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Saturday Evening Movie Thread 04-22-2017 [Hosted By: TheJamesMadison]
Let's Talk About Star Wars
Okay, not actually Star Wars, but stuff like this:Excitement
I was talking to some fellow Morons a couple of weeks ago where we talked about the Star Wars movies and Marvel movies. The part of that conversation that got me moving on this topic was how What's a Seawolf? said that he was super excited by the Thor: Ragnarok trailer. Others said that they were pretty much in line already for the trailer. Don't get me wrong, the movie definitely looks fun. I'll eventually see it (having a 3 year old and a wife who's lost complete interest in super hero movies makes it unlikely that I'll see it in theaters), but I just don't feel that same kind of excitement anymore. The last time I felt it was probably with The Return of the King. It's not a bad trailer. The fact that it was well made had little to do with the excitement I felt at the time. It was well made enough to not cause problems, but my excitement was really tied to my overall emotions towards the franchise. No, I didn't cry, but I do remember the tightness in my stomach that I felt. I was also 18 years old. I'm not trying to pass judgment on anyone who sees a movie trailer and feels that same level of excitement that I haven't felt in more than a decade. I'm actually kind of jealous. I want to feel that same level of excitement again (well…I don't want to cry at a movie trailer, but you get me). I seem to have lost the ability to get excited like that.Apathy or Something Else? Is it apathy? Do I just not care about new movies? The most excited I've gotten recently over a movie was probably when I found the money to spend on Chimes at Midnight, the Orson Welles telling of Fallstaff's tale from Shakespeare. That movie is decades old, and I had seen it before, but I was excited in a way that was similar to when I first saw that The Return of the King trailer. Another close one was the trailer for Silence by Martin Scorsese. I watched that trailer repeatedly when it first came online. I also found a way to go to the theater for the one week that the movie was in cinemas. Maybe it's the value of entertainment to me. The Marvel movies are entertaining. The new Star Wars movies are entertaining. Most big budget movies these days are entertaining. Most big budget movies are corporate products that are well oiled machines and designed to entertain. Very, very few seem to break out in my mind and become experiences that actually speak to the human condition. I feel that Captain America: The Winter Soldier did do that, but that was an unexpected surprise in the middle of all the relatively samey effect of the rest of the Marvel movies. I see the sea of movies coming out over the next year, and I just see things that are aiming to entertain, and that's about it.
I'm Looking for Greatness Maybe the reason I'm not feeling anything close to the same experience as that guy in the first video is because we're looking for different things. He's very likely looking for entertainment and nostalgia from the new Star Wars movies. I'm looking for a movie that, no matter it's connections to my childhood or iconography that's familiar, hits on an emotional level that makes me feel something new. Star Wars: The Last Jedi may be that experience, but it's trailer is not designed to sell that. It's designed to sell that nostalgic connection between the audience and their childhood as well as bright colorful action. We're getting a lot of that these days, and placing the Star Wars packaging on top of that core doesn't make the effect either more or less powerful for me. I knew that Silence was going to be a movie going experience that was going to hit me hard on its own (and it totally was…you need to see that movie), but all Star Wars is telling me about itself is that it's going to have Luke Skywalker, familiar music, and lightsabers. Yay. But then again…I'm a snooty asshole.
Movies of Today Opening in Theaters: Unforgettable
Born in China
Free Fire Next in my Netflix Queue:
Dragnet Movies I Saw This Week:
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (Netflix Rating 3/5 | Quality Rating 2/4) Poster Blurb: "The soulless sequel to an already nihilistic movie. Pretty, though." L'Eclisse (Netflix Rating 4/5 | Quality Rating 3/4) "More of an intellectual exercise than a narrative, but it makes its point." The Conjuring (Netflix Rating 3/5 | Quality Rating 2.5/4) "A one trick pony that does its one trick pretty well."
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2017 07:29 PM (Ot7+c)
Posted by: Max Power at April 22, 2017 07:31 PM (q177U)
Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2017 07:29 PM (Ot7+c)
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News team assemble!!!!!!!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 07:32 PM (Jj43a)
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Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 22, 2017 07:36 PM (JZdsf)
Urgent Mission for Venezuela's Starving Children.
Eh, sorry, but let their idiot parents who supported Big Hugo fend for them.
Posted by: logprof at April 22, 2017 07:36 PM (GsAUU)
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Posted by: Buck Rogers at April 22, 2017 07:37 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2017 07:38 PM (Ot7+c)
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Posted by: TexasDan at April 22, 2017 07:39 PM (yL25O)
Posted by: Gordon Ramsey at April 22, 2017 07:40 PM (8nWyX)
Posted by: TexasDan at April 22, 2017 07:39 PM (yL25O)
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Plus a full time job, a 3 year old son, a wife, writing a novel, and watching every A's baseball game.
I like to keep busy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 07:40 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: TexasDan at April 22, 2017 07:39 PM (yL25O)
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His staff handles the comments, like Chelsea' Twitter writers.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 22, 2017 07:41 PM (JZdsf)
Posted by: Aquaman "
Hey fish breath how many movies did you make anyway? Like maybe a cartoon and lame TV show?
Posted by: Buck Rogers at April 22, 2017 07:41 PM (BO/km)
It's hard not to notice that he has a very punchable face.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at April 22, 2017 07:42 PM (R+30W)
Posted by: Vic We Have No Party at April 22, 2017 07:43 PM (mpXpK)
Posted by: Origional Jake at April 22, 2017 07:43 PM (x22Bs)
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Posted by: Insomniac at April 22, 2017 07:44 PM (0mRoj)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 22, 2017 07:45 PM (JZdsf)
Not an actioner but very interesting. Available at Redbox among other places.
Happy Saturday to everybody from someone who rarely comments.
Posted by: PurityOfEssence at April 22, 2017 07:46 PM (8ByYz)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 22, 2017 07:45 PM (JZdsf)
Two words: Flying. Dropkick.
Posted by: Insomniac at April 22, 2017 07:46 PM (0mRoj)
I like to keep busy.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 07:40 PM (Jj43a)
Good on you, my friend. Just messing.
I too would identify Return of the King as the last movie I was genuinely excited to see.
I enjoyed it at the time, until the end of the film, where Jackson completely eliminates the retaking of the Shire, which is a central part of the story and not just some sort of extended denouement.
The worst part of the Hobbit movies is that they have successfully ruined for me the re-watchability of the original LOTR. Jackson should be retroactively stripped of his Oscar and the actual statue should be melted down and sold for scrap to feed starving children somewhere.
Posted by: TexasDan at April 22, 2017 07:47 PM (yL25O)
Posted by: PurityOfEssence at April 22, 2017 07:46 PM (8ByYz)
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Think quality, not quantity.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 22, 2017 07:47 PM (JZdsf)
Posted by: Insomniac at April 22, 2017 07:44 PM (0mRoj)
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Based on the Shusako Endo novel. It makes the ending more explicit, and it's very very good.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 07:47 PM (Jj43a)
Outside of their massive egos why does anyone think anyone else wants to watch them reacting to something? Tattooed pajama boi no one but no one gives a shit about you watching a trailer.
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 22, 2017 07:48 PM (auHtY)
But perhaps more usefully, the reason you don't get as excited now isn't (just) age, probably, but the glut of entertainment options available.
Entertainment used to be scarcer and of lower quality. You think you got excited around the turn of the century about movies? Imagine how people got in 1980 when "Empire" was announced.
Another reason is that one does get burned. One gets excited at the prospect of, say, "Return of the King", only to find out that it was a tedious, soulsucking extension of the same superhero crap the studios had been peddling (for only about 5 years, actually, but it seemed like forever even back then).
I see 150+ movies a year in the theater--that's my snobbery, I don't watch them on TV, or hardly anything on TV--but I don't get excited at trailers, generally speaking. I do get excited at, e.g., "Casablanca" coming on the local revival calendar, and taking my kids to see it.
Things change.
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 07:48 PM (CcUfv)
Posted by: Eromero at April 22, 2017 07:48 PM (zLDYs)
Posted by: rickl at April 22, 2017 07:49 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero) at April 22, 2017 07:45 PM (JZdsf)
Rogers had Col. Dearing.
