Author Topic: Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread (Read 5365565 times)

Mupepe · « **Reply #31620 on:** August 22, 2018, 06:00:59 PM »

I’m pretty excited for your post on the exorcist

Leadbelly · « **Reply #31621 on:** August 22, 2018, 07:05:13 PM »

I miss when horror movies had an adult rating. Although some films really push the boundaries between ratings like Red Sparrow, I feel in horror movies in particular they would probably be better off without the compromise.

Tasty · « **Reply #31622 on:** August 22, 2018, 07:43:27 PM »

Quote from: Leadbelly on August 22, 2018, 07:05:13 PM

I miss when horror movies had an adult rating. Although some films really push the boundaries between ratings like Red Sparrow, I feel in horror movies in particular they would probably be better off without the compromise.

There's still plenty of adult/R-rated horror films breh.

IT, Get Out, It Follows, You're Next, The Witch, Green Room, SAW, Autopsy of Jane Doe, Crimson Peak, Don't Breath, It Comes at Night, Cabin in the Woods, Trick R Treat, Krampus, V/H/S, The Sacrament, Let Me In/Let the Right One In, EVIL DEAD, Lords of Salem...

I could go on but those are just off the top of my head (with some light research to confirm some of the ratings.)

Tasty · « **Reply #31623 on:** August 22, 2018, 07:44:19 PM »

In fact between Deadpool and IT I think R-rated movies in general are definitely on the upswing.

Bebpo · « **Reply #31624 on:** August 22, 2018, 08:13:43 PM »

I think he means like NR stuff that's beyond R. Because yeah there are plenty of R rated horror movies. I'm watching like 2-3 horror flicks a week and out of the last 50 or so horror films I've seen maybe 1 has been PG-13? I feel like they're still all R...

Leadbelly · « **Reply #31625 on:** August 22, 2018, 08:19:57 PM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on August 22, 2018, 07:44:19 PM

In fact between Deadpool and IT I think R-rated movies in general are definitely on the upswing.

Yeah. Ratings translate a little differently in the UK. An adult rating in the UK is 18 where as the majority of horror movies in the last few years have been a 15 rating. That doesn't always directly translate.

That said, if you look at the original Halloween (1978) it was an X rating, where as Halloween (2018) is an R rating. That doesn't mean the movie can't be good, the quality of the script, and ultimately the execution, will determine that, I just have the feeling with horror movies in particular you're losing something.

Tasty · « **Reply #31626 on:** August 22, 2018, 09:18:45 PM »

Oh yeah, UK ratings are weird.

Bebpo · « **Reply #31627 on:** August 22, 2018, 09:59:53 PM »

1922 was ok. I thought Thomas Jane was great and the first 1/2 was interesting but it didn’t do much in the back half. Novella sounds better for that. Liked it a little more than Gerald’s Game but just a little,

Tasty · « **Reply #31628 on:** August 22, 2018, 10:01:44 PM »

I liked it much less than Gerald's Game, but I hold Gerald's Game in fairly high regard. 1922 bored me to tears.

studyguy · « **Reply #31629 on:** August 23, 2018, 02:06:29 AM »

So two films.
I saw the IT remake, fantastic film, can't wait for the next one. Recall reading the book when I was younger and creeped out by sewer gangbangs, this one still had weird pedo vibes but from people who got dunked on for being pedos, so all good more or less.

Also saw Hereditary. So I heard it was good...
turns out it's about a dysfunctional white family who needed meds or counseling, maybe a divorce. God damn what a dull film.

Tasty · « **Reply #31630 on:** August 23, 2018, 02:30:16 AM »

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I saw the IT remake, fantastic film, can't wait for the next one. Recall reading the book when I was younger and creeped out by sewer gangbangs, this one still had weird pedo vibes but from people who got dunked on for being pedos, so all good more or less.

I think dunking on pedos was in the book too. Well, except for that one unnecessarily lurid scene.

Insomnia

Fantastic. This might be weird to say but as much as I liked Gone Baby Gone this felt like a better version in a way. I also read the plot of the movie it's a remake of, and it seems like Nolan's twists were definitely for the better (though the skeleton is still the same.) Pacino is on-point here (though his "sleepy" acting is a tad lazy, but that might have been the intent.) Great morality tale and high-stakes drama.

4 / 5

Tasty · « **Reply #31631 on:** August 23, 2018, 11:14:36 AM »

Quote from: Shostakovich on August 23, 2018, 11:10:10 AM

"Don't lose your way"

So powerful and perfect.

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I really want to mash that line up with Before My Body is Dry from Kill la Kill.

