Topic: I just watched [movie x here] (Read 655320 times)

Grognard · « **Reply #1800 on:** 23 Dec 2016, 21:40 »

Just took my kids and my niece to see ROGUE ONE.

Fantabulously Awesomesauce!!

Welu · « **Reply #1801 on:** 24 Dec 2016, 01:41 »

Moana is lots of fun. The Rock is great.

Grognard · « **Reply #1802 on:** 12 Jan 2017, 19:26 »

I want to go see MOANA.

just re-watched 'John Wick'

Thrillho · « **Reply #1803 on:** 19 Jan 2017, 05:26 »

I finally saw Big Hero 6, and... it's a masterpiece.

It's an absolute work of art. Possibly the best animation Disney has ever made and that includes Pixar. What a moving, funny, astonishing, original, beautiful piece of work.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #1804 on:** 21 Jan 2017, 18:03 »

Well we're getting a cartoon and another movie so you've got that to look forward to

Method of Madness · « **Reply #1805 on:** 21 Jan 2017, 21:51 »

Saw Scorsese's Silence today. The second half was somewhat interesting, but the first half was so slow. And we're talking about a near-three hour movie.

Grognard · « **Reply #1806 on:** 21 Jan 2017, 22:17 »

just finished watching INTERSTELLAR on Amazon Prime.

ummm. wow. Awesome. didn't see THAT coming.

LeeC · « **Reply #1807 on:** 24 Jan 2017, 04:08 »

Just watched "The Nice Guys" on my plane ride back from Paris. It was hysterical! Its hard to explain. Basically a hit-man (Russel Crow) and a terrible alcoholic PI (Ryan Gosling) take on a missing person case with the PI's preteen daughter in tow. Comedy ensues. It almost seems like a serious buddy cop movie from the 1970s but if the two leads were Abbot and Costello. Just be aware there is a lot of female nudity in it since the missing person character is also a porn actress. I will not spoil it here as it is worth watching and a decent modern buddy cop movie!

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I finally saw Big Hero 6, and... it's a masterpiece.

It's an absolute work of art. Possibly the best animation Disney has ever made and that includes Pixar. What a moving, funny, astonishing, original, beautiful piece of work.

I love how it really deals with lose.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #1808 on:** 24 Jan 2017, 07:26 »

The Nice Guys may easily be the most underrated movie of 2016.

Thrillho · « **Reply #1809 on:** 30 Jan 2017, 14:30 »

Watched Gone Girl today.

Less depressing than the news, amirite Loki?

Spoilers and TW for sexual violence.

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Pilchard123 · « **Reply #1810 on:** 17 Feb 2017, 15:26 »

LEGO Batman. Of all the movies I've watched... that was one of them. I'd give it about 4/10, and that's being generous.

On the flip side, I went with a friend who I rarely get to see in person, which more than made up for the disappointing film.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #1811 on:** 17 Feb 2017, 21:54 »

Awww, really? I was looking forward to it. Did you like the first Lego Movie?

Pilchard123 · « **Reply #1812 on:** 18 Feb 2017, 15:12 »

I did, but Batman was too daft for me. For quite a while I was wondering where it was going. But then I've heard other people say that they enjoyed it more than the first one. Different strokes, I guess.

pwhodges · « **Reply #1813 on:** 18 Feb 2017, 15:23 »

My contacts are giving good reviews of Lego Batman - "not quite as good as the Lego Movie, but a worthy follow-up" kind of thing.

Anyway, I just watched Kubo and the Two Strings which I missed when it was in theatres here, through illness. I thought it was fantastic.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #1814 on:** 18 Feb 2017, 16:27 »

I saw Lego Batman today and I found it to be quite an enjoyable film, quite funny too.

Now, that said I did feel that some of the message of the film quite forced and at times childish (surprise, its a family film), but it did capture the essence of what Batman is supposed to be, a clear sign that the people who made the film knew the subject material, more so than a certain director, whose name rhymes with Hack Hider.

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I do think that everyone who liked the Lego Movie will enjoy the Lego Batman Movie.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #1815 on:** 18 Feb 2017, 18:33 »

My wife and I watched Swiss Army Man and we're still not sure what to think

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BenRG · « **Reply #1816 on:** 19 Feb 2017, 06:28 »

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2 - Sword of Destiny - A genuinely good sequel that actually tried to continue the story from the first film (I'm not surprised to learn that the films are based on a five-volume book series). Michelle Yeoh did a great job of playing the Last One Standing from the previous story, burdened by guilt and memories...

