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chronovore · « **Reply #41580 on:** February 05, 2024, 01:36:22 AM »

Looks neat.
Probably no hiking for a month for me afterwards.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #41581 on:** February 05, 2024, 02:48:33 PM »

In a similar vein:

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #41582 on:** February 11, 2024, 08:31:13 PM »

bork · « **Reply #41583 on:** February 12, 2024, 01:45:44 PM »

Tortured myself and watched The Marvels yesterday.

-A lot of the CG was pretty bad, especially when used as sets.
-Brie Larson actually had a personality this time, but it seemed out of character after how Captain Marvel was portrayed in other movies.
-Samuel L. Jackson was the same way as Nick Fury. Just kind of goofy instead of being more serious. Although he was like that in Captain Marvel too.
-The Ms. Marvel actress did a great job and I liked the stuff with her and her family.
-Monica Rambeau was OK I guess.
-The story was dumb and the main villain got killed off before she could really do anything. It was almost comical.
-Lots of LASER BLASTING with bad CG effects. Pew pew!
-The best part of the movie is still the mid-credits scene with Monica in another universe and the X-Men cameo.

Pretty much a forgettable film. Not as bad as Eternals, but not great either.

bork · « **Reply #41584 on:** February 12, 2024, 02:05:13 PM »

Quote from: D3RANG3D on February 11, 2024, 08:31:13 PM

More TVA!

I wonder if this movie is going to be what "fixes" things and leads to the X-Men characters joining the MCU?

GreatSageEqualOfHeaven · « **Reply #41585 on:** February 13, 2024, 04:14:41 AM »

Quote from: bork on February 12, 2024, 01:45:44 PM

Tortured myself and watched The Marvels yesterday.

I saw an ad spot for it this week letting people know its NOW STREAMING ON DISNEYPLUS! and I think I can see where they went wrong with it, because its all
"THEY'RE JUST LIKE US! EXCEPT WHEN THEY'RE NOT!"
#girlboss #relatable #girlsgetitdone
and pretty famously women didn't go and watch it at all - they all went and watched shirtless Jason Momoa emerging from the ocean in slow motion instead, to the internets surprise.

Quote from: bork on February 12, 2024, 02:05:13 PM

[I wonder if this movie is going to be what "fixes" things and leads to the X-Men characters joining the MCU?

It looks like a smashed 20th century fox physical logo in the limbo type area, so they're ramping up the fourth wall breaking to 11, which hopefully doesn't go too over the top in just being reference humour.
Like, GOTG3 could have easily been terrible and just all lol so random wacky goofiness (like the christmas special veered dangerously close to).

It'd be pretty fucking weird to have one of the biggest impacts to the MCU yet happen in a deadpool sequel though.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #41586 on:** February 14, 2024, 09:22:48 AM »

Really good so far, and a reminder of how little genre stuff is on TV these days. This is straight up noir/detective shit, all the tropes are on parade and it works. Even without an American setting. Clive Owen is great, as is the whole cast. Doesn't sound like it's been particularly popular for AMC but I fuck with it a lot.

It also reminds me of how much better a weekly episode release schedule is, than the typical streaming setup where you get all the eps. The anticipation of each new episode is a big part of the appeal for me. Especially for a show with so many moving pieces, side stories, fuckery, etc. I felt the same way about Severance a couple years ago on Apple, which also had the weekly episode drop.

Polident Hive · « **Reply #41587 on:** February 14, 2024, 10:29:36 AM »

Have that on a list to check out. Not only as a fan of Maltese Falcon, but it's got Scott Frank behind it. He's been behind Queen's Gambit and Godless. As well as writing adaptations for some Elmore Leonard books way back.

I'm sure most people have seen Queen's Gambit and I wish Netflix was better about using its popularity to re-promote Godless. Maybe that's why he went to AMC for this show.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #41588 on:** February 28, 2024, 09:42:52 PM »

Monsieur Spade ended last week and I must say it's one of my favorite recent shows/miniseries. The setting, music, tone, noir tropes...everything is just right. Ensemble cast of supporting and minor characters who interact so well together. And it all comes together in such a great location in the south of France. The town comes alive on screen, truly. I can't say enough good things about this.

Polident Hive · « **Reply #41589 on:** February 28, 2024, 10:35:57 PM »

Shogun’s first two episodes are out. It’s good.

MMaRsu · « **Reply #41590 on:** March 03, 2024, 07:08:55 AM »

jESUS CHRIST

Dune 2 was so good

As it was written

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #41591 on:** March 04, 2024, 10:11:53 PM »

Dune 2 was great. Lot of changes from the book, and most of them made sense given the different medium. I did feel the pacing was off and I wonder whether casual movie goers struggled with some of the stuff.

