Author Topic: Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread (Read 5393006 times)

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #34500 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:31:28 PM »

recent pickups

It's been a hot minute since I've seen 12 Monkeys, I'm looking forward to watching it again.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #34501 on:** July 28, 2019, 03:50:56 PM »

Godzilla was super dumb.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #34502 on:** July 28, 2019, 04:45:14 PM »

I guess I liked the part where the girl from Stanger Things destroyed Boston. Paddy scum deserve it.

Tasty · « **Reply #34503 on:** July 28, 2019, 06:17:35 PM »

Lucky Star, didn't know Joe was

Is Full Metal Panic good?

Bebpo · « **Reply #34504 on:** July 28, 2019, 06:55:35 PM »

Fumoffu is a comedy spinoff which was funny for early 00s comedy anime at the time. It's a one joke comic exaggerated concept of a child soldier raised in military & warzones their whole life has to blend in and act like a high schooler and has no social skills at and processes everything like he would in a war zone. The main series is just an ok mecha show. The mech designs are good though, especially the latter era stuff from the novels that's just been getting animated recently.

TVC15 · « **Reply #34505 on:** July 28, 2019, 09:10:25 PM »

I’m still processing Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. It’s such a departure from Tarantino’s usual style in a few ways that it’s difficult to place amongst his films. First impulse is that I think it’s better than Hateful Eight, but that’s about it. (I liked H8 with reservations.) It is felt like OUATIH had a bunch of good ideas, but they just didn’t mesh so smoothly.

One thing I am sure of is that I hated how the extended cast was used. Tarantino is known for having these great ensemble casts, and he has one here, he just doesn’t use it at all, although the marketing would have you believe differently. At least Bruce Dern made the most of his 30 seconds.

The soundtrack was also a letdown. I thought QT would kill it on this, but he mostly sticks to 60s standards and often very obvious picks at that. I don’t think I picked up a single new ear worm from this one.

I might have more thoughts later. I’m prob seeing it again this week.

Transhuman · « **Reply #34506 on:** July 28, 2019, 10:15:21 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on July 28, 2019, 09:10:25 PM

I’m still processing Once Upon a Time in America.

TVC15 · « **Reply #34507 on:** July 28, 2019, 10:17:14 PM »

Quote from: Transhuman on July 28, 2019, 10:15:21 PM

Quote from: TVC 15 on July 28, 2019, 09:10:25 PM
I’m still processing Once Upon a Time in America.

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #34508 on:** July 29, 2019, 04:56:29 PM »

The only OUATIH you need:

https://twitter.com/FINALLEVEL/status/1155623455091580928

https://twitter.com/FINALLEVEL/status/1155624638464090114

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #34509 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:29:13 AM »

Black Panther 7.5/10

Better then most superhero movies cause it was fresh with people I didnt know also mountain niccas were dope. Spear ladies were bad ass too. But what was the Hobbit doing there?

Transhuman · « **Reply #34510 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:39:45 AM »

They needed a token white guy to shit on

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #34511 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:42:36 AM »

True his misplaced arrogance was kind of funny

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #34512 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:35:06 PM »

my most hyped movie of the year so far

team filler · « **Reply #34513 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:36:15 PM »

Don Rumata · « **Reply #34514 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:44:20 PM »

Quote from: Dickie Dee on July 30, 2019, 07:35:06 PM

my most hyped movie of the year so far

I loved The VVitch, and love artsy shit, but i'll admit this gave me a chuckle in how hard is trying.
Still looks interesting though.

I'm more interested in his remake of Nosferatu tho.

Tasty · « **Reply #34515 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:46:19 PM »

YMS is hit or miss whether our tastes line up but he really liked it.

"Willem Defoe gives a career-best performance in this movie."

We tend to strongly agree on artier films so I do think The Lighthouse is probably something really special.

Tasty · « **Reply #34516 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:49:41 PM »

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but i'll admit this gave me a chuckle in how hard is trying.

Mild non-plot spoilers:

spoiler (click to show/hide)

It's apparently half-comedy, and "actually really funny." So A24's pulling some It Comes at Night shit again I think. It wouldn't surprise me if the movie is much more self-aware than the trailer implies.

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Joe Molotov · « **Reply #34517 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:54:40 PM »

I want to get off Mr. Disney's Wild Ride.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #34518 on:** July 30, 2019, 07:58:32 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on July 30, 2019, 07:54:40 PM

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I want to get off Mr. Disney's Wild Ride.

Tasty · « **Reply #34519 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:02:59 PM »

Lion King making a billy so quickly is honestly a little disgusting and would make me concerned about the future of Hollywood if I wasn't so cynical about the situation already

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #34520 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:19:26 PM »

TBH, Lion King at least makes a bit of sense to me. I understand what buttons the photo-real wildlife visuals are pushing and will probably eventually give up 2h of my time for it.

But Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin though? Getting to see the same stories told worse and with clownhouse visuals?

Don Rumata · « **Reply #34521 on:** July 30, 2019, 08:21:37 PM »

After the other Disney live action films, i really can't fathom how someone would want to watch more of them.

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #34522 on:** July 31, 2019, 12:16:26 AM »

Kids?