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Edit- Damn you JayDub

Tasty · « **Reply #31632 on:** August 23, 2018, 11:37:27 AM »

You're alone in the rain
Been thinking of you
You can't stop your tears
When you stayed with me just before
I want to know
Do you love me

Tasty · « **Reply #31633 on:** August 23, 2018, 11:40:52 AM »

Quote from: JayDubya on August 23, 2018, 11:13:52 AM

(Insomnia is on Amazon Prime Streaming; rewatched it recently, yeah, it's still good. Everything he's made but Interstellar is good.)

I give more credit to Interstellar than TDK Rises.

But yeah he's got a great filmography.

Tasty · « **Reply #31634 on:** August 23, 2018, 11:54:58 AM »

Blumenkranz the GOAT

Japanese woman singing German lyrics

As for Interstellar, Nolan inherited it from Spielberg IIRC, and even back then it was something of a mess.

Dunkirk was a revelation in theaters and restored my faith in him after it slightly faltered with TDKR and Interstellar back-to-back. I'm really looking forward to his next film -- WW2 movies usually aren't my thing, so I'm excited to see what's next.

Tasty · « **Reply #31635 on:** August 23, 2018, 11:57:11 AM »

Just realized Following is the only movie I haven't seen of his now, so I'll check that out tonight.

Momo · « **Reply #31636 on:** August 23, 2018, 01:27:35 PM »

http://www.spoilerfreemoviesleuth.com/2018/08/news-predator-gets-hard-r-rating.html

team filler · « **Reply #31637 on:** August 23, 2018, 01:37:26 PM »

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #31638 on:** August 23, 2018, 03:13:08 PM »

https://www.amazon.com/Battles-Without-Humanity-tatakai-Subtitled/dp/B01MXJ13JO

Feel like watching this tonight.

chronovore · « **Reply #31639 on:** August 23, 2018, 07:33:25 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on August 23, 2018, 03:13:08 PM

https://www.amazon.com/Battles-Without-Humanity-tatakai-Subtitled/dp/B01MXJ13JO

Feel like watching this tonight.

I've been curious about that series ever since the music was used in Kill Bill. 仁義なき戦い has a weird naming conversion, so that's just showing as "Another Battle" for me on my Netflix queue.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #31640 on:** August 23, 2018, 08:02:18 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on August 23, 2018, 07:33:25 PM

Quote from: Joe Molotov on August 23, 2018, 03:13:08 PM
https://www.amazon.com/Battles-Without-Humanity-tatakai-Subtitled/dp/B01MXJ13JO

Feel like watching this tonight.

I've been curious about that series ever since the music was used in Kill Bill. 仁義なき戦い has a weird naming conversion, so that's just showing as "Another Battle" for me on my Netflix queue.

They're great Yakuza movies, they're gritty and violent and not at all glamorous. I first got into them around the time Battle Royale was getting popular in the US (Kinji Fukasaku directed it also). There's 5 main movies, and then three spin-offs (New Battles). I've never seen the spinoffs, but the main ones are rad.

Bebpo · « **Reply #31641 on:** August 23, 2018, 08:11:16 PM »

Saw Christopher Robin - Was cute and nostalgic. Kinda standard tale, but using Winnie the Pooh and cast as the way an old bitter man remembers the kid in him works pretty well. Had some really nice looking shots, like the main long where Robin and Pooh and sit. Took me a bit to get used to how they made Pooh and cast look in realistic CG, but got used to it and the voices are great. As my every 10 years, Winnie the Pooh nostalgia trip, this movie works. I hope Pooh makes it into KH3!

Tasty · « **Reply #31642 on:** August 23, 2018, 09:58:16 PM »

If Christopher Robin makes it into KH3 they absolutely need to get Ewan to voice and mocap him.

Bebpo · « **Reply #31643 on:** August 23, 2018, 10:24:39 PM »

Why does it have to be Christopher Robin though? (movie is way too new for KH3 anyhow, worlds were locked down years ago).
100 Acre Woods has been in like half the KH games with Pooh and cast interacting with Sora. That's all I want again in KH3.

Maybe in KH4 for Christopher Robin

Momo · « **Reply #31644 on:** August 24, 2018, 03:09:33 AM »

shake n bake

Bebpo · « **Reply #31645 on:** August 24, 2018, 03:45:28 AM »

Maaaaan. Upgrade was a super cool flick. Best sci-fi action film since District 9. Liked pretty much everything about it and thought the concept was really original and clever. Thought the ending twist was pretty predictable, but

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Didn't predict that Stem was behind it all. Thought it was just the scientist kid which seemed obvious that he hired them to paralyze him to do the experiment.

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Definitely is the move that puts Leigh Whannel on the spot. Who would've known that the co-writer of Insidious (and writer of the super terrible Insidious 4) and director of Insidious 3 had this in him. Good for him!

chronovore · « **Reply #31646 on:** August 24, 2018, 05:07:49 AM »

Quote from: Momo on August 24, 2018, 03:09:33 AM

shake n bake
(Image removed from quote.)