Kirk had Mr. Sulu
Posted by: weirdflunky at April 22, 2017 07:49 PM (8IXN+)
Posted by: buzzion at April 22, 2017 07:49 PM (cAnNx)
Ha! Bitches.
Posted by: Flash Gordon at April 22, 2017 07:49 PM (BO/km)
I just went down the rat hole on the Berkley clashes
Those antifa guys need to be very careful
Posted by: Origional Jake at April 22, 2017 07:50 PM (x22Bs)
Harrison Ford in his prime
A top notch director for ESB
Lucas constrained by his wife, which was apparently the best Lucas
Carrier Fischer before the drugs hit her too hard
James Earl Jones voice.
Alec guinNess
It isn't a surprise it gas been hard ro recapture that magic...
Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2017 07:50 PM (aZq03)
I see 150+ movies a year in the theater--that's my snobbery, I don't watch them on TV, or hardly anything on TV--but I don't get excited at trailers, generally speaking. I do get excited at, e.g., "Casablanca" coming on the local revival calendar, and taking my kids to see it.
Things change.
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 07:48 PM (CcUfv)
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I'm so jealous. I went to the theater maybe 5 times last year.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 07:50 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Kodos the Executioner at April 22, 2017 07:50 PM (gHD1R)
Posted by: TexasDan at April 22, 2017 07:47 PM (yL25O)
I saw Alive in Joburg online years ago, but lost track of the progress while Blomkamp was shopping it around until I saw the trailer for District 9. I think that might've been the most recent trailer to make me giggle like an idiot.
Posted by: hogmartin at April 22, 2017 07:50 PM (8nWyX)
I was told there was noodie movies. What gives?
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 07:51 PM (MaQSg)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2017 07:52 PM (AaR4Y)
That's the thing with the Marvel Franchise, starting with the core group of Ironman, they have done an excellent job of casting the parts.
I want to hate it but I'll have to wait until The final two movie Averengers Infinity with the 60 or so cast members.
The disappointments and the movies falling short are Antman, and the second Thor, and the second Avengers. I have not seen Dr. Strange.
You have to give them credit and props, they did not fuck it up...... Unlike what the DC universe always does. Except for Nolans Dark Knight trilogy.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe, MGTOW at April 22, 2017 07:52 PM (2qHjF)
Besides Star Whores and Star Wreck, there are lots of other "Star" movies to watch.
Such as...
Starcrash.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 07:52 PM (MaQSg)
The first two Star Wars movies were good. Jedi sags in the middle and was too cutesy. Everything after that has been godawful and PC
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 22, 2017 07:52 PM (auHtY)
We had never seen a movie like that before. It was like the Wizard of Oz.
Posted by: freaked at April 22, 2017 07:52 PM (BO/km)
Such as...
Starcrash.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 07:52 PM (MaQSg)
Battlestar Galactica. The 70s version
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 22, 2017 07:53 PM (auHtY)
I've always been a fan of Led Zepplin's "Immigrant Song," but wow, the use of it for the Thor trailer is pure genius.
And I got chills down my spine for the ROTK trailer, even though it's been 15 years. Such a great movie.
Posted by: pookysgirl at April 22, 2017 07:54 PM (ar2KI)
Posted by: buzzion at April 22, 2017 07:54 PM (cAnNx)
Besides Star Whores and Star Wreck, there are lots of other "Star" movies to watch.
Such as...
Starcrash.
Soothsayer! MST3K's new season tackled that! I haven't seen it yet.
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 07:55 PM (CcUfv)
Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2017 07:55 PM (Ot7+c)
I love Blade. Snipes was perfect for it.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe, MGTOW at April 22, 2017 07:55 PM (2qHjF)
Battlestar Galactica was pretty damn good.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 07:55 PM (MaQSg)
the antifa puts small women in front as in the front line
and those little fuckers sure do fire off the pepper spray at any oppertunity
Posted by: Origional Jake at April 22, 2017 07:56 PM (x22Bs)
I love Blade. Snipes was perfect for it.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe, MGTOW at April 22, 2017 07:55 PM (2qHjF)
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I don't know how long it's been since you watched that movie, but I do not think it has aged well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 07:56 PM (Jj43a)
"In the very area where Fawcett believed he would find the City of Z, Heckenberger and his team of researchers had discovered more than twenty pre-Columbian settlements. These settlements, which were occupied roughly between 800 and 1600 A.D., included houses and moats and palisade walls. There were geometrically-aligned causeways and roads, and plazas laid out along cardinal points, from east to west. According to Heckenberger, each cluster of settlements contained anywhere from two thousand to five thousand people, which means that the larger communities were the size of many medieval European cities."
The movie itself is kind of plodding and episodic, but Charlie Hunnam is very good as Fawcett, as is Robert Pattinson as his assistant. The photography is beautiful and I like the use of Ravel's lush Daphnis and Chloe.
It is sometimes jarringly modern in its outlook, and occasionally preachy.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 22, 2017 07:56 PM (PhYV5)
Starfish Wars
Posted by: Hope Solo at April 22, 2017 07:56 PM (BO/km)
Don't miss Theo Bikel in his greatest role ever! and they sing too!
Just tell me right now, are there any SW scenes lifted note-for-note from this one, like Dam Busters? Because if they didn't do that, they missed a lick.
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 22, 2017 07:56 PM (H5rtT)
You have to give them credit and props, they did not fuck it up...... Unlike what the DC universe always does. Except for Nolans Dark Knight trilogy.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe, MGTOW at April 22, 2017 07:52 PM (2qHjF)
Antman did not fall short for me. It exceeded my expectations for a movie titled Antman.
Posted by: buzzion at April 22, 2017 07:57 PM (cAnNx)
A Star is Born
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 22, 2017 07:58 PM (auHtY)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 07:50 PM (Jj43a)
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Be jealous. Since last year, we've been hitting the classics real hard, including a few, like Planet of the Apes, which I had never seen on the Big Screen.
Everything is better on the big screen. Everything. Comedies are funnier. Horrors are scarier. Romances are weepier. Everything.
I never realized how great Planet of the Apes was until I saw it last year on the big screen. I could never sit through 2001 when it was on TV, but it was fairly compelling on the big screen. (Even the last act holds one's attention, spacey as it is.)
I cannot recommend it enough. Just get out of the Hollywood box: Classics, foreign films, indie.
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 07:58 PM (CcUfv)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 22, 2017 07:56 PM (PhYV5)
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This sounds a bit like Armond White's review.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 07:58 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe, MGTOW at April 22, 2017 07:59 PM (2qHjF)
MST3K's new season tackled that! I haven't seen it yet.
Yeah, someone here mentioned it the other day. I haven't watched any of the new MST3K's yet.
They still do the silhouettes?
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 07:59 PM (MaQSg)
Posted by: Cowboy Wally at April 22, 2017 07:59 PM (ExL7u)
Be jealous. Since last year, we've been hitting the classics real hard, including a few, like Planet of the Apes, which I had never seen on the Big Screen.
Everything is better on the big screen. Everything. Comedies are funnier. Horrors are scarier. Romances are weepier. Everything.
I never realized how great Planet of the Apes was until I saw it last year on the big screen. I could never sit through 2001 when it was on TV, but it was fairly compelling on the big screen. (Even the last act holds one's attention, spacey as it is.)
I cannot recommend it enough. Just get out of the Hollywood box: Classics, foreign films, indie.
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 07:58 PM (CcUfv)
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I had written a post comparing watching movies at home versus a theater. I seem to have lost it though, so I'll need to rewrite it. Probably for next week.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 08:00 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 08:00 PM (MaQSg)
Moron humor at its best and a true story.
I have binge watched The Enemy Below and U-571.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2017 08:01 PM (AaR4Y)
While you're doubtless right, leave us not pretend that the new "Star Wars" movie won't be exactly like the =last= "Star Wars" movie.
They will bland it to death. But it'll take decades to kill, probably. How long did it take Paramount to kill the "Star Trek" franchise? 20 years?
