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Straight Edge · « **Reply #32940 on:** February 03, 2019, 10:21:17 AM »

Well you were too late and I watched Trench 11 instead. It's a WW1 zombie/infected movie with a 90% RT rating that it doesn't really deserve.

TVC15 · « **Reply #32941 on:** February 03, 2019, 10:44:11 PM »

Eighth Grade is on Amazon Prime. It’s good and has a cool soundtrack.

Bebpo · « **Reply #32942 on:** February 04, 2019, 03:01:10 AM »

Watched Big Hero 6. The robot was greaaaat, but the story was kinda generic superhero fodder with some major plot holes. Didn't really need the super team, would've worked better as a straight buddy flick with kid & goofy robot. Still was alright, but just alright.

chronovore · « **Reply #32943 on:** February 04, 2019, 10:12:24 AM »

Quote from: Bebpo on February 04, 2019, 03:01:10 AM

Watched Big Hero 6. The robot was greaaaat, but the story was kinda generic superhero fodder with some major plot holes. Didn't really need the super team, would've worked better as a straight buddy flick with kid & goofy robot. Still was alright, but just alright.

San Furansoukyo is the best thing about the movie. I want to live there.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #32944 on:** February 04, 2019, 10:47:35 AM »

The Night is Short, Walk on Girl

Yuasa was really Yuasa-ing hardcore here. It starts out with a pub crawl and gets increasingly detached from reality by the second. The journey leads through open-air book markets filled with antique erotica and nuclear nabe eating contests, into a school festival where a cross-dressing student council president is battling a guerrilla theater troupe, until finally it ends up in just a swirl of colors and madness as everyone in Kyoto gets a supernatural cold that's powered by loneliness. A good movie. 5/5

Momo · « **Reply #32945 on:** February 04, 2019, 11:59:48 AM »

Glass sucked dick, I feel like M Blight Soyboyloi had no idea why people liked split

Bebpo · « **Reply #32946 on:** February 04, 2019, 06:36:34 PM »

Yeah I haven't watched Velvet Buzzsaw yet but I read the critic reviews and they were all like "yeaaaah, there's like half a good movie in here and half a bad one". Which still sounded better than Roman J. Israel, but sounds a far cry from the always good Nightcrawler. Shame, I love Nightcrawler.

Will still watch Velvet Buzzsaw soon-ish.

Quote from: Joe Molotov on February 04, 2019, 10:47:35 AM

The Night is Short, Walk on Girl

Yuasa was really Yuasa-ing hardcore here. It starts out with a pub crawl and gets increasingly detached from reality by the second. The journey leads through open-air book markets filled with antique erotica and nuclear nabe eating contests, into a school festival where a cross-dressing student council president is battling a guerrilla theater troupe, until finally it ends up in just a swirl of colors and madness as everyone in Kyoto gets a supernatural cold that's powered by loneliness. A good movie. 5/5

Night is Short is a good movie that is incredibly bad in the last 20% because when you think about it the main guy is a creepy stalker who instead of being a joke character and made fun of is treated like the actual romantic lead like there's nothing wrong with some good ole' creepy stalking and is rewarded because of it. Kinda gross. The rest of the movie is great and the main gal's story is a ton of fun.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #32947 on:** February 04, 2019, 06:59:35 PM »

TVC15 · « **Reply #32948 on:** February 05, 2019, 12:55:06 PM »

Ugh Drafthouse is showing Police Story 1 and 2 tonight. Should I even bother going?

HardcoreRetro · « **Reply #32949 on:** February 05, 2019, 12:56:13 PM »

The first one is great.

TVC15 · « **Reply #32950 on:** February 05, 2019, 01:11:43 PM »

But it’s supposed to be Terror Tuesday

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #32951 on:** February 05, 2019, 01:40:17 PM »

Maybe it's existential terror.

clothedmacuser · « **Reply #32952 on:** February 06, 2019, 11:27:31 PM »

Why aren't people up in arms that a Peruvian American is playing Alita when Scar. Jo was literally crucified in front of millions for Ghost in the Shell?

ToxicAdam · « **Reply #32953 on:** February 07, 2019, 04:24:24 PM »

Yea, I thought it was worth watching, but ultimately flawed.

The ending was a real let down for me. It felt too conventional and Hollywood. I would've loved to see a darker ending where the cancer (alien life-form) that was infecting the earth was inevitable. Maybe with heavy allusions that how we came to be on this planet happened in a similar manner. They kind of toy around with idea on the edges, but never really go all-in on it.

I guess since he had to honor the source material and leave open the possibility of sequels, he couldn't really go with a definitive, dark ending.