TVC15 · « **Reply #34523 on:** July 31, 2019, 12:26:03 AM »

I’d watch a CG remake of Kids.

Tasty · « **Reply #34524 on:** July 31, 2019, 12:32:25 AM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on July 31, 2019, 12:26:03 AM

I’d watch a CG remake of Kids.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #34525 on:** July 31, 2019, 12:37:43 AM »

I don't think I'd watch lion king again except for this movie - so its kind of an excuse to rewatch. Makes sense to me.

Bebpo · « **Reply #34526 on:** July 31, 2019, 01:54:26 AM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on July 31, 2019, 12:26:03 AM

I’d watch a CG remake of Kids.

Huff · « **Reply #34527 on:** July 31, 2019, 10:15:24 AM »

I think Once Upon a Time only comes close to working if you have a fondness for Hollywood + (and this is obvious) a decent knowledge of the manson family and what happened in the later 60s.

Otherwise I don't think all of the pieces came together perfectly but there were a ton of great scenes.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

Great tension/scene when Pitt visited the Manson farm area. Wasn't sure if they would kill him off that early in the film

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Leo and Pitt were great. Robbie felt underused as Tate with no real character development. Every other character felt like they were barely used. I dunno. Was okay.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #34528 on:** July 31, 2019, 12:13:42 PM »

Criterion spine #1000 is a boxset of all 15 Showa era Godzilla movies. Looks awesome, but of course it's gonna cost around two hundy.

Tasty · « **Reply #34529 on:** July 31, 2019, 12:19:37 PM »

Was expecting it to cost way more tbh. That looks fantastic.

toku · « **Reply #34530 on:** July 31, 2019, 12:30:35 PM »

Gonna cost $200, gonna be sold out in 12 minutes and be resold on ebay for 400+

Dickie Dee · « **Reply #34531 on:** July 31, 2019, 12:35:37 PM »

Not sure if I'm seeing the $170+mill price tag but hey

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #34532 on:** July 31, 2019, 12:46:53 PM »

Quote from: toku on July 31, 2019, 12:30:35 PM

Gonna cost $200, gonna be sold out in 12 minutes and be resold on ebay for 400+

Preorder now on Amazon
https://www.amazon.com/GODZILLA-SHOWA-ERA-1954-1975-Criterion-Collection/dp/B07VLJ9KB6

Don Rumata · « **Reply #34533 on:** July 31, 2019, 12:58:40 PM »

Quote from: Dickie Dee on July 31, 2019, 12:35:37 PM

Not sure if I'm seeing the $170+mill price tag but hey

Like all Netflix movies i've seen, it's gonna be all eye catching premises&name, and turn out incredibly mediocre.

After Okja, i'm not falling for it again.

EDIT: Hell or High Water is probably the only one i've liked.

Tasty · « **Reply #34534 on:** July 31, 2019, 02:25:37 PM »

https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-former-flash-directors-make-a-saving-throw-for-the-1836831327

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This latest attempt with Goldstein and Daley (a partnership that saw them previously pen Spider-Man: Homecoming together) will mark the latest and first under the auspices of Hasbro’s AllSpark Productions, the merchandise-maker and Wizards of the Coast owner’s new attempt to leverage its popular toy brands like Magic: The Gathering, D&D, and Transformers into a Marvel-esque cinematic empire.

Dark Universe 2: Bumblebee Boogaloo

Don Rumata · « **Reply #34535 on:** July 31, 2019, 04:04:11 PM »

I loved Silence , and i think Scorsese has still got it, the problem i have it seems Netflix is more interested in names than good movies, and they seem to get B-tier projects from A-list people.
Then again, a good movie is a good movie, i don't care where it comes from, they did a couple of decent ones, and a whole lot of shitty to mediocre ones.
I'm saying they have a bad track record, despite the big names attached.

TVC15 · « **Reply #34536 on:** July 31, 2019, 04:04:56 PM »

Roma tho

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #34537 on:** July 31, 2019, 04:47:54 PM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on July 31, 2019, 02:25:37 PM

https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-former-flash-directors-make-a-saving-throw-for-the-1836831327

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This latest attempt with Goldstein and Daley (a partnership that saw them previously pen Spider-Man: Homecoming together) will mark the latest and first under the auspices of Hasbro’s AllSpark Productions, the merchandise-maker and Wizards of the Coast owner’s new attempt to leverage its popular toy brands like Magic: The Gathering, D&D, and Transformers into a Marvel-esque cinematic empire.

Dark Universe 2: Bumblebee Boogaloo

I imagine it'll work out about as well as every other attempt to do something like this that isn't MCU.

Nintex · « **Reply #34538 on:** July 31, 2019, 05:24:15 PM »

This might be the last time we see Joe Pesci star in a movie again

toku · « **Reply #34539 on:** July 31, 2019, 06:23:48 PM »

Irishman looks alright. I'm sure it'll be fine. Like Wrath said Scorcesse is pretty consistent even this late in his career.

