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Post by Premier on Aug 16, 2018 6:27:12 GMT -5
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Post by boboplata on Aug 24, 2018 15:30:40 GMT -5
Blame! - Post apocalyptic/cyber punk/ looking for Jesus type of movie. Basically an anime Matrix...outside of Animatrix. 6/10.
Yes. I posted the whole movie.
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Post by CaveBearOG on Aug 24, 2018 16:06:01 GMT -5
^^^^ Jesus......youre a fukin geek.....lol. j/k....cept I'm not!!!
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Post by Baph on Aug 25, 2018 21:25:24 GMT -5
Lost City of Z - 7.75 of 10.
Pretty solid, even though I typically don't care for the lead. True story of the British Geological Society's intervention in a South American border dispute that threatened the lucrative rubber trade . . . which incidentally lead to the lifelong obsession for exploration and discovery of lost cities in the region. One of the unintentionally ironic parts of the film comes when, after repeatedly lecturing the racist aristocratic upper crust of British society about their misconceptions of the Amazon and it's "savages" the explorers are repeatedly attacked on sight and suffer catastrophic casualties at the hands of violent tribes who also war with each other.
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Post by slaytan on Sept 12, 2018 4:54:23 GMT -5
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Post by Baph on Sept 12, 2018 14:17:08 GMT -5
Terrifier - 8 of 10.
Low budget, campy horror flick, but somehow avoiding all the pitfalls of that category and delivering a really solid, genuinely creepy experience. Surprisingly well done for such a cliche, killer clown concept, it's far better than expected.
Tale of Tales - 8 of 10.
Anthology of 4-5 stories that weaver together, fantasy and sci fi mixture, folk lore vibe, really fun and well done.
Murder Party - 7.5 of 10.
Similar to terrifier but not as edgy, but still defying the odds as a campy, low budget horror flick that delivers due to some unique character development and hyper fucking violent content. Halloween party gone wrong.
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Post by adamg01 on Sept 30, 2018 19:37:39 GMT -5
You were never really here
I had hopes for this one but I have to say that I was unimpressed. Excellent acting but it was very anticlimactic in my opinion. The movie is very dark and dives into the underbelly of sex trafficking children. It was very intense at moments and slowly kept building towards something that never came.
6.5/10
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Post by sooner2 on Oct 18, 2018 8:17:34 GMT -5
Dunkirk
Had high expectations for this one. Details the struggles of the BEF in evacuating France in 1940 as the country falls to the initial German invasion. Four primary views are explored: a British fighter pilot flying a protective mission on low fuel, a ground soldier trying to get off the beach to be evacuated, a naval commander who is having to make tough decisions as destroyers evacuate troops and wounded, and a small British civilian motorboat that is part of the civilian armada that helped pull off this evacuation and give a struggling nation a glimmer of hope.
Has some good actors including Tom hardy and the guy who played lead in peaky blinders. Directed by nolan
It has some good moments. It has some moments of obvious heroism, moments of cowardice, moments of terror, and little bits of dark humor. Kinda like watching a film equivalent of farewell to arms chapter depicting the chaos and horrors of an army in retreat.
The flaws I see are that a few of the chapters are poorly edited and it was hard to discern if the characters we are seeing are characters we had seen before / should be familiar with. Also, the score became a bit annoyng at times. It was over used imo. Twbb was a better example showing the use of a tension stirring score. In twbb, the score waxed and waned and was used selectively. This one just Beat you Over the head non stop. It lost effect because it was non selective
I also think the film would have been far far more powerful had it been R rated and this more free to show the real carnage that took place. It’s sterilized violence and injury depiction lost power/ effect imo.
A tad disjointed. Still good. And still a film that covered this chapter in history pretty well. Just not a great film.
3/5.
