Author Topic: What Movies Are We Watching: The Flickening. (Read 140134 times)

Kidd · « **Reply #1440 on:** 28 August 2016, 09:37:43 »

Watched Mr Holmes, simply because anything Sherlock-related catches my attention. A good 3-person drama and really shows off Sir Ian McKellen's acting chops - anyone who has lived with senile old folks would know his portrayal is absolutely on target.

Cache · « **Reply #1441 on:** 28 August 2016, 10:11:24 »

Bone Tomahawk. Very good movie and well put together. I was actually a little shocked by some of the gore.

garhkal · « **Reply #1442 on:** 28 August 2016, 16:13:15 »

Quote from: I am Belch II on 28 August 2016, 08:41:20

I just saw the "Secret Life of Pets", and that was dumb. I know the kids like it, because its a cartoon, but Revolution Bunny was really annoying, and ruined the movie to me.

Both he and that damn lovey dovery cat made it poor for me too. Though i loved the hawk!

Anyhow, someone told me that they are rebooting Lethal weapon AND maguiver? Anyone heard of anything on that?

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #1443 on:** 28 August 2016, 16:56:35 »

The new Macgyver starts September 23rd on CBS. The new Lethal Weapon series starts September 21st on FOX.

Cache · « **Reply #1444 on:** 28 August 2016, 17:20:41 »

Quote from: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 28 August 2016, 16:56:35

The new Macgyver starts September 23rd on CBS. The new Lethal Weapon series starts September 21st on FOX.

More importantly, Luke Cage hits Netflix on September 30th and The Ranch season 1 part 2 releases on October 7th (also Netflix). ;D

elf25s · « **Reply #1445 on:** 29 August 2016, 12:35:59 »

Quote from: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 28 August 2016, 16:56:35

The new Macgyver starts September 23rd on CBS. The new Lethal Weapon series starts September 21st on FOX.

sonce it is on fox yo9u will e lucky to get 6 eps before the axe

garhkal · « **Reply #1446 on:** 29 August 2016, 15:43:03 »

Ah, so the new LW is a tv show, not a series of films..

elf25s · « **Reply #1447 on:** 29 August 2016, 16:45:28 »

Quote from: elf25s on 29 August 2016, 12:35:59

sonce it is on fox yo9u will e lucky to get 6 eps before the axe

damn noticed all the typing errors now...damn these tiny keyboards!

btw speaking of oldies there is one you may want to check out gray the digital target and wind called amnesia...
if really something awful is up your alley try some of the really early translations and dubs of creme lemon...the dubbing was awful and animation looked like it was on really low end even for anime

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #1448 on:** 29 August 2016, 17:28:25 »

Quote from: elf25s on 29 August 2016, 12:35:59

sonce it is on fox yo9u will e lucky to get 6 eps before the axe

It's not being directed by Joss Whedon, so I'm sure it'll get a full season.

elf25s · « **Reply #1449 on:** 31 August 2016, 19:52:40 »

went back and watched the whole of the prisoner(1967)
hammer into anvil still my fave

beachhead1985 · « **Reply #1450 on:** 31 August 2016, 21:38:05 »

Finally watched Blues Brothers for the first time in an un-edited-for-daytime-tv format.

Where has this collection of madness and destruction been all my life?

Blue Brothers 2000...not worth it, yes?

And Jeeze...Carrie Fisher...a one-woman walking advertisement for staying away from drugs? man she used to be cute!

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #1451 on:** 31 August 2016, 22:18:22 »

Don't bother with Blues Brothers 2000. Wasn't anywhere close to being as good.

I am Belch II · « **Reply #1452 on:** 31 August 2016, 22:53:36 »

Quote from: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 31 August 2016, 22:18:22

Don't bother with Blues Brothers 2000. Wasn't anywhere close to being as good.

It was horrible. Why was that movie created? I'm trying to think of one good part, I can't.

False Son · « **Reply #1453 on:** 01 September 2016, 15:16:02 »

Quote from: I am Belch II on 31 August 2016, 22:53:36

It was horrible. Why was that movie created? I'm trying to think of one good part, I can't.

Nostalgia cash in. What, you thought Hollywood only started pulling that trick recently?

I went back and happily rewatched the modern absurdist comedy called The Happening last night. It has this effect that whenever we see it in the TV guide every other program looses. Such a weirdly executed movie. As part of tradition we will have to go to the G Lodge where the diner scene was filmed.

garhkal · « **Reply #1454 on:** 01 September 2016, 15:22:06 »

Wasn't that the one Shamalalongdingdong film with Wahlberg in?

False Son · « **Reply #1455 on:** 01 September 2016, 15:31:04 »

Quote from: garhkal on 01 September 2016, 15:22:06

Wasn't that the one Shamalalongdingdong film with Wahlberg in?

Yep, and the deer in the headlights performance of Zoe Deschanel.

It doesn't help that M. Night is still making films in the region.

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #1456 on:** 01 September 2016, 16:17:32 »

That was the movie were everyone started to realize that he's really not a good filmmaker, wasn't it?

Kidd · « **Reply #1457 on:** 01 September 2016, 16:29:30 »

Watched Now You See Me 2. The problems I have with it multifarious, but mainly 1) even more unbelievable 'magic' than the first movie, and 2) new villain is actually old villain. Sigh.

Quote from: beachhead1985 on 31 August 2016, 21:38:05

And Jeeze...Carrie Fisher...a one-woman walking advertisement for staying away from drugs? man she used to be cute!

Elegant. Man, back then she could call you a scruffy little nerf-herder or any (adjective) little (noun) and you'd really believe it.