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Method of Madness · « **Reply #1817 on:** 19 Feb 2017, 09:21 »

Holy shit, there was a sequel? And it was released theatrically? HOW DID I MISS IT?

BenRG · « **Reply #1818 on:** 19 Feb 2017, 13:44 »

Regrettably, it seems to have been a Netflix exclusive. Not intentionally; apparently several cinema chains with IMAX screens bailed on the film for some reason (possibly that they thought that showing in IMAX format a film thought also suitable for streaming on mobile devices was somehow 'betraying the format').

However, I suspect that the real problem was that the somewhat challenging moral of the story, implied somewhat after the middle and end set-piece battles in a "blink and you'll miss it" manner (still interesting if you get it though), was believed too complex for their presumed target audience of an oriental martial arts fantasy film.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #1819 on:** 19 Feb 2017, 13:52 »

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a film thought also suitable for streaming on mobile devices

Which is absolutely ridiculous when you consider many films end up on Netflix, why would the chain care if it was planned that way from the start?

Method of Madness · « **Reply #1820 on:** 26 Feb 2017, 14:01 »

I saw Jordan Peele's Get Out today and it was fucking excellent. Go in knowing as little as possible.

SubaruStephen · « **Reply #1821 on:** 08 Mar 2017, 21:28 »

You mean go in and get out?

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #1822 on:** 14 Mar 2017, 13:59 »

Saw Kong: Skull Island today, and I have to say, I quite enjoyed it. Its possibly as good as the previous entry in the Monsterverse, 2014's Godzlla.

Now, it does improve on some of the complaints from Godzilla, namely Kong appears fairly early on and remains a constant presence during the film rather than actually appearing in the last third. And the film does go onto setting up the rest of the Monsterverse, particularly with the post credit scene.

Essentially I'm looking forward to the King of the Monsters.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #1823 on:** 14 Mar 2017, 16:45 »

I saw John Wick: Chapter Two on Saturday. Amazing.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #1824 on:** 28 Mar 2017, 05:19 »

I finally saw Beauty and the Beast. The 1991 version that is. I rather liked it. I also took this screenshot because holy shit.

"We can't stop here. This is bat country."

If I had one complaint, it'd be the title song. I just didn't like it at all. Also, it felt strange and unnatural to actually refer to them as "beauty and the beast" within the movie itself. The rest of the songs were great fun, though.

I'm gonna see the remake weekend after next.

LeeC · « **Reply #1825 on:** 28 Mar 2017, 08:29 »

Even when I saw the movie back in 1991 I hated that song. Always made me groan. Didn't understand all the love for it.

Thrillho · « **Reply #1826 on:** 30 Mar 2017, 01:52 »

Dave Chappelle has two new stand up specials on Netflix he has largely avoided the spotlight for well over a decade... And has come back as a mild homophobe and a RAGING transphobe with a side of queer erasure.

What a fucking gent.

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #1827 on:** 15 Apr 2017, 11:52 »

I'm halfway through Netflix's new season of MST3K.

Its good and the comments and gags are hilarious, but at the same time, it just feels that little bit off.

Welu · « **Reply #1828 on:** 15 Apr 2017, 13:38 »

Saw the Belko Experiment. It was better than I expected. People trapped together being made to kill each other by mysterious force plots are a pretty well known quantity by now. This was not the best one I've seen but it's not the worst either.

Saw Get Out a couple weeks ago and it was so good. Like... So good.

Blumhouse are frustratingly good at making low budget minimum location character/dialogue driven films. As a filmmaker I am both delighted for and incredibly envious of them.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #1829 on:** 16 Apr 2017, 08:16 »

I'm not sure if Get Out makes up for Paranormal Activity (I hated that movie so much), but it definitely heals some of the damage.

Welu · « **Reply #1830 on:** 16 Apr 2017, 17:34 »

I like the Paranormal Activity series. Became a Halloween tradition for Partner and I to watch the new ones when they came out.