SHAKE-N-BAKE

…that JUST happened.

Tasty · « **Reply #31647 on:** August 24, 2018, 04:12:19 PM »

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/bond-25-danny-boyle-exits-1202911993/

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/bond-25-release-date-danny-boyle-1202915388/

$:-\$

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #31648 on:** August 24, 2018, 04:40:48 PM »

So I watched 2001: A Space Odyssey yesterday at an IMAX. What an experience. Every single aspect of the film is heightened. I was particularly struck by the scenes involving thr vital stats of the cryosleeping crew on thr Jupiter mission while HAL murders them. The piercing sound to the toweringly large flashing text.

I also love the scene of Dave speaking to HAL while he has his dead crew member out in space. The way Kubrick frames the main ship against the smaller vessel. Its as if in that moment you're truly seeing the physical manifiststion of what HAL really is in that cold, lifeless, and massive ship.

team filler · « **Reply #31649 on:** August 24, 2018, 06:40:26 PM »

tempted to go see it in imax now. haven't spent money at a theater in years

Tasty · « **Reply #31650 on:** August 24, 2018, 07:07:41 PM »

I wish I had known it was playing yesterday when I saw MI (found out after the fact thanks to the movie theater's bartender.) MI was great but I still haven't seen 2001 and it would have been amazing to have my first viewing be on the big screen.

Tasty · « **Reply #31651 on:** August 24, 2018, 07:08:34 PM »

Wait nevermind it's playing for a while.

Gonna make it one of my three A-List movies for next week.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #31652 on:** August 24, 2018, 09:28:26 PM »

Ugh, I would love to see 2001 on IMAX, but it’s not showing anywhere close. I’ll just have to watch Rifftrax: Krull tomorrow instead.

nudemacusers · « **Reply #31653 on:** August 24, 2018, 09:31:46 PM »

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/guardians-galaxy-3-production-hold-james-gunn-firing-1137400

Aka “how are we killing drax offscreen”

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #31654 on:** August 25, 2018, 12:21:24 AM »

Krull > 2001

Peter Yates was a true visionary, not like that hack Kubrick.

Tasty · « **Reply #31655 on:** August 25, 2018, 10:08:12 AM »

Peter Yates is no David Yates, that's for sure.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #31656 on:** August 25, 2018, 10:26:16 AM »

Halloween 3 is fucking awesome

VomKriege · « **Reply #31657 on:** August 25, 2018, 10:57:06 AM »

Never watched Halloween 3, need to get to it : your write up wasn't in vain.

Tasty · « **Reply #31658 on:** August 25, 2018, 11:20:24 AM »

Quote from: TakingBackSunday on August 25, 2018, 10:26:16 AM

Halloween 3 is fucking awesome

It's OK. The name, music and atmosphere elevate it, but at its core it's a fairly basic and somewhat boring movie. The best part is the last 20 mins easily.

chronovore · « **Reply #31659 on:** August 25, 2018, 05:59:53 PM »

Quote from: nudemacusers on August 24, 2018, 09:31:46 PM

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/guardians-galaxy-3-production-hold-james-gunn-firing-1137400

Aka “how are we killing drax offscreen”

I'd love it if Cernovich lives long enough to become a better person, but sadly I would probably just laugh if someone got upset and killed him:
https://twitter.com/VicBergerIV/status/1032004771547373573

nudemacusers · « **Reply #31660 on:** August 25, 2018, 06:11:23 PM »

No he’s just going to be a old asshole.

TVC15 · « **Reply #31661 on:** August 25, 2018, 09:51:32 PM »

I’m not going to argue about the quality of Halloween III with Stro because I think I have a pretty good shot at French kissing him if we ever meet IRL and I don’t want to say anything that might fuck up my chances.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #31662 on:** August 25, 2018, 10:37:16 PM »

Saw Rifftrax Live showing of Krull earlier today. I'll be honest, it's not a particularly good movie. I know that's surprising to some people. But it was fun seeing Liam Neeson and Robbie Coltrane slumming it up in a C-grade 80's scifi/fantasy flick that starred no one else of note.

Ice Pirates [from the same screenwriter] was a much better movie. Or at least a lot more fun.

TVC15 · « **Reply #31663 on:** August 25, 2018, 10:49:26 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on August 25, 2018, 10:37:16 PM

Saw Rifftrax Live showing of Krull earlier today. I'll be honest, it's not a particularly good movie. I know that's surprising to some people. But it was fun seeing Liam Neeson and Robbie Coltrane slumming it up in a C-grade 80's scifi/fantasy flick that starred no one else of note.

Ice Pirates [from the same screenwriter] was a much better movie. Or at least a lot more fun.

