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Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is god tier. I watched with my sister on a long haul flight and it was so wonderfully awful. Everything was bad. Everything was so so bad. Loved it.
 
Chronic (2015) - ★★☆☆☆
This was more of an insight into how it is working with terminally ill, what they go through and what it is. There isn't much of a plot here, and there's just one "twist" so to speak, that really doesn't go anywhere. The movie is very slow paced, which is something the intro cements as you'll spend more than a minute in the same frame without anything happening. There's a lot of these long scenes, so you got to be in the mood for a slow paced film that let's you peek into this world of terminally ill people.
 
Spent the past week watching Taboo.
It grew on me a bit and Tom Hardy grunting his way through was fun, but almost everything about it felt so incredibly dull, safe and predictable.
Still in for seaosn 2 though.
 
I watched Once Upon A Time In The West(1968) on Friday. It's been on my Netflix watchlist, but I was reminded of it when someone mentioned it earlier in the thread. Haven't watched many classic Westerns, but I wasn't as impressed with this as I expected, considering it's kinda supposed to be the pinnacle of Spaghetti Westerns.
The production design is absolutely amazing, and felt generally authentic. Also, just all the detail on the characters, like grime and sweat, really helps sell the setting. I also really appreciated how Leone isn't afraid to hold a static shot, and just let us absorb the image. The opening scene with the three bandits waiting at the train station was fantastic.
That being said, the movie as a whole felt overly long and the middle dragged quite a bit. Also felt the plot was a little thin, though I'm sure at the time it felt more novel. Didn't really love any of the characters (except Jason Robards, who had some great lines). Also Claudia Cardinale is just gorgeous.
Overall I'd give it a 4/5, mainly for the cinematography and production.
 
UrbanRats said:
Spent the past week watching Taboo.
It grew on me a bit and Tom Hardy grunting his way through was fun, but almost everything about it felt so incredibly dull, safe and predictable.
Still in for seaosn 2 though.
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Having Hardy walk around so sure of everything and arrogant that he will come out on top no matter the odds was super fun to watch. Loved the hell out of the season, despite the flaws. I hope some of the uncertain cast members come back (
Mrs Delaney and Tom Hollander
).
 
kevin1025 said:
Having Hardy walk around so sure of everything and arrogant that he will come out on top no matter the odds was super fun to watch. Loved the hell out of the season, despite the flaws. I hope some of the uncertain cast members come back (
Mrs Delaney and Tom Hollander
).
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Yeah
the chemist
was the secondary character i really liked, bummer.
 
smisk said:
I watched Once Upon A Time In The West(1968) on Friday. It's been on my Netflix watchlist, but I was reminded of it when someone mentioned it earlier in the thread. Haven't watched many classic Westerns, but I wasn't as impressed with this as I expected, considering it's kinda supposed to be the pinnacle of Spaghetti Westerns.
The production design is absolutely amazing, and felt generally authentic. Also, just all the detail on the characters, like grime and sweat, really helps sell the setting. I also really appreciated how Leone isn't afraid to hold a static shot, and just let us absorb the image. The opening scene with the three bandits waiting at the train station was fantastic.
That being said, the movie as a whole felt overly long and the middle dragged quite a bit. Also felt the plot was a little thin, though I'm sure at the time it felt more novel. Didn't really love any of the characters (except Jason Robards, who had some great lines). Also Claudia Cardinale is just gorgeous.
Overall I'd give it a 4/5, mainly for the cinematography and production.
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"For A Few Dollars More" and "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly" are definitely more fun movies imo. Check those out if you haven't already.

Plus I find OUATITW has more impact when you see the progression of how Leone got to where he was, and how he built the repertoire of techniques to stretch to thier limits in the movie.
 
OUATITW is a bunch of badass people doing badass things, slowly. It's very operatic. The music. The slow pans. The walks. The sparse lines. Like Net_Wrecker said, it's Leone evolving to a certain state he kept developing in years before. A process of distillation.

And Claudia Cardinale. Sweet Mother of Jesus. She looks like an angel next to the strong features of all male figures.
 
Once Upon a Time in the West is still super high on my watchlist, need to get around to that soon. I loved The Good, The Bad & The Ugly so I have a feeling that I will like OUaTitW as well.