I heard somewhere she transferred her drug habit to diet Coke. Now there's advertisement potential right there! ;D

Quote from: False Son on 01 September 2016, 15:31:04

Yep, and the deer in the headlights performance of Zoe Deschanel.

Her selling point is mainly a whimsical-cute deer-in-the-headlights anyway, its just a matter of casting her in a role where that's exactly what you want ;D

beachhead1985 · « **Reply #1458 on:** 01 September 2016, 20:20:35 »

Quote from: I am Belch II on 31 August 2016, 22:53:36

It was horrible. Why was that movie created? I'm trying to think of one good part, I can't.

Quote from: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 31 August 2016, 22:18:22

Don't bother with Blues Brothers 2000. Wasn't anywhere close to being as good.

thanks guys. I'll skip it.

Tonight I started watching "the Thing!"

Wish me luck!

garhkal · « **Reply #1459 on:** 01 September 2016, 23:41:07 »

Quote from: Kidd on 01 September 2016, 16:29:30

Watched Now You See Me 2. The problems I have with it multifarious, but mainly 1) even more unbelievable 'magic' than the first movie, and 2) new villain is actually old villain. Sigh.

The only magic i felt was unbelievable was
A) all the doves coming out of Caplan jacket and Eisenberger doing that trick with the rain, then disappearing when he fell backwards.

False Son · « **Reply #1460 on:** 02 September 2016, 10:16:28 »

Quote from: MoneyLovinOgre4Hire on 01 September 2016, 16:17:32

That was the movie were everyone started to realize that he's really not a good filmmaker, wasn't it?

I think that was The Village. People were disappointed. They were furious that he inserted himself in Lady in the Water as the guy who would inspire a foretold savior.

Quote from: Kidd on 01 September 2016, 16:29:30

Her selling point is mainly a whimsical-cute deer-in-the-headlights anyway, its just a matter of casting her in a role where that's exactly what you want ;D

Which is already overused and insulting to everyone, but at least an established trope. Problem is, she's that character in situations that are supposed to be serious... ish? Again, confusing movie. There are times when you think she's a scumbag, and others where you think she is hung up on feeling guilty about things that are not that big a deal, all while she's looking permanently shocked and Mark Wahlberg permanently confused. The Honest Trailer points out lots of the faults.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVwtCU48Koo

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #1461 on:** 02 September 2016, 11:15:30 »

Quote from: False Son on 02 September 2016, 10:16:28

I think that was The Village. People were disappointed. They were furious that he inserted himself in Lady in the Water as the guy who would inspire a foretold savior.

And when The Happening came out, they figured out that the previous two weren't flukes.

Kidd · « **Reply #1462 on:** 02 September 2016, 13:24:13 »

Quote from: False Son on 02 September 2016, 10:16:28

The Honest Trailer points out lots of the faults.

Honest Trailers is frickin' hilarious ;D I was gonna say, "epic level miscast", but I'll go with "epic level mis-moviemaking".

Quote from: garhkal on 01 September 2016, 23:41:07

The only magic i felt was unbelievable was
A) all the doves coming out of Caplan jacket and Eisenberger doing that trick with the rain, then disappearing when he fell backwards.

Also better "hypnotism" mind control than Professor X, better card tricks than Gambit, a better teleportation sarcophagus than a Star Trek transporter, and a final reveal that inverted the entire concept of a magic trick to show the audience how it worked before showing the 'assistants', or for that matter, us, the viewers.

I was half just enjoying the Jesse Eisenberg-Woody Harrelson bromance ::) and Mark Ruffalo. The other two Horsemen were irritating.

garhkal · « **Reply #1463 on:** 02 September 2016, 16:18:42 »

Their "Bromance" was rather well done though.

I am Belch II · « **Reply #1464 on:** 02 September 2016, 19:37:36 »

Just rented Hologram for a King. Some of the Tom Hanks sometimes can't make a good movie, it would be boring.

Tymers Realm · « **Reply #1465 on:** 02 September 2016, 19:49:09 »

Quote from: False Son on 01 September 2016, 15:31:04

It doesn't help that M. Night is still making films in the region.

Wait...
He's still allowed to direct movies, after (Avatar) The Last Airbender?

Quote from: beachhead1985 on 01 September 2016, 20:20:35

Tonight I started watching "the Thing!"

Wish me luck!

Which one?

MoneyLovinOgre4Hire · « **Reply #1466 on:** 02 September 2016, 20:36:24 »

Quote from: Tymers Realm on 02 September 2016, 19:49:09

Wait...
He's still allowed to direct movies, after (Avatar) The Last Airbender?

Yes. He directed After Earth, that silly Will Smith movie from 2013 and The Visit which came out in 2015. And he's got a new film called Split coming out next year. He hasn't quite hit Uwe Boll levels of rock bottom, apparently.

beachhead1985 · « **Reply #1467 on:** 02 September 2016, 20:41:03 »

Quote from: Tymers Realm on 02 September 2016, 19:49:09

Which one?

The one from the 80s. Dunno if i want to see the prequel from 2011.

garhkal · « **Reply #1468 on:** 02 September 2016, 22:34:06 »

Quote from: Tymers Realm on 02 September 2016, 19:49:09

Wait...
He's still allowed to direct movies, after (Avatar) The Last Airbender?

OI. I liked the last airbender. I feel it was a pity though that the sequels were done in cartoon only.. I would have LOVED to see a RL sequel.

Though i do note, reading his IMDB page, he has had a role in many of his films....

Brother Jim · « **Reply #1469 on:** 03 September 2016, 08:11:48 »

I'm going to rewatch Pacific Rim (2013) tonight @8PM on TNT.