Movie News, Reviews, and Discussion Super-Thread

[Rahxephon91]

As for No Time to Die. It was ok.

I didn't hate it and it looks great. Some nice action.

But it for sure has moved back into over-the-topness.

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Female 007 felt underutilized. She has presence no doubt, but I never really felt she and Bond had time to shine together. Like what was the point of Anna De Armos being in this movie? Yeah she's super hot and her scenes are fun and cute, but pretty pointless. That whole scene should have been an action scene between the two 007s where you build up their dynamic.

Rami Mallek's not Dr No was just super lame. Appearing randomly mid way through the movie really does nothing for me. His plan is a nebulous "I'm killing plenty of people, but it will lead to some good" which at this point I'm not sure how any person could ever have this logic. He's just not compelling.

Maybe I also just fell into the hype, but the whole "Madalin's secret" thing amounted to "she knew of this guy". Not very exciting. Though I did like them taking her dialogue about why she hates guns from Spectere and connecting it to this movie.

I think for me basicly the movie starts of really good and exciting and then just kind of drags, never really finding the energy ever again.

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[D3RANG3D]

[Joe Molotov]

RIP Wes Craven

[Madrun Badrun]

The idea of a new scream is kind of weird when it feels like most slashers are pretty meta these days.  This looks more like 3 and 4 than 1 and 2 though

[Joe Molotov]

The twist should be that it's not meta or self-aware at all.

[Don Rumata]

The new Home Alone looks even worse.

[Madrun Badrun]

Will watch for Aisling Bea and Kimmy.

[Don Rumata]

The kid in the trailer is awful, i know he was good in JoJo rabbit, but every line in that trailer is terrible.

[Great Rumbler]

The new Home Alone looks even worse.

This is even worse than the Home Alone movie where they replaced Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern with French Stewart and Missi Pyle.

[Pissy F Benny]

lol @ anyone who has seen any of the post 2 films

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

The twist should be that it's not meta or self-aware at all.

It should be that the killer is Wes Craven playing himself, the real world Wes Craven, movie director, and he faked his own death to continue his killing spree

[team filler]

the twist should be that it was all part of the scooby doo mystery extended universe

[Don Rumata]

I actually liked the idea someone on REE mentioned: Grown up Kevin, still living at home with his parents. 

[Bebpo]

Finally watched Halloween III: Season of the Witch

You know, this was pretty well directed fucked up and violent horror thriller up until about 85% through. Once the main guy

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Gets kidnapped and has to escape the facility

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The movie kind of loses steam and is just ok. Still a pretty good wacky horror movie, and yeah nothing to do with the other movies. Oh and the music is great.


The new 4k print that just came out was pretty nice looking for most of it.

[Madrun Badrun]

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/nikostratis/status/1448735055921270785

[chronovore]

I enjoy QoS more with each rewatch, but it’s weaker than Casino and Skyfall. SPECTRE makes the misstep of going back to the outrageous stunts of the Brosnan era, and the mythology building of the Star Wars Prequels.

I’m hoping they ease back for NTtK, but it’s unlikely.

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I’m worried Lea Seydoux will end up being Bond’s sister or daughter in an OLD BOY scenario.

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Well, her secret was super dumb, in terms of lethality.
Movie was better than SPECTER, but tonally all over the place, and too long by about half an hour. When I saw 6 screenplay credits and 4 story credits, I knew it was going to be a rough ride.

[Don Rumata]

I wanted to see The Last Duel, but it's not showing on imax/isense, just regular screening (which are always horrible, as DUNC proved last time). 

I'm sorry Mr. Scott.

[Bebpo]

Halloween Kills was solid. I just wish everyone wasn't so dumb. And I can see why reviews said it was too dark & mean-spirited. I've seen a lot worse, but was not a happy movie haha. Solid direction and tension. I might've liked it more than 2018, since I didn't think that was great and was just alright.

[Quaker]

I wanted to see The Last Duel, but it's not showing on imax/isense, just regular screening (which are always horrible, as DUNC proved last time). 

I'm sorry Mr. Scott.

https://twitter.com/HIDEO_KOJIMA_EN/status/1448989815471423495



Bond in Imax was the first time I've gone back to the theater in over a year and half and I'll see Dune in one of the large format screenings next week too but I'm not that enthusiastic about it because of the "style over substance" reviews(even though I quite like Prisoners/Sicario/Arrival/BR2049.)