Personal Shopper was unfortunately kind of a boring mess. The movie was indecisive at certain key points on which way it wanted to go thematically and plot wise. However, it did have some incredibly well made scenes and Kristen Stewart was excellent. Unfortunately, this movie fell way short of Clouds of Sils Maria.
 
Fast & Furious 6 (2013) - ★★★★☆
I watched Fast & Furious 1-5 last year, so I was a little out of it, and small things I couldn't remember, but the movie does a great job at getting you up to speed. I had such a blast with this one, and didn't expect that. I absolutely loved the cast, but I am annoyed at how the film pissed on Elena; I really wanted her to be part of the family, but then of course, his love comes back. I'm also sad about what happens to three other characters. Loved seeing Gina in this, and that mid-credits scene was the holy prayer. Loved it!
 
Hmm, these impressions of OUaTitW are making me wonder whether I want to bury almost 3 hours into it, but I'll keep it on the short list for now.

Watching The Big Lebowski now and it's amazing so far.
 
Even though I like man with no name the most out of Leone's characters (and Tuco is hella entertaining as well), once upon a time in the west is best Leone imo

Damn shame we couldn't get the 3 leads from good the bad and the ugly in the beginning like it was intended. That would have been tight
 
Your Name.: Amazingly, the "Freaky Friday with romance" premise behind this film is the least crazy thing that occurs in it, but even when it goes down the route that it does in its second half, I was rather impressed by how well they managed to keep you invested in our heroes. I think it really helped that the first half is as whimsical as it is, as they explore the high jinks one can get into when put into this situation (for a PG-rated film, there sure is a lot of self-groping!) while still feeling pretty innocent and throwing in some interesting relationship snags with the people in their respective lives as they get into the habit of doing things that are probably for their counterpart's own good. Once the film shifts gears as dramatically as it does, you find a lot of perspective and a newfound appreciation for how much they spent time on exploring the characters as the film raises the stakes, making you root for them to get over the near-insurmountable task that lies ahead of them. There are some dopey moments in the film that don't make much sense, particularly a strange moment as the twist finishes revealing itself that never gets brought up again and a somewhat unsatisfactory aspect to how the big problem is resolved that feels like a stretch to just leave it as it was, and it's probably about 10 minutes too long in its last half hour as one gets the sense that the director really wanted to ratchet up the uncertainty of how everything will resolve itself without coming up with a more efficient way. But for as egregious as those flaws seem in isolation, it really does say a lot about how well the emotional core of the film is handled that I was able to buy into its insane premise and twists and found myself highly entertained and kinda moved by how much I gave a crap about how these two. It also helps that the aesthetic qualities of the film are absolutely top-notch, and there is a generally great flow to the editing that manages to keep track of all the developments with crystal-like clarity while still being rather stylish. Throw that all together, and it's hard not to be won over by its sincerity and positive vibes.
 
Officer Downe When this first kicked off I thought it would be like Wolfcop which I loved but it spends way too much time wasting time and not enough time in psycho action land. It has a good Lobo style comic feel to it but just doesn't fully deliver on that. Too bad because I did enjoy it for a while.
 
smisk said:
I watched Once Upon A Time In The West(1968) on Friday. It's been on my Netflix watchlist, but I was reminded of it when someone mentioned it earlier in the thread. Haven't watched many classic Westerns, but I wasn't as impressed with this as I expected, considering it's kinda supposed to be the pinnacle of Spaghetti Westerns.
The production design is absolutely amazing, and felt generally authentic. Also, just all the detail on the characters, like grime and sweat, really helps sell the setting. I also really appreciated how Leone isn't afraid to hold a static shot, and just let us absorb the image. The opening scene with the three bandits waiting at the train station was fantastic.
That being said, the movie as a whole felt overly long and the middle dragged quite a bit. Also felt the plot was a little thin, though I'm sure at the time it felt more novel. Didn't really love any of the characters (except Jason Robards, who had some great lines). Also Claudia Cardinale is just gorgeous.
Overall I'd give it a 4/5, mainly for the cinematography and production.
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Much like Once Upon A Time In America this is one film where I'd never get bored off. I always keep coming back for that scenery, music & characters. Even though its a slow burn, it's meticulously well done. You feel the environment as you get soaked up in it, it's interesting that Leone actually had the music recorded first and then did the entire film around the music(it shows). Personally though, Once Upon A Time In America has way more impact on me because of how the film deals with dreams, memories and regrets as we go through most of the main character's life, both are damn amazing films though.