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Post by boboplata on Oct 18, 2018 10:35:15 GMT -5
Dunkirk Had high expectations for this one. Details the struggles of the BEF in evacuating France in 1940 as the country falls to the initial German invasion. Four primary views are explored: a British fighter pilot flying a protective mission on low fuel, a ground soldier trying to get off the beach to be evacuated, a naval commander who is having to make tough decisions as destroyers evacuate troops and wounded, and a small British civilian motorboat that is part of the civilian armada that helped pull off this evacuation and give a struggling nation a glimmer of hope. Has some good actors including Tom hardy and the guy who played lead in peaky blinders. Directed by nolan It has some good moments. It has some moments of obvious heroism, moments of cowardice, moments of terror, and little bits of dark humor. Kinda like watching a film equivalent of farewell to arms chapter depicting the chaos and horrors of an army in retreat. The flaws I see are that a few of the chapters are poorly edited and it was hard to discern if the characters we are seeing are characters we had seen before / should be familiar with. Also, the score became a bit annoyng at times. It was over used imo. Twbb was a better example showing the use of a tension stirring score. In twbb, the score waxed and waned and was used selectively. This one just Beat you Over the head non stop. It lost effect because it was non selective I also think the film would have been far far more powerful had it been R rated and this more free to show the real carnage that took place. It’s sterilized violence and injury depiction lost power/ effect imo. A tad disjointed. Still good. And still a film that covered this chapter in history pretty well. Just not a great film. 3/5. First sentence sums it up for me. I tried watching it when it was on. Tried. I couldn't stay long enough to give it a proper score. Nolan.
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Post by MMAJim on Oct 18, 2018 11:33:30 GMT -5
Dunkirk Had high expectations for this one. Details the struggles of the BEF in evacuating France in 1940 as the country falls to the initial German invasion. Four primary views are explored: a British fighter pilot flying a protective mission on low fuel, a ground soldier trying to get off the beach to be evacuated, a naval commander who is having to make tough decisions as destroyers evacuate troops and wounded, and a small British civilian motorboat that is part of the civilian armada that helped pull off this evacuation and give a struggling nation a glimmer of hope. Has some good actors including Tom hardy and the guy who played lead in peaky blinders. Directed by nolan It has some good moments. It has some moments of obvious heroism, moments of cowardice, moments of terror, and little bits of dark humor. Kinda like watching a film equivalent of farewell to arms chapter depicting the chaos and horrors of an army in retreat. The flaws I see are that a few of the chapters are poorly edited and it was hard to discern if the characters we are seeing are characters we had seen before / should be familiar with. Also, the score became a bit annoyng at times. It was over used imo. Twbb was a better example showing the use of a tension stirring score. In twbb, the score waxed and waned and was used selectively. This one just Beat you Over the head non stop. It lost effect because it was non selective I also think the film would have been far far more powerful had it been R rated and this more free to show the real carnage that took place. It’s sterilized violence and injury depiction lost power/ effect imo. A tad disjointed. Still good. And still a film that covered this chapter in history pretty well. Just not a great film. 3/5. First sentence sums it up for me. I tried watching it when it was on. Tried. I couldn't stay long enough to give it a proper score. Nolan. I watched on a plane so I felt like I may have caused a little of the disjointedness myself, but perhaps not. Liked it, didn't love it.
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Post by sooner2 on Oct 22, 2018 8:44:36 GMT -5
Lebanon
Israeli tank crew in the Lebanon conflict run a support mission for a group of paratroopers. Claustrophobic view of war and it’s effects on those outside and inside the tank.
Was hoping for a gritty war drama. It was not. Seemed too artsy fartsy with exaggerated and inverted shots of water in the tank and showed total lack of command structure within the tank.
Kinda reminded me of a film version attempting to draw on the emotional and stylized aspects of anime; actually. Princess mononoke doing a Jumbled mock of das boot.
2/5.
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Post by Baph on Oct 23, 2018 23:36:53 GMT -5
Apostle - 8 of 10.
Nice little hidden gem on Netflix. Sort of a sci-fi/horror vibe, very Wicker Man feel to it, complete with religious cult on isolated island with a dirty secret behind it, but well acted and paced, and subtle enough to keep it interesting and not insulting to the viewer, never spoon feeding us plot points or reveals. Not fucking bad.
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Post by sooner2 on Oct 26, 2018 9:46:23 GMT -5
Sand castle
Netflix production short film. A reluctant national guard enlistee gets deployed to the Iraqi war. He breaks his hand to try and avoid combat, but is deployed after injury. He sees combat and then is deployed to help a “hearts and minds” mission of restoring water station to a small city. He becomes involved in the mission and sees the impacts of the centuries long tribal struggles that deeply effect the region. He reaches a point where he somewhat embraces the mission, but also sees the unintended consequences of completing his mission.