Method of Madness · « **Reply #1831 on:** 17 Apr 2017, 07:47 »

I saw Colossal yesterday. Interesting premise, well acted. A bit long, but I'd recommend it.

Case · « **Reply #1832 on:** 17 Apr 2017, 08:24 »

Just started on The Expanse, Season 2 - Damn, Frankie Adams makes a magnificent Bobby Draper! And the visuals are just *squuuueeeeeee!*

Dominick Tipper is equally superb as Naomi Nagata, and Shohreh Aghdashloo as Crisjen Avasaralla is perfect - overall, casting is awesome on that show, with the minor peeve that Steven Strait is a little too tall by comparison to the Belter & Martian characters (what's the point in busting your ass casting 1.8m tall women for characters that are supposed to stand close to 2m due to growing up in low/microgravity when you then cast a 1.88m male supposed to play a short-ish Earther? But seeing as they cast loads of very buff Belters, who are actually supposed to be extremely tall and beyond skinny, I guess they gave up on the 'tall, skinny Belter'-look ... I just liked how in the books, the physical differences between Inners and Belters made the racism between both visceral in so many little ways. Like how Naomi isn't quite Holden's 'type' initially, and how his falling in love with her parallels his maturing as a person, from happy-go-lucky-prettyboy to caring captain)

And while I love Wes Chatham's Amos, in my mind, Amos will always be black ... (though I like that the only two "Northern-European-whites" amongst the main cast play the nutjobs).

Speaking of Wes Chatham's Amos - The great thing is that he's actually more threatening when his manner and mimic are harmless and friendly (Ok, that's mostly because his manner doesn't fit with the stuff coming out of his mouth in those situations). It's not the "British Actor being a menacing Hollywood Villain"-politeness - Chatham manages to let his Amos look like he really believes that violent shit happening is simply normal and people shouldn't get so damn' upset about his killing their friends, or loudly pondering the ups and downs of shoving Holden off the Roci without his helmet ("Naomi wouldn't like that") ...

EDIT: And Miller's gun is a nod to Togusa's Mateba

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Akima · « **Reply #1833 on:** 20 Apr 2017, 00:50 »

I've watched the first season of The Expanse, but the second has not been released in Australia yet. I think the series is very good, and in fact possibly the best TV science-fiction I have seen. There are things that disappointed me, but then nothing is perfect.

I have not read the books, so I didn't come to the TV series with preconceptions about the characters. I suppose the problem with the divergent physical types of human growing up on Earth, Mars or the Belt is simply that actors, especially in American television, just don't get on in the profession if they don't conform to conventionally attractive norms, but the casting doesn't really doesn't make much effort in this area.

Case · « **Reply #1834 on:** 20 Apr 2017, 13:20 »

Quote from: Akima on 20 Apr 2017, 00:50

I have not read the books, so I didn't come to the TV series with preconceptions about the characters. I suppose the problem with the divergent physical types of human growing up on Earth, Mars or the Belt is simply that actors, especially in American television, just don't get on in the profession if they don't conform to conventionally attractive norms, but the casting doesn't really doesn't make much effort in this area.

1) GET! THEM! NOW!
2) The Earther-Marsian-Belter differences - and the intense racism that builds on it - is a major topic in "Leviathan's Wake". Right on the first few pages, Naomi is described from Holden's POV ("at close to 2m, she was towering over Holden") and right in the next sentence, it's indicated that "he never got quite used to the Belter look", despite spending a substantial part of his adult life in space, and amongst Belters & Martians.

It adds a bit extra ... flavour ... to their later romance - but nothing against Dominique Tipper's Naomi. She's brilliant, methinks.

Bobby Draper is described as 2m and being easily as capable physically as Amos, probably more so - which is why they went and found themselves a 1.8m Kiwi actress who boxes in her free time.

sitnspin · « **Reply #1835 on:** 20 Apr 2017, 13:28 »

While I am somewhat disappointed with some of the casting choices (Holden in particular, and Amos to a lesser degree, who I always pictured as black for some reason), overall they've done a great job as far as acting goes. Unfortunately, a lot of the physical characteristics described in the books would be really difficult to pull off on a television budget at a high enough quality to not be distracting.