Once Upon A Time In The West - Jill's theme
Once Upon A Time In America Theme

So fucking good, unf.
 
The Big Lebowski (1998) - goddamn but Jeff Bridges can act, can't he? I mean, look at this guy's career. Just amazing. And here is the "Dude," a lazy guy who just wants to bowl and smoke some weed and get on with life. He gets tossed into the middle of a mess of events surrounding another guy named Lebowski. Hilarity ensues. There were quite a few laugh out loud moments, but mostly this was just amusing af and Bridges was the centerpiece for that. Oh, and John Goodman is a riot as the somewhat unhinged friend Walter. So many great performances here, including John Turtorro's Jesus. Really enjoyed this one.

4.5 / 5

Son #1 has decided on X-Men: Apocalypse tonight so ... wish me luck!
 
BvS is dope. and how old is he btw? I feel like Unbreakable might be dull for people under like...13-14.

When I first saw it as a kid I was pretty damn bored by it haha. but yeah later on when I rewatched it I found it to be one of the best of the genre for sure.
 
Well I said I was going to do this, and I'm not one to turn my back on FAMILY, so let's ride...
(This is me, watching the entire Fast & Furious franchise, start to end, for the first time.)

The Fast and the Furious (6.5/10) - Yup, pretty much a poor man's Point Break. But for all that, still a decent and fun action movie. I liked Toretto and his family, but thought Brian's characterization was weak and his arc sort of unconvincing (part of that may just be how well Paul Walker can sell it, which is not much). It's also quite a silly film, from Toretto's whack philosophy ("I live my life a quarter mile at a time, nothing else matters"... but what about FAMILY?) to the hilarious special effects in that first racing scene (whether or not this was cool at the time, it's dated to the point now of looking like a Saturday morning cartoon). And it's also an uneven film because none of that silliness prepared me for how white knuckle it can get, with some genuinely engaging action scenes full of impressive, practical stunt work (Vince hanging off the side of the tractor trailer was a great sequence, even if Paul Walker's stunt double was hilariously front and center in every other shot). Overall, it was lean, entertaining and even a little endearing. The silliness and sincerity reaches its apex in that final scene, which is almost shocking good in how it summarizes the entire film, and the differences (and similarities) between Toretto and O'Connor, with one final symbolic drag race (and some cool, iconic imagery to top it all off). A mild thumbs up for this first installment.

2 Fast 2 Furious (5/10) - The weirdest part of stepping into this movie is realizing how much of the first film's abrupt ending (so many people get shot and the end, and it's like, who lives? who dies? what even happens now?) is just going to remain forgotten. Instead, we jump into the future, to Miami, to catch up with Brian O'Connor, who now lives in bad, cliché sequels. It's hilarious how many beats this film repeats without shame (you're not a cop anymore, but we have another undercover assignment for you). And if the first film is a poor man's Point Break, the crime plot in this thing is like a poor man's random episode of CSI: Miami. The film also takes the time to work through Brian's backstory, as if to retroactively make his decisions in the first film make a little more sense (there is one conversation that specifically addresses the ending of the first film), but it also just makes explicit things that probably could or should have been inferred in the first film, if it was a better film (or Paul Walker a better actor). The saving grace is Roman Pearce, a friend from Brian's past who gets dragged into the plot, and ends up being the only source of energy and levity (the backstory here is contrived as hell, but Tyrese is such an eager sport that he almost makes it work; and it's a miracle that these two have any chemistry at all, really, but Walker even manages to loosen up and become more convincing as the movie goes on). Overall, kinda of a lousy sequel. It has more action than the first movie, but none of it is as good. (But I did like all of the close-ups of eyes, squinting and darting back and forth, during the film's opening race; it was like a brief glimpse into a parallel world where Sergio Leone was making Fast & Furious sequels.) Also, it was neat I guess to see the introduction of a couple of the franchise's big players (I assume? I'm pretty sure I saw both Tyrese and Ludacris in the trailer for the new movie), but it does beg one important question... what happened to Ja Rule???

Anyways, off to watch Tokyo Drift now.
 
Discotheque said:
BvS is dope. and how old is he btw? I feel like Unbreakable might be dull for people under like...13-14.