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 08:01 PM (CcUfv)
Posted by: Cowboy Wally at April 22, 2017 07:59 PM (ExL7u)
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Ackroyd. I remember seeing it as a kid on TV. Probably why I put it in the queue to begin with.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 08:02 PM (Jj43a)
Reptilicus! The finest kaiju movie to come out Denmark ever!
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 08:03 PM (CcUfv)
Posted by: Hope Solo at April 22, 2017 08:03 PM (BO/km)
55 52 Blade was the first Marvel movie IIRC. Interesting factoid.
I love Blade. Snipes was perfect for it.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe, MGTOW at April 22, 2017 07:55 PM (2qHjF)
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I don't know how long it's been since you watched that movie, but I do not think it has aged well.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 07:56 PM (Jj43a)
I watch Blade at least once a year. The best opening to any Marvel and maybe any movie ever.
Yeah I know it's cheesy but that's part of its charm. I love me some Wesley Snipes. White Men Can't Jump is one of my all time favorite movies entertainment wise. That made me a better basketball player growing up, made me work to improve my game, and led me to play 2 on 2 in the hood as an 9th grader on the playground.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe, MGTOW at April 22, 2017 08:04 PM (2qHjF)
Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2017 08:04 PM (Ot7+c)
"Intouchables" is a great film. My review:
http://moviegique.com/index.php/2012/08/01/the-intouchables/
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 08:04 PM (CcUfv)
Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2017 08:05 PM (aZq03)
Posted by: TexasDan at April 22, 2017 08:05 PM (yL25O)
Posted by: hogmartin at April 22, 2017 08:05 PM (8nWyX)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 22, 2017 08:05 PM (PhYV5)
Cannot stand these little bitches.
Posted by: Skunky Choom at April 22, 2017 08:06 PM (DhTEI)
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at April 22, 2017 08:06 PM (di1hb)
Posted by: Hope Solo at April 22, 2017 08:03 PM (BO/km)
Going to need the entire infantry for that one..
Posted by: Widespread Pepe, MGTOW at April 22, 2017 08:07 PM (2qHjF)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 22, 2017 08:07 PM (Nwg0u)
I have binge watched The Enemy Below and U-571.
If you like submarine movies, and who doesn't, check out Gray Lady Down. I think it's about submarines and talking apes.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 08:07 PM (MaQSg)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2017 08:01 PM (AaR4Y)
s/U-571/Das Boot/
Posted by: hogmartin at April 22, 2017 08:07 PM (8nWyX)
I watch Blade at least once a year. The best opening to any Marvel and maybe any movie ever.
Yeah I know it's cheesy but that's part of its charm. I love me some Wesley Snipes. White Men Can't Jump is one of my all time favorite movies entertainment wise. That made me a better basketball player growing up, made me work to improve my game, and led me to play 2 on 2 in the hood as an 9th grader on the playground.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe, MGTOW at April 22, 2017 08:04 PM (2qHjF)
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I do love that opening, but it's not it's cheesiness that bothers me but it's level of self seriousness.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 08:08 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Brother Cavil, at Provisional Basestar at April 22, 2017 08:08 PM (66CWr)
Posted by: logprof at April 22, 2017 08:08 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology
Roger Bacon had to step in for the next two. Really improved the results.
Posted by: Brother Cavil, at Provisional Basestar at April 22, 2017 08:09 PM (66CWr)
Posted by: freaked at April 22, 2017 08:09 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: BumperStickerist at April 22, 2017 08:09 PM (uBKPR)
Has it jumped the shark already?
Posted by: logprof
All opinions are wrong...
Posted by: Brother Cavil, at Provisional Basestar at April 22, 2017 08:09 PM (66CWr)
Posted by: freaked at April 22, 2017 08:10 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: hogmartin at April 22, 2017 08:11 PM (8nWyX)
Has it jumped the shark already?
Posted by: logprof at April 22, 2017 08:08 PM (GsAUU)
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Well damn...
I kind of pushed it out because of the timelines of the Star Wars trailer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 08:11 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2017 08:11 PM (AaR4Y)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 22, 2017 08:12 PM (PhYV5)
Posted by: freaked at April 22, 2017 08:13 PM (BO/km)
Tickets are for specific seats and pre-paid entry is a 2 second scan of the smart phone. This is a huge improvement for us. No arriving insanely early to make sure of getting a decent seat. You pick your seat when you buy the tix (online or at the box office). So, we buy early and get there just in time for trailers, opting out of the ad spots.
We love the big screen. I think, if we had enough free wall space, Mrs IMG would talk me into one of the curved 65" 4K screens she fondles when we at at Best Buy.
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at April 22, 2017 08:14 PM (di1hb)
Posted by: logprof at April 22, 2017 08:14 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 22, 2017 08:14 PM (75YtL)
Posted by: freaked at April 22, 2017 08:13 PM (BO/km)
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I like logprof. His criticism is welcome.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 08:15 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 08:15 PM (CcUfv)
The Angel episode "Why We Fight" takes place in 1943 and has a captured U-Boat with three vampires on board (including a Nazi Nosferatu type and Spike, who was inn it for the uniforms).
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 22, 2017 08:15 PM (PhYV5)
Your fan-fiction was probably better than 80% of the published Star Wars novels.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2017 08:15 PM (LYEvi)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 22, 2017 08:16 PM (PhYV5)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2017 08:16 PM (AaR4Y)
Posted by: logprof at April 22, 2017 08:16 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: TexasJew at April 22, 2017 08:16 PM (Ybp19)
Your fan-fiction was probably better than 80% of the published Star Wars novels.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2017 08:15 PM (LYEvi)
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It was what a 10 year old would write because that's what it was.
I've gotten better (I hope).
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 08:16 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Iron Mike Golf at April 22, 2017 08:17 PM (di1hb)
Posted by: Reggie Love at April 22, 2017 08:17 PM (GsAUU)
I have a buddy who drags me to every Star Wars movie, although he gave me a reprieve on that last one, as he couldn't wait until I was free.
We also went to most of the Lord of the Rings movies.
And then he took me to see Roger Waters doing "The Wall" live.
All I can say is that my opinions of these overrated monstrosities hasn't changed.
Posted by: RKae at April 22, 2017 08:17 PM (oKU1I)
Posted by: freaked at April 22, 2017 08:13 PM (BO/km)
--Not yet, but striving.
Posted by: logprof at April 22, 2017 08:18 PM (GsAUU)
With the Marvel movies, my chief reaction has been one of delighted incredulity: "They're making a Guardians of the Galaxy movie?! No way! They're filming ANT-MAN?!! NO WAY!!" But they keep doing it and succeeding, so who am I to complain?
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 22, 2017 08:18 PM (WPAl5)
Black Sea is a decent submarine flick.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 08:18 PM (MaQSg)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at April 22, 2017 08:19 PM (EZebt)
So Joel is part of the new MST3K?
I thought it was Mike and the other guys.
Joel wasn't too funny, some of the time.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 08:19 PM (MaQSg)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 22, 2017 08:19 PM (PhYV5)
You out there playing your high class games
Of Star Wars, Star Wars
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at April 22, 2017 08:20 PM (MZcWR)
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2017 08:20 PM (LYEvi)
I do love that opening, but it's not it's cheesiness that bothers me but it's level of self seriousness.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 08:08 PM (Jj43a)
Well Wesley Snipes is playing a black day walking vampire who hates and kills vampires, who are 95% white going back many generations. Plus, Snipes generally plays serious yet cheesy roles, I think that's how he rolls.
Please elaborate on the self seriousness because I'm open and interested in this line of thought.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe, MGTOW at April 22, 2017 08:21 PM (2qHjF)
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Ant-Man was a real winner. And I really dug Dr. Strange.
My attitude toward superhero movies is: Does my wife like them? Can she understand them, having walked into the cinema with absolutely no foreknowledge?
When I finally tied her down and forced her to watch Ant-Man (which she kept saying was "just a silly concept") she loved the hell out of it.
Winner.
Posted by: RKae at April 22, 2017 08:21 PM (oKU1I)
Posted by: logprof at April 22, 2017 08:22 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: freaked at April 22, 2017 08:22 PM (BO/km)
For once, Mrs VIA and I are home alone, with an evening to ourselves.
