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Post by Angelo on Nov 1, 2016 23:56:12 GMT -5
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang - 9/10
Shane Black's amazing fuck-you to Hollywood. Brilliant modern film-noir. Robert Downey Jr's first insured film after his breakdown. Val Kilmer is brilliant. The dialogue is amazing modern-noir and snappy (not surprising given Shane Black's background). If the movie wasn't just a release of frustration on the movie industry, it would have easily been sutied for a sequel or two. And who doesn't like Michelle Monaghan? Also has one of the best comeback/responses in history.
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Post by peAk on Nov 2, 2016 7:46:44 GMT -5
Finding Dory 7/10Not as good as Finding Nemo but not bad at all. Great for the family.
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Post by Baph on Nov 6, 2016 0:07:01 GMT -5
Dr. Strange - 9 of 10.
Phenomenal medley of humor, sci fi, action, and super hero mythology all wrapped into one, complete with enough intro/backstory to make it coherent, and a few easter eggs along the way. Essentially an "origins" movie and very well done. I'm not very familiar with Dr. Strange and have always prefered DC over Marvel, but these guys are just knocking out home runs here. Marvel has this formula DOWN at this point.
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Post by Premier on Nov 6, 2016 19:31:34 GMT -5
Finding Dory 7/10Not as good as Finding Nemo but not bad at all. Great for the family. Watched it last night. Dori annoyed me. Dumb bitch..... Lol that comment got me in trouble with the wife. She was like "its not her fault. She was born like that...."
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Post by peAk on Nov 6, 2016 19:37:55 GMT -5
Agree
She supports Clinton, what do you expect?
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Post by Premier on Nov 6, 2016 22:23:56 GMT -5
The Mechanic resurrection.
5/10
Shoot em up, bang, bang. It works if you are in the mood for something like that. Nothing special. Entertaining to a point on a lazy Sunday afternoon.
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Post by Fasthands25 on Nov 6, 2016 22:29:52 GMT -5
I watched the Godfather.
8.5/10
A tale of a man being thrust into a position neither he nor his father had in mind for him. A very well made classic of a film.
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Post by Premier on Nov 6, 2016 22:31:34 GMT -5
Check out part 2. Arguably better than the first one.
Skip part 3.
How fucking old are.you? 12?
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Post by Fasthands25 on Nov 6, 2016 22:34:45 GMT -5
Check out part 2. Arguably better than the first one. Skip part 3. How fucking old are.you? 12? I haven't had a chance to see the second yet, although I have heard that it is better. I'm 20 in 6 days. Just never got around to seeing these movies although I have wanted to for awhile.
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Post by Premier on Nov 6, 2016 22:38:29 GMT -5
Dam, those movies came out 20+ years before you were born. They do stand the test of time. Not like most of these so called classics that look like shit today. The Godfather series look like a movie from today.
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Post by Fasthands25 on Nov 6, 2016 22:44:20 GMT -5
Dam, those movies came out 20+ years before you were born. They do stand the test of time. Not like most of these so called classics that look like shit today. The Godfather series look like a movie from today. I've come to the same realization. In general it seems like the whole mindset behind making movies has shifted drastically.
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Post by Premier on Nov 6, 2016 22:47:27 GMT -5
Oh yeah. Evolution to modern times. Where you notice it most is during the endings. Back in the day most movies just ended a d left you feeling ike WTF.
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Post by Fasthands25 on Nov 6, 2016 22:49:45 GMT -5
Oh yeah. Evolution to modern times. Where you notice it most is during the endings. Back in the day most movies just ended a d left you feeling ike WTF. I've also noticed a lot more "throw away" movies. Made to be watched and enjoyed once, not made to be enjoyed for decades later. Just a lot less effort.
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Post by Premier on Nov 6, 2016 22:53:30 GMT -5
Yup. Totally agree with that. Difference between a movie and a film.
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Post by ToNoAvail on Nov 6, 2016 23:05:41 GMT -5
Speaking of throw away movies.
Independence Day: Resurgence 5/10
The ole gang is back and they save the whole world again. Goldbloom on the moon, Pullman with the "they're coming they're coming" routine, the shitty Hemsworth brother, a not so subtle plug in of a female president. Total Hollywood garbage. I still like aliens and space n shit, so its watchable, but still very bad.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2016 6:55:58 GMT -5
Dam, those movies came out 20+ years before you were born. They do stand the test of time. Not like most of these so called classics that look like shit today. The Godfather series look like a movie from today. Okay, I absolutely love Godfather 1 and 2. But the bolded is SO incorrect. The pacing in that movie is nothing like the movies today. The scenes are longer, more fleshed out. The speech is slower, more deliberate. And I can't remember where I saw it, but a study was done on movies made over the last 70 years or so, and it's basically a linear relationship between years passed and scene length. So, a movie from 50 years ago has remarkably longer seens than a movie made today. Hell, watch Forrest Gump, which is now 20 years old. Compared to today's flicks, THAT has much longer scenes. Much like Moore's Law, I don't know how much longer the trend can continue, but the death of Vine may be a sign we're hitting the tipping point.
