Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread

[fistfulofmetal]

I watched the second Fantastic Four movie and thought the Silver Surfer was pretty great. Only because Doug Jones is quality.

[Yeti]

Silver Surfer turned out looking and sounding good. He was a lot more badass than a dude covered in chrome riding around on a flying surf board had any right to be. Shame about the rest of the movie though.

[Diunx]

The second Ghost Rider movie was awesome!

[Rufus]

[Rahxephon91]

The second Ghost Rider movie was awesome!

Yes it was. In the right way of course.

[Dickie Dee]

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[Joe Molotov]

Looks better than a Nolan JLA movie, amirite?

[cool breeze]

^
It's from the people who made Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, so yes.

[Freyj]

Before Midnight

 
 

Shit happens, people argue sometimes. Life goes on and we sometimes stay together. I think they'll be ok.

I did wish the dinner scene was about half as long. I get it, these other couples are Celine and Jesse at different points in life. But why all the talky talky pretentiousness? It takes away from the talky talky Jesse and Celine action that we love so much.

Can't wait for the next one in another nine years!

Watching the Before movies is like deja vu. Almost difficult at times. I am continually amazed how well they do Celine and Jesse in these movies. The dialogue felt real before but it's almost uncomfortable here like I'm watching something private.

Celine still has it, fat ass or not.

[chronovore]

I'm more excited about that Lego Movie than I should be.

[Groogrux]

Dear God, please don't let this suck.

[Great Rumbler]

[Joe Molotov]

Walt Disney's Ice Age 5

[Groogrux]

You can tell that they REALLY miss Pixar.

[Rahxephon91]

Dear God, please don't let this suck.

That wasn't very encouraging.

The race jokes weren't even clever.

[Himu]

Um...I hope that movie bombs.

[Himu]

Um...

I refuse to believe this is by the same people who made Tangled.

[Great Rumbler]

I really don't understand that teaser, in that it is absolutely nothing like the pictures, posters, and synopses that have been released up to this point.

[Joe Molotov]

You can tell that they REALLY miss Pixar.

Disney's CG movies had been trending upwards. Chicken Little was terrible, Meet the Robinsons was pretty bad, Bolt was okay, Tangled was great, Wreck-it Ralph was excellent. Now there's this thing, I dunno. The synopsis makes it seem like the snowman is a minor character, so maybe this is just some crap the interns whipped up over the weekend.

[Eric P]

this is somewhat unexpected
The New Yorker gave WWZ a good review?

http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/cinema/2013/07/01/130701crci_cinema_denby

“World War Z” is the most gratifying action spectacle in years, and one reason for its success is that Pitt doesn’t play a superhero. Gerry Lane is tough and infinitely resourceful (he could reset his own broken arm if he had to), but he doesn’t fly, he doesn’t pass through walls, and, in the long tradition of unpretentious movie heroes, he’s reluctant and terse. Early in the film, the Under-Secretary-General of the U.N. (Fana Mokoena), who seems to be one of the most powerful men left alive, tells Gerry that entire cities have fallen to the creatures, and he is the only one who can save the planet. So Gerry sets off in search of the first victim in order to find the cause of the outbreak—whatever it is—and then a cure. As he flies around the world, the audience is pulled slowly but ineluctably into the horror. At an American military post in South Korea, the soldiers know exactly what they’re dealing with. They call the creatures Zekes, and they would rather be shot than become one of them. The sequence is forbiddingly dark, rain-soaked, terror-streaked—a fleeting nightmare that recaps the pace and the charge of the Philadelphia scenes. You can admire a movie like Steven Soderbergh’s “Contagion” (2011), a realistic rendering of civil breakdown caused by a spreading pathogen, but the horror-film version of disaster in “World War Z” stretches the senses to take in more than you may expect. Pop dynamism can tear through normal expectations when the fantastic is as precise as this.

[fistfulofmetal]

I'm going to go see WWZ and Man of Steel this weekend at the drive-in. Looking forward to it.

[Tasty]

WWZ is 67% on RT, if that means anything. That's about double what I expected TBH.

[Howard Alan Treesong]

planning a double feature of Star Trek: Into Darkness and some other movie this weekend ... should I suffer through Man of Steel or World War Z?

[Steve Contra]

[Rufus]

This is so creepy. I keep expecting punchlines and a laughtrack to kick in.

[Steve Contra]

That commercial actually says "it takes one person to start a revolution" while Steve Jobs is talking to Wozniak about the Apple I.  The hagiography of Jobs is almost complete.  We just need some Portuguese girls to see visions of him now.

[Tasty]

I'm gonna lol so hard if iJOBS ends up being better than this one lol.

Of course, we all know Pirates of Silicon Valley will never be topped.

[Snake]

"The Original Visionary"

[Joe Molotov]

Is this part of Steve Jobs's official canonization process?

[Steve Contra]

Before Apple I the world of a wasteland of shitty inventions that relied on even worse typefaces to relay messages.  Imagine how much faster we would have won WWII if the radar had looked a little sharper?

[Great Rumbler]

Of course, we all know Pirates of Silicon Valley will never be topped.

True that.

[ManaByte]

I'm gonna lol so hard if iJOBS ends up being better than this one lol.

