Maybe the others weren’t known by the royal family at the time? Or maybe seeds were planted in the original garden that hadn’t sprouted yet at the time of the fire. And would not for years. The one that was saved was the only one available at that time to help defeat Killmonger.

Or maybe they bio-engineer a new batch. Wakandan science is pretty good.

Ruger



Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 02 September 2020, 10:33:39
Watched Bloodshot last night.  It was okay.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: elf25s on 02 September 2020, 10:39:43
got around to watching the documentary high score
it never got around to really talking about games prior to first cartrage system s and arcade cabinets baer was the man and the person who made  the fore runner that made channel f possible and folks from MIT railroad club were the first ones to make first available vid pc game RCA the american company that made tvs refrigerators and home appliances was first one to make console game with overlays on tv for its gaming system. also they skipped the very first electronic game played on oscilator. also  skipped IBM contribution to gaming even when it was an underground thing in company the documentary made it look as if arcades sprang from nowhere in 1970s. sega has had a very intersting contribution to history and it is mentioned as a cabinet arcade maker and console makers.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: elf25s on 02 September 2020, 19:38:11
ok oldie but goodie
collossus the forbin project...
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: elf25s on 06 September 2020, 22:03:12
 my neighbor dropped by with a 6 pack of pepsi and pizza and double feature the whole nine yards and the whole ten yards...forgot how funny it was in off beat way i did not know she knew i enjoyed those two lol
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: garhkal on 06 September 2020, 23:20:09
Surprisingly, though i've loved most everything willis has been in, BOTH of those films i never really liked.. 
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: elf25s on 07 September 2020, 00:14:45
Surprisingly, though i've loved most everything willis has been in, BOTH of those films i never really liked..
my humor runs more toward dark and british with dry that could remove skin ....think of early atkinson and berrie along with pre python cast
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 07 September 2020, 01:17:10
my neighbor dropped by with a 6 pack of pepsi and pizza and double feature the whole nine yards and the whole ten yards...forgot how funny it was in off beat way i did not know she knew i enjoyed those two lol

Date night?
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: elf25s on 07 September 2020, 10:36:05
Date night?
nah...just old friends from highschool and junior high getting away from our families...and  most important bitch groan and moan  about them with no judgments like old friends

Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: truetanker on 07 September 2020, 16:44:00
The Blob.

Cornstarch anyone?

TT
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: garhkal on 08 September 2020, 00:10:45
Doing a wesley snipes fest this Labor day.  Started with The art o war, then Murder at 1600...
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Elmoth on 09 September 2020, 19:01:27
Constantine (2005). I have to say, it is one of the best roles I have seen keanu reaves play. I have no idea about the original comics, so I am judging it from the movies alone
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 09 September 2020, 19:06:33
It's almost, but not quite, completely unlike the comic book.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Jaim Magnus on 09 September 2020, 19:34:47
Constantine (2005). I have to say, it is one of the best roles I have seen keanu reaves play. I have no idea about the original comics, so I am judging it from the movies alone

As an adaptation of the comic, it's terrible. Taken simply as a movie, it is excellent, save for Shia LaBeouf being cast.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: garhkal on 10 September 2020, 01:33:47
Constantine (2005). I have to say, it is one of the best roles I have seen keanu reaves play. I have no idea about the original comics, so I am judging it from the movies alone

Even with Lebuf in it, i liked it as a film.  Never even heard of it being a comic, before the film came out, so couldn't compare it to the comics..
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 10 September 2020, 02:21:53
The big issues are that Constantine is British, not American, and he's playing the various demons in Hell off each other rather than trying to get into Heaven.

But the best Constantine in film is this scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8HixoIEftg (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8HixoIEftg)
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: elf25s on 10 September 2020, 10:26:16
comics are hellblazer they are pretty good there was a animated movie when constaine heads out to LA and there was short lived tv series which because it was good got canned
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Dubble_g on 11 September 2020, 02:31:26
Not sure if this counts, but I found the original 6-part 1978 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy teleplays on YouTube (the first-ever version, predating the movie, the TV show and even the books). I'd forgotten about the hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional mice, and had a good giggle.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: elf25s on 11 September 2020, 08:11:53
Not sure if this counts, but I found the original 6-part 1978 Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy teleplays on YouTube (the first-ever version, predating the movie, the TV show and even the books). I'd forgotten about the hyper-intelligent pan-dimensional mice, and had a good giggle.
42
and yes they were way better than the movie
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: I am Belch II on 11 September 2020, 14:48:38
Not a movie but watching Cobra Kai, its pretty darn good, way better then you think it should be.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Elmoth on 11 September 2020, 16:15:48
Is Pacific rim any good? I have it suggested in my movie platforms and was considering it
 
