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paprikastaude · « **Reply #31260 on:** July 28, 2018, 08:59:50 PM »

I love how edgy tweets get your carrier ended in Hollywood, but sect promoters are no biggie.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #31261 on:** July 28, 2018, 09:54:59 PM »

San Andreas 2015

"What are we going to do?" "We are going to go get our daughter". Chills. 8/10

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #31262 on:** July 28, 2018, 10:00:26 PM »

I'd like to watch Alexandra Daddario trapped in a car in fear of her life in real life, if you know what I mean.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #31263 on:** July 28, 2018, 10:22:51 PM »

The final setpiece in MI:Fallout was def Fury Road tier. Also Cavill was such a fun character. He needs to escape from the devouring orbit of the DC Universe.

Himu · « **Reply #31264 on:** July 28, 2018, 11:55:41 PM »

The finale with the helicopter chase was incredible but my favorite has to be that amazing car chase in the streets of Paris. Plus the part with the female cop was too hilarious.

Bebpo · « **Reply #31265 on:** July 29, 2018, 04:08:27 AM »

Quote from: Cindi Mayweather on July 28, 2018, 11:55:41 PM

The finale with the helicopter chase was incredible but my favorite has to be that amazing car chase in the streets of Paris. Plus the part with the female cop was too hilarious.

Idk, I'm so over car chases these days. Can't even think of the last movie with a car chase that I was really into (Ronin?) and I like cars! I mean I like Fast and the Furious but that's not really car chases anymore it's cars flying out of buildings and doing flips and shit

The car chase scene you're talking about in MI:F I just sorta tuned out waiting for it to end to get to the next thing. The only bit I liked was when he was doing some drifting in a shitty little car because drifting is always fun to watch.

chronovore · « **Reply #31266 on:** July 29, 2018, 04:41:21 AM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on July 28, 2018, 03:34:56 PM

I never saw 2 or 3 and was able to easily follow Ghost Protocol. (Though I guess the last scene references previous films? Not sure, but it didn't hurt my enjoyment.)

Cruise Missile is just too good.

M:I2 is silly. It's a Hong Kong film, through and through. M:I3 is a damned blast, and the origin of everything you liked in Ghost Protocol. Get on it!

chronovore · « **Reply #31267 on:** July 29, 2018, 06:46:34 AM »

Watch Han Solo: A Star Wars Story.

Kid playing Han did a great job. So did Donald Glover. I even liked Paul Bettany and Woody Harrelson. I love crime movies, but somehow turning Han Solo into the one reliably good guy in the entire film seems flimsy and misguided. He's a snake when we meet him in A New Hope. No-one knows if he's going to sell out the kid and the old jedi, or if he's going to help them… but only for a price!

This movie was the Disney Princess version of Han Solo, and though I enjoyed watching it, I don't think I'll ever need to see it again.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #31268 on:** July 29, 2018, 09:17:56 AM »

Quote from: chronovore on July 29, 2018, 04:41:21 AM

Quote from: Tasty Meat on July 28, 2018, 03:34:56 PM
I never saw 2 or 3 and was able to easily follow Ghost Protocol. (Though I guess the last scene references previous films? Not sure, but it didn't hurt my enjoyment.)

Cruise Missile is just too good.

M:I2 is silly. It's a Hong Kong film, through and through.

You say this like its a bad thing.

Optimus · « **Reply #31269 on:** July 29, 2018, 09:36:43 AM »

OMG, I can't even.

Watched Occupation (2018) because I was tired and wanted to watch a brainless alien invasion movie. I could not have expected the horror that would befall upon me, this is probably the worst movie I've watched in years, it's pretty much the kind of b-movie that RLM watch on Best of the Worst but with a decent budget. It's an Australian movie btw.

Story was fucking reetarded, the direction was laughable, acting was absolutely hilarious and the movie was ONE HUNDREND AND TWENTY MINUTES LONG which might not seem a lot to you but oh man, it was a century to me. But I kept pushing, I needed to see what will happen next in this trainwreck and I was rewarded, the ending might be one of the dumbest and cheesiest I've seen in my life.

These btw might be the most incompetent and unimaginative aliens I've seen in a movie, it's amazing how that hack that wrote and directed the movie managed to screw everything up. I wonder what kind of connections he had to get this piece of shit approved. I have no fucking idea how this piece of shit has 5.6 on imdb, I've watched 5.6 movies that I actually liked, this is a 2 or 3.

