Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread

[TVC15]

Watching this right now and it’s pretty much amazing.

https://www.avclub.com/in-1993-arcade-turned-virtual-reality-into-virtually-w-1823706632

[Momo]

WOAT Bond for me, I dont like Bourne Identity Bond.

[TVC15]

Watching this right now and it’s pretty much amazing.

https://www.avclub.com/in-1993-arcade-turned-virtual-reality-into-virtually-w-1823706632

I’m upgrading this to best movie ever. You can watch it free on Amazon with a free 7 day trial for the Full Moon channel.

[TEEEPO]

more amazing than this?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284034/

[TVC15]

more amazing than this?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284034/

This has been recommended to me multiple times. I’ll try to check it out. I doubt it’s as good as Arcade, though.

[chronovore]

Watching this right now and it’s pretty much amazing.

https://www.avclub.com/in-1993-arcade-turned-virtual-reality-into-virtually-w-1823706632

I’m upgrading this to best movie ever. You can watch it free on Amazon with a free 7 day trial for the Full Moon channel.

"In 1992, The Lawnmower Man had combined Stephen King and the visionary aesthetics of Dire Straits’ “Money For Nothing” video to explore the limitless possibilities VR promised for movies"

Savage.

[Assimilate]

more amazing than this?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0284034/

If they remade this it'd be a huge hit.

[Tasty]

WOAT Bond for me, I dont like Bourne Identity Bond.

He hasn't been that since his Casino Royale tbh.

[Momo]

I need the goofiness and absolutely pure ridiculous surreality of Bond being a superspy going to space and shooting pew pew lasers.

[Tasty]

I need the goofiness and absolutely pure ridiculous surreality of Bond being a superspy going to space and shooting pew pew lasers.

Have you seen Spectre

Bond and Bloefield are long lost brothers

[Momo]

Spectre was the last one right? I dont think I have, I checked out at that one with the ice bar and the aston martin chase at the start.

[Tasty]

Spectre was the last one right? I dont think I have, I checked out at that one with the ice bar and the aston martin chase at the start.

It's pretty much goofy shitty old Bond with Craig. It's amazing or terrible depending on where you stand on the Bond Spectrum™.

[Transhuman]

Original Sin (2001): A film about conning rich dudes. Antonio Banderas plays a rich dude getting scammed by Angelina Jolie. I heard that the fight scenes in this movie are unsimulated. The script is bad and the story sucks.

★★★★

[TVC15]

You folks have seen Brainscan, starring Borean heartthrob Edward Furlong, right? It’s also a tasty early 90s cyber treat. Delicious. Like a chonga’s bedazzled butthole.

[Momo]

http://variety.com/2018/film/news/ava-duvernay-superhero-movie-new-gods-dc-1202725043/

Dunno this person but if they're shit imma be upset

[chronovore]

Oh, man. Old Man Chrono, so tired of takedown culture, has no choice but to agree with this assessment.

I still liked the movie though.

And I don't give two shits about levity being spread throughout Star Wars and Marvel properties. Jesus. Just relax, y'all.

I need the goofiness and absolutely pure ridiculous surreality of Bond being a superspy going to space and shooting pew pew lasers.

Have you seen Spectre

Bond and Bloefield are long lost brothers

Spectre was the last one right? I dont think I have, I checked out at that one with the ice bar and the aston martin chase at the start.

Yeah, SPECTRE was not good; it was moving closer to the Moore/Brosnan levels of action, stretching plausibility to its breaking point. That denouement about Blofeld/Bond was just epically cheap. COME ON.

Even so, I still like Bourne-style Bond, and Daniel Craig and Timothy Dalton are my favorite Bonds.

FIGHT ME.

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[Momo]

I'm like the dog in that picture, you're coming at me with full mantis jutsu and I'm like, man I just want to take a nap

[HyperZoneWasAwesome]

Oh yes, I remember that well. From the brief window that Edward Furlong looked like he could be a bankable kiddie star in violent movies (see also Pet Cemetary 2) and when movies were afraid of shitty early CGI monsters/Virtual Reality (see also Ghost in the Machine).

I'm really high on Thoroughbreds, it just impressed the hell outta me. Its hard to believe its a first film from its director. Its so confidentaly and smartly made. The performances/writing are so uniformly strong. This is a great movie. Chock full of surprises and tricky tonal balences.

Also, Anton Yelchin is great in this. The film well plays off of his advancing and tragically truncated age. It made me very much miss the interesting older man he would never become.