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: idea weenie on 11 September 2020, 16:34:29
Is Pacific rim any good? I have it suggested in my movie platforms and was considering it

It is B-movie plot, characters, and science, but A-movie graphics

Characters are flat, robots are dual-piloted with help of a psionic linkage, and monsters are invading Earth.  The fight scenes are giant robots fighting giant monsters

Turn the lights off, set the bass to high quality, grab a giant bowl of popcorn, and enjoy

Plus there is a stinger after the fancy credits

Here is some of the music to help you decide - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vU7XqToZso
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: garhkal on 12 September 2020, 00:49:31
PR 1 was very good.  PR2, meh.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Elmoth on 12 September 2020, 17:08:48
Watched Pacific Rim. As warned, B-C movie level overall, with A level graphics. Enjoyable blockbuster with no real content except gratuitious extreme violence. A superhero movie featuring robots.

With single pilot mechs it would have been nice as a fan BT film. In fact, i am sure that fan-films in the 31st and 32nd century look more or less like that. The kaijus look a lot like the EVAs from neogenesis evangelion. No idea if this is because the EVAs look like kaijus in the first place sicne I do not watch kaiju movies regularly, but it can be a thing.

I liked the internal jokes of going overboard in quite a few parts of the script.

Overall I give it a B-. Nice to have it playing in the big screen while doing BT research on the laptop.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 12 September 2020, 20:59:24
IIRC, the movie was supposed to be an American version of Evangeleon, so the fact that the kaiju have a resemblence to Angels is intentional.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: garhkal on 13 September 2020, 01:59:34
When it first came out, i was hoping "GEE, those mechs look nice.  NOW CAN THEY FINALLY DO a proper battletech movie now?!"
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: truetanker on 13 September 2020, 10:51:02
PR2 has Scrapper, a single pilot proto-mech. And drones...

But last night I watched a horror classic.

Night of the Lepus

Wabbit hunting anyone?

TT
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: elf25s on 13 September 2020, 18:15:35
PR2 has Scrapper, a single pilot proto-mech. And drones...

But last night I watched a horror classic.

Night of the Lepus

Wabbit hunting anyone?

TT
man i thought i as the only one to even see it lol
ok got to top that one...zone troopers...
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: CrossfirePilot on 13 September 2020, 20:14:00
Saw that 12 o'clock High was recently added to Youtube. Haven't seen it in full in years.  Still one of the best movies every made, in my humble opinion.  But then i am a sucker for military movies that outline good leadership.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Snake Eyes on 13 September 2020, 20:21:27
Watched the movie Splice with my daughter last night, last week we watched Lavalantula.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 14 September 2020, 00:02:38
Splice was a weird film, inhibited by the fact that nobody was likable.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Snake Eyes on 14 September 2020, 03:00:15
Splice was a weird film, inhibited by the fact that nobody was likable.
Yes, I agree, there were parts in the movie where my daughter was yelling at the tv.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: truetanker on 14 September 2020, 08:57:12
last week we watched Lavalantula.

Sequel is even worse, and the same cast was used in that horrid, but loveable, certain Finn movie franchise.

Want something worse? Sharktapuss and it's spin offs.

Piranhaconda comes to mind.

TT
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Snake Eyes on 14 September 2020, 10:37:58
Sequel is even worse, and the same cast was used in that horrid, but loveable, certain Finn movie franchise.

Want something worse? Sharktapuss and it's spin offs.

Piranhaconda comes to mind.

TT
;D Yes I saw those on the "you might like these" list too. I may have to watch those too.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: truetanker on 14 September 2020, 11:39:20
What have I done...

Be warned, cheesy and stupid hand in hand. But overall very comical, in a sci-fi way. Heavy, and I do mean heavy, CGI.

You've been warned,
TT
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: idea weenie on 15 September 2020, 16:15:28
TV Series, not movie:
Jack of all Trades (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_of_All_Trades_(TV_series))
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 15 September 2020, 16:31:20
That was a good show.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Snake Eyes on 15 September 2020, 17:27:22
What have I done...

Be warned, cheesy and stupid hand in hand. But overall very comical, in a sci-fi way. Heavy, and I do mean heavy, CGI.