Roku, Hulu, Amazon Prime and Netflix.
Nothing of interest to watch.
It's amazing.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 22, 2017 08:22 PM (J+eG2)
All Hail Eris ja?
Break over, back to standing on head.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2017 08:20 PM (LYEvi)
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I'm just in it for the unis!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 22, 2017 08:22 PM (PhYV5)
Posted by: logprof at April 22, 2017 08:22 PM (GsAUU)
Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2017 08:23 PM (Ot7+c)
It's the subject matter that underwhelms. Marvel, Star Wars . . . both absorbed by The Big Rat.
Wondering when the last time there was a Hockey Thread, though.
Fuckin' Canadiens.
Posted by: logprof at April 22, 2017 08:23 PM (GsAUU)
Yeah well I'm going to be all judgy and shit. Thsi guy says he's a personal devopment coach and he teaches people how to be cool. And he CRIES at a trailer? For a Star Wars movie?! What the F*uck?!
Well that was very uncool.
So yeah he either needs f*ucking therapy or is just a douche.
Posted by: Some moron judgy moron. at April 22, 2017 08:23 PM (DdGS0)
Posted by: hogmartin at April 22, 2017 08:23 PM (8nWyX)
Recently the blogger -- who is a professional movie and TV guy -- was looking at upcoming movies and wasn't impressed by Dunkirk. He said he can't figure out how you can make an exciting movie out of a bunch of guys running away (his words, approximately; not mine).
I have difficulty understanding how a person can think that way.
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 22, 2017 08:24 PM (WPAl5)
Posted by: Jmel at April 22, 2017 08:24 PM (OeWgo)
Posted by: freaked at April 22, 2017 08:24 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Skip
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I recently watched "Mrs. Miniver" again, and the bit where her husband comes home from Dunkirk is always sad. They don't tell the story, they just let his wrecked boat tell it.
Posted by: RKae at April 22, 2017 08:25 PM (oKU1I)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 22, 2017 08:25 PM (PhYV5)
Yeah, more people should see it, but in fairness, any capsule of it is going to sound awful.
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 08:25 PM (CcUfv)
I think part of Marvels success is their adhering to original comic story lines. Planet Hulk.
Pumped for the next John Wick. Keanu takes firearms and combat training serious and it makes the bad assery believable.
Just watched on Netflix: Blazing Saddles
Posted by: Derptastic at April 22, 2017 08:25 PM (OOzGp)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2017 08:26 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 08:26 PM (MaQSg)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe, MGTOW at April 22, 2017 08:21 PM (2qHjF)
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I don't remember a moment of humor. The whole movie is so dour. I still like it, but I sometimes have trouble going through it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 08:26 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Hanzo at April 22, 2017 08:27 PM (2oBxT)
Mike, Kevin and Bill do Rifftrax, which is wonderful. They just did "Samuari Cop" live and it was sublime.
Joel had a big kickstarter to get the actual MST3K show relaunched. It just came out on Netflix. (Though I was fortunate enough to see "Reptilicus" in the theater, and it was just side-splitting there, less so on the TV.)
If you're not a fan of Joel, you might want to stick with Rifftrax. If you like the puppets and silly skits (I do), then give the new MST a spin! (Also on the Shout Factory channel if you don't have Netflix.)
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 08:27 PM (CcUfv)
Winner.
Posted by: RKae at April 22, 2017 08:21 PM (oKU1I)
Antman turned me off because of the message it sends about fathers and rubs fathers faces in this message. So he is trying to keep a job he is overqualified for but can't because of a bullshit white collar crime. He has a daughter who loves him. His ex wife and her new husband alienate him from his daughter saying you are not welcome here unless you get a job and pay the toll.
So he falls into Antman and this is the only way he can be the hero and father allowed in his daughters life. Then he submits and admits he was wrong and acts like a total Cuck to his ex wife and her husband in front of his daughter.
That's the message. And it's unrealistic yet highlights the very real shit fathers face and Disney rubs our nose in it.
So fuck Antman.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe, MGTOW at April 22, 2017 08:28 PM (2qHjF)
I believe that's called maturity.
Posted by: Hanzo at April 22, 2017 08:27 PM (2oBxT)
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I like it!!!!!!!!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 08:28 PM (Jj43a)
It didn't give away ANYTHING about the plot; nothing but evocative images (not even in plot order) and of course the matchless Imperial March music by John Williams as the soundtrack.
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 22, 2017 08:29 PM (WPAl5)
Posted by: Unterseeboot Kapitan Gunther Prien at April 22, 2017 08:29 PM (d76uN)
Posted by: Pogonip at April 22, 2017 08:29 PM (uJcsJ)
I saw the Rifftrax "Samurai Cop" and busted a gut laffing. There were many times where I and the audience (and Mike and the boys) were simply flabbergasted and just said "Wha-a-a-a-a??"
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 22, 2017 08:29 PM (PhYV5)
Posted by: Joey 'Two Tears' Biden at April 22, 2017 08:30 PM (hc6ym)
The thing about seeing the old movies again is which ones hold up SFX-wise. It's interesting. Everything looks fake in short order, so the movies whose SFX still work are the ones that work on an artistic level.
Forbidden Planet, Planet of the Apes, most of Temple of Doom, Blade Runner--not a great movie but a beautiful one, Aliens. That stuff holds up. Jaws (except for the final shark attack), too. Robocop, surprisingly well.
Once you get into CGI years, it tends to look both fakey and cruddy.
Oh, geez, 2001: Amazing effects. Kubrick, the maniac, hired animators to fix all the lines in the composite shots. It still looks fantastic.
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 08:30 PM (CcUfv)
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 08:26 PM
Me too, but I am on my 5th cordless drill
Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2017 08:31 PM (Ot7+c)
Oh, geez, 2001: Amazing effects. Kubrick, the maniac, hired animators to fix all the lines in the composite shots. It still looks fantastic.
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 08:30 PM (CcUfv)
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Do you ever comment during the week?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 08:31 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 22, 2017 08:31 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 22, 2017 08:32 PM (WPAl5)
Recently the blogger -- who is a professional movie and TV guy -- was looking at upcoming movies and wasn't impressed by Dunkirk. He said he can't figure out how you can make an exciting movie out of a bunch of guys running away (his words, approximately; not mine).
I have difficulty understanding how a person can think that way.
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 22, 2017 08:24 PM (WPAl5)
--Wow.
So much ignorance out there. Like the twerp journo who wondered what cultural contributions Russia has made.
Posted by: logprof at April 22, 2017 08:32 PM (GsAUU)
Nothing of interest to watch.
It's amazing.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 22, 2017 08:22 PM (J+eG2)
That why the DVD player will never go bye-bye.
Posted by: Deplorable Flyover 98ZJUSMC at April 22, 2017 08:33 PM (/U083)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 22, 2017 08:33 PM (Nwg0u)
It's a perfect riffing movie, it's so oddly incompetent. The boys did a great job.
I found it jarring because it was filmed in my town and they would be in a house deep in the hills, then seem to just wander out back to the ocean...or pan left from city hall to China town...
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 08:34 PM (CcUfv)
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 22, 2017 08:35 PM (WPAl5)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 22, 2017 08:35 PM (PhYV5)
I have difficulty understanding how a person can think that way.
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 22, 2017 08:24 PM (WPAl5)
Looking around at the urban dochetools I avoid like the plague, but encounter from time to time?
Nope. Complete ignoramuses.
Posted by: Deplorable Flyover 98ZJUSMC at April 22, 2017 08:36 PM (/U083)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2017 08:36 PM (AaR4Y)
I've always been a sporadic commenter (back to 2004, when I was nearly 16) because I find the comment software really hard to navigate. I end up reading everything and by the time I want to comment, there's NOOD and that's that. =P
I try to weigh in on the GAINZ thread, though Ace don't make it easy, what with the moving around and maybe-he-will-maybe-he-won't aspect.
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 08:37 PM (CcUfv)
Roku, Hulu, Amazon Prime and Netflix.
Nothing of interest to watch.