Case · « **Reply #1836 on:** 20 Apr 2017, 15:48 »

Quote from: sitnspin on 20 Apr 2017, 13:28

While I am somewhat disappointed with some of the casting choices (Holden in particular, and Amos to a lesser degree, who I always pictured as black for some reason)

Me too! In my mind, Amos look(s/ed) like the Gorillaz' Russell Hobbs. Something like this:

or this:

Though I have to add that Wes Chatham's Amos does pretty much the same for me ... except for being pigmentally challenged.

But I can't remember whether he was actually described as being black ... (at his first appearance in "Leviathan's Wake", he's described as having 'dark skin') - Then and again, I can't remember Corey making much of a deal about anyone's racial characteristics (maybe with the exception of Bobby) ... maybe intentionally? Maybe with the significant differences in body types between Earthers, Martians and Belters, skin-colour simply became less meaningful as a proxy for in/outgroup. Or maybe there's been so much intermixing between 'races' due to small population sizes of colonies in space that people have simply given up on trying to classify each other by race, because it got too complicated - similarly to contemporary American whites, who seem to have retained very little of the tribal identifications of their ancestors ethnic groups; which still persist to some degree in modern Europe.

pwhodges · « **Reply #1837 on:** 20 Apr 2017, 16:53 »

London Road

No, I've never seen anything quite like it. The film tells the story of the road in the town of Ipswich in Suffolk in which a recent serial killer lived - the reactions of the residents and how they coped with what was going on. The words are taken from interviews with the residents, and then turned into song, of a sort. It started life as a stage musical, and was so successful that rather than simply rely on their film of the production, they (The National Theatre) went ahead and made a full-on theatrical film (still as a musical, of course). Some of the cast transferred, but they brought in some bigger names like Tom Hardy and Olivia Colman to bulk up the appeal. The result is quite compelling, once you've puzzled your way through the opening titles, though a couple of the scenes outstay their welcome just slightly. Some of the interviewees are quite shameless, like the one who wants to shake the killer by the hand for killing five of the prostitutes who were bringing down the area. I suppose it's not great; but it's good and worthwhile. So, recommended as an interesting curiosity, which also gives a thought-provoking view of a real event.

LeeC · « **Reply #1838 on:** 21 Apr 2017, 16:45 »

I just watched the live action remake of Disney's "The Jungle Book." It was quite good. It was similar to the original in certain areas but by and large it was a different movie! The cast was great! Idris Elba, Ben Kingsley and Lupita Nyong'o were the strongest. Neel Sethi did alright but did fall into a few pit falls here and there but serviced the role well. The weakest casting was probably, and I know I'll catch some flak for this, is Bill Murray. I'm sorry but it just felt out of place and I think they could have found a better Baloo. Same with ScarJo as Kaa

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King Louie was a little jarring but considering how Louie is played I think Christopher Walken was a decent choice.

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I found it interesting that there were some elements of Indian culture presented. Mowgli is surely representative of the "Untouchable" whereas the predator characters were Kshatriyas and the elephants served as Brahmins. The use of Kaa to fill in Mowgli's origins was a nice touch, if a bit cliche in providing Mowgli additional motivations on going after Shere Khan in the climax of the film. Unlike other Disney movies, being in the Jungle here was always unnerving (but in a good way). The Jungle truly is a scary place and Shere Khan in this movie is perhaps the most fearful Disney villain to date in my opinion. Any time he shows up he steals the show. I wont spoil anything but he is genuinely terrifying.

All in all its well worth the watch. Its similar to the original while being different enough to be a new experience. Highly advise watching this (its on netflix right now!).

Method of Madness · « **Reply #1839 on:** 23 Apr 2017, 06:23 »

Is it worth watching if I've never seen the original, or should I watch the original first?

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #1840 on:** 29 Apr 2017, 16:31 »

Its the same story with some minor differences, its just one is animated and the other is live action.

And I just watched Stung and hoo boy was it painful.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #1841 on:** 06 May 2017, 17:23 »

Just watched Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and it's so good, I freaking cried during it.

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TheEvilDog · « **Reply #1842 on:** 07 May 2017, 11:22 »

Quote from: Blue Kitty on 06 May 2017, 17:23

Just watched Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and it's so good, I freaking cried during it.
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Yondu's death was already spoiled for me but I still cried during it. I knew he died, but not how

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Neko_Ali · « **Reply #1843 on:** 07 May 2017, 15:28 »

I just returned from Guardians of the Galaxy as well. It was fantastic. It is one of those rare sequels that actually surpasses the first.