You've been warned,
TT
LOL, considering I've watched every Sharknado movie  xp I'm a sucker for cheesy B-Movies
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: DOC_Agren on 15 September 2020, 17:36:08
TV Series, not movie:
Jack of all Trades (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_of_All_Trades_(TV_series))
How did I not watch that when it was on...  now I need to find it
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: elf25s on 16 September 2020, 01:10:02
ok been at least 5 years but spotted hitchikers guide to the galaxy 1-6 episodes
and my fave is still the restaurant and dinner that introduces itself
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: garhkal on 16 September 2020, 01:22:27
Sequel is even worse, and the same cast was used in that horrid, but loveable, certain Finn movie franchise.

Want something worse? Sharktapuss and it's spin offs.

Piranhaconda comes to mind.

TT

Most of those 'scifi channel "C" rate spin-off films, i can't STAND.  Poor acting, poor effects, even POORER plot.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Banzai on 16 September 2020, 12:47:34
2011 version of The Three Musketeers.  I went in knowing it was a Paul W.S. Anderson film, and oh god help me, it was such a Paul W.S. Anderson film, but for all that, and baring the dialog and turned into a running plot point that was stolen almost line by line from A Fist Full of Dollars, I didn't hate it. 
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: rebs on 30 September 2020, 23:02:40
Crocodile Dundee II.  Not as good as the first one, but still a fun movie.  It's cheesy 80's movie comfort food.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: elf25s on 30 September 2020, 23:48:11
andromeda strain old one not the remake
and tron original
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Euphonium on 01 October 2020, 06:55:09
Greyhound.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: garhkal on 01 October 2020, 14:23:41
Anyone ever see the Scott akins film Ninja, or Ninja II? 
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: elf25s on 01 October 2020, 18:23:40
Anyone ever see the Scott akins film Ninja, or Ninja II?
wasnt he the controler/warden in escape from new york?
as for ninja i had not seen it in over 20 decades
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 01 October 2020, 18:47:50
That's an impressively long time.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Banzai on 01 October 2020, 18:48:54
Anyone ever see the Scott akins film Ninja, or Ninja II?

Yeah, I wrote something on it...  Hold on.

Here you go:

Ninja, 2009.   Scott Adkins as a different American Ninja that in American Ninja, even though his is British, and for no story reason.  Oh well.  It is a straight faced yet goofy throwback to the Golden Age of 80's Ninja Movies.   Starts out in a Ninja school that seems greatly lacking in ninja training.  Actually the first half of the film is greatly lacking in ninjaing, even though the villain, or at least one of them is a ninja who hates our main characters who are also ninja.  There is also a weird substory about a oil company with a killer's club/cult (they have both a brand as well as easily identifiable uniforms, which is nice) who hires the ninja to do something he was going to do anyway, but it wouldn't be a throwback without a convoluted subplot. The bosses for the firm (Temple Corporation) also wear cult robes over their suits.   It is as if the Illuminati bought a lot of stock in Shell Oil and took over, then brought their own cult of Red Shirts that they realized were crappy at their jobs, so they subcontracted a ninja consultant.  As I said, the first half lacks in ninjaness, but the fight scenes when Adkins takes on the mooks in their own club house take off, and it holds up from there.

On a scale of 1 to 5 ninja throwing stars, i give it a solid 2.5, maybe 3 if I am really forgiving.   It came with the squeal which is supposed to be better, but the name, Ninja: Shadow of a Tear sounds more like a good Nightwish album title.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 01 October 2020, 18:59:36
Were there random scenes with naked or topless women for no justified reason?  Because it's not really an 80s action movie throwback without that.
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: truetanker on 01 October 2020, 19:15:06
Oh, you want that?

Cherry 2000

Molly Ringwald at her naughtiness...

Or maybe your into Crash and Burn with synthoids?

TT
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: garhkal on 02 October 2020, 00:52:43
Wow.  Crash and burn.  I completely forgot about that movie..
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 02 October 2020, 01:09:34
We're at 50 pages, new thread's up: https://bg.battletech.com/forums/off-topic/what-movies-are-we-watching-everything-s-being-streamed/
Title: Re: What movies are we watching: B-Movie Blitz
Post by: Bosefius on 02 October 2020, 02:22:01
"Shitter' Full"

https://giphy.com/gifs/xzy70qz6K1DLG (https://giphy.com/gifs/xzy70qz6K1DLG)

New Thread

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