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Post by boboplata on Nov 7, 2016 7:05:31 GMT -5
Dam, those movies came out 20+ years before you were born. They do stand the test of time. Not like most of these so called classics that look like shit today. The Godfather series look like a movie from today. Okay, I absolutely love Godfather 1 and 2. But the bolded is SO incorrect. The pacing in that movie is nothing like the movies today. The scenes are longer, more fleshed out. The speech is slower, more deliberate. And I can't remember where I saw it, but a study was done on movies made over the last 70 years or so, and it's basically a linear relationship between years passed and scene length. So, a movie from 50 years ago has remarkably longer seens than a movie made today. Hell, watch Forrest Gump, which is now 20 years old. Compared to today's flicks, THAT has much longer scenes. Much like Moore's Law, I don't know how much longer the trend can continue, but the death of Vine may be a sign we're hitting the tipping point. It came out when people were still reading. Had normal attention spans. Now it's just ADD/ADHD cumfest of lens flare, CGI & horrible remakes.
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Post by PatSox on Nov 7, 2016 11:34:51 GMT -5
Oh yeah. Evolution to modern times. Where you notice it most is during the endings. Back in the day most movies just ended a d left you feeling ike WTF. The French Connection jumped to mnd
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Post by Premier on Nov 7, 2016 11:42:09 GMT -5
Dam, those movies came out 20+ years before you were born. They do stand the test of time. Not like most of these so called classics that look like shit today. The Godfather series look like a movie from today. Okay, I absolutely love Godfather 1 and 2. But the bolded is SO incorrect. The pacing in that movie is nothing like the movies today. The scenes are longer, more fleshed out. The speech is slower, more deliberate. And I can't remember where I saw it, but a study was done on movies made over the last 70 years or so, and it's basically a linear relationship between years passed and scene length. So, a movie from 50 years ago has remarkably longer seens than a movie made today. Hell, watch Forrest Gump, which is now 20 years old. Compared to today's flicks, THAT has much longer scenes. Much like Moore's Law, I don't know how much longer the trend can continue, but the death of Vine may be a sign we're hitting the tipping point. Maybe if you compare it to some of the BS made today. But compare it to an Oscar caliber drama. Most 70's movie feel old and outdated. The Godfather feels like a period piece that could had been shot recently.
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Post by Premier on Nov 7, 2016 11:45:10 GMT -5
Oh yeah. Evolution to modern times. Where you notice it most is during the endings. Back in the day most movies just ended a d left you feeling ike WTF. The French Connection jumped to mnd Yup. This is what I mean. most movies from those days ended weirdly. Left a lot open. They eventually did away with that, but you still see it every once a while like in "No country for old men". Both the Godfather 1 and 2 have satisfying endings.
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Post by PatSox on Nov 10, 2016 18:39:09 GMT -5
Hell or High WaterHoly High Plains Shit....this movie is awesome. Two brothers who are bank robbers. A cowboy and commanche cop team. It's west texas, so almost everyone is packing. This sounds like a formula for some fun shoot-em up, with a bunch of high octane action and sharp, quick cut editing and corny dialogue full of tough red neck cliches and yee haws and shit...........Well, there's some of that. But no, this is a realistic, smart, fascinating story, that lets scenes play out and breath. They slowly reveal certain things in a perfect way to make you at the very least understand, maybe not agree with....or maybe you will agree with what they're doing Chris Pine and Ben Foster play the brothers. And they are both fantastic. Pine is so different than anything I've ever seen him in, and he nails every scene. Foster is so good he could catch himself a nomination for this. Another guy that could is Jeff Bridges. He plays something pretty close to his Rooster Cogburn character from True Grit, but while it's familiar it's still damn good. His parter is played by a feller named Gil Birmingham, and he and Bridges play off each other wonderfully. There's other characters, but they're all pretty ancillary. Those four people ARE the movie. And it's enough I loved this movie. I want to see it get nominated for Best Picture, come hell or high water.....ya here, ya lousy fancy schmancy academy sons-a-bitches. Y'all better pay this movie some mind, or I'm-a put my boot through the back of y'alls teeth, by ways of your asshole. Now go on.....GIT! And see this movie 9/10
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Post by daywork on Nov 10, 2016 20:00:45 GMT -5
I forgot about Hell or high water. I have to see if I can download it.
Sox, I really hope I agree with your rating.
