Bobby Roberts
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Best of Both Worlds, when it was originally aired, was probably the 2nd best Star Trek movie ever made.
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Best of Both Worlds, when it was originally aired, was probably the 2nd best Star Trek movie ever made.
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
But Dr. Steve Brule did.
I honestly don't. The amount of plot and the nonsensicalness of it all varies so wildly between them; Age of Extinction basically has no plot while The Last Knight is a cinematic nadir of overstuffed, convoluted madness.
I'd say there are at least a couple dozen Trek tv episodes better than any of the movies.
Star Trek is, in its essence, a tv franchise that also does movies. Its mirror image is Star Wars, a movie franchise that dabbles in tv.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
QuantumZebra
Member
I'm pretty sure the venn diagram of people who hate Into Darkness shares a perfect circle with The Force Awakens.
TFA is far better but Into Darkness is a great movie.
Lockers come in all shapes and sizes.
BronsonLee
Member
Then I'll bring the locker to u
ryutaro's mama
Member
You saw AHBUHDAR so you can stay.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Star Trek
Into Darkness
Beyond
For the record, I've seen nothing of the original series.
Beyond has great character moments and acting, but my god the action scenes were worse than Suicide Squad's. I have no idea how Lin dropped the ball so hard when Fast Five and Six have some of the best set pieces known to mankind.
And the "Sabotage" scene...What in the fuck were they thinking?
Into Darkness
Beyond
For the record, I've seen nothing of the original series.
Beyond has great character moments and acting, but my god the action scenes were worse than Suicide Squad's. I have no idea how Lin dropped the ball so hard when Fast Five and Six have some of the best set pieces known to mankind.
And the "Sabotage" scene...What in the fuck were they thinking?
Biggest-Geek-Ever
Member
That was one of the best scenes of 2016, blockbuster or not.
To start a Girl's Trip review thread or not...
My man.
broncobuster
Banned
Yes
ratcliffja
Member
I'm not big on cars in general.What does racing have to do with Fast & Furious?
I finally saw Get Out.
I couldn't fully buy into the end reveal, but the the rest was solid. Daniel Kaluuya was great.
I would probably give it an A- if I was adding it to last weekend's report card.
I couldn't fully buy into the end reveal, but the the rest was solid. Daniel Kaluuya was great.
Allison Williams nailed the girlfriend stuff. Not so much the post-reveal "I entrap black men for body harvesting" evil bitch stuff.
I would probably give it an A- if I was adding it to last weekend's report card.
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
I saw Get Out last week too, and pretty much agree with you.
I can totally buy Allison Williams as the evil bitch because I cansee her character from Girls in it.
I think it worked as a film that broke down tropes used commonly in films. I would give it a 4/5 personally.
Just start with Fast Five. It's basically a heist movie.
Trust us. Then come back to this thread and talk about how awesome that movie was.
Jawmuncher
Member
I do wonder if at some point F&F try to dial things back even if it's just for one movie
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
If you start with Fast Five you should be fine. I did the same.
That's not what the movies are about anymore though, they are not even denying them going to space...
If they reboot it after 10 I can see that yeah.
Meanwhile I can recommend the French movie Overdrive. It's not an awesome movie but it has some well choreographed action and chase scenes and focuses on the cars. And my god are there some beautiful cars in that movie.
Coincidentally features Scott Eastwood, too.
lightskintwin
Banned
Remember what I said about Girl's Trip months ago. I think it has a good chance being the highest grossing comedy of the summer.
I hear this, but it's hard for me to watch a franchise without starting from the beginning.
Mortimer Brewster
Member
Sinc we are listing Trek film rankings I will bite.
1) The Voyage Home
2) Wrath of Khan
3) First Contact
4) Star Trek 09
5) The Search for Spock
6) Generations
7) Undiscovered Country
8) Beyond
9) The Motion Picture
10) Into Darkness
11) Final Frontier
12) Insurrection
13) Nemesis
1) The Voyage Home
2) Wrath of Khan
3) First Contact
4) Star Trek 09
5) The Search for Spock
6) Generations
7) Undiscovered Country
8) Beyond
9) The Motion Picture
10) Into Darkness
11) Final Frontier
12) Insurrection
13) Nemesis
Yep. The trailer for it was so much better than the one for Rough Night.
