Baroquemantic
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Yeah, he was great!
Yooooooo, what? I never knew that. Or at least I don't remember. That's awesome.
lowkey best part is teenage J.Cole in the crowd
Movies You've Seen Recently |OT| August 2016
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Definitely check out Manhunter as well. Tons of Mann-magic on display.
DreadfulOmen
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yea i really liked station agent too.
Fancy Clown
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Washed the filth of Jason Bourne out my mouth by cracking open The New World criterion and watching the extended cut. I know I should stop being surprised by how gorgeous Malick's movies are, but I can't help it. Absolutely stunning. There were a lot of interesting editing choices for this film (again par for the course with Malick), with inter-titles, and lots of jump cuts. I thought the first half of the film was quite a bit stronger than the second, which I think dragged a little. It certainly made me curious about the other two cuts, which may improve the totality of the film for me (a real shame that criterion only restored the extended cut with a new transfer though). It's not my favorite Malick that I've seen, but it's still damn good.
bananafactory
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Watched a ton of movies this weekend
The Big Short - Fantastic but made me feel dumb. The movie did its best to explain but a lot of it was still lost on me.
Everybody Wants Some - Funny and sweet, not as good as Dazed and Confused but still a great ride back in time
Safety Not Guaranteed - Absolutely loved it. Great cast and chemistry and a great balance between humour and more somber topics like regret and missed chances
Inside Llewyn Davis - Oh my god was Oscar Isaac incredible in this. Instantly one of my favourite Coen bros films even if it's not as rewatchable as some. A great ending that leaves a lot of questions and room for interpretation - but somehow was still satisfying
The Big Short - Fantastic but made me feel dumb. The movie did its best to explain but a lot of it was still lost on me.
Everybody Wants Some - Funny and sweet, not as good as Dazed and Confused but still a great ride back in time
Safety Not Guaranteed - Absolutely loved it. Great cast and chemistry and a great balance between humour and more somber topics like regret and missed chances
Inside Llewyn Davis - Oh my god was Oscar Isaac incredible in this. Instantly one of my favourite Coen bros films even if it's not as rewatchable as some. A great ending that leaves a lot of questions and room for interpretation - but somehow was still satisfying
MidnightCowboy
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Inside Llewyn Davis is the best Coen Brothers drama bar none.
Chef - A very comfy movie, almost to a fault, because the movie loses a lot of momentum once they finally get the truck, since, essentially, nothing happens afterwards.
Also a bit weird to see some characters just disappear into nothing.
Still, quite satisfying to watch all that food porn.
Also a bit weird to see some characters just disappear into nothing.
Still, quite satisfying to watch all that food porn.
User 479360
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I watched The Peanuts Movie this morning, after PVRing it when it aired on TMN Saturday night. I'd been wanting to see it since it was released, and kicked myself for going on friends' recommendations and seeing Krampus instead of it while on a date. Man that movie sucked.
Anyways, The Peanuts Movie was alright. It played things far too safe and didn't have much excitement in it. It was simply okay from start to finish. The animation was beautiful, though.
Anyways, The Peanuts Movie was alright. It played things far too safe and didn't have much excitement in it. It was simply okay from start to finish. The animation was beautiful, though.
old manatee
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I avoided it so far for that very reason, but after watching it, i thought it did have a reason to exist beyond that.
It's not that easy to do a charming, comfy movie, that isn't also immediately annoying, and i think he sort of nailed it, despite liking a good final act.
Also, he doesn't even get to fuck ScarJo on screen, so that frees him of any charge in my eyes.
Snowman Prophet of Doom
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Not a movie, but I watched "Stranger Things". Not very good. Lots of "dumbest possible action", lots of cliches, no real originality.
Rhomega Beta
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Suicide Squad: A decent movie with uneven character development. It's mostly about Deadshot, Harley Quinn, and El Diablo, and the rest are simply there. Bear in mind, those three characters are well done IMO. Heck, one character dies, and I had to look up on Wikipedia that it was
whom I don't remember being introduced. The villains are flat. Jared Leto is good as the Joker, but he feels unnecessary outside of Harley Quinn's backstory. Good action with the Power Rangers henchmen. I do like Viola Davis as Amanda Waller.
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Freeza Under The Shower
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Pitch Black isn't a B-movie. Since when does anyone think that?
