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So you saw AVP three years before it came out?
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So you saw AVP three years before it came out?
Honestly, yeah.
wankerness
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Hey, it was almost 20 years ago, I sure can’t remember what year it was. I think I downloaded it off Kazaa or torrents or something. So probably 2005 if it really came out in 2004.
Grindspine
likes pointy things
Man... AVP: Requieum actually gained my respect from
[spoilers]the main kid's love interest getting suddenly and brutally impaled into a wall and the whole predalien in the maternity ward scene. That was brutal. They pulled no punches and went straight for giving no cares about having pregnant ladies deep throated by a hunkering predalien.[/spoilers]
AVP was pretty dumb save the predator fight where a xeno gets netted and ends up with net shaped scars on its head.
Prometheus suffered from bad writing and characters who could not turn or strafe. They were apparently one-dimensional in more than one way!
Grindspine
likes pointy things
My wife wanted to watch The Mummy tonight. That was just a good movie. There was nothing to dislike about it. Sure, the effects are a bit dated. The cinematography is great in that it has a bit of an old Hollywood monster movie vibe. The casting was outstanding too; Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz absolutely brought it with their characters!
The Mummy returns immediately got annoying with the pesky kid added to make it a "family movie". The franchise never topped the original. None of them were bad movies--it's just that each was less memorable than the one before it.
The Mummy returns immediately got annoying with the pesky kid added to make it a "family movie". The franchise never topped the original. None of them were bad movies--it's just that each was less memorable than the one before it.
The Boyd Holbrook Predator movie was disappointing for me because it didn't go full-on goofy and tried to take itself more seriously in the back half.
Prey fucking owns, though.
Bloody_Inferno
Silence is Violence
Creed 3
At first, I admit I was apprehensive, knowing that Sylvester Stallone won't be reprising his role as Rocky Balboa and having star Michael B Jordan stepping into his first directorial debut. But against all odds, Creed 3 lands a knock out, and I had a good time.
The movie takes hard swings while maintaining a grounded stance. Tackling the evolving depictions of manhood as per every Rocky movie before it, while keeping the story small, focusing largely on Adonis Creed without getting weighed down with Rocky and Creed lore, for lack of a better term. The streamlined approach keeps the build lean and stays focused throughout the story being carried by actors, all with a ton of charisma. There may be too many montages, but it's a Rocky movie, and you can look past that.
Michael B Jordan also wears his anime influence in his sleeve, and Creed 3 definitely shows his keen eye on when to use them, particularly the third act fight. In which case, unlike most Rocky movies kept on gritty reality, Jordan pushes for a heightened emotional spectacle, and it works much better than expected. It's arguable that this scene will perhaps date the movie, but each movie in the franchise are products of their time, and that is a great thing.
At first, I admit I was apprehensive, knowing that Sylvester Stallone won't be reprising his role as Rocky Balboa and having star Michael B Jordan stepping into his first directorial debut. But against all odds, Creed 3 lands a knock out, and I had a good time.
The movie takes hard swings while maintaining a grounded stance. Tackling the evolving depictions of manhood as per every Rocky movie before it, while keeping the story small, focusing largely on Adonis Creed without getting weighed down with Rocky and Creed lore, for lack of a better term. The streamlined approach keeps the build lean and stays focused throughout the story being carried by actors, all with a ton of charisma. There may be too many montages, but it's a Rocky movie, and you can look past that.
Michael B Jordan also wears his anime influence in his sleeve, and Creed 3 definitely shows his keen eye on when to use them, particularly the third act fight. In which case, unlike most Rocky movies kept on gritty reality, Jordan pushes for a heightened emotional spectacle, and it works much better than expected. It's arguable that this scene will perhaps date the movie, but each movie in the franchise are products of their time, and that is a great thing.
wheresthefbomb
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Woman King. Not bad. Great cast, lots of cool action. Felt kind of exploitative from a historical perspective but that's hollywood for you. Maybe the next action film centered around African history will take a more nuanced approach.
Spaced Out Ace
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Or not have to shy away from their own film and the marketing they used when it comes out how horrible the tribe was. Lmao
wheresthefbomb
Well-Known Member
Right, they could have either leaned into the historical subject they'd chosen, or found one that suited the narrative in their marketing. They chose neither, perhaps in a bid to "play it safe," and it was really difficult to ignore throughout the film. Even having not been exposed to any of the marketing, it kind of writes itself, and came off pretty disingenuous.
KnightBrolaire
sso's unofficial pickup tester
The movie also ends on a happy note, when the tribe gets basically annihilated by the French irl.