It's amazing.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at April 22, 2017 08:22 PM (J+eG2)
That why the DVD player will never go bye-bye.
Posted by: Deplorable Flyover 98ZJUSMC at April 22, 2017 08:33 PM (/U083)
I always head for the documentaries category. There is usually something watchable there.
Posted by: redbanzai at April 22, 2017 08:37 PM (FTXAT)
Just me, baby.
Just me.
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 08:37 PM (CcUfv)
It almost seems like virtue signalling to other fans. 'Hey, look at me, I'm more committed to it than anyone else...!'
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 22, 2017 08:38 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at April 22, 2017 08:38 PM (Uxokn)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2017 08:36 PM (AaR4Y)
Ha! I had forgotten that. It's an amazing film, but the capsule looks like Hallmark level stuff.
I recommend a double-feature of that and MURDERBALL, a documentary about paraplegics.
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 08:38 PM (CcUfv)
I've always been a sporadic commenter (back to 2004, when I was nearly 16) because I find the comment software really hard to navigate. I end up reading everything and by the time I want to comment, there's NOOD and that's that. =P
I try to weigh in on the GAINZ thread, though Ace don't make it easy, what with the moving around and maybe-he-will-maybe-he-won't aspect.
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 08:37 PM (CcUfv)
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Interesting...
I offered a guest post to MPPPP, and I'm thinking that I may ask you too...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 08:39 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 22, 2017 08:39 PM (Nwg0u)
--Agreed.
Hell, a lot of folks think it's cheesy (and, well, they're right), but the '80s Clash of the Titans with that stop-motion SFX is fine by me. I like the technique, the fastidiousness of it, which is why I also enjoy clay animation. The Shaun the Sheep Movie? Clay animation, pretty much zero speech --I love it!
Posted by: logprof at April 22, 2017 08:39 PM (GsAUU)
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Wait. What? Nobody's that young.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 22, 2017 08:39 PM (Nwg0u)
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He's actually younger than me.
And I thought I was the baby (well, Seawolf, really....)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 08:40 PM (Jj43a)
Just me, baby.
Just me.
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 08:37 PM (CcUfv)
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*pulls down Ray-Bans, cocks eyebrow*
*guitar squeeeeeeeeeeaaaalll*
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 22, 2017 08:41 PM (PhYV5)
Your fan-fiction was probably better than 80% of the published Star Wars novels.
Posted by: Anna Puma at April 22, 2017 08:15 PM (LYEvi)
He was captured by the Persians in 260 used as a footstool and subject to great humiliation before this death. Not much to get excited about
Posted by: TheQuietMan at April 22, 2017 08:41 PM (auHtY)
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There is only one Force and Skywalker is his prophet.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 22, 2017 08:42 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at April 22, 2017 08:42 PM (Uxokn)
--Agreed.
Hell, a lot of folks think it's cheesy (and, well, they're right), but the '80s Clash of the Titans with that stop-motion SFX is fine by me. I like the technique, the fastidiousness of it, which is why I also enjoy clay animation. The Shaun the Sheep Movie? Clay animation, pretty much zero speech --I love it!
Posted by: logprof at April 22, 2017 08:39 PM (GsAUU)
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So motion animation is just a fantastic thing. I'm so sad it doesn't get used anymore.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 08:42 PM (Jj43a)
Would this be the movie where the villains are members of Asteriidae and who are led by Patrick Star?
Posted by: Sasquatch the Original trans-Wookie at April 22, 2017 08:42 PM (YP+et)
And lest anybody get the wrong idea, I'm the same age as Ace, nearly 29.
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 08:42 PM (CcUfv)
I finally got the flicks on bluray that I wanted to see last season: Fences, Silence, and The Founder.
Thinking of starting with the least 'heavy' story, The Founder, first.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 22, 2017 08:43 PM (qazQh)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at April 22, 2017 08:43 PM (GgzGa)
I'll try to approximate the graphic here:
............STAR.......................STAR...................STAR
The Force Awakens.....The Last Jedi.....From His Nap
............WARS.....................WARS..................WARS
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 22, 2017 08:45 PM (qazQh)
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at April 22, 2017 08:45 PM (Uxokn)
Some people can't watch anything that doesn't look like the latest-and-greatest-technology. Me, I love the old Flash Gordon serials, with the art deco spaceships and sparklers in the back.
Oh, that was another one that surprised me, a bit. Though quite a few of the big composite shots are rough, the 1980 "Flash Gordon" holds up surprisingly well. The set designs are beautiful.
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 08:46 PM (CcUfv)
I was looking forward to seeing the movie, but seeing that girlie-man acting the fool in front of God and everyone didn't inspire confidence in it. Especially when most of the Trekkies were saying "meh".
Given how much that first movie sucked, I am amazed that a second one got made.
But that movie ROCKED!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at April 22, 2017 08:46 PM (Ss6r7)
Posted by: AltonJackson at April 22, 2017 08:46 PM (75YtL)
Most movie trailers do nothing for me. Even being the comic book geek that I am, the trailer for Thor: Ragnarok didn't excite me. I think it's because there's a lot of "been there, done that" for me not only for superhero movies, but films in general.
That being said, I am going to see Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 on opening weekend, but I would do that without seeing the trailer. I enjoyed the characters in the last movie, and I want to see if they can catch lightning in the bottle twice.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread on the all-night request line at April 22, 2017 08:46 PM (rJUlF)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 22, 2017 08:47 PM (KP5rU)
Well, if anyone wants a laugh, check out some of the Star Trek fan-made episodes on Youtube, there's loads of 'em.
They're hilarious and mildly entertaining at the same time. The acting is so funny at times.
Here is an episode of the tales of the Starship Exeter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkuJG1_2MnU
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 08:47 PM (SrpfK)
- Streets Of Fire
- Ordinary People (on DVD only, for some reason)
- Heat (Definitive Director's Edition)
- Saturday Night Fever (Director's Cut)
- Willard (and its sequel, Ben)
- The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927, silent, and Hitchcock's first hit as a director)
- Straw Dogs (Criterion edition)
- Ghost World (Criterion edition)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 22, 2017 08:47 PM (qazQh)
Just watch the first two minutes and tell me you didn't laugh.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 08:48 PM (SrpfK)
Ugh.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe, MGTOW at April 22, 2017 08:48 PM (2qHjF)
http://tinyurl.com/kjblccx
Amazing how they managed to sabotage train tracks with concrete and post their exploits online without the use of any mined material, fiber-optic networks, or pipeline-transported fuels. Otherwise they'd be hypocrites, right?
Posted by: hogmartin at April 22, 2017 08:48 PM (8nWyX)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 22, 2017 08:48 PM (qazQh)
Try the bartender and tip your veal.
Posted by: Inspector Cussword at April 22, 2017 08:49 PM (c1VpD)
In fact, some Saturday night we ought to pick one of these Star Trek fanflicks and watch it together.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 08:49 PM (SrpfK)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2017 08:49 PM (AaR4Y)
Dad and I would watch those old serials when they'd turn up on TV. "King Of The Rocket Men" was our favorite.
Posted by: Captain Whitebread on the all-night request line at April 22, 2017 08:49 PM (rJUlF)
Seriously though, that's one of my favorite movies.
I'm looking forward to Christopher Nolan's Dunkirk.
Posted by: Pete in Texas at April 22, 2017 08:49 PM (Fcg4g)
Posted by: grammie winger at April 22, 2017 08:50 PM (lwiT4)
And lest anybody get the wrong idea, I'm the same age as Ace, nearly 29.
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 08:42 PM (CcUfv)
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I may call out to the darkness for you. But go ahead and think of what you may want to wow about.
I have stuff for a few weeks all the time, but I'm always looking for extra content.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 08:50 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 22, 2017 08:50 PM (Nwg0u)
I admit that Scorsese is usually a safe bet with me though, I expect to like it overall. Have read however that it contains some disturbing violence.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 22, 2017 08:50 PM (qazQh)
Choppy, weak storyline, beta male lead, no chemistry between the main protagonists, no John Williams music til end credits, meh special effects.
That movie made more than a billion dollars. Why?!
