NOW CLOSED ; List some movies you've watched recently. Theatre, rental, TV... and give a */10

[DigDog]

yes i agree. There was some good work that wound up being buried under a pile of hollywood horseshit. But that's what you get today when you cast Will Smith - they are scared of failure, so they go with the formula.

And fail.

 

[slayer202]

anyone watch Mute yet?

reviews are looking brutal

 

[DigDog]

i read a bit of the review today, but basically stopped at 1. Duncan Jones 2. New Film

i guess i will watch it when it comes out but i wasn't too fond of Moon. It was an ok film for a first time director on a 5 million budget, but nowhere near as intriguing as people make it out to be. Very long for the amount of content.

i expected better out of david bowie's son.

 

[SMOGZINN]

The Flash can basically control time. No matter what Superman could attempt to do to stop the Flash, the Flash could just go so fast that he effectively stops time completely:

I don't think it matters what The Flash can do, Superman can punch reality. Superman actually died once and punched death so hard he came back to life.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

I didn't hate Bright, but man, with that concept, it could have been epic. They could have turned it into the next Breaking Bad series with everything they introduced in it, just so many cool concepts.

Agree 100%. Bright had promise but missed hard.

 

[DigDog]

we're in "Mickey Mouse vs Superman" territory here.

 

[Kaido]

Agree 100%. Bright had promise but missed hard.

The kettlebell scene at the end though, oh my gosh

 

[shortylickens]

Hollywood is running out of ideas:


https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4685784/reference

 

[purbeast0]

Daddy's Home 2 - 4/10 - pretty terrible. It had a few funny parts but overall was really stupid. The end was so terrible too, like to the point I was asking my wife who the hell would make this part in a movie and think it's a good movie. And as is the typical trend in comedies they try and make it all serious towards the end. Long gone are the days of dumb funny comedies.

 

[blankslate]

Game Night 8/10

It's a comedy about 3 couples who do a game night every week when a brother of one of them introduces a live action mystery that gets mixed up with real criminals. It's funnier than you expect it would be.



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[KeithTalent]

wow you like both resident evil and bright?? we've got more in common than i thought.

I'm all over the place, but generally, especially with fantasy and sci-fi stuff, if they are at least trying something interesting, I can look past a lot of flaws and enjoy the films for what they are. It's stuff like Fast & the Furious that I can't handle; that stuff is complete trash and honestly just boring.

logan lucky sucked

That's a shame, but honestly, even though I love a lot of Soderbergh stuff and really like that he tries all kinds of different things/genres, he can be really hit and miss.

KT

 

[slayer202]

I'm being a bit rough, it's like a 3 star movie, maybe


For the people who were curious about Phantom Thread with live orchestra, it was last night. The orchestra was great, and not a distraction at all, but the film's audio was not very good because it was shown in an opera theater that didn't seem equipped well enough to show a film properly. I was on the balcony and the speakers were all down below and up front so some of the dialogue was muffled. I should have gotten an orchestra seat

 

[purbeast0]

Bright - 8/10 - watched it last night and I liked it quite a bit more than I expected based on everything I had heard about it.

 

[ImpulsE69]

I'm all over the place, but generally, especially with fantasy and sci-fi stuff, if they are at least trying something interesting, I can look past a lot of flaws and enjoy the films for what they are. It's stuff like Fast & the Furious that I can't handle; that stuff is complete trash and honestly just boring.



That's a shame, but honestly, even though I love a lot of Soderbergh stuff and really like that he tries all kinds of different things/genres, he can be really hit and miss.

KT

This is wierd to me....I'm the same way, but in my opinion, the worst F&F was better than the best RE movie.

 

[Ackmed]

anyone watch Mute yet?

reviews are looking brutal

Mute/7/10
We watched it today, and both enjoyed it. I have not read any reviews on it, so can't compare. Reviews were not kind to Bright, but we liked it too. Mute has several place-able faces, and the futuristic aspect is there but not over the top. Its basically a love story with some drama. Something that has been done many times over. Guy and girl are happy. Girl has a secret past, bad things happen, good ending. I didn't want to get into too many specifics. Acting was good, some humor thrown in, the ending was predictable. But I wouldn't pass it up if looking for a decent movie to kill time with. BUT like several Netflix movies lately, not fucking 4K. Ugh!