Scream VI - Compared to scream V or IV it's a lot twistier. The violence is also way more brutal. I can't say much about the plot beyond a bunch of the dumbfucks from V survived, are in college in NYC, and someone is making it a point of trying to kill them. There are some snarky meta digs at modern horror and franchises. There are also a lot of little details tied to previous films, but they're not critical viewing to understand the movie.
Overall it's a fun, well done movie. V and VI are definitely better than 3 or 4 ( I rewatched all of them before seeing 6).
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Spaced Out Ace
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Sorry, but without Craven and Williamson making the films, they don't count as Scream films. I mean, I guess they are more of a sequel than an Italian franchise, but still.
KnightBrolaire
sso's unofficial pickup tester
KnightBrolaire
sso's unofficial pickup tester
Babylon- absolutely unhinged movie. It's also fucking hilarious. They did a terrible job advertising the movie, I thought it was going to be a 3hr period drama, but it's a comedy disguised as a period piece.
wankerness
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I watched 8 of the best picture nominees last weekend in preparation for the show, cause I'd only seen Everything Everywhere earlier in the year. Didn't watch Avatar 2, I will when it's on streaming probably. I know it will probably suck outside of the theater, but I can't convince anyone else to go see it. 
Banshees of Insherin - well made, but did not do it for me. Watching a real moron try and fail horribly to grasp his friend's existential crisis is amusing for a bit, it's well acted, the plot is certainly unique, but overall I just didn't like it. 6/10
Triangle of Sadness - This was bad. There's some entertaining bits here and there but it's almost 3 hours long. The entire first "chapter" could have been completely removed at absolutely no loss to the film. Seeing a bunch of rich people causing a cruise ship's plumbing to back up diarrhea everywhere while everyone rolls around on the floor and The Refused's "New Noise" plays sounds like it means the movie would be awesome, but it REALLY isn't. It seems like a parody of snooty Euro-cinema. I still need to see the same director's Force Majeure cause everyone actually likes that, but man, I frequently HATED this. 3/10, the middle section had some entertainment value and the third segment is at least watchable if not very interesting or incisive.
Top Gun 2 - I don't have good memories of the first, but this was shockingly good. I feel like a moron, but I just liked this a lot more than all the other nominees besides EEAAO. 8/10, loses 2 points for Miles Teller. Stop putting that tool in major roles in good movies.
The Fabelmans - Enjoyable, occasionally tips over into "are you fucking kidding me" territory with scenes like the one where the main character disarms the bully by bringing him to tears through the power of cinema, but the performances from the adults (Dano/Rogen/Williams) are great and David Lynch should do this cranky performance in way more movies. It's basically the same thing he did on Louie for less time, but it's hilarious. 7/10
Tar - pretty good, the ending was surprisingly funny, this one is just as long as Triangle of Sadness but in contrast doesn't have any sections that seem like they should have been cut, it's just such a portrait of a huge asshole and so clinical that I can't say I really ENJOYED it most of the time. I liked how musically literate it was. I can't believe Michelle Yeoh won over Cate Blanchett for the Oscar. 7/10
Elvis - Tom Hanks should NOT have been the narrator or the main character, he's just annoying and distracting. He should have been a major character and not narrated anything. The central performance is great, and I like Baz Luhrmann's style (super over-the-top visuals and camera angles, tons of anachronistic music, lots of ridiculousness for a long time and then a really dramatic and miserable ending, etc). 7.5/10
Women Talking - This seemed like an adaptation of a one act, one set play, so much that the attempts to make the movie more cinematic by having flashbacks and a bigger-scale ending seemed really forced and out of place. I was surprised to learn that that stuff was all in the source material, and that the source material was a book. Regardless, the actual "women talking" part of the movie is quite good but the rest doesn't work. The ending strains all credulity that literally no men on the entire commune would notice. I also think there are two really groan-worthy examples of tokenism here, in the form of the "not all men" super wimpy Ben Whishaw character and most especially the trans person (how the FUCK would this person be allowed to do this on an ULTRA conservative, repressive Mennonite commune? they'd be stoned to death or forced at knifepoint to "act their gender" again or something!!). 7/10, well made movie from a very flawed source. Interesting concept, though, and a lot of good acting and dialogue. Plus it's an achievement to direct what is MOSTLY a long multiperson conversation in one set in a way that never gets boring.