The Last Duel and the new Wes Anderson and Edgar Wright movies are next but like you said, those will be harder to find a non-mediocre screen for so I might just wait the six weeks until they put them on VOD.

[Nintex]

Not sure how good The Last Duel is, but Bond is both a mediocre Bond film and a poor Metal Gear Solid movie adaptation.
We have a few more movies coming out such as The King's Man and Matrix plus I've yet to see Fast 9 and some other films but so far DUNE is my favorite movie this year by quite some distance probably followed by The Dig and the Snyder Cut.

Overall apart from DUNE and the Snyder Cut not a very exciting year for movies.

[Don Rumata]

I ended up seeing Dune twice (it's a long story) once in a normal screen, once in an "iSense" screen, and then Bond in iMAX.
iSense and iMax were comparably good (i like imax a bit more, i don't get what Dolby Atmos is supposed to be about, but they're more or less the same thing), but they're still a worse experience than just a good to great TV at home to me.
Still, i get that going out for a night has its ritualistic pleasure attached to it, i'm not immune to that.

A normal screen though is so subpar at this point, that i'm not sure is even worth that.

They have Last Duel on a normal screen with Original Voice Over though, which is a rarity here, so that may push me over the edge.
I don't want to spend any more for the year, so it's either this or Matrix once that comes out.

Honestly Last Duel looks pretty dark, visually (like DUNC) so it's probably horrible on a low contrast projection.
And Matrix will probably be imax or at least isense.

[D3RANG3D]

[benjipwns]

Also:
https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1449448860611395588

They also announced a HBO Max Batgirl film that seems to be set in the Snyderverse.

[benjipwns]

Regarding The Batman, it kinda still looks like boring dreck with interesting specks here and there, until they actually show more about what The Riddler is up to I guess. Some of the stuff in the trailer was like a bad Nolan knock-off, which considering how poor the Nolan films were...

[Nintex]

I ended up seeing Dune twice (it's a long story) once in a normal screen, once in an "iSense" screen, and then Bond in iMAX.
iSense and iMax were comparably good (i like imax a bit more, i don't get what Dolby Atmos is supposed to be about, but they're more or less the same thing), but they're still a worse experience than just a good to great TV at home to me.
Still, i get that going out for a night has its ritualistic pleasure attached to it, i'm not immune to that.

A normal screen though is so subpar at this point, that i'm not sure is even worth that.

They have Last Duel on a normal screen with Original Voice Over though, which is a rarity here, so that may push me over the edge.
I don't want to spend any more for the year, so it's either this or Matrix once that comes out.

Honestly Last Duel looks pretty dark, visually (like DUNC) so it's probably horrible on a low contrast projection.
And Matrix will probably be imax or at least isense.

I watched Bond on Screen X, the demo sequence before the film was very impressive. 3D without 3D glasses, almost like a VR experience.
After the opening sequence it wasn't used at all in the actual movie. Sometimes the side screens were just turned off at other times it seemed to just fill out some additional background?
I can't quite figure out how it works or is supposed to work. It'll probably look better on my LG OLED anyway.


Today I watched Schindlers List with a friend who hadn't seen it. Which surprised me because this is an essential movie everyone should watch.
Overall an impressive film and beautifully remastered in 4K. It's Liam's movie sure, but Ralph Fiennes plays the ruthless camp commander so well you can hardly tell it is him.
Even his voice is completely different and very few actors can pull that off.

The movie has so many layers it is hard where to begin. The focus is the atrocities of the Holocaust sure but if you're able to move past the shock you can also find a display of entrepeneurship and a lesson about power, networking and connections.
Which is how Schindler managed to save so many people. A lost detail I feel is how Schindler turns all the SS folks around him into unwitting accomplices so they can't report him without risking their own lives.
If you watched it multiple times you can see past the events and discover more about the machinations.

[D3RANG3D]

[Transhuman]

I ended up seeing Dune twice (it's a long story) once in a normal screen, once in an "iSense" screen, and then Bond in iMAX.
iSense and iMax were comparably good (i like imax a bit more, i don't get what Dolby Atmos is supposed to be about, but they're more or less the same thing), but they're still a worse experience than just a good to great TV at home to me.
Still, i get that going out for a night has its ritualistic pleasure attached to it, i'm not immune to that.