When I first saw it as a kid I was pretty damn bored by it haha. but yeah later on when I rewatched it I found it to be one of the best of the genre for sure.
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He's 19. Home from college for the weekend. To be fair, he's a HUUUUUGE Marvel fan.
 
Cripplegate said:
Well I said I was going to do this, and I'm not one to turn my back on FAMILY, so let's ride...
(This is me, watching the entire Fast & Furious franchise, start to end, for the first time.)

The Fast and the Furious (6.5/10) - Yup, pretty much a poor man's Point Break. But for all that, still a decent and fun action movie. I liked Toretto and his family, but thought Brian's characterization was weak and his arc sort of unconvincing (part of that may just be how well Paul Walker can sell it, which is not much). It's also quite a silly film, from Toretto's whack philosophy ("I live my life a quarter mile at a time, nothing else matters"... but what about FAMILY?) to the hilarious special effects in that first racing scene (whether or not this was cool at the time, it's dated to the point now of looking like a Saturday morning cartoon). And it's also an uneven film because none of that silliness prepared me for how white knuckle it can get, with some genuinely engaging action scenes full of impressive, practical stunt work (Vince hanging off the side of the tractor trailer was a great sequence, even if Paul Walker's stunt double was hilariously front and center in every other shot). Overall, it was lean, entertaining and even a little endearing. The silliness and sincerity reaches its apex in that final scene, which is almost shocking good in how it summarizes the entire film, and the differences (and similarities) between Toretto and O'Connor, with one final symbolic drag race (and some cool, iconic imagery to top it all off). A mild thumbs up for this first installment.

2 Fast 2 Furious (5/10) - The weirdest part of stepping into this movie is realizing how much of the first film's abrupt ending (so many people get shot and the end, and it's like, who lives? who dies? what even happens now?) is just going to remain forgotten. Instead, we jump into the future, to Miami, to catch up with Brian O'Connor, who now lives in bad, cliché sequels. It's hilarious how many beats this film repeats without shame (you're not a cop anymore, but we have another undercover assignment for you). And if the first film is a poor man's Point Break, the crime plot in this thing is like a poor man's random episode of CSI: Miami. The film also takes the time to work through Brian's backstory, as if to retroactively make his decisions in the first film make a little more sense (there is one conversation that specifically addresses the ending of the first film), but it also just makes explicit things that probably could or should have been inferred in the first film, if it was a better film (or Paul Walker a better actor). The saving grace is Roman Pearce, a friend from Brian's past who gets dragged into the plot, and ends up being the only source of energy and levity (the backstory here is contrived as hell, but Tyrese is such an eager sport that he almost makes it work; and it's a miracle that these two have any chemistry at all, really, but Walker even manages to loosen up and become more convincing as the movie goes on). Overall, kinda of a lousy sequel. It has more action than the first movie, but none of it is as good. (But I did like all of the close-ups of eyes, squinting and darting back and forth, during the film's opening race; it was like a brief glimpse into a parallel world where Sergio Leone was making Fast & Furious sequels.) Also, it was neat I guess to see the introduction of a couple of the franchise's big players (I assume? I'm pretty sure I saw both Tyrese and Ludacris in the trailer for the new movie), but it does beg one important question... what happened to Ja Rule???

Anyways, off to watch Tokyo Drift now.
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Your opinions on Tokyo drift will decide how I view your post for the rest of the year :)
 
Out of Sight: 6/10. Kind of a dry run for Ocean's Eleven, a far superior movie. Didn't buy the romance for a second, also didn't buy Don Cheadle as a ruthless gangsta. It was weird, it must have been just before Don Cheadle became Don Cheadle but still needed work but was also black. I never really watched a lot of Jennifer Lopez movies since she was only in shit movies, but she really did have a big butt.
Out of the Blue: 7/10. This deserves a higher rating that I'm giving it. There's some really, really interesting stuff going on in this. The ending is like... just wow wtf. Stars Linda Manz (from Days of Heaven) who I always loved (I think unlike most people) and she rules in this. Really too bad she was never in more stuff, she could have been the next Kristen Stewart. Meanders a bit too much for me to rate higher, too many shots of Dennis Hopper driving a tractor through the dump while Neil Young plays. If I ever rewatch it's getting an 8 at least.
Frantz: 8/10. Added to my watchlist from one of Expendable's what are you watching this month threads. Turns out those things are actually good for something, one of the best new movies I've seen in months. I'm also really drawn to this time period (Germany in the ninteeen teens) for some reason, also why I love White Ribbon so much. I guess just because we all know what happens, but it didn't have to, and it's interesting to hear all the little stories that got us there.
 
