The Official Movie Thread

[bustaheims]

Two movies that are a piece of junk;

1. Fantastic Four
2. Vacation

Fortunately, took the kids to the Drive In so that was fun in itself.

That's too bad. I was hoping that Vacation would at least be somewhat good. I love the original Vacation movies.

 

[Joe S.]

Just finished Jonestown: Paradise Lost on Netflix. I found it riveting. I have to agree with the reviews: they could or should have interviewed Stephan Jones even more. He's captivating.

Such a sad story.

If you're browsing through documentaties - watch Jodorowsky's Dune. Honestly it's mind bending-ly good.

I keep trying to get people to watch it, but no one does!

 

[Joe S.]

Just take my money now.

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[bustaheims]

I was very hesitant about the new Star Wars movies when the news first broke, but the more they release, the more excited I get. I'm now in full-fledged geek out mode.

 

[Joe S.]

I'm one of the few people who enjoyed the prequels, so clearly I'm not hard to please.

Watching them now is a little tough, because clearly there are some terrible things in those movies, but there's also so much that I like, so in the end, I usually don't really get into conversations with anyone about them.

If you want something fun to get into leading up to this movie, check out the podcast 'Star Wars minute' - it's a fun listen. They review the original trilogy minute by minute. It sounds crazy, but it's actually pretty funny.

http://www.starwarsminute.com/

 

[Bullfrog]

I enjoyed the prequels too. I just try to look past the terrible stuff (like the acting, dialogue, and directing.)

 

[bustaheims]

The prequels weren't entirely terrible. Just like 95%. They good elements, like Darth Maul, Yoda fighting, Natalie Portman and . . . ummm . . . I'm sure there were others.

 

[CarltonTheBear]

The prequels weren't entirely terrible. Just like 95%. They good elements, like Darth Maul, Yoda fighting, Natalie Portman and . . . ummm . . . I'm sure there were others.

The fight scenes were all pretty good I thought. Casting was great, aside from the one obvious one. Portman, McGregor, Jackson, Lee, Neeson were all great choices. It was really just the writing and directing that was god-awful, unfortunately those are 2 pretty big aspects of a movie though of course.

 

[bustaheims]

The fight scenes were all pretty good I thought. Casting was great, aside from the one obvious one. Portman, McGregor, Jackson, Lee, Neeson were all great choices. It was really just the writing and directing that was god-awful, unfortunately those are 2 pretty big aspects of a movie though of course.

The writing was bad on so many levels. The dialogue was bad, major aspects of the story were bad, a lot of the new characters were bad . . . it was a mess. Also, the over-reliance on digital effects, which falls on Lucas in one of his roles - not sure if that's director, producer, studio head or whatever else.

 

[bustaheims]

Happy Future Day! Where's my hover board?

 

[L K]

Happy Future Day! Where's my hover board?

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I don't care that Michael J Fox has Parkinsons and Christopher Lloyd doesn't appear to be doing well.  I would watch them make another movie.  I would pay double if they did a Rick and Morty sketch.

 

[Heroic Shrimp]

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[Bender]

Just watched two movies

Inside Llewyn Davis

Great movie from the Coen brothers. I love the melancholic aspect of being a musician, and it felt more real than many I've seen. I would place it favourably with Crazy Heart.

Beasts of No Nation

Great movie about a war torn state in Africa and child soldiers. Utterly heartbreaking and you feel awful afterward. Do not watch this if you are squeamish or don't like watching heavy movies. This was the heaviest I've seen in a good, long while.

 

[L K]

Just watched two movies

Inside Llewyn Davis

Great movie from the Coen brothers. I love the melancholic aspect of being a musician, and it felt more real than many I've seen. I would place it favourably with Crazy Heart.

Beasts of No Nation

Great movie about a war torn state in Africa and child soldiers. Utterly heartbreaking and you feel awful afterward. Do not watch this if you are squeamish or don't like watching heavy movies. This was the heaviest I've seen in a good, long while.

Beasts of No Nation is great.  It was made by Netflix so it might not be in your theatre but is available to stream.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

I saw Everest, did not feel bad at all for any of them, it just felt so abstract to me.

I contemplated shutting it off after an hour and I never do that.

 

[herman]

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On the one hand: standard blockbuster movie trailer soft creepy singing over title, moving into BRRRAAAAAAAAAAMMMMs punctuated by expository dialogue. Are all trailers made by one Inception fan? Are all movie posters designed by one guy on Photoshop with an affinity for Orange/Blue? Also: Apocalypse looks like Ivan Ooze.

On the other hand: Bald Xavier! Jubilee! Olivia Munn Psylocke! Mohawk Storm! Jean Grey Stark! Archangel with flechette feathers!

 

[L K]

I saw Krampus last night and as a fan of the old Joe Dante movies I really enjoyed it.  A nice gateway movie into horror films.  Some great sound and puppet design.

 

[Kin]

I really enjoyed The Hateful Eight. Though I thought the Lightsaber battle at the end was an unfortunate bit of pandering.

 

[bustaheims]

The Big Short was excellent. Well written and directed, with a lot of high quality performances. Not exactly the most uplifting movie, but had some nice humorous moments.

 

[Kin]

The Big Short was excellent. Well written and directed, with a lot of high quality performances. Not exactly the most uplifting movie, but had some nice humorous moments.

It's really kind of astonishing that Michael Lewis books are so consistently being turned into excellent movies. I can't ever remember reading one and thinking that it would translate onto the screen.