Optimus · « **Reply #31270 on:** July 29, 2018, 09:56:38 AM »

Oh man I forgot the characters, they were all caricatures of Hollywood movie characters. The 30 something athlete whose glory days are behind him and has some kind of pain problem... I think, the strong female character, the irresponsible 20 something hotheaded dude, his pregnant girlfriend, the old guy that was a criminal but left that all behind, an absolutely terrible romance plot shoved into the movie between that guy's daughter and some loser that is becoming a better man and so on.

This movie's dreadfulness is indescribable but I could still rant about every single aspect of it for paragraphs.

Nintex · « **Reply #31271 on:** July 29, 2018, 10:08:32 AM »

Watched the Prestige again (yadayada 4k (but it did little for this movie tbh)) because one my friends had never seen it.

Interesting film about rivalry and obsession. Although watching it a second time (and knowing the plot) some of the magic is lost. What is fun though is to finally see all the small 'hints' that are scattered throughout the movie for the viewer to piece together.
I feel that it could've been a much better film if they had not 'shown' the 'prestige' but left out the last 10/15 minutes or so. So the viewer would have to piece it together for themselves.

Transhuman · « **Reply #31272 on:** July 29, 2018, 10:22:14 AM »

The problem is, the movie is quite different from the book, so it would confuse people who were exposed to both. Plus Angier's flashback of killing his clone was too important to cut. That scene lays out exactly how dark it is that Angier understands that using the machine means committing to 100 performances (and 100 suicides) just to screw over the guy he hates. Angier finally learns how to commit to giving his life over to the performance like Borden, only to take it to a disastrous extreme that rips his humanity apart.

Himu · « **Reply #31273 on:** July 29, 2018, 10:51:18 AM »

Quote from: Shostakovich on July 29, 2018, 08:43:17 AM

Watched Goldeneye. Every James Bond movie is really bad.

Take that back.

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #31274 on:** July 29, 2018, 12:35:18 PM »

Mission Impossible was fucking great.

Tasty · « **Reply #31275 on:** July 29, 2018, 01:09:32 PM »

What would be better for a stay-in date night, The People Under the Stairs or Beyond the Black Rainbow?

Tokyosandblaster · « **Reply #31276 on:** July 29, 2018, 01:30:42 PM »

Quote from: Shostakovich on July 29, 2018, 08:43:17 AM

Watched Goldeneye. Every James Bond movie is really bad.

You haven't seen Casino Royale.

Tasty · « **Reply #31277 on:** July 29, 2018, 01:49:41 PM »

Goldeneye is one of the most rad "90s movies" ever, and I'm not even that big of a 007 fan.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #31278 on:** July 29, 2018, 01:59:39 PM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on July 29, 2018, 01:09:32 PM

What would be better for a stay-in date night, The People Under the Stairs or Beyond the Black Rainbow?

But to your question, People Under the Stairs maybe. Beyond the Black Rainbow seems to be pretty divisive and may not be as entertaining without some enhancements.

Tasty · « **Reply #31279 on:** July 29, 2018, 02:02:29 PM »

Oooooh yeah The Guest has been on my list.

Transhuman · « **Reply #31280 on:** July 29, 2018, 02:06:10 PM »

Are you trying to impress them with a good movie, or trying to find a movie so bad they'd rather fuck you than watch it?

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #31281 on:** July 29, 2018, 02:06:27 PM »

MI: Fallout references MI 1,3-5, ,is a bit more interested in it's story and characters, and is a direct sequel to 5. So watching the other ones may add a little enjoyment. I don't think it's necessary, but it's not like they are bad movies.

It was great all the same and probably the best MI. Though I don't see how they even top this one. And if we follow the Fast and Furious Parallels, MI:7 will be pretty ok, but not really good.

Momo · « **Reply #31282 on:** July 29, 2018, 02:25:19 PM »

Just watched Batman Forever for the first time in 20 years, I must say as much as this movie is maligned if you turn your brain off and see it as a dark action comedy, it's fun as hell lmao - Up next, Men in Black 1.

Tasty · « **Reply #31283 on:** July 29, 2018, 02:29:12 PM »

Watching Blow Out. Why is this movie almost impossible to find online (legitimately)? Bleh.

Edit- Ugh. Yeah there's like no way to watch this without getting a Starz sub or something. Nevermind. 🙄

Tasty · « **Reply #31284 on:** July 29, 2018, 02:56:54 PM »

Quote from: Stro on July 29, 2018, 02:52:17 PM

Batman Forever is easily the worst of the Burton/Shoemaker Batmans. Does a bad job of mixing Burtony emo whimsy bullshit with Shoemaker's gay camp and is also visually absolutely disgusting looking. Batman and Robin is endlessly more entertaining.

Yup, agreed with this.

Though I've always been interested in the original cut.