Irreplaceable You, 8/10, also on Netflix and just released. This movie also has some semi-famous people on in. Christopher Walken was great as he always is. The lead lady was just in another Netflix movie, The Cloverfield Paradox. I like seeing repeat people in movies. This movie is a tear jerker, with a lot of humor in it. I rated it higher than some may, just because the couple is like us and we like to support that in whatever way we can. Its sad though. Also brings up conversations on what you would do if something happened. Hits a bit close to home with stuff our family is going through, yet we still really enjoyed it. If you have a special someone in the right circumstance, be prepared to fight back some tears. NOT 4K.

When We First Met 6/10 again on Netflix. We're really watching a lot there anymore. Good feel good comedy. I like the main actor, from his days in Workaholics and Modern Family. Nothing really that great about it, some good music and some comedy. When cold outside, an easy watch. NOT 4K.

Just started Everything Sucks on Netflix, and finally something in 4K. Throwback to the 90's, which we can relate to. I am early 90's, wife is late 90's. But plenty of reminders from days gone by. Clearly a copy cat in part to Stranger things. Geeky kids in highschool, freshmen. Joined the AV club. One black guy in the group, who likes a white girl. So on and so on. Still enjoyable 2 episodes in though. Mostly for nostalgia, the music and things that no longer exist.

Girls Trip 8/10. REALLY funny in parts. More relatable to certain demographics, but anyone can find it funny. The grapefruit scene is hilarious. My wife horse laughed so many times, would have been fun to see in the theater. Clifs, old college group was tight, grows apart. Gets back together in a real world event that is actually very fun, and reunites to bond together and fight off adversity. Just overall really funny, stomach hurt a few times.

 

[DigDog]

i watched Justice League and thought it wasn't too horrid. Steppenwolf (the bad guy) is pretty cool and i like watching Superman kick the ass of Wonder Woman, who think's she's so cool.

Speaking of which, why was WW made into a superhuman killing machine?

Anyway, Justice League is basically nonstop CGI for 90 minutes. Pretty decent CGI, if you completely ignore the acting, dialogue, and story. Some of the combat moves were also pretty sweeet.

6.5/10 (basically the same quality of film as The Great Wall or King Arthur, except it costs much more)

 

[slayer202]

I didn't think Mute was that bad either

 

[dasherHampton]

I'm trying to watch Fear the Walking Dead but the idiot plot is so strong with this show that I'm not sure I can take much more. I've watched about 5 episodes.

Throughout the first couple of episodes characters are constantly doing the opposite of what any sane human being would do. If one more person slowly walks up to a snarling, drooling zombie and asks "are you ok?" I really will be done with it.

The family drama is a bit much as well. Did the show really need a heroin addicted son and two wives?

Does it get better?

 

[purbeast0]

A spinoff of a terrible is show is terrible?

SHOCKED I TELL YOU!

 

[DigDog]

does Anger Management count as a spinoff of 2+1/2 Men ?

 

[dasherHampton]

A spinoff of a terrible is show is terrible?

SHOCKED I TELL YOU!

I want to like it because I enjoy Cliff Curtis a lot. I also like the woman who plays his girlfriend. The one that Sawyer screwed over in Lost.

But I'm not sure they can save it if things don't swing towards fairly quickly.

 

[Homerboy]

I've been re-watching Deadwood.

11/10
Show is so incredibly good it's ridiculous. And it's 14 years old?!

 

[purbeast0]

I tried to watch Deadwood ... twice. I was bored to death. I think I made it like around 5 episodes in both times and got bored around the same time. The only part I liked was the bartender dude.

 

[slayer202]

I tried a couple years ago too and couldn't get through it

 

[Homerboy]

I tried a couple years ago too and couldn't get through it

I tried to watch Deadwood ... twice. I was bored to death. I think I made it like around 5 episodes in both times and got bored around the same time. The only part I liked was the bartender dude.

Noted - you two are idiots