[Great Rumbler]

I haven't seen it mentioned yet, so here's another:

[TVC15]

I haven't seen it mentioned yet, so here's another:

This looks amazing but I don’t see it streaming

[Great Rumbler]

The full movie used to be on Youtube, dunno if it still is, though.

[TVC15]

The full movie used to be on Youtube, dunno if it still is, though.

It is. Thank yuuuuuuu

[Joe Molotov]

It's a fun movie, a bit slow but it pays off big in the end. It's about a kid that summons Satan with his Apple IIe in the basement of his school. Probably downloaded it on Prodigy or some shit.

[TVC15]

It's a fun movie, a bit slow but it pays off big in the end. It's about a kid that summons Satan with his Apple IIe in the basement of his school. Probably downloaded it on Prodigy or some shit.

Sounds like those original Japanese light novels that MegaTen was derived from ripped this off. Japanese cultural appropriation of white culture yet again.

[benjipwns]

wait...THANOS?!?

[BlueTsunami]

I feel all the Infinity Wars trailers could be pieced together and you'd get 95.573% of the movie

I'm happy I just watched the one and was like YUP

[benjipwns]

this movie interests me more because i want to see how they manage to juggle that 400 person or so cast

[benjipwns]

i love that they had to give thanos, an unstoppable titan who can remake reality, four sidekicks and a whole cgi army so they can do enough dumb fights with everybody

[toku]

Saw Justice Leauge dir. by Joss Whedon. Whew what a fucking mess lmao.

The best parts are straight up the most Snyder wackfests. That scene where flash has to hit something at an exact moment? Thats that Snyder shit I love. Just him stroking himself off for 2-3 minutes at a time over one tiny ass moment. The movie has 2 or 3 of these and it's like thats all they had when they started. I refuse to believe this movie had a script at any point of the process. It's just random scenes one after another and they're a fucking mess continuity wise because of all the really obvious green screen reshoots. I hope this physically hurt everyone involved on it's way out of the studio, they deserve it. Holy shit.

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Gonna be a fucking classic in 15 years

 

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[Madrun Badrun]

So hyped - watched the trailer 6 times. 

[TVC15]

So hyped - watched the trailer 6 times. 

I thought I raised you better than this.

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Brawl in Cell Block 99



S. Craig Zahler is one to watch, dudes. I really love his style of grounded character pieces that slowly descend into exploitation madness. Just checked his IMDB and his next movie is called "Dragged Across Concrete" 

[Raist]

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171113006083/en/Amazon-Adapt-J.R.R.-Tolkien%E2%80%99s-Globally-Renowned-Fantasy

Television adaptation, exploring new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring, slated to debut exclusively on Prime Video

 

[Momo]

has hollywood not yet realized the audience cant give a fuck about prequels?

[chronovore]

this movie interests me more because i want to see how they manage to juggle that 400 person or so cast

NARRATOR: They don't manage it…

[HardcoreRetro]

That the Bone Tomahawk dude? That movie was great.

[ToxicAdam]

Infinity War is like the Royal Rumble. The entrances are all awesome, but once they get into the ring it's just another clunky battle royale (ie. boring CGI-fest.)

[BobFromPikeCreek]

Yeah, same guy. If you liked Bone Tomahawk you've gotta check out Cell Block 99.

[seagrams hotsauce]

I feel all the Infinity Wars trailers could be pieced together and you'd get 95.573% of the movie

I'm happy I just watched the one and was like YUP

While I was watching this I realized that I'm perfectly content solely consuming Marvel movies in trailer sized format. I'm literally getting as much from a two and a half minute ad as I would from watching a two hour long movie, and that's fine with me.

[chronovore]

That the Bone Tomahawk dude? That movie was great.

Bone Tomahawk was really surprising and good.

[Great Rumbler]

https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171113006083/en/Amazon-Adapt-J.R.R.-Tolkien%E2%80%99s-Globally-Renowned-Fantasy

Television adaptation, exploring new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring, slated to debut exclusively on Prime Video

 

 

[nudemacusers]

Bone tomahawk is a great movie to go into blind... I had heard it was an unusual and violent western but not much else... and yeah, it starts out that way and in an expected manner but jay-zus does it ramp up. You know what I’m taking about... and it managed to not feel discordant in the process.


Took the older kids to bleck pentha... not bad. Pretty good actually. Probably the best villain so far in the mcu; actual depth and conviction.... was let down a bit by the ending which was just three things going on that didn’t mesh well in flow, plus they did the annoying blockbuster thing where some Everyman lame gets to contribute to the winning side...

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CIA dude flying the plane

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. Pls stop doing this thx.

CGI actually wasn’t as bad as it looked in the trailers, only odd spots were some crowd shots/backgrounds... nothing as heinous as Spider-Man homecoming.