Momo · « **Reply #31285 on:** July 29, 2018, 03:26:24 PM »

I laughed all the way through

Tasty · « **Reply #31286 on:** July 29, 2018, 03:28:55 PM »

I used to hate B&R but I just can't anymore. It's a lot of pure, stupid fun.

TVC15 · « **Reply #31287 on:** July 29, 2018, 04:38:17 PM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on July 29, 2018, 02:29:12 PM

Watching Blow Out. Why is this movie almost impossible to find online (legitimately)? Bleh.

Edit- Ugh. Yeah there's like no way to watch this without getting a Starz sub or something. Nevermind. 🙄

I’m guessing you’ve seen Blowup already?

TVC15 · « **Reply #31288 on:** July 29, 2018, 04:46:56 PM »

Anyway, if I can recommend an ass-getting classic: https://www.amazon.com/Baby-Anjanette-Comer/dp/B00DXFYGIG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1532897159&sr=8-2&keywords=the+baby

team filler · « **Reply #31289 on:** July 29, 2018, 06:00:55 PM »

Quote from: Assimilate on July 28, 2018, 03:23:11 PM

Quote from: filler on July 28, 2018, 03:52:32 AM
watched mute, the slutty blue hair bitch should have been hotter.
i can't believe you watched that after so many poor souls here wasted their time on it.

weren't you adequately warned man?

it wasn't that bad

Tasty · « **Reply #31290 on:** July 29, 2018, 06:18:00 PM »

Quote from: Rahxephon91 on July 29, 2018, 02:06:27 PM

MI: Fallout references MI 1,3-5, ,is a bit more interested in it's story and characters, and is a direct sequel to 5. So watching the other ones may add a little enjoyment. I don't think it's necessary, but it's not like they are bad movies.

It was great all the same and probably the best MI. Though I don't see how they even top this one. And if we follow the Fast and Furious Parallels, MI:7 will be pretty ok, but not really good.

Really? I thought Furious 7 was the peak of the series.

TVC15 · « **Reply #31291 on:** July 29, 2018, 08:17:40 PM »

Do Deep Red. It has amazing shots.

Speaking of which, I rewatched The Bird with the Crystal Plumage today. I don’t know why Suspiria gets all the credit—Argento’s giallos are far better movies.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #31292 on:** July 29, 2018, 09:18:09 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on July 27, 2018, 07:10:02 PM

And if a super hero fatigue or crash happens they'll be stuck with a dozen of these movies in production.

People have been saying this for a while, but...3 of the 4 highest grossing superhero movies of all time [in the US] came out this year.

Tasty · « **Reply #31293 on:** July 29, 2018, 09:54:25 PM »

I think we can say at this point that Feige is a really smart cookie. He recently said they know the upper bound on MCU films per year is about three, and he also said they'd only do one or two "origin" movies per "phase."

That said, he also mentioned Avengers 4 is the end of the "phase" concept, so who knows.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #31294 on:** July 30, 2018, 04:05:42 PM »

Was anticipating this movie for a while. Felt pretty weird sitting in on a flick where I was pretty much the only dude in theater but the message was certainly universal.

Not only did Bo really nail that extremely awkward transitional period of middle school but the sense of anxiety one can have when youre not exactly comfortable in your skin yet. He goes even further and gives a glimps of how it must be to go through all this and have the ever present pressures of sex placed on you, especially as a young girl. There was one scene made my skin crawl knowing that this must happen everyday to girls not ready to deal. The way this is portrayed is surprisingly nuanced.

It also touches on technology and how kids are going straight from A to G rather than A to B due to unfiltered access to information. Both received and sent. I can't imagine growing up in this day and age with all this technology. It can be a blessing and a burden. The film skews towards critiquing the impact of technology during ones furtive years. And I agree.

Steve Contra · « **Reply #31295 on:** July 30, 2018, 06:00:56 PM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on July 26, 2018, 10:21:45 PM

Let's not act like Carpenter was Horror Jesus either.

Why did I have to read this? I hate you.

Tasty · « **Reply #31296 on:** July 30, 2018, 06:04:21 PM »

Quote from: Steve Contra on July 30, 2018, 06:00:56 PM

Quote from: Tasty Meat on July 26, 2018, 10:21:45 PM
Let's not act like Carpenter was Horror Jesus either.
Why did I have to read this? I hate you.

toku · « **Reply #31297 on:** July 30, 2018, 06:27:54 PM »

https://twitter.com/nickwiger/status/1024033870461657088

naff · « **Reply #31298 on:** July 30, 2018, 08:17:12 PM »

Fuck Thelma was good. Would wreck Thanos.