Posted by: squeakywheel at April 22, 2017 08:50 PM (V2tdK)
Posted by: Colonel Sanders at April 22, 2017 08:50 PM (n3hky)
I admit I wonder what it could contain that hasn't already been seen. SNF is one of the all-time most popular, most-watched films.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 22, 2017 08:51 PM (qazQh)
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SNF is 40 years old this year.
Criminy.
Posted by: grammie winger at April 22, 2017 08:51 PM (lwiT4)
Which reminds me of Spike Lee's notorious flick from some time ago, "Bamboozled"...
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 22, 2017 08:52 PM (qazQh)
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 22, 2017 08:51 PM (qazQh)
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Rightly so.
Posted by: grammie winger at April 22, 2017 08:52 PM (lwiT4)
Posted by: drooling, obese 45 year old men at April 22, 2017 08:53 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe, MGTOW at April 22, 2017 08:53 PM (2qHjF)
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 08:53 PM (CcUfv)
Utterly charmless. I haven't a clue.
Now the originals I can see over and over.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 22, 2017 08:53 PM (PhYV5)
Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 22, 2017 08:54 PM (KP5rU)
Posted by: Jedi Cleese at April 22, 2017 08:54 PM (hc6ym)
Peter Parker remembers Uncle Ben (2004)
https://youtu.be/iRJiF1lnGO8
I was completely moved by this moment in the theater, as were as a lot of people. But listen to the phrases he uses ... are they corny and hopeless? Where in real life would I even hear these words? At school? At church even?
The people who must reclaim and defend the culture are the broadest strokes of conservative values. Listening to Andrew Klavin and Mark Steyn had me thinking about this.
https://youtu.be/YLY1p0kx2xM
Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 22, 2017 08:54 PM (VdICR)
I even liked "The Wolf Of Wall Street." It really did remind me of A Clockwork Orange in some spots.
Posted by: qdpsteve at April 22, 2017 08:54 PM (qazQh)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe, MGTOW at April 22, 2017 08:53 PM (2qHjF)
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Is this based on Bartleby the Scrivener? I always liked that odd duck Crispin.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 22, 2017 08:54 PM (PhYV5)
Posted by: drooling, obese 45 year old men at April 22, 2017 08:53 PM (6FqZa)
Not just men.
Posted by: Mr. Peebles at April 22, 2017 08:55 PM (oVJmc)
Just watch the first two minutes and tell me you didn't laugh.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 08:48 PM (SrpfK)
I didn't lol but I smiled wryly, probably in a way that would make someone want to punch me in the face.
It reminded me of "Samurai Cop" in that the lead probably thought being a convincing macho ladies' man was just a matter of reciting the dialog someone wrote for you.
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 08:55 PM (CcUfv)
Great movie, quite possibly the best of the superhero/comic-book movies.
Posted by: Bill at April 22, 2017 08:56 PM (/ZE0U)
207; know where i can get some? you have lost your mojo old timing man.
Posted by: chavez the hugo at April 22, 2017 08:54 PM (KP5rU)
Movies you can get most anywhere...there's only one place you can get some nice crispy fried chicken...and I don't mean after the chicken coop burns down.
Posted by: Colonel Sanders at April 22, 2017 08:57 PM (n3hky)
Ehh, some of them are good. I'd argued the case for 'Star Trek Continues' on these comments and stand by that. Better than Abrams' cynical resume-filler anyway.
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 22, 2017 08:58 PM (6FqZa)
Posted by: Colonel Sanders at April 22, 2017 08:57 PM (n3hky)
I hate ye, with yer wee beady eyes.
Posted by: Stuart McKenzie at April 22, 2017 08:58 PM (oVJmc)
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 08:58 PM (CcUfv)
I didn't lol but I smiled wryly, probably in a way that would make someone want to punch me in the face.
The cringing will make your face hurt by the end of the episode.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 08:58 PM (SrpfK)
I'm not checking to make sure . . .
Posted by: boulder terlit hobo at April 22, 2017 08:59 PM (6FqZa)
that being said, the guy lost in the star wars universe watching the trailer gives me an idea of what jihadi's work themselves into reading and watching koranic exhortations of 6th century jihad. they believe in it with a passion nothing in this real world matches.
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at April 22, 2017 09:00 PM (WTSFk)
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at April 22, 2017 09:00 PM (Uxokn)
Better than Abrams' cynical resume-filler anyway.
No argument there.
I have no interest in Abram's crap. I'd rather watch the adventures of the fan-crew of the Exeter and the Faragut.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 09:01 PM (SrpfK)
https://fullmetalcynic.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/shot19.jpg
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 22, 2017 09:01 PM (b7fwp)
That is not to say that I do not appreciate films with a message, such A Man For All Seasons {1966} or The Mission {1986}, both written by Robert Bolt.
The following films had emotional impact upon me: The Best Years of Our Lives; Anna and The King of Siam {1946}; Penny Serenade {1941}; On Borrowed Time {1939}; and Golden Boy {1939}, to name a few.
Check out Gunga Din {1939} to see what inspired Temple of Doom. If you know anything about PTSD, once known as shell shock, check out Random Harvest, a huge hit in its day, but largely forgotten today in our information age.
I loved LA Confidential {1997}, where the three protagonists all become what they hate before starting down the road to redemption.
I find that the best movies are often based upon plays. I think this is because plays must be a good story at heart and are dialogue driven.
Posted by: Locke Common at April 22, 2017 09:01 PM (uYg2X)
The new "organic".
Which was the new "fat-free".
Posted by: Mortimer - Finish Her! at April 22, 2017 09:00 PM (Uxokn)
And Norman Borlaug rolls over in his grave.
Posted by: redbanzai at April 22, 2017 09:02 PM (FTXAT)
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The prequels STUNK.
The most recent movie was meh - though if you saw the original trilogy there is nothing to see in TFA, its the same movie, less well done.
Many Star Wars fans are grading TFA on a scale...and the prequels makes that pretty easy.
Posted by: 18-1 at April 22, 2017 09:02 PM (aZq03)
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 22, 2017 09:02 PM (b7fwp)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at April 22, 2017 09:03 PM (WTSFk)
The Thing (prequel)
The Italian Jerb
Selfless(Ryan Reynolds)
10 Cloverfield Lane.
Posted by: eleven at April 22, 2017 09:03 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at April 22, 2017 09:03 PM (WTSFk)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 22, 2017 09:04 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Farmer at April 22, 2017 09:04 PM (o/90i)
Stage I Idiocracy has been acheived.
Posted by: eleven at April 22, 2017 09:05 PM (qUNWi)
https://youtu.be/9u0auA-NWZo
This belongs in every movie thread. And gun thread. And ONT. And maybe mid-morning too.
Posted by: BourbonChicken at April 22, 2017 09:05 PM (VdICR)
Posted by: freaked at April 22, 2017 09:05 PM (BO/km)
Shortcake is mort?
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 09:05 PM (SrpfK)
Posted by: Stuart McKenzie at April 22, 2017 08:58 PM (oVJmc)
The chickens eyes are beady because they are all deep thinking chickens....the only kind that I use. Its something about the hormones of a deep thinking chicken that adds a certain something. Try a test your self... have a friend blindfold you and then taste the crispy thigh of a non deep thinking chicken, and then taste the other thigh...the difference will be clearly noticeable.
Posted by: Colonel Sanders at April 22, 2017 09:06 PM (n3hky)
Posted by: eleven at April 22, 2017 09:06 PM (qUNWi)
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He's got a degree in engineering like Wolowitz.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 22, 2017 09:06 PM (Nwg0u)
That's sad. Erin Moran was on the skids for a long time.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 09:06 PM (SrpfK)
Kiddie show scientists are the only lab coats people see nowadays.
We need to bring back Mad Science.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 22, 2017 09:07 PM (PhYV5)
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 09:07 PM (SrpfK)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at April 22, 2017 09:08 PM (WTSFk)
Posted by: Deplorable Flyover 98ZJUSMC at April 22, 2017 09:08 PM (/U083)
That Star Wars trailer sucked. Another reason to not give the Disney Social Justice Whores any more of my money.
I need coffee.
