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So I saw the life of chuck last night. i dont think i could recommend it to every one, because i can totally see some people thinking it's boring, but it's my kind of movie. It's charming, and the way it talks about math and science sometimes speaks my language. if i could describe it without saying anything about the plot, it's a simple story told in an interesting way.
 
A Monster Calls

Liam Neeson has been many things, but I think this is the only time he has voiced a tree. Or at least a monster residing within the tree. He comes out at night to tell stories to a kid who is afraid that his mother will die to cancer.

The film is melancholic and quite slow. I think the makers weren't sure who is the target audience for this, as I found it to be too scary for kids, but too naive for adults. I doubt I have any reason to ever watch this again.
 
All the Kings Men (99) - It is a great film about a company of British soldiers lost in WW1. 4/5
 
Just saw a general insurance commercial with Shaq and bumblebee.

What ever happened to a bumblebee sequel? Right after the insurance commercial Josh Allen had one about night time gummies. It was weird seeing those 2 back to back and really made me wonder about that movie (Josh Allen is married to Hailey steinfeld)
 
I started Ballerina last night. Didn't finish it, started it too late, I'll finish it today. Liked what I saw so far, but just wanted to say that Ana de Armas is one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen. She is absolutely stunning.
 
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I started Ballerina last night. Didn't finish it, started it too late, I'll finish it today. Liked what I saw so far, but just wanted to say that Ana de Armas is one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen. She is absolutely stunning.
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This is not the half watched movies thread.
 
Heads of State. This is streaming tripe, but it is FUN streaming tripe. Cena and Elba got charm for days, it is surprisingly competent with the action, and while it has that weird flat muted color palate popular these days it is quite dynamic to actually watch. VERY hackneyed plot, you will have it all figured out in the first 5 minutes, but that's not really the point. It has some shockingly good violence in parts as well.

This could have been a Schwarzenegger/Carl Weathers flick from 1987. It's good 4th of July drinking beer watching.
 
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Heads of State. This is streaming tripe, but it is FUN streaming tripe. Cena and Elba got charm for days, it is surprisingly competent with the action, and while it has that weird flat muted color palate popular these days it is quite dynamic to actually watch. VERY hackneyed plot, you will have it all figured out in the first 5 minutes, but that's not really the point. It has some shockingly good violence in parts as well.

This could have been a Schwarzenegger/Carl Weathers flick from 1987. It's good 4th of July drinking beer watching.
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Watched it while unable to sleep tonight. I enjoyed it, the little montage scenes and Jack Quaid's character especially.
 
Galaxy Quest

Happened to read about this being a parody of Star Trek and scifi-fandom as a whole, I thought why now. The 4K disc was also on sale. It's a fun parody of cheap scifi TV, where they somehow got huge names to play the starring roles. Of course the CGI is dated, the film is over 25 years old at this point. I wonder how it felt watching back then, when the Star Trek era that began with TNG was starting to wind down, and maybe some of the actors where actually in this situation.
 
Watched F1 the other night and it was an absolute blast. Especially for someone that isn't into F1

Brad Pitt was great in the movie and I also liked Damson Idris. I highly recommend the movie
 
Jurassic World: Rebirth

The newest part of the Jurassic Park saga kust came out, and I just walked out of theater. I think it's as entertaining as the previous movies were, but doesn't really offer anything new or surprising. Best thing to do is just enjoy the ride, it's not too long this time either. Most of the time dino action is fun to watch, and I had my share of fun with this. At least for one watch.
 
Like how dipshits are breaking embargo over superman. I'm not historically a DC guy and I'm super hyped for this movie. It looks great. Its got fucking krypro in it!!!

The variety guy lamented that there were too many superheroes in the movie...what a fuckong retarded thing to say. I have faith in Gunn. Did these idiots do any research or forget that endgame had Like 100 characters? So barin dead
 
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Galaxy Quest

Happened to read about this being a parody of Star Trek and scifi-fandom as a whole, I thought why now. The 4K disc was also on sale. It's a fun parody of cheap scifi TV, where they somehow got huge names to play the starring roles. Of course the CGI is dated, the film is over 25 years old at this point. I wonder how it felt watching back then, when the Star Trek era that began with TNG was starting to wind down, and maybe some of the actors where actually in this situation.
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I watched it in the early 2000s and really enjoyed it. It definitely had cult status back then like idiocarcy, half baked, big lebowski, and others.
 
Quiz Lady

Awkwafina, Sandra Oh and Will Ferrell. It wasn't as bad as those 3 make it sound. Awkwafina is a social recluse who is avoided at work. She watches a teatime quiz show hosted by Ferrell every day for 20 years and when her gambling addict mother flees leaving her to pay her debts her sister Sandra Oh pushes her to go on the show to make money.

It was what it was. Simple premise, simple resolution but I mention it for the strange reason that none of the side plots or characters matter at all. No people other than the 3 I mentioned are really relevant and even her sister could be removed. It's truly bizarre and has thing's like kidnaped dogs, hallucinogenic drugs, Paul Reubens, flashbacks, a man role playing as Benjamin Franklin and shitting in holes and none of it affects the the plot or changes the fact that she likes a show and goes on the show.