Leaving work early to go watch First Reformed, and catching MI:6 tomorrow.

Tasty · « **Reply #31299 on:** July 30, 2018, 08:20:48 PM »

Quote from: toku on July 30, 2018, 06:27:54 PM

https://twitter.com/nickwiger/status/1024033870461657088

https://twitter.com/HardDriveMag/status/1023962895758049280

Bebpo · « **Reply #31300 on:** July 30, 2018, 09:59:57 PM »

Anyone seen Crush the Skull? Thinking about watching it tonight. The cover caught my eye on amazon prime streaming and the 7 reviews seemed pretty positive about it.

tiesto · « **Reply #31301 on:** July 30, 2018, 10:02:53 PM »

Saw Annihilation the other day and absolutely hated it... some cool environments with the blossoming flowers, and a couple suspenseful scenes, but the whole end sequence was such a turnoff, like 'my first art school project' type turnoff.

TVC15 · « **Reply #31302 on:** July 30, 2018, 10:04:48 PM »

Quote from: Stro on July 30, 2018, 04:27:58 PM

Quote from: TVC 15 on July 29, 2018, 08:17:40 PM
Do Deep Red. It has amazing shots.

Speaking of which, I rewatched The Bird with the Crystal Plumage today. I don’t know why Suspiria gets all the credit—Argento’s giallos are far better movies.

Suspiria kind of sucks tbh. Didn't like it when I saw it as a teenager, didn't like it when I saw it a year or two ago. Even from a visual standpoint it's not really that awesome.

...which is why I asked you to do Deep Red, baby.

bluemax · « **Reply #31303 on:** July 30, 2018, 11:34:09 PM »

Quote from: tiesto on July 30, 2018, 10:02:53 PM

Saw Annihilation the other day and absolutely hated it... some cool environments with the blossoming flowers, and a couple suspenseful scenes, but the whole end sequence was such a turnoff, like 'my first art school project' type turnoff.

The Director read the book once, got really high, and made this movie based on what he remembered from the book.

Tasty · « **Reply #31304 on:** July 31, 2018, 12:17:23 AM »

Annihilation was great. I wish it leaned just a little harder into the horror side of things but what's there was still pretty creepy and super tense.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #31305 on:** July 31, 2018, 01:07:33 AM »

Jurasic Word 2. Good. 7/10. So dumb.

TVC15 · « **Reply #31306 on:** July 31, 2018, 01:08:35 AM »

Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on July 31, 2018, 01:07:33 AM

Jurasic Word 2. Good. 7/10. So dumb.

You’re just trolling now.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #31307 on:** July 31, 2018, 01:13:30 AM »

I mean Jurassic World 1 was 7.5/10 so this is'nt that big of a step down. Cris Pratts lava roll was Jackie Chan top tier physical comedy.

Momo · « **Reply #31308 on:** July 31, 2018, 01:18:07 AM »

I made the mistake of having friends. They made me watch that Jurassic fuckery movie

Legit guano

TVC15 · « **Reply #31309 on:** July 31, 2018, 01:45:15 AM »

Quote from: TheInfelicitousDandy on July 31, 2018, 01:13:30 AM

I mean Jurassic World 1 was 7.5/10 so this is'nt that big of a step down. Cris Pratts lava roll was Jackie Chan top tier physical comedy.

Jesus, man. You used to strive to be cultured

Bebpo · « **Reply #31310 on:** July 31, 2018, 02:44:14 AM »

O M G

if you like horror comedy, watch Crush the Skull on Amazon Prime. It's a little indie horror flick, but it's really, reaaaaaaaaally funny at many times. I was like in tears, What we do in the Shadows & Tucker & Dale style. During the end 1/3rd I was a little worried that the first half was a really funny comedy and the back half is a serious horror movie, but while it kinda drops the comedy for about 20 mins, the last 15 mins go back to being fucking hilarious again.

If this was a little tighter directed, it could totally have been a successful theater comedy movie.

If you don't like comedy, skip this, but if you like comedy movies watch this

It feels like the kind of movie that when you were in high school you would quote comedy lines from.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #31311 on:** July 31, 2018, 04:16:12 AM »

I just watched Avengers Infinity War last night..although it was a cool movie...where was the rest of the movie?

benjipwns · « **Reply #31312 on:** July 31, 2018, 05:52:40 AM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on July 26, 2018, 10:11:40 AM

https://www.cosmicbooknews.com/x-men-dark-phoenix-new-mutants-canceled

Huge grain of salt since it seems illogical to cancel two movies that have made it to post production, but who knows, the whole Disney/Fox thing is unprecedented to begin with.