I'm so glad other people feel that way about Kong. I got shredded locally for trying to explain why it was a bad movie.
Assuming that you are not counting GotG2 as a comedy, that's a pretty low bar this year. $60M would be enough to be the summer's higgest comedy.
Malcolm D Lee's last two films were $70M and $54M. They were sequels, but between the reviews for Girl's Trip, and the cache he built on the Best Man films, I agree that the film will connect with an audience.
I am curious to see if Girl's Trip breaks out of its target African American demo and gets higher cross demographic play than Barbershop and Best Man. People looking for comedies have had anaemic offerings for months.
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
Honestly, I went into Fast Five without seeing a trailer or knowing anything about it (my friends wanted to go and I was like "sure why not"). I wasn't really lost and actually became a fan of the franchise because of it. I'm usually in a similar boat as you in regards to movies.
It's less embarrassing than not seeing the original run of Star Trek films, however. Much much much much less so. And I love F&F.
If someone hasn't seen Wrath of Khan they should be banned from every entering a movie theater again until they fix that.
lightskintwin
Banned
Of course I'm not counting GotG2. LOL It's a superhero action blockbuster film. Sure the bar is low this year, but African American films are consistent performers on lower budgets.
I need to do what you did, because I keep putting off watching Fast and Furious. I watched like the first 3 or 4 when they first came out and don't remember shit, but I feel like I need to watch them again before starting 5, 6, 7, and 8.
BronsonLee
Member
don't worry fam I got u here's a quick little primer
Dom Toretto: Likes Dodge Charger, loves family, keeps beating up people with wrenches
Brian O'Conner: Is a no good cop, loves Dom's sister Mia, did I mention he's a no good cop
Everyone else: Is cool
I didn't grow up with Trek or Wars so I don't care
I was all in on Serenity though
Roronoa Zoro
Gold Member
Everything on Gal Gadot is insane
DeathoftheEndless
Crashing this plane... with no survivors!
You're out of your mind. The drone boarding, the battle in the destroyed ship, and the rescue mission are all spectacular action scenes.
RastaMentality
Banned
there's a lot of top critic reviews in that Girls Trip RT score. insane it turned out at least decent.
ratcliffja
Member
I'm not really into heist movies either but I'll probably give that one a shot sometime.
Ignatz Mouse
Banned
I'm your exception.
I didn't hate Into Darkness, but the movie completely falls apart with even a moment's thought. It also commits the sin of having things that make no sense in-universe (transporter that works across light years) and a nonsensical plot.
I mean, it was a fun ride but a complete waste of a great character and not worth a rewatch.
TFA, on the other hand, I rather enjoyed and saw twice in the theater. I guess I expect more/better from Trek than Star Wars, which has always been more science fantasy than Trek.
EDIT: I'm hesitant to rank ST movies because I'm going to realize how many of them are garbage.
lightskintwin
Banned
I don't understand how's it insane it turned out decent when Malcom D Lee's last film Barbershop: The Next Cut got a 90 percent on Rotten Tomatoes, and his film before that The Best Man: Holiday received a 69 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.
Lights and Waves
Member
So did Homecoming perform worse than Suicide Squad on Tues/Wed too, or was that just Monday?
It looks to me like this movie is doing super bad and disappointing tbh
It will beat Amazing Spider-Man 2's domestic total in 9 days. What more do you want?
Sweeney Tom
Banned
It seems to me a lot of comic fans keep overrating everything as "stuff that will make a billion", and those expectations absolutely need to be reined in sooner or later
lightskintwin
Banned
Plus they're not accounting how Spider man has been rebooted 3 times in a relative short time span.
The fact it's still performing well says a lot.
WaffleTaco
Wants to outlaw technological innovation.
Yup, a billion was never in the cards. Hell we even having people saying Thor 3 will make a billion.
Lights and Waves
Member
The Marvel stans have been bragging about Thor 3 hitting $1B ever since that trailer came out. I'm looking up crow recipes as we speak.