Kara · « **Reply #34540 on:** July 31, 2019, 06:35:38 PM »

Wizards of the Coast is finally taking their terrible planeswalker brand to prime time and I can't wait for it to get ethered.

headwalk · « **Reply #34541 on:** July 31, 2019, 06:41:23 PM »

can't get over that they're giving scorsese $200m to make a period gangster film and he's spending it all on de-aging a few coffin dodgers who haven't had a stand out role in decades. just seems like such a colossal waste of money.

the bloke recreated whole streets of 19th century new york for half that. depressing that such a large outlay is being given to a filmmaker to make something other than capeshit and it'll all go on ironing out their saggy ballbag faces as they shuffle around praying that none of their vital organs give out.

Transhuman · « **Reply #34542 on:** July 31, 2019, 10:56:06 PM »

Mark my words, Scorsese's adaption of Killers of the Flower Moon is going to be insanely good.

EightBitNate · « **Reply #34543 on:** July 31, 2019, 11:41:43 PM »

Quote from: Dickie Dee on July 30, 2019, 07:35:06 PM

my most hyped movie of the year so far

I’ve had “Why’d ya spill yer beans?” stuck in my head all day

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #34544 on:** July 31, 2019, 11:49:08 PM »

this nicca spilling beans

EightBitNate · « **Reply #34545 on:** August 01, 2019, 12:01:28 AM »

on god

TEEEPO · « **Reply #34546 on:** August 01, 2019, 12:47:43 AM »

silence is one of scorsese's best imo

i will never doubt that man

TEEEPO · « **Reply #34547 on:** August 01, 2019, 12:50:29 AM »

Quote from: toku on July 31, 2019, 12:30:35 PM

Gonna cost $200, gonna be sold out in 12 minutes and be resold on ebay for 400+

is this some sort of limited criterion release because i don't believe they've ever done that? criterion has changed the way they license films to the point you don't really have to worry about their newer releases going out of print. boxsets, on the other hand, take a bit longer to reprint and have caused panic in the past...

i just want some limited edition prints of that art

Mr. Nobody · « **Reply #34548 on:** August 01, 2019, 12:52:25 AM »

Once Upon A Time In Hol-

Leo and Brad do a good job, Margot Robbie looks the best she's ever looked, but I'm good if I never sit through that again.

Transhuman · « **Reply #34549 on:** August 01, 2019, 04:44:58 AM »

Too much talking huh

Mistress 9 · « **Reply #34550 on:** August 01, 2019, 04:16:50 PM »

Quote from: Nintex on July 31, 2019, 05:24:15 PM

This might be the last time we see Joe Pesci star in a movie again

Guy should really stick to rapping.

team filler · « **Reply #34551 on:** August 01, 2019, 04:18:38 PM »

are you using your husband account to like your own posts?

Mistress 9 · « **Reply #34552 on:** August 01, 2019, 04:23:39 PM »

Yup, posting as riotious as well. He's currently bound up in the basement, dehydrated and unfed while I have two laptop computers logged in as both of us, liking my own posts as him. My master plan is in full effect. I cackle insidiously as I stroke one of my two cats (the handsomer one) as he lay on my evil lap. "You fools think I are HE!" I whisper under my breath to myself.

TEEEPO · « **Reply #34553 on:** August 01, 2019, 04:26:22 PM »

does dehydration in any way affect his massive shlong

Mistress 9 · « **Reply #34554 on:** August 01, 2019, 04:28:43 PM »

Nah just increases its vascularity.

team filler · « **Reply #34555 on:** August 01, 2019, 04:31:41 PM »

Quote from: Mistress 9 on August 01, 2019, 04:23:39 PM

Yup, posting as riotious as well. He's currently bound up in the basement, dehydrated and unfed while I have two laptop computers logged in as both of us, liking my own posts as him. My master plan is in full effect. I cackle insidiously as I stroke one of my two cats (the handsomer one) as he lay on my evil lap. "You fools think I are HE!" I whisper under my breath to myself.

like some of my posts with his account!

I want in on this like racket

headwalk · « **Reply #34556 on:** August 01, 2019, 06:20:07 PM »

was my most hyped film of the year, but pretty bummed out watching this. flanders was an apocalyptic moonscape by 1917, not a lovely green field ready for a picnic. don't even want to mention the hollywood as fuck saving private wilfred plot.

it just looks all very PG and not at all what anyone who has even accidentally overheard a dan carlin podcast knows the western front was like.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #34557 on:** August 01, 2019, 06:44:06 PM »

Rewatched Herzog's Bad Lieut.
What a magical movie.

team filler · « **Reply #34558 on:** August 01, 2019, 11:22:41 PM »

Quote from: Mistress 9 on August 01, 2019, 04:23:39 PM

Yup, posting as riotious as well. He's currently bound up in the basement, dehydrated and unfed while I have two laptop computers logged in as both of us, liking my own posts as him. My master plan is in full effect. I cackle insidiously as I stroke one of my two cats (the handsomer one) as he lay on my evil lap. "You fools think I are HE!" I whisper under my breath to myself.

I thought it was like this

but it's really like dis

team filler · « **Reply #34559 on:** August 02, 2019, 02:15:14 PM »

I don't see a like under my post, yet I'm supposed to answer your questions

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