Banshees of Insherin - well made, but did not do it for me. Watching a real moron try and fail horribly to grasp his friend's existential crisis is amusing for a bit, it's well acted, the plot is certainly unique, but overall I just didn't like it. 6/10
Triangle of Sadness - This was bad. There's some entertaining bits here and there but it's almost 3 hours long. The entire first "chapter" could have been completely removed at absolutely no loss to the film. Seeing a bunch of rich people causing a cruise ship's plumbing to back up diarrhea everywhere while everyone rolls around on the floor and The Refused's "New Noise" plays sounds like it means the movie would be awesome, but it REALLY isn't. It seems like a parody of snooty Euro-cinema. I still need to see the same director's Force Majeure cause everyone actually likes that, but man, I frequently HATED this. 3/10, the middle section had some entertainment value and the third segment is at least watchable if not very interesting or incisive.
Top Gun 2 - I don't have good memories of the first, but this was shockingly good. I feel like a moron, but I just liked this a lot more than all the other nominees besides EEAAO. 8/10, loses 2 points for Miles Teller. Stop putting that tool in major roles in good movies.
The Fabelmans - Enjoyable, occasionally tips over into "are you fucking kidding me" territory with scenes like the one where the main character disarms the bully by bringing him to tears through the power of cinema, but the performances from the adults (Dano/Rogen/Williams) are great and David Lynch should do this cranky performance in way more movies. It's basically the same thing he did on Louie for less time, but it's hilarious. 7/10
Tar - pretty good, the ending was surprisingly funny, this one is just as long as Triangle of Sadness but in contrast doesn't have any sections that seem like they should have been cut, it's just such a portrait of a huge asshole and so clinical that I can't say I really ENJOYED it most of the time. I liked how musically literate it was. I can't believe Michelle Yeoh won over Cate Blanchett for the Oscar. 7/10
Elvis - Tom Hanks should NOT have been the narrator or the main character, he's just annoying and distracting. He should have been a major character and not narrated anything. The central performance is great, and I like Baz Luhrmann's style (super over-the-top visuals and camera angles, tons of anachronistic music, lots of ridiculousness for a long time and then a really dramatic and miserable ending, etc). 7.5/10
Women Talking - This seemed like an adaptation of a one act, one set play, so much that the attempts to make the movie more cinematic by having flashbacks and a bigger-scale ending seemed really forced and out of place. I was surprised to learn that that stuff was all in the source material, and that the source material was a book. Regardless, the actual "women talking" part of the movie is quite good but the rest doesn't work. The ending strains all credulity that literally no men on the entire commune would notice. I also think there are two really groan-worthy examples of tokenism here, in the form of the "not all men" super wimpy Ben Whishaw character and most especially the trans person (how the FUCK would this person be allowed to do this on an ULTRA conservative, repressive Mennonite commune? they'd be stoned to death or forced at knifepoint to "act their gender" again or something!!). 7/10, well made movie from a very flawed source. Interesting concept, though, and a lot of good acting and dialogue. Plus it's an achievement to direct what is MOSTLY a long multiperson conversation in one set in a way that never gets boring.
KnightBrolaire
sso's unofficial pickup tester
Bones And All- slow paced movie about wandering cannibals falling in love in the 1980s. Has some really great cinematography and framing. It's okay. Not really nasty enough for gorehounds and not really introspective enough for the indie nerds. If you want an artsier cannibal movie that's actually good, go watch Raw.
Watched All Quit on the Western Front earlier today and goddamn was that bleak. Beautifully shot, and had at least a similar tone to the book from what I remember and did a great job of showing the absolutely brutal conditions those soldiers were dealing with.
nightflameauto
Well-Known Member
We watched Nobody again over the weekend. Man, do I love that movie. I'm a huge fan of the somewhat humorous takes on action, and this one nailed the tone. From the lounge-singing mobbed up Russian to the retirement home bad-ass dad, this movie was just fun from beginning to end.
I'd love to see this turn into a series of films. Give us a new Nobody every two to three years with this much self-awareness and I'd be down for every one of them.
I'd love to see this turn into a series of films. Give us a new Nobody every two to three years with this much self-awareness and I'd be down for every one of them.
MFB
Banned
I know you mean this because as a standalone movie it's good, but fuck am I tired of every movie needing to be franchised. Nobody isn't a deep movie lore-wise, it's not like John Wick where there's an entire underground world, it'd be an anthology of sorts but it's going to boil down to the same core aspect every time and I think we're all over the 'old retired wet-work agent who gets pulled back in' genre.
People were saying the same thing about Violent Night, and it's like, just let good things exist on their own every now and then