This was a average film. Nothing more. It does have the actor who plays chibbs doing a bad American accent and appearing in four scenes to collect a paycheck. It was pretty poorly acted.
3/5. I’d sum it up as...... a somewhat stereotyped/ Hallmark holiday theatre version of jarhead
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Post by adamg01 on Oct 26, 2018 21:34:18 GMT -5
Sand castle Netflix production short film. A reluctant national guard enlistee gets deployed to the Iraqi war. He breaks his hand to try and avoid combat, but is deployed after injury. He sees combat and then is deployed to help a “hearts and minds” mission of restoring water station to a small city. He becomes involved in the mission and sees the impacts of the centuries long tribal struggles that deeply effect the region. He reaches a point where he somewhat embraces the mission, but also sees the unintended consequences of completing his mission. This was a average film. Nothing more. It does have the actor who plays chibbs doing a bad American accent and appearing in four scenes to collect a paycheck. It was pretty poorly acted. 3/5. I’d sum it up as...... a somewhat stereotyped/ Hallmark holiday theatre version of jarhead Spot on, that’s how I felt about it as well. I’ve never understood why they insist on casting Europeans to play Americans when they can’t do an American accent. Some of the most painful examples are Colin Ferrell in American Outlaws, also Hap and Leonard. James Purefoy (whom I mostly like as an actor) had the worst southern accent in tv history.
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Post by sooner2 on Oct 30, 2018 10:19:11 GMT -5
In a world
Daughter of one the best movie voice promo guys in Hollywood tries to make her way in this world of arrogance and massive egos. It’s mostk a satire comedy, but has warm elements as well. Reminded me of films like little ms sunshine . Had some Juno type elements as well. Perphaps some forgetting Sara Marshall elements as well with the “dysfunctional but functional” family elements with main character and her sister.
Decent little flick.
3/5
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Post by verbal0knit on Feb 24, 2019 11:38:54 GMT -5
No Negative Reviews Allowed.
People are starting to get fed up with Hollywood's SJW propaganda films. But Hollywood doesnt want you to know that. Apparently, you're not allowed to give negative movie reviews on Rotten Tomatoes any longer. Captain Marvel went full SJW by casting a woman instead of a man as the lead role. And now the actress they've picked to play Captain Marvel, Brie Larson, has been making lots of hateful, racist comments directed at white men. Yes, that's right, she's racist towards white men. She's a racist. As evidence of this, she demanded that no white men be allowed to interview her at her Captain Marvel press tours. So the fans have been ripping the Movie trailer, as well as the actress for being a racist over on Rotten Tomatoes. But Rotten tomatoes has been deleting all the negative reviews about the movie as well as comments that condemn Larson's racist behavior. This isnt the first time Rotten Tomatoes removed negative reviews on an SJW film. Lots of negative reviews on Black Panther were removed. Marking one of the first occasions that Rotten Tomatoes had ever removed reviews. Free speech doesnt exist on the internet...Unless it's in coincides with the Agenda, then you can say whatever you want. So who plans on seeing this in the theaters? Do you guys think it'll be a good flick despite the heavy duty dose of feminist claptrap?
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Post by MMAJim on Feb 25, 2019 9:27:24 GMT -5
Yes I will watch Captain Marvel. I will also watch Avengers Endgame.
I will say, I have no real connection to the comic books or any of the characters as they existed in comic books. Therefore, I recuse myself from having further valid insight on the quality of character alterations in the MCU.
Thank you for your time.
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Post by slaytan on Feb 25, 2019 10:15:15 GMT -5
I honestly don’t get what the draw is for these comic book movies. They’re so stupid that everyone watching should few as if they were insulted, because they have been.