Mupepe · « **Reply #32954 on:** February 07, 2019, 08:41:25 PM »

Ugh. The new Pet Sematary trailer is out. So many unnecessary changes. It looks really bad.

Purrp Skirrp · « **Reply #32955 on:** February 08, 2019, 12:41:11 AM »

TVC15 · « **Reply #32956 on:** February 08, 2019, 04:10:27 PM »

What should I see in theaters tonight with my favorite person in the world?

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #32957 on:** February 08, 2019, 05:11:47 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on February 08, 2019, 04:10:27 PM

What should I see in theaters tonight with my favorite person in the world?

Miss Bala

Experience the latina power fantasy

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #32958 on:** February 08, 2019, 07:36:39 PM »

So I just feel the need to say. I just started Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colors: Blue and the first four minutes I've seen more visual imaginatio and emotion than I have in entire films. Buckling in for this one.

TVC15 · « **Reply #32959 on:** February 08, 2019, 07:38:38 PM »

So is that better or worse than A Star Is Born then?

Don Rumata · « **Reply #32960 on:** February 08, 2019, 07:38:50 PM »

Quote from: Great Rumbler on February 01, 2019, 09:56:23 AM

Fast & Furious spin-off:

I'll be honest, this looks like the best part of those new F&F movies, without all that "Family" bullshit.
I'm ok with that.

TVC15 · « **Reply #32961 on:** February 08, 2019, 07:45:05 PM »

Quote from: Mupepe on February 07, 2019, 08:41:25 PM

Ugh. The new Pet Sematary trailer is out. So many unnecessary changes. It looks really bad.

Can’t watch right now, but from the first trailer, Lithgow really is no Herman Munster. I love Lithgow, but he’s not a good fit, at least from the VO he has.

TVC15 · « **Reply #32962 on:** February 08, 2019, 07:48:13 PM »

Watched anyway. Looks like there’s more of the creepy sister. I dunno. Am I alone or does this look kinda really cheap? Like a SyFy movie?

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #32963 on:** February 08, 2019, 07:51:09 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on February 08, 2019, 07:38:38 PM

So is that better or worse than A Star Is Born then?

I'd still place it a few notches below

Mupepe · « **Reply #32964 on:** February 08, 2019, 08:03:42 PM »

Nah. Looks super cheap. I think they knew it was garbage so spoiled the fuck out of it hoping the change might get some asses in seats. I can’t believe they could actually squander this movie. They have the book and the original to draw inspiration from and even the sequel if they want to go full schlock. It’s somewhere in between.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #32965 on:** February 08, 2019, 08:27:45 PM »

Quote from: BlueTsunami on February 08, 2019, 05:11:47 PM

Quote from: TVC 15 on February 08, 2019, 04:10:27 PM
What should I see in theaters tonight with my favorite person in the world?

Miss Bala

Experience the latina power fantasy

The 2011 one was good.
This new one looks dumber, from the trailer.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #32966 on:** February 08, 2019, 09:12:10 PM »

Quote from: Don Rumata on February 08, 2019, 08:27:45 PM

Quote from: BlueTsunami on February 08, 2019, 05:11:47 PM
Quote from: TVC 15 on February 08, 2019, 04:10:27 PM
What should I see in theaters tonight with my favorite person in the world?

Miss Bala

Experience the latina power fantasy
The 2011 one was good.
This new one looks dumber, from the trailer.

Goddamn its a remake? I didnt watch it though was just a joke post. Makes me curious to the original though

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #32967 on:** February 08, 2019, 10:00:49 PM »

The parts where they're in the woods around the Sematary look mad sound stagey.

Mupepe · « **Reply #32968 on:** February 08, 2019, 10:04:00 PM »

At least there is no possible way it’s worse than the dark tower movie.

TVC15 · « **Reply #32969 on:** February 09, 2019, 12:18:12 AM »

Took low dose of mushrooms before lego movie 2. Report incoming.

TVC15 · « **Reply #32970 on:** February 09, 2019, 12:56:44 AM »

I had to eat again so I got a pepperoni pizza at the AMC theater. My friend asked how it was and I said something like "It tasted like a totinos party pizza that had been dropped and wiped off with the carcass of something the cat dragged in" but I didn't get passed the word 'carcass' because the random lady next to me started laughing.

The movie sucked, but it looked amazing. 5 stars for AMC peppercarcass pizza.

TVC15 · « **Reply #32971 on:** February 09, 2019, 12:58:03 AM »

Also, when I realized I was going to be in a theater filled with kids while on mushrooms, I briefly panicked and felt like Danny Devito in that episode of Sunny where he gets stuck in the coil in the park in his undies.

