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bork · « **Reply #34800 on:** August 03, 2019, 05:35:11 PM »

Hobbs & Shaw was a pretty good 'summer popcorn' flick. Like 95% action the entire way through and it was pretty fun to watch it all go down. Felt different than Fast And Furious in a good way- not quite as "dumb" and more focused on just action than car stuff (although it's there, too). Ventured a bit too much into sci-fi with Idris Elba's character -he's basically like the Terminator and jokes about it are even made- but it made for a good ending fight.

Ryan Reynolds popping up was also fun. He's playing...Ryan Reynolds, but I feel like the same can be said for The Rock and Statham, so whatever, lol. Nice nod to The Italian Job in the movie, too.

Going to assume the new bad guy group introduced here will only be in these movies and not in F&F.

Oh yeah- there's three scenes during the credits- one that plays right as they start rolling, one a little after, and then last one isn't until all the credits finish rolling. We were the only ones who stayed for the last one.

Spoiler on Ryan Reynolds' character:

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He's a bit part in the movie, but the end credits stuff shows that he's crazy-good at spy stuff and is basically Deadpool in a suit. It is implied that he has killed a shitload of people by himself at the end. Including stabbing a guy with a brick.

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Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #34801 on:** August 03, 2019, 08:04:37 PM »

Finally watched suicide squad. What a mess of a movie. A real shame too because there are slivers of goodness in there that get ruined with tone shifts, crowded characters, flat jokes, a piss poor story. The joke stuff really messed with having good story beats. Also, all the action was just boring.

Hope 2 works out though.

naff · « **Reply #34802 on:** August 03, 2019, 09:44:29 PM »

caught this on a whim. incredibly well made, utilising every cinematic trick in the book but the editing is so smooth and precise it feels natural. such a pleasure to watch. it's not much of a kids musical like the trailer implies (thank god), though there are a few songs which play into the story. there are some really clunky moments, in particular a fake out near the end and the subsequent wrap up were really odd choices to me. but overall one of the better, more surprising picks i've been to at the festival here this year.

been a bit of a flop for me so far though. nothing particularly great. i enjoyed Ladj Ly's Les Miserables well enough, and The Farewell was so heart warming. def in the comfort movie rotation. seeing Le Bonheur on the big screen was great. High Life was something i looked forward to, but it turned out very average. there were things i really liked, but claire denis doing her thing trying to analyse the fringes of human nature and how people interact in dire situations fell flat on it's face here. completely missed the mark for me. also, juliette binoches fuckbox scene was disappointing overly performative trash. like a caricature of a mad scientist going wild in space.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #34803 on:** August 04, 2019, 01:37:01 AM »

Rewatched The fugitive and MiB 1 tonight.

Don't know why I didn't realize this before but The negotiator is the exact same move as the fugitive. Great movie that stands above its TV show premise.

MiB does amazing foreshadowing that I'm only now picking up on. The CGI holds up really well for a 90's movie.

Tripon · « **Reply #34804 on:** August 04, 2019, 05:33:59 PM »

https://twitter.com/frailgesture/status/1156296889517498368

TVC15 · « **Reply #34805 on:** August 04, 2019, 06:09:04 PM »

Hobbs and Shaw was fun, but it was a weak entry for the franchise. The plot was even more half-assed and there were zero memorable action scenes. It’s mostly just fist fight scenes similar to what we’ve seen a zillion times before. The Rock and Statham are the only things making this movie fun, and luckily they’re on screen most of the time. Elba is completely wasted. Not memorable at all, no badass moments.

bork · « **Reply #34806 on:** August 04, 2019, 10:09:57 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on August 04, 2019, 06:09:04 PM

Hobbs and Shaw was fun, but it was a weak entry for the franchise. The plot was even more half-assed and there were zero memorable action scenes. It’s mostly just fist fight scenes similar to what we’ve seen a zillion times before. The Rock and Statham are the only things making this movie fun, and luckily they’re on screen most of the time. Elba is completely wasted. Not memorable at all, no badass moments.