Haha, I just saw a trailer before Blackkklamsman for the Krull thing. I thought to myself, “You could have young, sexy Orson Welles walk out on stage, jizz on a bucket of popcorn, and hand it to me before the movie and it still wouldn’t be worth it to pay money to see Krull.”

That movie is among the worst. I think it might also be unriffable. It’s just joyless in all regards.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #31664 on:** August 25, 2018, 11:08:28 PM »

Eh...I didn't hate it. But I've got a really high tolerance for dumb 80's scifi/fantasy, so that probably helps a little. On the other hand, it's really dull. It just plods from one scene to the next aimlessly, and the action is really bad. There's barely any life to the acting, outside of a few lines from Liam Neeson and Robbie Coltrane. And for some reason they thought it needed to be 2 hours long!

Actually, what it really reminded me of was a much worse, really dull version of The Neverending Story.

toku · « **Reply #31665 on:** August 26, 2018, 12:26:20 AM »

shoulda watched kull instead

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Momo · « **Reply #31666 on:** August 26, 2018, 04:44:14 AM »

Quote from: nudemacusers on August 25, 2018, 06:11:23 PM

No he’s just going to be a old asshole.

he'd fit in perfectly here

Madrun Badrun · « **Reply #31667 on:** August 26, 2018, 11:57:47 AM »

https://i.imgur.com/VdixJ9b.gifv

Bebpo · « **Reply #31668 on:** August 27, 2018, 02:18:19 PM »

Slenderman - Don't watch this

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unless with a rifftrax

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ToxicAdam · « **Reply #31669 on:** August 27, 2018, 09:04:17 PM »

Nerds in the 80's were so hard up for a fantasy movie that they talked themselves into liking A LOT of shitty movies (Krull being one of them). The bar was so low that these impressions lived on.

TVC15 · « **Reply #31670 on:** August 27, 2018, 09:20:53 PM »

Quote from: ToxicAdam on August 27, 2018, 09:04:17 PM

Nerds in the 80's were so hard up for a fantasy movie that they talked themselves into liking A LOT of shitty movies (Krull being one of them). The bar was so low that these impressions lived on.

The 80s had tons of awesome fantasy movies! None of that LotR garbage, either. People didn’t have to settle for Krull!

TVC15 · « **Reply #31671 on:** August 27, 2018, 10:16:09 PM »

There were two Conan movies! One of them had Grace Jones! Excalibur! Legend!

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #31672 on:** August 27, 2018, 11:24:30 PM »

You hit all 3 good ones in a 10 year period. Legend is a bit iffy for me, too much melodrama.

(I'm speaking specifically to Sword and Board fantasy and not general fantasy movies like Gremlins and Ghostbusters).

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #31673 on:** August 28, 2018, 03:15:52 AM »

Girl on the train

Really liked this, fresh, bleak and great acting

VomKriege · « **Reply #31674 on:** August 28, 2018, 03:38:40 AM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on August 27, 2018, 10:16:09 PM

There were two Conan movies! One of them had Grace Jones! Excalibur! Legend!

Conan the Destroyer gets shit on a lot but despite its flaws (it's lazy, the violence is sanitized, some of the effects are garbo, it's very weak for a Fleischer direction, etc...) I think it's mildly enjoyable.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #31675 on:** August 28, 2018, 10:07:11 AM »

Destroyer is more of a standard B-tier 80's fantasy, decent enough but it lacks the edge that Barbarian had.

Tasty · « **Reply #31676 on:** August 28, 2018, 10:58:50 AM »

http://collider.com/dwayne-johnson-big-trouble-in-little-china-sequel/#images

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Hiram Garcia, President of Seven Bucks Productions, recently told Collider the upcoming Big Trouble in Little China reboot starring Dwayne Johnson will actually be a direct sequel to the original.

Momo · « **Reply #31677 on:** August 28, 2018, 11:19:58 AM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on August 28, 2018, 10:58:50 AM

http://collider.com/dwayne-johnson-big-trouble-in-little-china-sequel/#images

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Hiram Garcia, President of Seven Bucks Productions, recently told Collider the upcoming Big Trouble in Little China reboot starring Dwayne Johnson will actually be a direct sequel to the original.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #31678 on:** August 28, 2018, 11:22:04 AM »

Quote from: Tasty Meat on August 28, 2018, 10:58:50 AM

http://collider.com/dwayne-johnson-big-trouble-in-little-china-sequel/#images

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Hiram Garcia, President of Seven Bucks Productions, recently told Collider the upcoming Big Trouble in Little China reboot starring Dwayne Johnson will actually be a direct sequel to the original.

We're getting closer to someone having to remake Ghosts of Mars.

Momo · « **Reply #31679 on:** August 28, 2018, 11:34:35 AM »

looking forward to the johnny mnemonic sequel that's just a dolphin fucking everybody.

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