Posted by: Country Boy - Michigan exile at April 22, 2017 09:08 PM (Jcg9Q)
Posted by: eleven at April 22, 2017 09:08 PM (qUNWi)
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 22, 2017 09:08 PM (b7fwp)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 22, 2017 09:09 PM (PhYV5)
One suspects there with be plenty of naked 50 plus lefties marching naked with their 'Save the Earth' and Fcku Trump" signs.
Penises flopping in the breeze for SCIENCE!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2017 09:11 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 09:11 PM (SrpfK)
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Last I heard, the Hollywood TV writers were threatening to strike just as if there were no such thing as H1b visas.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 22, 2017 09:11 PM (Nwg0u)
Using IS for the trailer was truly inspired.
Posted by: Pep at April 22, 2017 09:11 PM (xS55I)
oh, p'yew, gotta clean a litter box... later, boys and Wimmen.
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 22, 2017 09:12 PM (b7fwp)
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 22, 2017 09:13 PM (PhYV5)
Hill Street Blues is on. A young Linda Hamilton is in this episode.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 09:13 PM (SrpfK)
Posted by: freaked at April 22, 2017 09:14 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 09:15 PM (SrpfK)
Posted by: mallfly the Peach of Hoboken at April 22, 2017 09:15 PM (b7fwp)
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[snicker]
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 22, 2017 09:16 PM (Nwg0u)
Lucas is among the worst story-tellers in the history of modern cinema. There are plot holes big enough to sail Nimitz carriers through in every one of the Star Wars movies. The last movie was nothing but recycled scenes lifted from the first 3 movies. Go back and watch them again and you can identify scenes lifted from other movies.
I doubt I will ever pay to see another Star Wars movie. Literally, if you have seen the first three you have seen them all.
Posted by: WarEagle82 at April 22, 2017 09:16 PM (xUc0d)
I wouldn't trust a thing Lucas says about "Star Wars" today. The prequels--and honestly, "Return of the Jedi"--showed that he never understood it very well. (Worse, say, than Roddenberry understood Trek.)
Even back in the day, the number of movies he "planned" for this clearly one-off film-that-maybe-might-get-a-sequel changed at seeming random. (At one point, he claimed 12.)
He also said "Star Wars" was an analogy for the Vietnam War, and you can guess which role the USA played in that allegory.
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 09:19 PM (CcUfv)
Just watch the first two minutes and tell me you didn't laugh.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 08:48 PM (SrpfK)
I watched the first 15 minutes and that was pretty neat.
Posted by: rickl at April 22, 2017 09:19 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: freaked at April 22, 2017 09:05 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Amy Schumer at April 22, 2017 09:21 PM (yL25O)
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 09:19 PM (CcUfv)
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The impish teddy bears?
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 22, 2017 09:21 PM (PhYV5)
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Again and Again and Again.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Doctor of Thinkology at April 22, 2017 09:23 PM (Nwg0u)
Posted by: Widespread Pepe, MGTOW at April 22, 2017 08:53 PM (2qHjF)
I had no idea that movie even existed. But it's available for free on Amazon Prime! So thank you very much indeed. Just started watching it, and the opening credits remind me of David Lynch, minus Angelo Badalmenti.
I wonder if I will be as disturbed by it as I was by the original story by Melville. On a related note, don't tell me they made a movie out of "The Man Who Was Thursday" by G.K. Chesterton. If it was at all faithful to the text, I would surely go mad, MAD I tell you! before I finished watching that.
Posted by: HTL at April 22, 2017 09:23 PM (qzE/R)
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 09:25 PM (CcUfv)
Posted by: grammie winger at April 22, 2017 09:25 PM (lwiT4)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2017 09:25 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2017 09:26 PM (Ot7+c)
Posted by: grammie winger at April 22, 2017 09:26 PM (lwiT4)
I watched the first 15 minutes and that was pretty neat.
The effects and production quality is top notch. The acting and writing are the only weak parts.
Posted by: Soothsayer 45 at April 22, 2017 09:27 PM (SrpfK)
I'm in week 19 of my Hollywood boycott.
In my gross over generalization, those communists will never see another dollar of mine.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2017 09:28 PM (0tfLf)
In my gross over generalization, those communists will never see another dollar of mine.
Posted by: Diogenes at April 22, 2017 09:28 PM (0tfLf)
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That's okay, Diogenes. I haven't watched a movie in a theater since "A River Runs Through It". And when I do occasionally watch a movie at home, it's of the TCM variety. I'm just not that interested.
Posted by: grammie winger at April 22, 2017 09:31 PM (lwiT4)
Posted by: freaked at April 22, 2017 09:31 PM (BO/km)
I would say this guy's mental fitness is anything but solid. Not just the fact that he cried nor that he posted himself crying for the world to see, but the entire picture - the state of his hair n beard, the tattoos, the statements he made at the outset of "training people to be cool." It just all reeks of several tweaks off zeroed in.
Posted by: MSTisdale at April 22, 2017 09:32 PM (g9d8D)
Along the way, it manages to be a history of the evolution of submarine technology, and there are gripping moments of drama and tales of courage and tragedy. Most of the accidents discussed are practically forgotten today.
OK, it's not a movie and this ain't the book thread, but someone mentioned submarines, so there you go.
Posted by: rickl at April 22, 2017 09:34 PM (sdi6R)
I see the sea of movies coming out over the next year, and I just see things that are aiming to entertain, and that's about it.
But that's enough. Personally, I find the idea of movie studios trying to actually produce movies that entertain......refreshing.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 22, 2017 09:35 PM (cuZZW)
Posted by: Stringer Davis at April 22, 2017 09:35 PM (H5rtT)
Where movies entertain...
One man...
Wants to see entertaining movies.
This summer...
Posted by: hogmartin at April 22, 2017 09:37 PM (8nWyX)
noticably missing on his views on politics and global werming.
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2017 09:38 PM (AaR4Y)
290 In a world...
Where movies entertain...
One man...
Wants to see entertaining movies.
This summer...
Posted by: hogmartin at April 22, 2017 09:37 PM (8nWyX)
*snort*
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 22, 2017 09:38 PM (cuZZW)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at April 22, 2017 09:39 PM (hQOlD)
http://moviegique.com/index.php/2013/09/08/in-a-world/
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 09:41 PM (CcUfv)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at April 22, 2017 09:41 PM (WTSFk)
Recently the blogger -- who is a professional movie and TV guy -- was looking at upcoming movies and wasn't impressed by Dunkirk. He said he can't figure out how you can make an exciting movie out of a bunch of guys running away (his words, approximately; not mine).
I have difficulty understanding how a person can think that way.
Posted by: Trimegistus at April 22, 2017 08:24 PM (WPAl5)
Anabasis.
Okay, not a film. But one of the more compelling stories from antiquity.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 22, 2017 09:41 PM (cuZZW)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 22, 2017 09:43 PM (OdK9v)
Posted by: MSTisdale at April 22, 2017 09:43 PM (g9d8D)
Posted by: Trimegistus
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With only the frailest grasp of history, it is easy.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 22, 2017 09:44 PM (OdK9v)
Posted by: Ben Had at April 22, 2017 09:44 PM (AaR4Y)
Posted by: Dave at Buffalo Roam at April 22, 2017 09:44 PM (hQOlD)
What is the first movie that you recall seeing in a theater?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
Old Yeller
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at April 22, 2017 09:45 PM (IqV8l)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp
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It's as though...as though there is a formula.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 22, 2017 09:45 PM (OdK9v)
Posted by: musical jolly chimp at April 22, 2017 09:41 PM (WTSFk)
To me, all stories can be reduced to "a man changes the world" or "the world changes a man".
Posted by: Colorado Alex In Exile at April 22, 2017 09:46 PM (Tnhbr)
Posted by: rickl at April 22, 2017 09:46 PM (sdi6R)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 22, 2017 09:43 PM (OdK9v)
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I know my parents took me to Who Framed Roger Rabbit. My earliest memory is probably Jurassic Park, though.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 09:47 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: Slapweasel, (Cold1) (T) at April 22, 2017 09:47 PM (6gk0M)
Posted by: Adriane the Movie Critic ... at April 22, 2017 09:47 PM (AoK0a)
Posted by: freaked at April 22, 2017 09:48 PM (BO/km)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 22, 2017 09:43 PM (OdK9v)
"The Love Bug". Actually that was at a drive-in. In a theater, perhaps "The Battle of Britain".