The stuff on the side of the building, the chase scene, and the end with the vehicles and helicopter all immediately come to mind.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #34807 on:** August 04, 2019, 11:02:52 PM »

Rewatching MIB2. I wish I was the type of person to be able to call someone else a cool kickname like 'chief' with as much confidence as Tommy Lee Jones can. Also, this movie is way better than most people treat it as. Also, I like that in between 1 and 2, Will Smith's character went from being the cool black guy he played in his earlier years to just will smith without needing stereotypes. Also, I never connected the pug singing 'I will survive' in English earlier with him sing 'who let the dogs out' in dog latter.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #34808 on:** August 04, 2019, 11:28:32 PM »

The plot (with the exception that the antagonist's goal is basically the same as the first movie) and story beats are both really good and most of the jokes land.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #34809 on:** August 04, 2019, 11:30:32 PM »

I mean I understand calling the BTTF sequels bad because the first one was too.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #34810 on:** August 04, 2019, 11:34:58 PM »

Also it doesn't quite give the feeling of wonder the first did with its 'the universe is vast and amazing' but it does the 'weirdness is all around you' better. Also it fleshes out the universe very nicely.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #34811 on:** August 04, 2019, 11:37:13 PM »

I didn't like MiB2.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #34812 on:** August 04, 2019, 11:50:15 PM »

Ya I knew what you mean. I was just hoping to bate someone so I could see them defend BTTF. I don't know why I like it, and I've only gotten it to work once but I have developed a passion for it.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #34813 on:** August 04, 2019, 11:56:59 PM »

Also the worms being creepy rapists jokes still hold up well in the metoo-era.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #34814 on:** August 04, 2019, 11:58:35 PM »

Quote from: Madrun Badrun on August 04, 2019, 11:50:15 PM

I was just hoping to bate someone

Well, you’ve come to the right place.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #34815 on:** August 05, 2019, 12:30:52 AM »

I probably had bate on the mind because I was masturbating when I wrote that. Also I really love the subtle hints that the neuralizers really fuck people up: In 1 its implied that the morgue lady is a necrophiliac because of it and in 2 its implied david cross kills his mom so that he can do what will told him to do.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #34816 on:** August 05, 2019, 12:39:19 AM »

I will say that the fight scenes do physical comedy poorly - like z's kung fu and that because the aliens are a lot more animated, the cgi isn't as good.

toku · « **Reply #34817 on:** August 05, 2019, 12:39:24 AM »

Greatest crime of the MiB franchise is not letting Will Smith hook up with Linda Fiorentino.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #34818 on:** August 05, 2019, 12:45:54 AM »

Ya really wished she was in 2.

team filler · « **Reply #34819 on:** August 05, 2019, 01:12:32 AM »

VomKriege · « **Reply #34820 on:** August 05, 2019, 01:18:36 AM »

I don't hate MiB2 but it's really, really flat. I don't know if it's the story, the pacing or the similarities but it's honestly a bore. Not unlike Ghostbusters 2 indeed. I think the third one is much better even if superfluous and redundant as most sequels.

And yeah it's a shame for Fiorentino but considering how fast she disappeared after her big break, I suspect (but never cared to research) she had issues with the industry or the industry had issues with her.

shosta · « **Reply #34821 on:** August 05, 2019, 02:02:45 AM »

Don Rumata · « **Reply #34822 on:** August 05, 2019, 04:09:38 AM »

Quote from: shosta on August 05, 2019, 02:02:45 AM

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It's not as subversive maybe, but Look of Silence is also fantastic (and to be honest, it's hard to separate the two, since they are two faces of the same coin).

Transhuman · « **Reply #34823 on:** August 05, 2019, 04:28:37 AM »

Mind-bending? Why would you watch a film that bends your mind

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #34824 on:** August 05, 2019, 09:52:55 AM »

Quote from: Madrun Badrun on August 05, 2019, 12:45:54 AM

Ya really wished she was in 2.