Of course, we all know Pirates of Silicon Valley will never be topped.

iJOBS doesn't sound like a biopic at all. It's just a couple of conversations he has backstage before three big product reveals. That's IT.

[Phoenix Dark]

THE ORIGINAL INNOVATOR

 
"Kanye West created soul loops"

[Tasty]

I'm gonna lol so hard if iJOBS ends up being better than this one lol.

Of course, we all know Pirates of Silicon Valley will never be topped.

iJOBS doesn't sound like a biopic at all. It's just a couple of conversations he has backstage before three big product reveals. That's IT.

Wait, what was the one with Justin Long? That one was fricking amazing/hilarious.

[Great Rumbler]

That was iSteve.

[fistfulofmetal]

World War Z was OK. Nothing amazing.

[fistfulofmetal]

Man of Steel is super dumb and tried too hard. Entertaining fluff with little to no brain or thought behind it.

[recursivelyenumerable]

I saw Before Midnight. Haven't seen the other two but wow, Ethan Hawke's character is really a dick

[Verdigris Murder]

He's probably a right moody cunt in real life, always brooding about his rival Ryan Reynolds. Those weird eyes he has.

[Dickie Dee]

[Diunx]

boner!!!

[headwalk]

Man of Steel is super dumb and tried too hard. Entertaining fluff with little to no brain or thought behind it.

how much michael shannon will i get for my money?

[Great Rumbler]

Oh my.

[Joe Molotov]

Non-crappy Terry Gilliam, is that you?

[Barry Egan]

Non-crappy Terry Gilliam, is that you?

not getting my hopes up.

[fistfulofmetal]

Man of Steel is super dumb and tried too hard. Entertaining fluff with little to no brain or thought behind it.

how much michael shannon will i get for my money?

Probably not enough to warrant the ticket price.

[Beezy]

Movie hopped with friends today:

Monsters University might be up there as one of my favorite Pixar movies.

I expected way more zombie wave hordes from World War Z, but its still a good movie.

This is the End was actually funny. If you hate the main cast, I doubt it'll be enjoyable for you.

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

loved This is the End.  Every second with Micheal Cera was gold, Neapolitan ice cream, good shit.

The East is almost a pretty good movie, kind of falls apart in the end, the main character just sorts of gets pushed around.  Its like a really good first draft of a better film.

[chronovore]

Renting movies like a mad freak:

Quartet: Very touching movie about creative people in their later years; beautifully shot. Billy Connolly was awesome, but the main actor, Tom Courtenay, was flawless in a very nuanced performance. I'm going to look up his back catalog.

Killing Them Softly: Disappointing, to be honest. It felt like it was trying to be more clever than it was with the savings-and-loan scandal playing on every background device. There was absolutely no-one to pull for in the movie; it was just a bunch of losers in a two hour tragedy. I'm happy I saw it, it was not a bad movie, but my hopes were too high.

Reservoir Dogs: Hadn't seen it in at least 10 years. Holds up super well. Amazing how little Tarantino's signature moves have changed.

[Beezy]

loved This is the End.  Every second with Micheal Cera was gold, Neapolitan ice cream, good shit.

yes

[Eric P]

Jackie Chan retrospective fired up yesterday at Lincoln Center

Drunken Master 2 is still as near a perfect kung fu film as you could imagine, and is a hell of a lot of fun on the big screen.

Tuesday it's the Project A films for me then Thursday it's Police Story.

Then this weekend is the start of the NYAFF

Going to be spending a lot of time in the dark ths coming week

[Beezy]

Jackie Chan retrospective fired up yesterday at Lincoln Center

Drunken Master 2 is still as near a perfect kung fu film as you could imagine, and is a hell of a lot of fun on the big screen.

Tuesday it's the Project A films for me then Thursday it's Police Story.

Then this weekend is the start of the NYAFF

Going to be spending a lot of time in the dark ths coming week

Link to this? Or is it too late? I've never seen all the Project A movies.

[Eric P]

Nope still going on

http://www.filmlinc.com/films/series/the-jackie-chan-experience

Tonight it's the Armour of God series which is fun, but I have too much other stuff to do so I can't go.

Tickets still avail for Project A and the Police Story films on Thursday.  If you haven't seen the uncut / undubbed Police Story 3, I highly recommend it.

[Beezy]

thanks

[Beezy]

I'll be there for both Project A tomorrow.

[Eric P]

sweet.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Duel

Pretty solid. Got a little repetitive at times, but I was surprised how much Spielberg managed to get out of so little. Amazing how little wind-up there was to Spielberg's career. He was excellent right out of the gate.

[chronovore]

Duel

Pretty solid. Got a little repetitive at times, but I was surprised how much Spielberg managed to get out of so little. Amazing how little wind-up there was to Spielberg's career. He was excellent right out of the gate.

My aunt went out and saw Duel when it was in theaters; a few days later, she panicked when she thought she was being followed by a truck right up behind her, tailgating dangerously close. Turns out her trunk had popped open and was filling the entirety of her rear-view mirror.

[Pills Here]

World War Z was great. Odd to watch a zombie film without gore tho.

[drew]

lords of salem

was alright i guess, enjoyed the part where the author had tea with the witches.  never really get to see the fruition of the rise of the antichrist which was disappointing.  other good parts were with the old timey witches who were very convincing,  wonder where they got the lead old witch lady from, she looks torn up.