Well now it's my turn.

Once Upon A Time In The West: I can't say much that hasn't already been said. It's slow, but it's very nice to look at. It's a good movie, though the harmonica music can be grating.
 
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) - ok I liked this. Maybe my expectations were so low because of the critical/GAF reaction, and there are some pretty gaping flaws in it, but I can't deny it wasn't a fun ride.

Quicksilver doing his thing is always great. The X-Men coming together to win in the end was great, regardless of the logic bringing them together being thin. The opening was pretty cool; I liked the effects as the pyramid was coming down: those dudes having their flesh completely zapped and the one dude being basically turned into a tiny little box.

But overall this was waaaaaay too dependent on CGI. And it suffers from the "we have this all powerful being and ... um, how do we kill him again?" No one has done it as well as Aladdin: "Phenomenal cosmic POWER!!! ... itty bitty living space." I didn't quite get why Apocalypse couldn't just connect to everyone through Charles and turn everyone non-mutant into dust. I mean I know why, the movie would end right there. But there was never any rule set established for him.

Also, obvious deus ex machina with Sansa Grey going all Dark Lady Galadriel. But again, hard not to go "fuck yeah!" when it happened.

Anyway, yes, flaws, gaping holes, etc. ... but still fun. I hit the "like" button on letterboxd.

3.5 / 5 (son doesn't get grounded)
 
I'm a big fan of Singer's work on the xmen franchise but that one just left me feeling mostly bored and disappointed.

I will say that Egypt opening was freaking awesome though. Got a bit of Stephen Sommers' Mummy vibe from it, combined with superhero powers.
 
Discotheque said:
BvS is dope. and how old is he btw? I feel like Unbreakable might be dull for people under like...13-14.

When I first saw it as a kid I was pretty damn bored by it haha. but yeah later on when I rewatched it I found it to be one of the best of the genre for sure.
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The first two thirds, that is.

Then, much like Man of Steel, it devolves into loud, bland, and boring trite. Maybe my opinion will change after seeing the Ultimate Edition, which I'm interested in seeing, but I really really disliked the final 45 minutes or so. The rest of the movie is a top 10 CBM though, particularly because of the gorgeous cinematography, awesome Batfleck action, and the Flash moment.

On the topic of this thread; rewatching the Lion King tonight for the first time in about 5 years, excluding the one time I saw the musical a couple years ago, lol. Hopefully it's still as good as I remember it being.
 
Best things about that movie

-quicksilver

-young mutants

-magneto trying to win an Oscar again


That is about it. I am so happy new mutants will stray from the singerverse.
 
aiight guys, whats everyone's favorite (or least disliked for many of you haha) Paul W. S. Anderson movie?

Personally it might be Three Musketeers for me
 
Discotheque said:
aiight guys, whats everyone's favorite (or least disliked for many of you haha) Paul W. S. Anderson movie?

Personally it might be Three Musketeers for me
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Event Horizon.

The Resident Evil moves, Mortal Kombat, and Three Musketeers are all average to good. The rest is fucking garbage though, and not in an enjoyable way like the RE movies or MK.
 
REs, Mortal Kombat and Musketeers are the ones I'll ride for.

Event Horizon I cant even really fuck with because I unfavorably end up comparing it to the movie Sam Neill made with John Carpenter a few years prior.

Musketeers is hilarious btw.
 
Just watched The Problem with the Curve... sort of scratching my head how this ended up so jumbled. maybe if they spent less time making the dad a copy of his character in Gran Torino, and focused more on highlighting the peanut boy it wouldn't have come as such a far fetched and ridiculous plot point. also, the heavy emphasis on the batters crappy attitude had zero to do with why they [edit] made a bad pick, it was just done to make you hate him for no particular reason but hey he also can't hit curve balls... except him can but only can't when his hands shift and you hear some magic sound and a random introvert who happens to be the next Cliff Lee pitches against him... ugh, i was really hoping this was going to be good.
 