And I cried like 4 times during the movie and the trailer for Detective Pikachu.

BlueTsunami · « **Reply #32972 on:** February 09, 2019, 12:59:03 AM »

Just rented Romeo + Juliet. Sorry y'all.

chronovore · « **Reply #32973 on:** February 09, 2019, 01:14:55 AM »

Quote from: Stro on February 07, 2019, 03:23:53 PM

Annihilation (2018)

I'm not 100% sure on what I saw, but it keep me interested and entertained so 5 stars. I guess it was like...invasion of the eco body snatchers. And humans are the worst. And also Adam and Eve gonna repopulate the earth, bayBEE.

I've watched this three times so far. I love it.

Book's good too, but different.

Don Rumata · « **Reply #32974 on:** February 09, 2019, 07:01:12 AM »

Quote from: BlueTsunami on February 08, 2019, 09:12:10 PM

Quote from: Don Rumata on February 08, 2019, 08:27:45 PM
Quote from: BlueTsunami on February 08, 2019, 05:11:47 PM
Quote from: TVC 15 on February 08, 2019, 04:10:27 PM
What should I see in theaters tonight with my favorite person in the world?

Miss Bala

Experience the latina power fantasy
The 2011 one was good.
This new one looks dumber, from the trailer.

Goddamn its a remake? I didnt watch it though was just a joke post. Makes me curious to the original though

Apparently.
I didn't call it a remake, because i wasn't sure if it was loosely based on some true story, but so says Wikipedia.

Either way, the 2011 one had Saint Savior in the trailer, which made it seem more pop that it actually is, the movie is quite dry and depressing (i don't even remember if it has a soundtrack at all).

This new one i haven't seen, but it does look more action focused and generally sillier in tone, they could be pulling a similar switcharoo though.

Huff · « **Reply #32975 on:** February 09, 2019, 03:04:25 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on February 01, 2019, 11:50:02 PM

I haven’t seen Nocturnal Animals, so I wouldn’t know. This is a satire of snooty art world people, but since I don’t know anything about modern art, it was just boring.

No suspense
Deaths were boring
Plot barely there
Girlfriend fell alseep so No sex after

1/5

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #32976 on:** February 09, 2019, 08:03:20 PM »

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #32977 on:** February 09, 2019, 08:08:42 PM »

lul, why is Chucky played by the girl from Battle Angel Alita?

team filler · « **Reply #32978 on:** February 09, 2019, 08:09:37 PM »

looks like they took out the voodoo stuff, so now chucky is just an evil robot or whatever

$:-\$

Ant Man 1101
5 hours ago
(Chucky) wanna play

(Kid) shut up I'm playing fortnite!!!!!!

team filler · « **Reply #32979 on:** February 09, 2019, 08:10:38 PM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on February 09, 2019, 08:08:42 PM

(Image removed from quote.)

lul, why is Chucky played by the girl from Battle Angel Alita?

chucky is now a ddlg thot

chronovore · « **Reply #32980 on:** February 09, 2019, 11:33:43 PM »

I watched CLOSE, the new Naomi Rapace actioner.

It starts off pretty good, and Rapace is good throughout, but halfway through it starts to get dumb and then gets more dumb, and never really recovers. By the end some of it is so stupid that I found myself laughing out loud. The stupidity starts with a very awkwardly introduced financial dealing that was clearly written by somebody that has very little idea of how large corporations handle PR, and finally ends up with an ambulance treating to women who are not injured while ignoring Someone who is literally dealing with a bullet wound.

I’d say, unless you’re a huge Noomi fan, give it a pass and watch GwtDT again.

team filler · « **Reply #32981 on:** February 10, 2019, 02:08:45 PM »

https://kaslancorp.com/

the kid who plays andy is 13

he supposed to be some reeee type autisty still playing with buddi dolls at 13?

Quaker · « **Reply #32982 on:** February 10, 2019, 09:04:44 PM »

Screenplay by David Mamet.