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Post by PatSox on Nov 11, 2016 9:32:06 GMT -5
I forgot about Hell or high water. I have to see if I can download it. Sox, I really hope I agree with your rating. Not sure why It's not like you ever have
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Post by PatSox on Nov 12, 2016 8:57:29 GMT -5
ArrivalI saw this movie yesterday, but honestly needed a day before talking about it. It's heavy, heavy stuff. And I don't even mean the idea of what it would be like if we had an honest to goodness real life alien invasion on our hands, I mean the personal, emotional stuff that Amy Adam's character was dealing with. Woman were sobbing in the theater, when this film ended. I felt like I was at a Hillary Clinton victory gala on tuesday night But that aside, yes, this movie is about mankind's first contact with a mysterious alien race and their 12 huge half egg shaped ships that, not so much land, but hover over different points of the globe silmutaniously. Seemingly from nowhere. Humans are allowed a couple hours audience, every 18 hours, to try and communicate with these........well, I'll leave that for you to see. Amy Adams plays a renowned linguist, who is charged with trying to figure out a way to communicate with them via speech, text, imagery, how ever she can, so she can get an answer to the big question, "what is your purpose here?" Every nation that has one of these vessels within their borders are all doing the same. Every one is different degrees of on edge to full-on pants shitting. China and Russia are ready to attack the intruders. Because aren't they always, in movies like this? Religous zealots see this as either the end times or god coming to them. Scientists are blowing loads of geek spew every three minutes over the fact that these ships emmit no radiation, no fuel signitures, no evidence of propulsion even as they hover endlessly. The compounds that make up there ship are completely unknown. There's a ton of interesting stuff going on in this movie and it handles all of it deftly Problem is, as I alluded to before, it's main focus is Amy Adams' character...or actually Amy Adams' character's sorrow. Don't get me wrong, she's excellent in the roll and deciding to focus so much on this sort of thing was actually a good call, in my opinion. But they end up laying it on REALLY REALLY thick. That said there is one twist in this movie that was pretty awesome. Just when you think you've seen some fascinating, imagination gripping stuff, the movie hits you with an absolute doosey The actual execution in the film is technically excellent. The imagery, the cinematogrophy, the sound, the music, the editing, the mood and tension portayed. I mean the director was Denis Villeneuve, who did Enemy, Prisoners and Sicario, so I knew I was in for at least that much. Story-wise it's really good, but I think it over reaches in certain areas which keeps it from being great. That said, I highly recommend seeing this, as many people are in friggin love with this movie, more than I am, and you may end up feeling that too. And there's never anything wrong with that 8.5 / 10
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Post by Premier on Nov 12, 2016 9:59:03 GMT -5
He'll or high water. Cool.
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Post by Premier on Nov 12, 2016 9:59:54 GMT -5
War dogs. 6/10
Had some funny parts thanks to Hill.
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Post by Premier on Dec 3, 2016 17:28:19 GMT -5
The accountant
8.5/10
James Bond meets Rain Man.
I really enjoyed it. Perfect shoot em up with some suspense.
The storyline of the FBI guys gets kind of corny at times; Cliché like. But the rest of the movie makes up for it.
Remember that movie Zombieland and Jesse Eisenberg's character's "Double Tap" to make sure zombies are dead? Well, lets just say the accountant is a master at double tapping. Favorite part of the movie.
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Post by slaytan on Dec 3, 2016 18:44:33 GMT -5
I forgot about Hell or high water. I have to see if I can download it. Sox, I really hope I agree with your rating. It's not that good. Not bad, but a couple glaring, glaring plot holes. Chris Pine is at his most handsome in this movie and effective, Ben Foster is as good as usual. Jeff Bridges was a little off in a role he should have nailed, I thought. Good, but not great. Another Chris Pine Movie I watched was... Star Trek: Beyond the Shark. As dumb as I imagined, and so much worse. Every single element of this movie was unimaginably terrible. Acting and writing was all quite literally as bad as possible. If one element sticks out as worse than the rest it has to be Spock. Whatever homo they got to play him is so bad it defies description, and teh writing for that character sticks out as a particularly stinky turd in an overflowing jobsite portolet. We deserve to die as a species for this movie but I also watched a gem Return of the Living Dead
I watched this one expecting it to turn out like so many other movies I loved as a child, but found unwatchable as an adult. It was actually fantastic, except for the 80's punks
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Post by Premier on Dec 3, 2016 19:05:02 GMT -5
Stonehearst Asylum - 8 of 10.
Rare "newer" movie review by Garth. It's even in color.
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Post by daywork on Dec 3, 2016 19:40:37 GMT -5
Hell or High water. Yeah, it was a good movie. I wasn't blown away by it or anything. But a good movie
LOL There was nothing on the other day so I watched that Deadpool movie. Not great by any means. Don't know if I would give it a solid good. I'll say it was OK. I didn't hate watching it. So yeah, I'll give it a OK
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