Also, David Twohy is actually a good sci-fi writer compared to many others. I like that he takes a concept and then extrapolates on it, even in Chronicles of Riddick, which has a very distinct aesthetic that is underappreciated, imo. But at any rate, the fact that he used a Newtonian model of a solar system to quickly visually explain the otherwise difficult to show concept of aligning planets (whose shadows are very small in the scope of things) in Pitch Black is what makes him a good sci-fi writer. Not the only example, and The Arrival has been used by many others as well (parody and normal).
God knows who many times I've seen dumb exposition dialogue to tell me what's going on (we're talking sci-fi here, where this is rampant), when a simple picture would have sufficed, and afterwards you only feel MORE confused about what the plot is. Not just 80s and 90s movies, but also a lot of more recent ones, like anything 'touched' by Orci and Kurzmann.
Also, David Twohy is actually a good sci-fi writer compared to many others. I like that he takes a concept and then extrapolates on it, even in Chronicles of Riddick, which has a very distinct aesthetic that is underappreciated, imo. But at any rate, the fact that he used a Newtonian model of a solar system to quickly visually explain the otherwise difficult to show concept of aligning planets (whose shadows are very small in the scope of things) in Pitch Black is what makes him a good sci-fi writer. Not the only example, and The Arrival has been used by many others as well (parody and normal).
God knows who many times I've seen dumb exposition dialogue to tell me what's going on (we're talking sci-fi here, where this is rampant), when a simple picture would have sufficed, and afterwards you only feel MORE confused about what the plot is. Not just 80s and 90s movies, but also a lot of more recent ones, like anything 'touched' by Orci and Kurzmann.
ViewtifulJC
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Since the day it came out
Fancy Clown
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They say most of your brain shuts down in cryo-sleep. All but the primitive side, the animal side. No wonder I'm still awake. Transporting me with civilians. Sounded like 40, 40-plus. Heard an Arab voice. Some hoodoo holy man, probably on his way to New Mecca. But what route? What route? I smelt a woman. Sweat, boots, tool belt, leather. Prospector type. Free settlers. And they only take the back roads. And here's my real problem. Mr. Johns... the blue-eyed devil. Planning on taking me back to slam... only this time he picked a ghost lane. A long time between stops. A long time for something to go wrong...
old manatee
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RoboCop: I don't think there is a movie with more delicious villains than RoboCop.
There's the street gang of perpetually cackling maniacs:
Dick Jones and his giant mech that always fucks everything up:
yuppie boner Bob Morton:
and the old man:
There's the street gang of perpetually cackling maniacs:
Dick Jones and his giant mech that always fucks everything up:
yuppie boner Bob Morton:
and the old man:
User 479360
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I need to watch Carol as I have it on my PVR.
I tried to watch Pitch Black but found it really boring and hated it. I guess it's just not for everyone.
I tried to watch Pitch Black but found it really boring and hated it. I guess it's just not for everyone.
Net_Wrecker
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Riddick's my guilty pleasure. Great character, great universe.
Well...when it came out the cast wasn't as well known, the effects seem a bit budget, and it just has a feel, to me anyway. Great movie either way.
MidnightCowboy
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I saw the last Riddick movie in theaters and I remember absolutely nothing. Like that film was just erased from my memory.
Fancy Clown
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Same. Escape from Butcher Bay is so good.
old manatee
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That movie was shit. The way they treat Katee Sackhoff's character was unforgivable.
Net_Wrecker
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I meant the movies. Nothing to feel guilty about with Escape From Butcher Bay. It's a little janky these days, but that's a legit great game.
I wish the IP was popular enough for Machine Games to get another go at it. That hyper grimy steampunk / sci-fi / Conan world is ripe for more games and adventures.
Wasn't there a snow world? Lol. Chronicles of Riddick was awesome though!
User 479360
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The Riddick games are good.
Freeza Under The Shower
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I have zero memory of this being an issue, and I was a movie-buff teen, so I'm going to say no to that. Also b-movies don't get expensive epic sequels either, so I'm going with memory.
The equally epic failure of said sequel at the BoxOffice however (115 mill gross to 105 mill budget), which this year would be 'eh' but hey, put Twohy firmly in director-bench-hell though, which is a shame.
It's interesting to note that Riddick, the movie we're now all trying to remember (I recall him raising a dog, since it was more a character study thing, though I don't remember being very impressed with it either), actually had about the same BO at 98 mill but on a 38 mill budget. Is that enough for 'get out of hell' card?
edit: also the movie in between these two, A Perfect Getaway, featured Chris Hemsworth, and the BO result was.... Hemsworthy.