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TheEvilDog · « **Reply #1844 on:** 07 May 2017, 16:24 »

Quote from: Neko_Ali on 07 May 2017, 15:28

I just returned from Guardians of the Galaxy as well. It was fantastic. It is one of those rare sequels that actually surpasses the first.

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Sylvester Stalone's character and his second in command though, there was something that bothered me I couldn't put my finger on until I got home and looked it up.
For those that didn't know, Yondu was an oddity in the movie, because he was a different character with the same name and trick in the original alternate 31st century version of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Well.. Sly's character and all the other Ravager captains at the end... all members of that team as well. Sly and Michelle Yoeh's character were Starhawk, Martinex, Charlie-27 were all original members and the others joined through the comic's run. Even Taserface was on of their enemies. His name more sense (a bit)
in the comics because he could shoot energy beams from his face. It's a real nice touch back to the original comic series.

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Method of Madness · « **Reply #1845 on:** 07 May 2017, 16:51 »

Honestly, I enjoyed it, but I'm apparently the only one who thought the first was better. I wasn't disappointed, in that I didn't expect it to surpass the first one, but it wasn't a Winter Soldier scenario.

Blue Kitty · « **Reply #1846 on:** 07 May 2017, 18:41 »

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Quote from: Blue Kitty on 06 May 2017, 17:23
Just watched Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and it's so good, I freaking cried during it.
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Yondu's death was already spoiled for me but I still cried during it. I knew he died, but not how
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"I'm Mary Poppins, y'all!"
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"What was your second choice? "Scrotumhead"?"

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Torlek · « **Reply #1847 on:** 07 May 2017, 20:42 »

Quote from: Method of Madness on 07 May 2017, 16:51

Honestly, I enjoyed it, but I'm apparently the only one who thought the first was better. I wasn't disappointed, in that I didn't expect it to surpass the first one, but it wasn't a Winter Soldier scenario.

I'm hearing variations of this a lot. I think it was just as good as the first, and will probably get better on subsequent viewings because Gunn packed this thing to the gills with small jokes and references, but it didn't have the, "WOW where did this come from," punch of the first. Everybody knows that Pratt is great as Quill now. Everyone knows that Bautista has astoundingly great comic timing. A lot of what elevated the first from just great to classic was the surprise factor of how well it worked. Now we get another serving of the same wonderful stuff and, while it's still the best stuff around, it can't blow our minds like before.

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Quote from: Neko_Ali on 07 May 2017, 15:28
I just returned from Guardians of the Galaxy as well. It was fantastic. It is one of those rare sequels that actually surpasses the first.

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Sylvester Stalone's character and his second in command though, there was something that bothered me I couldn't put my finger on until I got home and looked it up.
For those that didn't know, Yondu was an oddity in the movie, because he was a different character with the same name and trick in the original alternate 31st century version of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Well.. Sly's character and all the other Ravager captains at the end... all members of that team as well. Sly and Michelle Yoeh's character were Starhawk, Martinex, Charlie-27 were all original members and the others joined through the comic's run. Even Taserface was on of their enemies. His name more sense (a bit)
in the comics because he could shoot energy beams from his face. It's a real nice touch back to the original comic series.
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Apparently Miley Cyrus voiced Mainframe...

But honestly, I love Marvel's willingness to take a lesser known property and take a chance with it, especially the Cosmic line, which was always seen as a throwback to the 70s and some possibly thought it was best left there (much like the Horror and toyline tie-ins). But its great to see them bring new life to characters that many had forgotten about, like, as you said, Starhawk and the original Guardians. And it continues to show that Marvel wants to make use of what's its created throughout the years, not just what seems popular. So I'm looking forward to Infinity War next year, just to see who else they can bring to the mix. Besides
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Adam Warlock

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Thrillho · « **Reply #1848 on:** 08 May 2017, 00:32 »

I saw Moana recently.

It is a fucking revelation.

RedWolf4 · « **Reply #1849 on:** 09 May 2017, 06:46 »

Watched the new Guardians of the Galaxy the other day.

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