Bats vs Soups: Ultimate This is just one of the few blurays I bought and ignored all weekend until now. First, I don't get the hate. Now I watched the Ultimate edition but aside from the whole
Doomsday
thing I thought this was pretty damn good.
Doomsday
wasn't the best cgi out there even though it was kind of cool looking but that part was kind of meh for me. Otherwise I thought this was pretty decent. The cast was pretty good too and for having so many well known people star in it I thought they all had decent billing throughout the run time.

Paul WS? Resident Evil at number one easily but AvP is not far off. Then I'd put Mortal Kombat and finally Event Horizon out of the stuff that matters.
 
Cripplegate said:
I actually liked Soldier back in the day, but I don't remember anything about it now.
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I remember the VHS had a editing fuck-up, that the older soldier gets overtaken during running exercise by a younger one, and that there is a fun little setup scene during his training with the 'save the hostage' trope scene and instead he wastes the shit out of both hostage and target (he then exchanges looks with the guy next to him in a 'well it worked, didn't it' type manner without having dialogue on it. That was great). Now that's my kinda guy.

I always find it so awful when a video game goes "oh no you can't do that", like, motherfucker this is a fucking warzone and you're pulling moral high ground on me versus me wanting to stay not-dead because I wasted my time on moral bullshit? Fuck yooouuu.
I liked that the movie was smart enough to admit that morals in battle get you killed. Somehow, in the two decades since, video games have yet to figure that out. Well, except Xcom, but that's bordering on sadomasochism. But still, I'll take that over moral bullshit in video games any day. I like my shit complex, thank you very much.

(seriously, I could full Samuel L. Jackson on that shit and keep going for a long ass time, but I think this will do)
 
Just watched Your Name which wasn't bad. It makes the latest in a string of sad anime movies I've been psyched for to see, though, e.g. Wolf Children, The Boy and the Beast, and this. I'd rank 'em in terms of amount of tissues and amount of held breaths in that order, though, from greatest to least. Plus, The Boy and the Beast, while not astoundingly great and imperfect in some ways, nails the singularity and dynamic of its characters and setting in such a notable way that I would call it a hidden gem. It's also a rollercoaster ride of hotblooded love, playfulness, moments of real ecstasy, and dark troubles. Now I feel like going for a re-watch....

That said, it was a fun night, and Your Name was a winsome movie.
 
Freeza Under The Shower said:
I remember the VHS had a editing fuck-up, that the older soldier gets overtaken during running exercise by a younger one, and that there is a fun little setup scene during his training with the 'save the hostage' trope scene and instead he wastes the shit out of both hostage and target (he then exchanges looks with the guy next to him in a 'well it worked, didn't it' type manner without having dialogue on it. That was great). Now that's my kinda guy.

I always find it so awful when a video game goes "oh no you can't do that", like, motherfucker this is a fucking warzone and you're pulling moral high ground on me versus me wanting to stay not-dead because I wasted my time on moral bullshit? Fuck yooouuu.
I liked that the movie was smart enough to admit that morals in battle get you killed.
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What a weirdo tangent. You're forgetting that the rest of the movie is about Kurt Russell becoming a goody two-shoes on behalf of some helpless refugees, and then using his good-guy status to single-handedly wipe out an army of genetically engineered fascist creeps.
 
Discotheque said:
aiight guys, whats everyone's favorite (or least disliked for many of you haha) Paul W. S. Anderson movie?
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I haven't seen all of his movies and certainly don't remember all of them in great detail, but I have a soft spot for Alien vs Predator. Last time I saw that was 2010, so take that opinion with a grain of salt.
 
For my continuing Nic Cage month, I decided to go back and take a look at one of his older films I'd missed: Bringing Out the Dead (1999). It was ... weird, I guess, watching Scorsese's take on this manic, often abstract style that came and went rather quickly in the 90's. He was really heavy handed with his signature barrage of 70's rock - to the detriment of the film really. Uneven but entertaining. It was just begging for an epic Cage meltdown that never came, sadly.

Rogue One. What a beautiful film. It captured the essence of the old films while somehow making them seem even richer in my memory. The world felt authentic to Star Wars. The costume designs, adherence to the original visuals of interiors and technology, everything. It made me wish I could play Knights of the Old Republic for the first time again. That was the feeling I got from this movie. Great cameos and homages. A terrific and haunting score. I don't think I would have liked it if it had ended any other way. Vader
materializing from a crawling darkness like a Lovecraftian horror
gave six year old me the chills.
 
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