Even winning loads of money on the show doesn't matter as her sister sued a company and got even more.
 
jason10mm said:
Are you familiar with ANY of Tarantinos work?
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I've seen most of his movies and have watched reservoir dogs multiple times. I had just kinda forgotten how often the characters were casually racist for laughs and would have waited till my son was a bit older before watching it if I'd remembered.
 
The Gorge
Basically a good Resident Evil movie. A bit long for this style of movie, but they took the time to develop the characters and relationship which pays off in the end.
Action is good, audio & music choice are good, no deconstructionist bullshit, no trauma ending, just straightforward stuff.
Not great, a bit generic, but Anya's always fun, her accent turns on and off randomly here. maybe a 7 overall, but for this kind of movie it's 8/10.
 
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Confess, Fletch (on paramount+). This is the 2022 Jon Hamm flick. I LOVE the Chevy Chase movies, even read a few of the books waaaay back in the day. This one has a lot of the wit and twists you'd expect. Hamm can't quite hit the charm of Chase but he's close. It is a fun whodunit with low stakes but amusing situations. Alas, like you'd expect from a film made after 2020, it has a few slaps of the woke brush that feel very out of place and are totally unnecessary for the story at any level. But oh well.
 
Bad boys for life & ride or die. I'd give them both 6-7/10, and Reggie a 10, boy took care of the family.

Underwater, with Kristen Stewart. It was pretty good but the Imdb listing has me confused.
there are characters called godmother and poseidon patty but I don't remember seeing them
 
Escape from L.A.

Another part in the saga of "Cult classic gets a sequel 15 years later, fails at box office". Only the star Kurt Russell returns for his role as Snake Plissken, all the other characters are new. This time a totalitarian president has taken over USA as a lifelong dictator, while an earthquake has cut Los Angeles from mainland. All the wrongthinkers are sent there permanently. Plissken is sent there to retrieve a controller for a doomsday weapon that could kill all technology and send the human race back to middle ages.

The biggest problem in this film is the dated CGI and use of blue/green screen, which look extremely dated. Otherwise the film works well, moves ahead in a good pace, and ends in a way that I did not anticipate. Shame there was no extra material on the 4K disc, it would have been interesting to hear more about making of this film.
 
poppabk said:
I've seen most of his movies and have watched reservoir dogs multiple times. I had just kinda forgotten how often the characters were casually racist for laughs and would have waited till my son was a bit older before watching it if I'd remembered.
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Cutting off ears is OK, though?
 
Watched Sinners on HBO Max on Saturday.

I thought it was okay overall. Some great scenes, but lots of boring parts honestly. Also terrible blood effects in some scenes. Straight up looked like pasta sauce.

Great acting across the board.
 
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Bring Her Back:

Really liked this one. From the creators of Talk To Me which is also very good. I think I liked this more. It was extremely unsettling and downright difficult to watch at times. There has been a recent trend in horror of replacing jump scares with moments of body horror that skeeve you the fuck out, and this movie had a lot of that. But it wasn't in there just to be there, it fit in with the plot of the movie. I really liked the acting and where the story of this one went.
 
Sonic 3. This goes in the <5/10 pile to never be thought about again or rewatched ever. I couldn't pinpoint a specific thing about it but the whole thing was just bleh and unenjoyable.
 
Mark Felt: The Secret Man

A biopic of an FBI agent who exposed corruption in the White House, or something like that. Quite boring film, to be honest. It didn't really have anything to hold my interest. Even Liam Needon's charisma couldn't save it.
 
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear

The first Naked Gun was a hilarious success, so of course they made a sequel. The laughs are as good as the first one, and hit like a truck. Can't say if this was better or worse than the first one, but definitely worth a watch.
 
Watched Knives Out: Glass Onion.
Was entertaining but not anywhere as good as the first one. Weird seeing Edward Norton in a movie though, haven't seen him in anything for ages.
 


I saw Ran for the first time last night and thought it was incredible. I realise "This Akira Kurosawa guy had a pretty good career huh?" is kind of an obvious statement but it's remarkable that he was going for something so ambitious, and pulling it off, late into his career like this. Also, especially for someone who mostly worked in black and white, the use of colour in this was amazing.
 
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Gave Dredd a rewatch, it remains a fucking cracking film. Karl Urban is a brilliant judge and Lena Heady is is properly menacing, plus the always beautiful Olivia Thirlby.
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I rewatched that the other day! What a film!

I thought they nailed the 2000AD Dredd perfectly and Urban knocked it out the park. Its shocking to think how many awsome stories the comic had and could be made into more films, even a series, with Urban..

Yet won't be.

Because that would make sense, I guess.
 
Sinners 5/10
Extremely slow opening, could shave a good hour to an hour and a half off and nothing would be missed. Makes me appreciate movies like Feast more which has a ton of character development and starts right into the action.

Brick (2025) 7/10
Interesting concept with some slow parts. Always enjoy a good mystery however.
 
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I saw Ran for the first time last night and thought it was incredible. I realise "This Akira Kurosawa guy had a pretty good career huh?" is kind of an obvious statement but it's remarkable that he was making going for something so ambitious, and pulling it off, late into his career like this. Also, especially for someone who mostly worked in black and white, the use of colour in this was amazing.
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Such a great movie, the sons were so foolish to not listen to the father.
 
Riff Raff

Not sure how this one slipped under the radar.
Fantastic cast, great, funny story.

Solid 8/10
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