BA-DA-DA-DUM!
Count Dookkake
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Pitch Black is most definitely a b-movie.
No stars, low-budget, derivative, genre.
Frankly, an assertion to the contrary is laughable.
No stars, low-budget, derivative, genre.
Frankly, an assertion to the contrary is laughable.
Neither with the movies.
Also, the remake of the games changed the gameplay in stupid ways.
Chronicles of Riddick was butchered from what I understand. Friend of mine saw it in the theater and hated it. So I waited for rental and thought it was awesome. Difference was I watched the directors cut that put the Furian story back in. It took a while but I convinced him to watch that version and he was like yea, night and day. If that version stuck it woukd have done better.
Almighty Wikipedia says 23 million was the PB budget. That same year: Mission to Mars was 100 mil, Red Planet was 80 mil, Supernova was 60 mil. Those are as close as I can get on theme. Funny thing is that I've watched all those but maybe Supernova and can't remember them but PB is one of my all time favorites.
Edit: I'm off on vacation and sitting in a hotel room waiting to go do stuff or just getting back from doing stuff so this isn't exactly ideal movie watching but I caught a big chunk of Snatch which is still damn funny. I need to buy it. Every viewing just gets better and better. More importantly I caught Trainwreck or most of it anyway. Did not ever care to see it but HBO had it on and it kept my attention. Actually this was a pretty good romcom. That's not usually something I care for but the raunchy humor helped immensly.
Almighty Wikipedia says 23 million was the PB budget. That same year: Mission to Mars was 100 mil, Red Planet was 80 mil, Supernova was 60 mil. Those are as close as I can get on theme. Funny thing is that I've watched all those but maybe Supernova and can't remember them but PB is one of my all time favorites.
Edit: I'm off on vacation and sitting in a hotel room waiting to go do stuff or just getting back from doing stuff so this isn't exactly ideal movie watching but I caught a big chunk of Snatch which is still damn funny. I need to buy it. Every viewing just gets better and better. More importantly I caught Trainwreck or most of it anyway. Did not ever care to see it but HBO had it on and it kept my attention. Actually this was a pretty good romcom. That's not usually something I care for but the raunchy humor helped immensly.
Ghost_Messiah
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The Night Before: As a massive fan of Seth Rogen's movies and brand of hilarious comedy I decided to give this a shot. Somehow I missed it's late 2015 release so I was overjoyed to see it was already out and therefore I was able to see it. Fantastic film. Sweet, charming and generally quite a lovely Christmas themed comedy. Like The Interview it won't win any awards but as a decent night in it's quite the wonderful movie. I'd rank it below Seth's other work like Superbad and The Pineapple Express but it stands quite tall as a good film in his filmography. I honestly expected it to be a let down (Christmas comedy) but I was surprised to have enjoyed it so much. Joseph Gordon Levitt gives a great performance and there are several laugh out loud hilarious moments.
I'd give it four stars out of five. Highly recommended.
I'd give it four stars out of five. Highly recommended.
TheOnlyOneHeEverFeared
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Star Trek Beyond is really fun, really enjoyed it. Lot of fun. Not a huge fan of the first reboot movie or into darkness, not much of a Trekkie. But all the cast were good, it was mildly humorous, decent action. Bit on the nose with its messages, but thats fine. The plot contrivance involving... without spoiling it, the big action scene at the end was a little silly. But it was fine, fun, better than a fair bit of the crap we've had this summer. I'll take it.
User 479360
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I put She's The One on at 3am, because it was pretty much the only thing on TV and I was tired. I watched a lot of it, but kept falling asleep then waking up in its final third.
What I saw was far from anything special.
What I saw was far from anything special.
I'm currently watching all the Zatoichi movies and writing some stuff up on each one of them (briefly, paragraph or two at most) with a rating.
I was going to post them all in here but was thinking maybe doing a Zatoichi OT or something with images and maybe a history lesson of the series. Has one been done? Would there be interest or should I even bother?
And to stay on-topic.
Born to Be Blue: Hawke is really good here, though the script is a little all over the place. Still, Baker is a character you just become drawn to. You love him one minute, hate him the next, love him again. I suppose that explains why he was who he was and the film doesn't shy away from the fact that he had just as many failures as a person as he did success as an artist. I love jazz and jazz history so I was into it from the get-go.