You just wanted to know what it was she did at night while she was alone with the bodies.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #34825 on:** August 05, 2019, 10:00:21 AM »

Arctic is on Amazon Prime, so I gave that a watch while I was grinding my gacha games last night. Pretty dece. Basically just Mads Mikkelsen dragging a comatose girl through the snow for an hour and a half, which would probably suck if Mads Mikkelsen wasn't awesome.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #34826 on:** August 05, 2019, 10:02:56 AM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on August 05, 2019, 10:00:21 AM

Arctic is on Amazon Prime, so I gave that a watch while I was grinding my gacha games last night. Pretty dece. Basically just Mads Mikkelsen dragging a comatose girl through the snow for an hour and a half, which would probably suck if Mads Mikkelsen wasn't awesome.

Felt like the shittier version of All Is Lost, to me.
But yeah, Mads made it bearable.

Mr. Nobody · « **Reply #34827 on:** August 05, 2019, 11:49:56 AM »

How....did the Sicario franchise get to be this hyped?

1 was largely unimpressive.

2 was hot garbage.

Mr. Nobody · « **Reply #34828 on:** August 05, 2019, 12:06:41 PM »

Quote from: riotous on August 05, 2019, 11:53:15 AM

People loved the original.

I thought it was just OK personally.

The last 20 minutes or so of the first were good but that didn't make up for an uncompelling Emily Blunt and an underutilized Daniel Kaluuya for an hour and a half for me.

2 though...good lord.

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A cartel war instigated by the US government on the false pretense of suicide-bombing terrorists coming through the Mexican border? Terrorists who turned out to be US citizens from Jersey?

Del Toro apparently not settling the score at the end of the first and is now chasing the boss who gave his family's killer the order?

Del Toro getting shot in the head and left for dead

...only for him to survive because he was actually shot in the cheek despite losing blood for hours

Shot by the human trafficker-in-training who he just to happened to literally run into weeks prior, and who he is now apparently grooming to be his successor

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It was just terrible. Being completely unnecessary is one thing but to be this bad?

Don Rumata · « **Reply #34829 on:** August 05, 2019, 12:18:01 PM »

1 was very solid, 2 was "so bad it's good" territory.
Kind of like those Disney direct to video sequels.

toku · « **Reply #34830 on:** August 05, 2019, 12:20:16 PM »

I liked the first. Both are just action movies for people who think they're too smart to enjoy actual action movies though. Good score and foreshadowing in the first one. When the show the border and that drone shit starts up, good shit.

Tasty · « **Reply #34831 on:** August 05, 2019, 12:32:25 PM »

2 has some fucking balls.

Nintex · « **Reply #34832 on:** August 05, 2019, 01:05:28 PM »

1 has an excellent soundtrack, great build-up and is overall a good action movie.

2 seems directionless. The actions of the 'good guys' past the intro make zero sense.

TEEEPO · « **Reply #34833 on:** August 05, 2019, 04:53:24 PM »

sicario left such a sour taste in my mouth despite all the cool shit that happened outside of emily blunt's character that i will never bother with the sequel

Raist · « **Reply #34834 on:** August 05, 2019, 05:22:42 PM »

https://bloody-disgusting.com/tv/3576789/adam-wingard-directing-event-horizon-series-amazon/

Tasty · « **Reply #34835 on:** August 05, 2019, 06:43:19 PM »

Someone recommend a fucked up horror movie (non-body horror.)

Don Rumata · « **Reply #34836 on:** August 05, 2019, 07:06:21 PM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on August 05, 2019, 06:43:19 PM

Someone recommend a fucked up horror movie (non-body horror.)

Evolution (Lucile Hadžihalilović, 2015).

Tasty · « **Reply #34837 on:** August 05, 2019, 07:11:06 PM »

Oh snap I think I remember the trailer for that... I think I'll queue it up now.

Tasty · « **Reply #34838 on:** August 05, 2019, 08:43:56 PM »

Alright Evolution is starting. Someone give me another one that's actually scared you.

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #34839 on:** August 05, 2019, 08:49:24 PM »

Gremlins

Mr. Nobody · « **Reply #34840 on:** August 05, 2019, 10:23:27 PM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on August 05, 2019, 08:43:56 PM

Alright Evolution is starting. Someone give me another one that's actually scared you.