A normal screen though is so subpar at this point, that i'm not sure is even worth that.

They have Last Duel on a normal screen with Original Voice Over though, which is a rarity here, so that may push me over the edge.
I don't want to spend any more for the year, so it's either this or Matrix once that comes out.

Honestly Last Duel looks pretty dark, visually (like DUNC) so it's probably horrible on a low contrast projection.
And Matrix will probably be imax or at least isense.

I wanna hear the story.

[BadAss2961]

I dig The Batman trailer. Dig the car too. Theme is dope.

Only thing i'm left trying to get over is rebooting again to Year One/Begins territory with slim fit Batman. Would've done anything to get a Batfleck series, which had everything set up to hit the ground running with the the whole Batverse.

[Nintex]

Batfleck got done dirty the Snyder cut showed us that much.

New Batman looks great, reminds me of the Nolanverse with a hint of Joker which for me is both a plus.
Also some decent casting choices. I dig the new Catwoman.

[Don Rumata]

I wanna hear the story.

It's not interesting, tl;dr basically the person i went with pre-ordered more by mistake.

That looks very good, has a good sense of mood and personality, feels like Nolan through a grunge, The Crow filter.
I like that Cat Woman much better than Nolan's, too.
I'm also confident Matt Reeves will shoot better action, based on his monkey planet trilogy.

EDIT: Now that i think about it, Batman Begins wasn't too far off, with its completely made up Gotham, it felt kind of raw in parts.
The two sequels got too sleek on that front.

[Transhuman]

You call that a fucking story?

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1449109625790509056
https://twitter.com/themichaelcaine/status/1449416633261432839

[Don Rumata]

You call that a fucking story?

I call that a "i gave you an abridged one-sentence version because it's a boring sequence of events of no interest for anyone, and i don't want to spend time writing about it on a forum, so don't bust my balls about it, that's why i didn't include it in the fucking first place". 

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1449109625790509056
https://twitter.com/themichaelcaine/status/1449416633261432839

He probably has a part in Nolan's film about Oppenheimer.

Where he explains to Oppenheimer that they're all stuck in a real life simulation created by a Russian scientist on behalf of the KGB in the 1980's to test different outcomes for WW2 so the Soviets win the cold war.
The only way to repair the spacetime continuum is to detonate a nuclear blast on top of the mainframe located at Jornada del Muerto in New Mexico which will reset the world back to the 16th July 1945.

As Oppenheimer walks away from the table, Cain's character says: "Some people play instruments, you must become the destroyer of worlds"

[GreatSageEqualOfHeaven]

https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1449109625790509056
https://twitter.com/themichaelcaine/status/1449416633261432839

He probably has a part in Nolan's film about Oppenheimer.

Where he explains to Oppenheimer that they're all stuck in a real life simulation created by a Russian scientist on behalf of the KGB in the 1980's to test different outcomes for WW2 so the Soviets win the cold war.
The only way to repair the spacetime continuum is to detonate a nuclear blast on top of the mainframe located at Jornada del Muerto in New Mexico which will reset the world back to the 16th July 1945.

As Oppenheimer walks away from the table, Cain's character says: "Some people play instruments, you must become the destroyer of worlds"

Then Al comes through the door and passes on a message from Ziggy that things have gone a little... ca-ca. "Oh boy!"

[Mr Gilhaney]

Dune is out, just started

https://twitter.com/ReformedLung/status/1449724648367796225

[benjipwns]

https://twitter.com/rilaws/status/1449490722667761667

[Quaker]

https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1449109625790509056
https://twitter.com/themichaelcaine/status/1449416633261432839

Hard to blame the clickbaiters.

He was on BBC Radio’s movie show on Friday and kept saying he’s more or less retired from acting because his spine is super-fucked and there’s diminishing roles for 90 year olds and he’s pivoted over to writing books instead.

He did say he’d make an exception for Nolan because he doesn’t fuck around and he gets his scenes done in a day or two.