Posted by: rickl at April 22, 2017 09:48 PM (sdi6R)
I had no idea you were so young. Shocked I am.
Posted by: Tuna at April 22, 2017 09:48 PM (jm1YL)
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 09:49 PM (CcUfv)
Posted by: General Tso at April 22, 2017 09:49 PM (WPAl5)
First movie in the theater I can remember right now is The Hot Rock. But I'm sure that's not my first.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 22, 2017 09:50 PM (cuZZW)
I had no idea you were so young. Shocked I am.
Posted by: Tuna at April 22, 2017 09:48 PM (jm1YL)
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Yeah, he's real young...
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 09:50 PM (Jj43a)
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at April 22, 2017 09:50 PM (Ndje9)
Posted by: hogmartin at April 22, 2017 09:50 PM (8nWyX)
Posted by: I at April 22, 2017 09:50 PM (g6yUI)
It could've been "Star Wars", I mean, theoretically. SW was one of the last films to be pretty regularly re-released.
I saw "Peter Pan", as I say, but it was decades after the original release.
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 09:53 PM (CcUfv)
Posted by: Locke Common at April 22, 2017 09:55 PM (uYg2X)
The first time I saw Star Wars (I was 12), the theater had oversold seats. The ushers were shoehorning people in, and it was a fucking madhouse. I ended up mid-theater in the last seat on the far right, with my little brother sitting in my lap.
You want to know why SW became such an iconic film? The opening scene when the star destroyer moves into view and keeps growing and growing and growing. Lucas is a shit, but once in awhile he hit gold.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at April 22, 2017 09:55 PM (cuZZW)
Then I set out on a journey to a nearby star system at relativistic speeds, which is how I'm 29 today.
I'll have to tell you all about that sometime.
Posted by: rickl at April 22, 2017 09:56 PM (sdi6R)
https://www.fathomevents.com/series/tcm-big-screen-classics
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at April 22, 2017 09:56 PM (PhYV5)
Well good night horde, happly dreams to all.
Posted by: Skip at April 22, 2017 09:26 PM (Ot7+c)
Good night Skip.
Did you know that crispy fried chicken is loaded with tryptophan, which is a real aid in providing a deep healthful sleep?
Posted by: Colonel Sanders at April 22, 2017 09:58 PM (n3hky)
Posted by: MSTisdale at April 22, 2017 10:03 PM (g9d8D)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 22, 2017 09:43 PM (OdK9v)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Empire strikes back - I was 7. Week before I watched New Hope twice. The over marketing of Marvel and SW is giving Disney Diabetes.
Posted by: Quilters Irish Death at April 22, 2017 10:10 PM (3rkmN)
I had no idea what it was about. I just have liked Garfield in most movies he has been in and I think Knightly and Mulligan are kinda cute. It was on HDMOV Channel, so I figured, why not. DVR'd it.
Wow, what a messed up story! Starts out innocently enough, following these characters in their early teen years at a boarding school. But then a new teacher finds out exactly what the school is all about and decides to tell the young teens that their futures have all been planned out for them. I won't say anything more than that about it, to not give it away.
I guess I watched it like any other movie, expecting that there was some happy ending coming. It seemed to be leading up to that. But... well... I'll leave it at that.
But I have to say, while I went away from the movie thinking I just wasted my time watching it, I haven't stopped thinking about it since I watched it last weekend. There's the overall storyline of these teens having their futures already planned out. Then there is the human part of it, the interaction between the characters as young teens, older teens and young adults. Of course there is a love triangle.
The one scene that got me was when one of the characters had kept something one of the other characters had given them when they were young teens. The character took that item out when they wanted to remember better times or comfort themselves.
Made me think about how I do similar things in my life to comfort myself and remember better times in my life.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at April 22, 2017 10:12 PM (7A4qQ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 22, 2017 09:43 PM
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Empire strikes back - I was 7. Week before I watched New Hope twice. The over marketing of Marvel and SW is giving Disney Diabetes.
Posted by: Quilters Irish Death at April 22, 2017 10:10 PM
Same for me, go figure. I was 4. Although I saw it at a Drive-In with my uncle and his friends. I remember being as excited about being at a Drive-In as I was about seeing a cool movie.
Posted by: Doctor Neal Page at April 22, 2017 10:19 PM (7A4qQ)
Posted by: moviegique at April 22, 2017 10:22 PM (CcUfv)
297 What is the first movie that you recall seeing in a theater?
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 22, 2017 09:43 PM (OdK9v)
North To Alaska
Posted by: Mimzey at April 22, 2017 10:24 PM (n3hky)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at April 22, 2017 09:43 PM (OdK9v)
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My Fair Lady
Posted by: Spiny Norman at April 22, 2017 10:45 PM (U3sWw)
Posted by: vrf at April 22, 2017 10:59 PM (BoOqm)
On the other hand, I have very clear memories of the first 300 trailer. Man, that was a work of art unto itself!
Posted by: Castle Guy at April 22, 2017 11:25 PM (7aeqx)
But we didn't sleep
Posted by: Rick in SK at April 22, 2017 11:36 PM (K2T58)
Great post as usual TJM.
I think our differences in feelings for Marvel movies/trailers and excitement levels stem from a similar source.
General apathy and boredom towards Hollywood and what they've been making. But we both love movies in general and are seeking entertainment and being 'wowed.'
Marvel fills that niche for me that the rest of Hollywood abandoned (both for political and lack of talent reasons.) They may not be the greatest movies, some may have similarities, and they certainly don't do for me what Star Wars did for me as a kid.
BUT they are very entertaining, deliver, and (however loosely or not) are connected. I think that last part is HUGE in why myself and family/friends have made seeing Marvel movies an event.
We KNOW we will see laughs, a solid story, and something that is part of a BIGGER story. Something to keep us talking and guessing and speculating.
Marvel movies don't work for you as they do for me, but you'll find something to fill the entertainment void left by Hollywood selling out entirely. It's just a matter of that right thing coming along.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at April 23, 2017 12:22 AM (G1xve)
And I thought I was the baby (well, Seawolf, really....)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison's Phone at April 22, 2017 08:40 PM (Jj43a)
And yes, until someone proves differently, I am the resident AoS baby, and I ain't giving away the title easily.
Posted by: What's a Seawolf? at April 23, 2017 12:23 AM (G1xve)
Great movie, quite possibly the best of the superhero/comic-book movies.
Posted by: Bill at April 22, 2017 08:56 PM (/ZE0U)
Any trailer with Johnny Cash's "Hurt" is a going to be a gut-puncher, and that was particularly meaningful in the Logan trailer.
Posted by: Gem at April 23, 2017 01:30 AM (uaHyk)
Posted by: Gem at April 23, 2017 01:50 AM (uaHyk)
I've also thought about why I lack that excitement I used to have at watching some movies, or seeing their trailers. I see you touched on it for a moment: I think it's simply because we've already breached all those excitement levels, and once breached, they can't be re-breached. Our sensitivity decreases each time we have one of those experiences, or better yet, actual real-life experiences that put those imaginative ones into perspective. Seeing new, younger folk going through their own brings about a sense of derision (because our moments were so much better, and they were, to us), but also envy, as you said.
Perhaps some stories have the potential to move us again, given the right combination of references to our past with projections associated with our own sense of direction or meaning in life. This next Star Wars movie might have had the potential, but after seeing The Force Awakens, I'm kind of doubting it. TFA was a big let-down, and I couldn't fully put my hand on it until I read Ace's review which articulated it (in a very angry but truthful way). So we'll see. I don't hold my breath anymore. I've got new frontiers in my life now. The excitement and meaning that video games and movies used to give me are only good but distant memories now, and their current counterparts hardly fill those memories' shoes.
Posted by: SinkerOfBoats at April 24, 2017 09:30 AM (KGNzo)
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