So I watched about 2/3 of the movie Solo on Netflix. I was expecting it to be terrible, and it exceeded my expectations. Couldn’t they have just paid for a script written by a 13 year old fan? It would have been far less stupid. 4 year olds make up better stories on the fly as they play with action figures. And the Han Solo actor has literally no talent, no presence, and I can’t understand what they were thinking when they cast him. Star Trek sucked, but Chris Pine at least had some charisma
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Post by johncfc on Feb 25, 2019 11:34:35 GMT -5
I honestly don’t get what the draw is for these comic book movies. They’re so stupid that everyone watching should few as if they were insulted, because they have been. So I watched about 2/3 of the movie Solo on Netflix. I was expecting it to be terrible, and it exceeded my expectations. Couldn’t they have just paid for a script written by a 13 year old fan? It would have been far less stupid. 4 year olds make up better stories on the fly as they play with action figures. And the Han Solo actor has literally no talent, no presence, and I can’t understand what they were thinking when they cast him. Star Trek sucked, but Chris Pine at least had some charisma I don’t watch many movies, but I can’t get into many of the comic movies. The only one I enjoyed was Batman Begins, and I only really enjoyed the first half of the movie before he goes back to Gotham. I did watch Bohemian Rhapsody this weekend. Nothing groundbreaking, but I enjoyed it for the most part. I particularly liked how they showed how each member wrote different songs, with Brian May’s audience participation idea for “We Will Rock You” in particular. I’m not a huge Queen fan but damn did they write a lot of hits. I would be willing to bet more kids know, “Another One Bites the Dust”, “We Will Rock You”, and “We Are the Champions” than any Beatles or Stones song.
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Post by slaytan on Feb 25, 2019 13:10:55 GMT -5
I’m pretty sure that two of the last three best picture winners have been about gay negroes
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 14:47:46 GMT -5
I'll bite on the comic movies because I read a good portion of them as a kid. I like to see how they transfer over to film and how they are adjusted to stay hip in a new generation.
Watched Aquaman last night. Other than some fun visual effects that reminded me of an underwater Tron...wasnt impressed. Dont think we finished the movie.
Greenbook was excellent and I'm not surprised it got best picture. I absolutley love the hate it gets on sites like Huffpost.
Spike Lee has no room to argue about not getting an Oscar until last night. Other than "Do the right thing", which was nominated for some awards iirc, his body of work isnt THAT impressive. Blackkklansman was a good flick but nowhere near Greenbook. Spike should have been happy with the Oscar he did win last night and shoildnt have made some fuss at the end because he didnt get best picture.
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Post by adamg01 on Feb 25, 2019 15:53:46 GMT -5
I'll bite on the comic movies because I read a good portion of them as a kid. I like to see how they transfer over to film and how they are adjusted to stay hip in a new generation. Watched Aquaman last night. Other than some fun visual effects that reminded me of an underwater Tron...wasnt impressed. Dont think we finished the movie. Greenbook was excellent and I'm not surprised it got best picture. I absolutley love the hate it gets on sites like Huffpost. Spike Lee has no room to argue about not getting an Oscar until last night. Other than "Do the right thing", which was nominated for some awards iirc, his body of work isnt THAT impressive. Blackkklansman was a good flick but nowhere near Greenbook. Spike should have been happy with the Oscar he did win last night and shoildnt have made some fuss at the end because he didnt get best picture. Ahh yes, the 2019 white guilt oscars!!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2019 16:08:07 GMT -5
I'll bite on the comic movies because I read a good portion of them as a kid. I like to see how they transfer over to film and how they are adjusted to stay hip in a new generation. Watched Aquaman last night. Other than some fun visual effects that reminded me of an underwater Tron...wasnt impressed. Dont think we finished the movie. Greenbook was excellent and I'm not surprised it got best picture. I absolutley love the hate it gets on sites like Huffpost. Spike Lee has no room to argue about not getting an Oscar until last night. Other than "Do the right thing", which was nominated for some awards iirc, his body of work isnt THAT impressive. Blackkklansman was a good flick but nowhere near Greenbook. Spike should have been happy with the Oscar he did win last night and shoildnt have made some fuss at the end because he didnt get best picture. Ahh yes, the 2019 white guilt oscars!! I thought it was better by not having a host. Less political "humor". Kind of just got to the point.
I also feel that 2018 had a real lack of solid films. Or perhaps, just films that didn't catch my interest. I still don't understand what the big deal is about "A star is born". I haven't seen VICE yet, can't say I really care to.