[Nintex]

20 years from now Nolan movies will have CG deepfake Michael Caine

[naff]

Dune is out, just started

https://twitter.com/ReformedLung/status/1449724648367796225

ideal. force a bowel motion every time they say FEAR IS THE MIND KILLA

[Don Rumata]

DESERT POWER!
*push*

[Nintex]

Disney has updated some release dates

“Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” (Disney) previously dated on 3/25/22 moves to 5/6/22

“Thor: Love and Thunder” (Disney) previously dated on 5/6/22 moves to 7/8/22

“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Disney) previously dated on 7/8/22 moves to 11/11/22

“Untitled Indiana Jones” (Disney) previously dated on 7/29/22 moves to 6/30/23

“Untitled Disney Live Action” (Disney) previously dated on 7/14/23 is removed from schedule

“The Marvels” (Disney) previously dated on 11/11/22 moves to 2/17/23

“Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” (Disney) previously dated on 2/17/23 moves to 7/28/23

“Untitled Marvel” (Disney) previously dated on 7/28/23 is removed from schedule

“Untitled Marvel” (Disney) previously dated on 10/6/23 is removed from schedule

Untitled 20th Century” (20th) previously dated on 10/20/23 is removed from schedule

“Untitled Marvel” (Disney) previously dated on 11/10/23 moves to 11/3/23

[Bebpo]

Kinda sucks. I know most people don't care because these are generally small 3 month delays, but was looking forward to Dr. Strange 2 and now it's almost a year away.

Also Ant-Man 3 being the big

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Kang

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movie, is now...2 years away. Will be really weird if between Loki and Ant-Man 3

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There's no more Kang appearances for 2 whole years in the MCU

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[Nintex]

I don't like all these delays either or in general.
Even if you don't like these particular projects it only means that whatever comes next will also move further down the line.

[Joe Molotov]

“Untitled Marvel” (Disney) previously dated on 11/10/23 moves to 11/3/23

Can't wait to see Untitled Marvel Movie a week early.

[D3RANG3D]

[Hap Shaughnessy]

Watched Dune. I liked it, but the book is one of my favourites, so I'm the target audience, and I'm familiar with the source material. Given how much my wife's eyes glazed over, it might hard to follow and not be that great for the general audience. They kind of screwed up Jessica, though. She is much more of an ice queen in the book, but the audience wouldn't know what she was thinking if none of it made to the surface, I guess. Too bad there isn't going to be a part 2.

[Mr Gilhaney]

Titane.

  But I loved it. But what the fuck

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Titane.

  But I loved it. But what the fuck

I have tix to the opening night at a great theatre here for this (not until november 21st  :'( )

[Bebpo]

Re-watched the original Ghostbusters for the first time in like 20-30 years. Still holds up great. Great script and performances and fun direction. The 2016 restoration of it is pretty impressive, considering the source stock it looks really good, sharp and colorful like 75% of the time.

Wasn't planning on re-watching II since I remember it was bad as a kid, but I think I'll give it a watch and then finally watch the gender-swapped one before I watch Afterlife.

[Mr Gilhaney]

Titane.

  But I loved it. But what the fuck

I have tix to the opening night at a great theatre here for this (not until november 21st  :'( )

Damn that's late, it's already out on distros

[Rahxephon91]

Like that The Batman seems to have its own theme. I miss movie themes.

[Don Rumata]

In the trailer we just hear that Nirvana song, no?

[Nintex]

https://twitter.com/FilmUpdates/status/1450855573331849217

Nolans new project is coming together.

[Rahxephon91]

In the trailer we just hear that Nirvana song, no?

No, mid way through it switches to theme in trailer 2.

[Don Rumata]

In the trailer we just hear that Nirvana song, no?

No, mid way through it switches to theme in trailer 2.

Oh yeah you're right.
I like it, i'm a big fan of that kind of drone shit, so i'm happy it's been a trend this past decade.

[Quaker]

Titane.

  But I loved it. But what the fuck

Watch Raw if you haven’t. I’d guess it’s a few notches less fucked up but still batshit insane compared to most other movies.

[Don Rumata]

Raw is one of those good-not-great movies that are still a must watch.
This one seems to go all out visually, tho.

Speaking of weirdo women director, i just noticed that the next Lucile Hadžihalilović creep-fest is coming out this year, and it seems even weirder than her previous ones.

A 50-year-old caretaker is employed to look after 10-year-old girl. His most important task is to maintain her dentures that are made of ice and must be changed several times a day.

Another coming-of-age-made-horror, which was essentially the running theme in her previous two movies.

[Mr Gilhaney]

Titane.

  But I loved it. But what the fuck

Watch Raw if you haven’t. I’d guess it’s a few notches less fucked up but still batshit insane compared to most other movies.

I have it downloaded, will watch soon