I was going to post them all in here but was thinking maybe doing a Zatoichi OT or something with images and maybe a history lesson of the series. Has one been done? Would there be interest or should I even bother?
And to stay on-topic.
Born to Be Blue: Hawke is really good here, though the script is a little all over the place. Still, Baker is a character you just become drawn to. You love him one minute, hate him the next, love him again. I suppose that explains why he was who he was and the film doesn't shy away from the fact that he had just as many failures as a person as he did success as an artist. I love jazz and jazz history so I was into it from the get-go.
Fancy Clown
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I'd check it out, since I want to watch all of them as well (hopefully before I cancel Hulu LOL). I know Ridley has done write ups for all of them as well.
Rhomega Beta
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Brother Bear:A good but not great Disney movie. I do like the tribal mysticism and the scenery of what I assume is Canada. That said, it's more interesting among the tribe than animals. Koda isn't that interesting, he's just obnoxious most of the movie. There's a pair of bighorn sheep that exist for no other reason than the "can't comprehend echos" joke. Give it a watch if you have Netflix.
For as many films as there are (26, with 25 of them being made and released within a 12-year time span), there's not one definitive starting point. The films do keep continuity in mind throughout, but it's all character-based. There's no big overarching story, and the plot of basically every film is "Ichi wanders into a town with heavy Yakuza control and sets dudes straight and then goes back to being a bit self-loathing."
Where did I get 70 from? Seems like Hulu had a lot more than that. Still a lot...though that's probably not terrible to do over time.
Ghost_Messiah
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The Lobster: I really, really wanted to love this after some of the glowing recommendations in this thread but to be honest I really didn't like it. As dystopian science fiction you'd think this would be right up my street as a massive sci-fi fan and dystopian sci-fi in particular but I found it dreary, bleak and a genuine struggle to make it through the runtime. It has an intriguing, interesting and captivating premise but the execution just isn't there. The soundtrack I must criticise because it's absolutely grating (sharp violin noise over important scenes). The kindest thing I can say is that I found it mildly enjoyable and moderately entertaining but overall I didn't like it and wouldn't recommend it.
I'd give it two stars out of five. Not recommended.
I'd give it two stars out of five. Not recommended.
Rhomega Beta
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Looney Tunes: Back in Action: A harmless Looney Tunes movie with animation/live-action mixture akin to Space Jam (in fact, Michael Jordan cameos). It has the classic slapstick and Looney Tunes gags (the best is going into the paintings). The villain is so over-the-top that I like him. There's a cool chase through Las Vegas. There's a couple of completely random cameos like Robbie the Robot, Daleks, and Ro-Man from Robot Monster. The rest is a bunch of cliches. Heck, I could tell Kate was going to be DJ's love interest from their first dialogue.
There was a TV series between 25 and 26 that added about another 100 adventures. Does that count?
B-B-Bomba!
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Lol, the music is hilarious. It's a pity you didn't like this but I'd never call it sci-fi anyway. The dreariness and natural light are stylistic choices. You can still find visual beauty in the shots, I'm not sure how that works but it's there if you tune into it. I think it's about respect for objects and materials maybe? And the invitation to consider what is being shown, maybe also what is not.
Watched it a second time, with my wife, a few weeks ago. The look she gave me. I like it a lot but have to admit I haven't really realised a lot of what it's trying to say. I just enjoy and appreciate the absurdity.
Yeah this too.
It was my movie of 2015, but Lanthimos is definitely not for everyone.
Mia Madre - Another good one from Nanni Moretti, i like his style, and the trailer really under sells this movie as more corny than it really is.
Probably hit a bit harder due to recent personal events i've been going through, but still.
Fantastic closure, too.
I was also a fan of Habemus Papam, the latest of his i had seen, but this was overall a harder hit.
Probably. I seem to recall looking at Hulu and seeing some high digits. That must be why.
I'm skipping those, just staying with the main films in the Criterion set and kind of doing a write up on each as I go along. TV series is asking too much, plus I watched a handful of episodes to just get a feel and if I should but they lean more towards drama than anything and I feel that would wear on me after a while. I love the character but if I don't get more action beats I'm probably gonna get bored quick.
I'm with you, I strongly disliked it. My immediate reaction after it finished was that I probably would have liked it more as a short.
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