Bebpo · « **Reply #32983 on:** February 11, 2019, 01:21:39 AM »

Steven Soderbergh's Netflix film 1 of 2, High Flying Bird. Solid, good watch like most his stuff, probably in middle-tier of his catalog. I liked the interviews with the players bits and Andre Holland's great though dude either has little range or is just super typecast because I swear between The Knick, Castle Rock and this he's basically playing the same charismatic sullen angry dude. Moonlight was the only role he did that was different than I've seen him in. Also still haven't seen Unsane, but not sold on this shot on iphone 7 thing. I looks kinda like a VCD bootleg. Which I would imagine works fine for a horror flick like Unsane, but here I don't think it adds anything besides making the budget cheaper and inspiring more people to go make films because hey you can make a good movie on an iphone.

bork · « **Reply #32984 on:** February 11, 2019, 10:06:10 AM »

Aquaman- CG: The movie. CG, CG, CG, and more CG everywhere. Better CG than Cyborg in Justice League, at least, but still had a lot of unlreastic imagery throughout. This portrayal of the character was very much like DC's answer to Thor in the Justice League movie and he's a bit less like that here, but I still got that vibe anyway. I saw a lot of positive reviews for this, but I dunno. It was just...OK? I guess. Nothing really stood out apart from a chase scene where Mera is running away from Atlantis soldiers on rooftops and all I could think of was how similar this was to Fast And Furious 5.

Dark City- Haven't seen this in a pretty long time. Apart from some pretty badly-aged special effects, this held up pretty well and was enjoyable. One thing I never noticed before was a brief dialogue exchange between the main character and a guy in a hoodie on a train. The latter looked completely out of place with the 40s/50s aesthetic they had going on. Weird.

The Thirteenth Floor- Never saw this before and was looking for another simulated reality-type film after Dark City. This wasn't bad but not something I think I'd re-watch. Interesting plot-twist towards the end. Also had some pretty badly-aged CG.

Mupepe · « **Reply #32985 on:** February 11, 2019, 12:12:57 PM »

The Sicily scene in aquaman was easily the highlight of the movie. Should have ended with that fight.

Momo · « **Reply #32986 on:** February 12, 2019, 02:21:31 AM »

Cerveza mas fina · « **Reply #32987 on:** February 12, 2019, 09:44:57 AM »

Mother!: My wife walked out during the last ten minutes, which pretty much sums everything up. I mean its cool kind of but all that nonsense for a bible story? During the whole movie we were line what the f, but she figured it out the next day. 2/5 abels

Ready Player One: I liked it, all the references made me think a lot about the media today and if we just live in a world where everything is a reference and if there is any originality left abd whats the point of it all. Then it hit me that its just all decor anyway and young people will give new meaning to old things and create new stories. Like if there is so many references as in this movie they all dont mean anything and thats great you can just ignore them. Does this make sense? 3,5/5 Spielbergs

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #32988 on:** February 13, 2019, 12:29:08 AM »

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/12/movies/alita-battle-angel-review.html

Alita has robot tiddies, 0/5 stars

team filler · « **Reply #32989 on:** February 13, 2019, 12:31:13 AM »

robo-nips?

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #32990 on:** February 13, 2019, 12:33:45 AM »

No, but she should have looked like a washboard.

Momo · « **Reply #32991 on:** February 13, 2019, 12:34:46 AM »

Quote

Why does Alita (Rosa Salazar), who has a human brain, even have breasts?

~~Kotaku Polygon Vice~~ NYT asking all the hard questions

team filler · « **Reply #32992 on:** February 13, 2019, 12:35:46 AM »

Quote from: Joe Molotov on February 13, 2019, 12:33:45 AM

No, but she should have looked like a washboard.

captain marvel

Momo · « **Reply #32993 on:** February 13, 2019, 12:37:13 AM »

dont flat ass shame

Bebpo · « **Reply #32994 on:** February 13, 2019, 02:51:23 AM »

Finally watched Soderbergh's Unsane - Was ok. Felt like I movie that wanted to be two different movies. I liked it as a psychological thriller, but as a B-movie thriller it was just sorta ok and surprisingly horror for Soderbergh. Claire Foy was really great, and I felt it was more stylishly shot than High Flying Bird which felt more of a traditional movie just on an iphone. But would put this towards the bottom tier of Soderbergh's work.

Skullfuckers Anonymous · « **Reply #32995 on:** February 13, 2019, 04:26:05 PM »

Mark your calendars

https://mobile.twitter.com/greggturkington/status/1095078278249951233

Himu · « **Reply #32996 on:** February 13, 2019, 10:56:10 PM »

It's been a while since I saw Fistful of Dollars but damn, they really did rip off Yojimbo almost shot for shot.

Momo · « **Reply #32997 on:** February 14, 2019, 12:09:02 AM »

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/josh-brolin-joins-timothee-chalamet-dune-1186144?utm_source=twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=referral

https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/exclusive-batman-and-the-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-meet-in-first-animated-movie

Momo · « **Reply #32998 on:** February 14, 2019, 12:12:05 AM »

this is fucking hilarious

benjipwns · « **Reply #32999 on:** February 14, 2019, 01:15:53 AM »

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