Shame about New Mutants, it looked cool. And this would be the second time a Dark Phoenix movie got fucked over by the studio haha.

That source doesn't really seem to understand how corporate mergers/purchases/etc. work. 21st Century Fox as a separate entity will still exist into 2019 probably, so that easily protects Dark Phoenix. As you note, both of these films are basically done, and certainly will be by the time Disney fully absorbs 21st Century Fox. And it'd be doubtful that Disney cans an already paid for movie that will be an interesting test bed for using licenses in different genres than the source material. If anything you would think New Mutants is safe entirely because it's not a prominent use of the X-Men license. The original comic run ended over two decades ago. Even the recent series ended in 2012.

If if bombs, Disney can write it off as one of Fox's mistakes like their handling of the Fantastic Four license. If it works they can hold it outside of the MCU or find a way to integrate it. Legion is already treading similar ground and will have three seasons under its belt by the time Disney gets the X-Men license fully.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #31313 on:** July 31, 2018, 08:51:13 AM »

Quote from: tiesto on July 30, 2018, 10:02:53 PM

Saw Annihilation the other day and absolutely hated it... some cool environments with the blossoming flowers, and a couple suspenseful scenes, but the whole end sequence was such a turnoff, like 'my first art school project' type turnoff.

The end really let me down also, but I think it's still worth watching.

I think because the movie was based on a book and they had to leave the option open for sequels is what handcuffed the director at the end.

Optimus · « **Reply #31314 on:** July 31, 2018, 11:01:00 AM »

I don't know if it's an unpopular opinion but Jurassic World 2 was much better than the first, I absolutely loathed the first one. At least the first part of this one had decent action and the rest was kind of watchable too. Still a forgettable and extremely mediocre movie but not as annoying as the first one.

The whole plot of let's use dinos as weapons needs to be dropped from the franchise, it's beyond stupid.

Tasty · « **Reply #31315 on:** July 31, 2018, 11:09:04 AM »

I mean with the first, you have the guy who directed Book of Henry.

With the second, you have the guy who directed The Orphanage.

One of these is pure shit. The other is severely underrated.

Optimus · « **Reply #31316 on:** July 31, 2018, 11:27:51 AM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on July 31, 2018, 11:09:04 AM

I mean with the first, you have the guy who directed Book of Henry.

With the second, you have the guy who directed The Orphanage.

One of these is pure shit. The other is severely underrated.

I haven't watched either, which is the underrated one? With a script like this though no one can save these movies, not even the best director. Every single problem with the second movie can be traced back to the script imo.

benjipwns · « **Reply #31317 on:** July 31, 2018, 11:32:26 AM »

Quote from: MMaRsu on July 31, 2018, 04:16:12 AM

I just watched Avengers Infinity War last night..although it was a cool movie...where was the rest of the movie?

May 3, 2019

Tasty · « **Reply #31318 on:** July 31, 2018, 11:40:29 AM »

Quote from: Optimus on July 31, 2018, 11:27:51 AM

Quote from: Tasty Meat on July 31, 2018, 11:09:04 AM
I mean with the first, you have the guy who directed Book of Henry.

With the second, you have the guy who directed The Orphanage.

One of these is pure shit. The other is severely underrated.

I haven't watched either, which is the underrated one? With a script like this though no one can save these movies, not even the best director. Every single problem with the second movie can be traced back to the script imo.

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It does not suffice to call The Book of Henry bad; it’s nonfunctional, so poorly conceived from the ground up as to slip out of the grasp of the usual standards one applies to narrative film. It might be admirable if it wasn’t such torture to watch.

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The script is inexcusably bad and accounts for most of the film’s problems. But Trevorrow can’t draw a single emotional through line out of the muck, leaving his cast stranded in a directionless jumble of half-arcs. There’s a feeling of collage to the direction. Take any two- or three-minute segment out of context and it would seem recognizable enough as a movie: the heart-tugging score, the cute kid one-liners. But assembled as it is, the movie starts to feel like an exquisite corpse, a film that forgot what it was five minutes ago, both structurally and emotionally. By the time Michael Giacchino’s score is swelling over an 8-year-old rapping at a talent show while Naomi Watts speeds home to murder her neighbor, the film seems so detached from the rest of the world as to levitate.

The Orphanage on the other hand is a really creepy Spanish horror flick. Gotta say, I never saw that dude helming a billion dollar franchise about dino theme parks, but here we are.

benjipwns · « **Reply #31319 on:** July 31, 2018, 12:01:21 PM »

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One of Marvel's most enigmatic, complex and badass characters comes to the big screen

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