Both my kids thought it was awesome tho so it’s a net win for all involved

[nudemacusers]

Also saw annihilation... also pretty good, not as well formed/polished/executed as ex machina on first view... I can see why this was dumped because the movie makes zero concessions for the audience at large and just gets plain weird at the end. Which I didn’t care for from as stylistic POV, just seemed to be a rough sketch of how it would execute nor did I feel the movie Gabe enough breathing room for the sequence.. I did appreciate the overall theme of the film and the slow-burn intro.

[Optimus]

Watched Annihilation. Great scifi but not a movie I'd call great. Aside from some exposition the characters didn't go far, Portman and her character were decent and the story was also decent. What really saved the movie were the unique scifi elements in it, honestly without that aspect I'd find it pretty mediocre. Alex Garland knows how to create unique worlds and situations but other than that he's mediocre at everything else. Imo, Ex Machina wasn't that great either.


Also, trailer for latest Marvel movie has just been released!

[Momo]

Didnt really like Annihilation, couldn't find myself caring for the fate of any of the characters.

[Optimus]

Didnt really like Annihilation, couldn't find myself caring for the fate of any of the characters.

Because they were paper thin. Even Portman's character wasn't very deep. Compare her with Amy Adams' character on Arrival for example, the difference is enormous.

[TVC15]

I liked Annihilation a lot, but me and most of my smarter-than-you-guys friends thinks it needed just a little bit more meat somewhere to achieve greatness. Maybe rejigger that affair or scrap it and add something to some of the characters. Still liked it an awful lot.

[Momo]

Should've just played Silent Hill instead 

[benjipwns]

Infinity War is like the Royal Rumble. The entrances are all awesome, but once they get into the ring it's just another clunky battle royale (ie. boring CGI-fest.)

and the much hyped Thanos showdown is really just a promo for a future event?

[ToxicAdam]

I've said it before, but I thought Annihilation brought up a lot of grand ideas (the invasive nature of life, our biological desire for self-destruction, cancer allegories, etc) but didn't really pay them off in any meaningful way. Strip away all the CGI weirdness at the end, and you had a pretty cookie-cutter Hollywood ending.

I guess the director was beholden to the books and the potential for sequels, but I wish he would've been more bold at the end of that movie. That's why I've always respected movies like Event Horizon and Twelve Monkeys. They build to that ending and pay it off.

[BlueTsunami]

I liked Annihilation a lot, but me and most of my smarter-than-you-guys friends thinks it needed just a little bit more meat somewhere to achieve greatness. Maybe rejigger that affair or scrap it and add something to some of the characters. Still liked it an awful lot.

The precursor could have been dropped completely for me. Maybe maintain the missing husband who returns but basically drop her into the second act. More time devoted to exploring the shimmer.

[I'm a Puppy!]

Yesterday, I woke up, bought a few bathrobes and a can of coffee, took the fam bowling, popped some pop corn, put it in the now empty coffee can and introduced the teens to The Big Lebowski. They loved it. Honestly, it's in my top 5 movies, but it's even better than I remember.

[Tasty]

I didn't expect to love Lebowski as much as I did, and I was expecting quite a lot.

[Great Rumbler]

The only problem I have with The Big Lebowski is that there aren't more scenes with John Goodman.

[Optimus]

That the Bone Tomahawk dude? That movie was great.

Fuck that movie. I'm still haunted by a certain scene in it. FUCK THAT MOVIE.

[Tasty]

The only problem I have with The Big Lebowski is that there aren't more scenes with John Goodman.

[TVC15]

That the Bone Tomahawk dude? That movie was great.

Fuck that movie. I'm still haunted by a certain scene in it. FUCK THAT MOVIE.

Haunted I want people to do that to me

[Crash Dummy]

I liked Annihilation a lot, but me and most of my smarter-than-you-guys friends thinks it needed just a little bit more meat somewhere to achieve greatness. Maybe rejigger that affair or scrap it and add something to some of the characters. Still liked it an awful lot.

i was ok with the affair, it gives a concrete reason for kane to go into the shimmer. agree overall that while it's good it's missing that je ne sais quoi to be great. i don't get why this wasn't shoved down our throats for having an all female cast the way ghostbusters was though

[Great Rumbler]

i don't get why this wasn't shoved down our throats for having an all female cast the way ghostbusters was though

It's not a mass-market movie with a massive budget.

[Momo]

Watched Tomb Raider - first 35 - 40 minutes are completely unnecessary. Movie is about what you expect if you played Tomb Raider reboot the game (feels like a side story of that)