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Post by slaytan on Feb 25, 2019 16:42:28 GMT -5
A Star Is Born was garbage. Bradley Cooper is a good actor but the story played out ludicrously. Has there EVER been a male rock star who hooked up with an ugly girl AFTER he was rich and famous? And Lady G is fucking ugly. Courtney Love is hot compared to her, and cobain wasn’t all that famous when he hooked up with her- she had a bigger career at the time. And that was the least ludicrous element of dumbness. Also the songs sucked ass -major- and we were supposed to empathize with Bradley Cooper’s character? Would have been way better to have him Od then the way they killed him off. So dimb
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Post by MMAJim on Feb 25, 2019 17:04:54 GMT -5
I honestly don’t get what the draw is for these comic book movies. They’re so stupid that everyone watching should few as if they were insulted, because they have been. So I watched about 2/3 of the movie Solo on Netflix. I was expecting it to be terrible, and it exceeded my expectations. Couldn’t they have just paid for a script written by a 13 year old fan? It would have been far less stupid. 4 year olds make up better stories on the fly as they play with action figures. And the Han Solo actor has literally no talent, no presence, and I can’t understand what they were thinking when they cast him. Star Trek sucked, but Chris Pine at least had some charisma I don't defend watching 'comic book movies,' per se, but I will say that the MCU project was at least something new and different. The first Iron Man, while perhaps preposterous, was an easy entry into the series. Cocktails, gals, explosions kind of story with a little bit of depth to story. To consider that it is roughly 11 year 22 movie, coherent exercise gives it at least enough merit to take a look. I never thought about that when I watched Iron Man the first time. Thankfully, I didn't start with The Hulk, that was not good. I recently realized that part of the reason I like this run is that it is as close to a fantasy/sci-fi book as any movie has gotten. I don't mean literal adherence to the previous work in comics, because it does not have that. It's just a series of 22 movies, that have some continuity and depth, like a long novel or series of novels. There elements and small details in the first Iron Man that are *seemingly* being laid out for events 20 or so movies later. I'll give them a fist pump for that. *I don't develop my own fan theories, but I do read some, ie Tony Stark has had left arm damage and issues for 10 years* and shit like that. I'm not saying they're geniuses for being aware of foreshadowing. I'm just saying, hey, it's not just a hey make a couple batman movies in a row if the first one makes money kind of deal.
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Post by daywork on Feb 26, 2019 22:08:49 GMT -5
No Negative Reviews Allowed.
People are starting to get fed up with Hollywood's SJW propaganda films. But Hollywood doesnt want you to know that. Apparently, you're not allowed to give negative movie reviews on Rotten Tomatoes any longer. Captain Marvel went full SJW by casting a woman instead of a man as the lead role. And now the actress they've picked to play Captain Marvel, Brie Larson, has been making lots of hateful, racist comments directed at white men. Yes, that's right, she's racist towards white men. She's a racist. As evidence of this, she demanded that no white men be allowed to interview her at her Captain Marvel press tours. So the fans have been ripping the Movie trailer, as well as the actress for being a racist over on Rotten Tomatoes. But Rotten tomatoes has been deleting all the negative reviews about the movie as well as comments that condemn Larson's racist behavior. This isnt the first time Rotten Tomatoes removed negative reviews on an SJW film. Lots of negative reviews on Black Panther were removed. Marking one of the first occasions that Rotten Tomatoes had ever removed reviews. Free speech doesnt exist on the internet...Unless it's in coincides with the Agenda, then you can say whatever you want. So who plans on seeing this in the theaters? Do you guys think it'll be a good flick despite the heavy duty dose of feminist claptrap? Rotten tomatoes isn't deleting bad or negative reviews, because there hasn't been any reviews on the movie yet. The movie isn't out yet. What is happening is. Rotten tomatoes has a interest poll for movies coming out. They have been doing this for a long time. There is two choices. Yes, I'm interested in seeing this movie or NO I'm not interested. From what I'm told most movies get around 70% want to see rankings. Captain Marvel started out at 96% want to see. Then as Brie Larson started to do her interviews that number started to drop. It dropped really fast, it got all the way down to 27% of the people wanted to see the movie (73% of the people did not). That is when Rotten tomatoes removed that poll. Now they only show how many people want to see the movie. I had no plans on watching this movie. I really hope this movie bombs when its released.