GreatSageEqualOfHeaven · « **Reply #41592 on:** March 15, 2024, 05:18:27 AM »

Quote from: Phoenix Dark on March 04, 2024, 10:11:53 PM

Dune 2 was great. Lot of changes from the book, and most of them made sense given the different medium. I did feel the pacing was off and I wonder whether casual movie goers struggled with some of the stuff.

Seems like its been pretty successful at the box office, more so than a lot of 'this will definitely be a big hit' titles over the last year have been.

I think in general audiences are smarter and willing to engage than most execs give them credit for, and the general downwards trend in movie quality isn't because film makers don't want to do anything more than live action saturday morning cartoons, and audiences don't want to see anything more intellectually rewarding.

Bebpo · « **Reply #41593 on:** March 25, 2024, 02:44:16 AM »

Scream VI - I thought this was best when it wasn't a Scream movie and the violence was brutal. When it was just a Scream movie, it was alright but back to being played out. Scream V was a great refresh on the series, and this wasn't that.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #41594 on:** April 08, 2024, 05:18:30 PM »

Dunno what I watched but uh....Isabella Rossellini is so hot.

chronovore · « **Reply #41595 on:** April 10, 2024, 01:44:39 AM »

Coax · « **Reply #41596 on:** April 10, 2024, 04:23:59 AM »

Apple Trailers is slipping $:-\$ Used to be studios would update same-day as Youtube, for that sweet high bitrate, minimal deblocking encode and without any intro mini-trailer.

Sman · « **Reply #41597 on:** April 14, 2024, 04:20:42 AM »

A few days ago I watched a movie from 1980 that I had never heard of before: Harlequin

Basically, I fell in a internet rabbit hole, starting with a search on actor Robert Powell (the guy who played Jesus in that big mini series from 1977) which led me to the other movie that apparently deeply divided audiences (then and now). It turns out it was available on Youtube, it was free and it was short (about 90 minutes). Curious, I started watching it:

In a nutshell, he plays a mysterious character who moves in a US senator's home. He performs magic tricks, heals the sick son and catches the eye of the senator's wife. Who or what is he? Con artist? Jesus? Psycho? The senator has powerful and shadowy backers who find him to be a trouble maker and will stop at nothing to get rid of him.

My verdict? It looks and sounds dated, but it's ok otherwise.

chronovore · « **Reply #41598 on:** April 18, 2024, 02:08:53 AM »

Quote from: Coax on April 10, 2024, 04:23:59 AM

Apple Trailers is slipping $:-\$ Used to be studios would update same-day as Youtube, for that sweet high bitrate, minimal deblocking encode and without any intro mini-trailer.

They deprecated the Trailers.app as well as Movies.app and TVshows.app -- everything through TV.app now, and I can't find shit.

THANKS, TIM APPLE!

Polident Hive · « **Reply #41599 on:** April 18, 2024, 03:21:56 PM »

Some sites upload high bit rate trailers. On mega upload type sites and the raw files. That Joker 2 trailer is 3 to 4 GB. On occasion some are uploaded Vimeo. Decent compromise. It’s a shame Apple’s got ruined.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #41600 on:** April 22, 2024, 03:50:49 PM »

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #41601 on:** April 24, 2024, 04:46:40 PM »

It's funny that this is the first X-Men movie in the MCU.

chronovore · « **Reply #41602 on:** April 24, 2024, 08:09:15 PM »

Quote from: D3RANG3D on April 22, 2024, 03:50:49 PM

Let's fucking go...

chronovore · « **Reply #41603 on:** April 26, 2024, 12:05:11 AM »

bork · « **Reply #41604 on:** May 14, 2024, 07:21:39 AM »

Ghostbusters Frozen Empire was OK. Felt like there wasn't enough humor and it took itself too seriously at times. It also ramps up the 'member Ghostbusters 1??' callbacks even more than Afterlife did. They need to move on already.

GreatSageEqualOfHeaven · « **Reply #41605 on:** May 14, 2024, 02:28:41 PM »

more than digitally necromancing harold ramis corpse?

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #41606 on:** May 23, 2024, 01:24:07 PM »

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #41607 on:** May 23, 2024, 08:59:29 PM »

Sideshow Raheem · « **Reply #41608 on:** May 24, 2024, 04:39:05 AM »

Civil War, not surprisingly, was neither important nor good. Kirsten Dunst is an awful actress.

Saw the film in an Alamo Drafthouse, which was nice.

Phoenix Dark · « **Reply #41609 on:** June 10, 2024, 10:51:50 AM »

Super disappointing. Started off good and I liked the premise a lot but the entire third act is terrible.

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #41610 on:** June 30, 2024, 04:14:39 AM »

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #41611 on:** July 18, 2024, 09:11:57 PM »

chronovore · « **Reply #41612 on:** July 19, 2024, 04:41:18 AM »

D3RANG3D · « **Reply #41613 on:** July 19, 2024, 09:03:52 PM »

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