Inside (2007)

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #34841 on:** August 05, 2019, 10:24:05 PM »

Hellraiser VIII: Hellworld

Mr. Nobody · « **Reply #34842 on:** August 05, 2019, 10:27:20 PM »

Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

TEEEPO · « **Reply #34843 on:** August 06, 2019, 01:30:28 AM »

the vanishing :'(

shosta · « **Reply #34844 on:** August 06, 2019, 03:22:58 AM »

Tasty · « **Reply #34845 on:** August 06, 2019, 09:28:41 AM »

https://io9.gizmodo.com/captain-marvels-gemma-chan-may-pull-mcu-double-duty-wit-1836980965

I'd say the MCU has officially run out of actors but they already re-used Alfre Woodard (two different characters on Luke Cage and Civil War.)

Nuitangg · « **Reply #34846 on:** August 06, 2019, 11:17:41 AM »

I loved both Sicarios and can't wait for the third.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #34847 on:** August 06, 2019, 11:47:25 AM »

Blade Runner 2049 > Blade Runner.

Also Polytechnique is an amazing movie.

Tasty · « **Reply #34848 on:** August 06, 2019, 02:31:47 PM »

Quote

the one time I ever did he just casually came to my grandma's house and picked me up to go eat or something

Reboot pedo Freddy confirmed

Mr. Nobody · « **Reply #34849 on:** August 06, 2019, 02:34:16 PM »

Quote from: TEEEPO on August 06, 2019, 01:30:28 AM

the vanishing :'(

"You really wanna know what happened to her?

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Tasty · « **Reply #34850 on:** August 06, 2019, 02:36:26 PM »

Yeah but they were more ambiguously subtle about it.

I said *more* subtle!

Tasty · « **Reply #34851 on:** August 06, 2019, 02:44:16 PM »

Ehhhhh his public image has pretty much entirely shed the molester part, yeah part 5 calls him out on it but by that point he's basically Wacky Freddy, The Guy You Root For.

Nuitangg · « **Reply #34852 on:** August 06, 2019, 02:48:21 PM »

I wore out my Dream Warriors 45 record as a kid. Yes I'm old.

Tasty · « **Reply #34853 on:** August 06, 2019, 02:49:29 PM »

Quote from: Stro on August 06, 2019, 02:48:09 PM

Who doesn't think of Freddy as a child molester?

Anyone born after the first movie came out.

If you took a random sample of people on the street, I bet most wouldn't remember/realize he was intended as a child molester.

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #34854 on:** August 06, 2019, 02:49:33 PM »

A 45?! .. bruh ...

Tasty · « **Reply #34855 on:** August 06, 2019, 02:52:12 PM »

He's a horror icon now and that overshadows the movies themselves. People only know what's been filtered through pop culture.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #34856 on:** August 06, 2019, 03:02:58 PM »

Freddy's always creeping on kids, how is this even a point of contention?

Ghoul · « **Reply #34857 on:** August 06, 2019, 04:29:46 PM »

Gave alita battle angel a view, what a generic crapshoot that was, felt so neutered for world wide audience, ready player one vibes.

shosta · « **Reply #34858 on:** August 06, 2019, 05:27:11 PM »

fuck you

Rahxephon91 · « **Reply #34859 on:** August 06, 2019, 06:41:18 PM »

Quote from: Ghoul on August 06, 2019, 04:29:46 PM

Gave alita battle angel a view, what a generic crapshoot that was, felt so neutered for world wide audience, ready player one vibes.

At the end of the day I don’t think it went far enough with art direction or script.

But I don’t know, generic and neutered aren’t words I’d use to describe the movie.

It’s pretty faithful to the source material(anime more then manga) and lots of the plot developments aren’t so generic. The romance is at points kind of played as creepy and dosent end generically. The violence and character deaths are toned down but if they weren’t robots this would be an r rated movie. And Alita herself isn’t that bad of a female character.

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