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Post by verbal0knit on Mar 2, 2019 12:37:19 GMT -5
Where the fuck did Capatian Marvel's ass disappear to??
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Post by sooner2 on Mar 4, 2019 12:09:00 GMT -5
Bad times at the el royale
1969 hotel on the California Nevada border. Four guests check in. A singer, a priest (Jeff bridges), a salesman, and a woman with a shotgun and a hidden hostage.
All 4 have dark secrets in their past, as does the hotel.
I wanted to like this one, but it had too much of a “made for tbs tv” type feel about it. Written like lost the tv series ; as far as how characters back stories are told. Director was a writer on lost
This lacks the complexities of lost however. It could have benefitted from more realistic filming.
Very average 3/5.
Salvation
Old one eye from Valhalla rising shows up as a danish immigrant in post civil war American West. Avenges his family’s murder by bad guys.
This was awful. Only bad film I’ve seen old one eye in; actually. Run away.
1.5/5.
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Post by cybergod2 on Jul 15, 2019 16:56:43 GMT -5
Godzilla: King of the Monsters Rated 6.5/10
I seriously contemplated just posting Big G's image above in this review, as his battle against Ghidorah (also known as Ghidrah in the old Toho flicks), the 3-headed flying dragon, is easily the highlight of this follow-up to the far superior 2014 reboot. The various monster battles are spectacular and the effects are great.
And probably the ONLY highlight. Although it's good to see that Godzilla has maintained his spectacular physique gains since those old Japanese "classics", and seems to have even better quads than 5 years ago. No doubt, he's piling on the plates and supersetting, twice a week! Hope you're using a spotter, Big G.
....Because when the HUMANS interact with the plot of this slightly-too-long (132 min) film, it's time to go get the refill on that 30 oz. Coke and maybe another buttered popcorn. Trust me, you won't miss a thing.
OK, you'll miss Ken Watanabe (Dr. Serizawa) sacrifice his life to revive the fallen title reptile -- who dies only to be revived by a nuclear explosive delivered by Serizawa, despite knowing he himself would die at detonation. Somehow he makes this selfless act of heroism believable. Too bad the OTHER humans have to slog thru the rest of the script!
Witness the worst cliche':
A precocious teenage girl who -- miraculously enough -- furiously shows off her speed-typing skills to find the "Alpha Frequency" on her laptop, thereby creating a near-magical sine wave of energy that SOMEHOW affects all 17 "titan" monsters unleashed worldwide by her idiot mother, like some kinda monster-Qualude? It chills 'em all out, at least for awhile. (She does this on something that resembles my Dell Inspiron....I REALLY need to go back and read my owner's manual again)
Naturally she achieves this karmic cyber-nirvana just as she and her idiot mother are being menaced, up close and personal, by said beasties.
Her mother (did I mention she was, or is, an idiot?) was directly responsible for the awakening of these gigantic pains-in-humanity's ass.
Mom thought she "would usher in a better world", or some other insane shit. I say the scriptwriter should be tortured until dead for writing such drivel, along with the producer(s) who accepted it as a plausible line in the movie he (or they) bankrolled, AND the actress for uttering it.
Maybe I'm being too hard on 'em. But I don't think so.
Next year we'll get Godzilla vs. King Kong. Maybe mankind will have evolved into a more intelligent life form by then. Otherwise, we're doomed.
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Post by verbal0knit on Jul 16, 2019 10:13:20 GMT -5
I saw Rocketman on Sunday.
I was originally set to see John Wick 3, which I had already seen, but the showing was canceled.
So I saw Rocketman instead.
It was a musical bio pic about Elton John.
The plot was kinda boring, mostly about Elton being an alcoholic.
But the cinematography was pretty good. The scenes where he's playing live were the best parts of the movie. Especially when he plays his first show at the Troubadour. Great scene.
I was entertained when I was expecting to be bored,
so I'll give it an 8 of 10.
Also a saw a preview for a Judy Garland bio pic starring Renee Zellweger as Judy Garland. It looked pretty good, zellweger looks like she put together a solid performance. I'll probably end up seeing that one, too.
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