shin godzilla
freakin' awesome! way more than a mere monster movie, it takes a harsh look at japanese governance (it's mostly about government officials discussing and debating and trying to figure out what the hell to do), plus it looks like the difficulty in being pals with the US (y'all can be terrifyingly overbearing at times)
and maybe i'm reading too much into it but i think it's also a metaphor for japan's wwii legacy, and the fact that japan remains on a kind of probation with everyone looking close for signs of militaristic resurgence
overall a really watchable flick
What was the last movie you saw?
Affair in Trinidad (1952) Rita Hayworth (she dances) and Glenn Ford deal with ex Nazi rocket scientists. Rita dances, twice. Laughable dialogue. Rita dances.
Age Of Ultron (2015) Robert Downey Jr and James Spader. Awful. Less Than Zero.
Age Of Ultron (2015) Robert Downey Jr and James Spader. Awful. Less Than Zero.
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Kingsglaive - Final Fantasy XV
Most impressive CG. There are certain times, when characters are not talking, that you can barely see any uncanny valley. The environments and clothing are amazingly realistic.
And it was an entertaining action movie. I enjoyed it. The downside is that it's an almost two hour cinematic intro to a game I won't be able to play. I guess I'll watch gameplay videos of it on youtube to know how the story ends.
Most impressive CG. There are certain times, when characters are not talking, that you can barely see any uncanny valley. The environments and clothing are amazingly realistic.
And it was an entertaining action movie. I enjoyed it. The downside is that it's an almost two hour cinematic intro to a game I won't be able to play. I guess I'll watch gameplay videos of it on youtube to know how the story ends.
TOS wrote: fine philosophical argument
but the hard reality is that it's a dirty, squalid, awful business that's got plenty of violence, abuse and addiction
So you want to keep it that way?
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TOS wrote: are there going to be doctor strange standalone movies, or are they just going to fold him into the avengers?
Doctor Strange led The Defenders.
Remember, people, to forgive is divine. In other words, it ain't human.
Metacell wrote:TOS wrote: are there going to be doctor strange standalone movies, or are they just going to fold him into the avengers?
Doctor Strange led The Defenders.
the end-title sequence had him teaming up with thor to find loki
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Miracle on 34th Street (1947). One holiday movie down, eight to go.
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Metacell wrote: Idiocracy (2006). A modern American classic. Never truer than today.
When the Earth is destroyed, a copy of this movie will survive for extraterrestrials to discover tens of thousands of years from now, and it will be recorded as our civilization's history.
Just watched Suicide Squad.
So many possibilities wasted, all that action and yet managed to feel plodding and boring.
Or in other words standard DC.
So many possibilities wasted, all that action and yet managed to feel plodding and boring.
Or in other words standard DC.
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Random thoughts about Rogue One.
* Blue milk!!
* Ip Man!!
* Kudos to the production team for recreating the buildings, costumes, hair styles, sets, and props from A New Hope so well.
* CGI characters who are supposed to be human, be they good guys or bad guys, and no matter how well done, ultimately come off looking fake.
* For some reason, I kept wanting Jyn Erso to speak with a Scottish accent.
* For a fairly obvious reason, I kept wanting Cassian Andor to say, "You killed my father. Prepare to die."
* James Earl Jones' voice is starting to show his age.
* Took a LONG time to get going.
* In the climactic battle, a TIE fighter blows up near the top of the tower they're trying to get to. The puff of smoke left behind looks like a Disney logo.
* No one in our audience applauded at the end of the movie.
* I give it a solid B+.
* I wanted to go home and pop "A New Hope" into the DVD player immediately.
* Blue milk!!
* Ip Man!!
* Kudos to the production team for recreating the buildings, costumes, hair styles, sets, and props from A New Hope so well.
* CGI characters who are supposed to be human, be they good guys or bad guys, and no matter how well done, ultimately come off looking fake.
* For some reason, I kept wanting Jyn Erso to speak with a Scottish accent.
* For a fairly obvious reason, I kept wanting Cassian Andor to say, "You killed my father. Prepare to die."
* James Earl Jones' voice is starting to show his age.
* Took a LONG time to get going.
* In the climactic battle, a TIE fighter blows up near the top of the tower they're trying to get to. The puff of smoke left behind looks like a Disney logo.
* No one in our audience applauded at the end of the movie.
* I give it a solid B+.
* I wanted to go home and pop "A New Hope" into the DVD player immediately.
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TOS wrote: and?
What Pithecanthropus said.
Never take advice from people who have nothing to lose by giving it...
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obvs wrote: Blue Is Warmest Color.
If you like French-language films and graphic lesbian sex scenes but in a way that's not entirely pornographic, this movie might be for you.
You could have just left it at French-language films.
Remember, people, to forgive is divine. In other words, it ain't human.
Metacell wrote:obvs wrote: Blue Is Warmest Color.
If you like French-language films and graphic lesbian sex scenes but in a way that's not entirely pornographic, this movie might be for you.
You could have just left it at French-language films.
well that category also involves depictions of steamy affairs between beautiful young women and gross old guys
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TOS wrote:Metacell wrote:obvs wrote: Blue Is Warmest Color.
If you like French-language films and graphic lesbian sex scenes but in a way that's not entirely pornographic, this movie might be for you.
You could have just left it at French-language films.
well that category also involves depictions of steamy affairs between beautiful young women and gross old guys
I can't believe it's not
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The Man Who Came To Dinner (1942) Longer and more annoying than I remember. Bette Davis and Monty Wooley.
Christmas in Connecticut (1945) Barbara Stanwyk and Sydney Greenstreet. Pleasant enough.
Christmas in Connecticut (1945) Barbara Stanwyk and Sydney Greenstreet. Pleasant enough.
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Krampus (2015)
Decent setup, some fairly clever comedy around the horrible forced family get-together scenario. The grandmothers flashback to her Austrian childhood in Rankin/Bass style claymation is pretty brilliant. I'll say it needed to be gorier and it's thoroughly PG, doesn't even warrant a 13 as there's nothing harder than Poltergeist. Krampus' minions are pretty cool, sort of Puppet Master-ish. The joke starts to wear thin by the third act, but it's ok. Entertaining, don't spend money.
Not as cool as this video:
Krampuslauf Graz 2010
Decent setup, some fairly clever comedy around the horrible forced family get-together scenario. The grandmothers flashback to her Austrian childhood in Rankin/Bass style claymation is pretty brilliant. I'll say it needed to be gorier and it's thoroughly PG, doesn't even warrant a 13 as there's nothing harder than Poltergeist. Krampus' minions are pretty cool, sort of Puppet Master-ish. The joke starts to wear thin by the third act, but it's ok. Entertaining, don't spend money.
Not as cool as this video:
Krampuslauf Graz 2010
Remember, people, to forgive is divine. In other words, it ain't human.
Now that it's on Netflix, finally watched Captain America : Civil War. I thought it was pretty bold of Marvel to have Captain America be the bad guy in his own film.
Sausage Party - stupid, vulgar, but often managed to be stupid-funny and vulgar-funny, with an interesting not-very-subtle take on how not to be an annoying neckbeard evangelical atheist.
2003 Hulk (Eric Bana) movie... it was... meh.
Finally saw Suicide Squad. Stupid fun popcorn movie. Got a lot more hate than it deserved, which is usually the case with these movies anyways.
Nice Guys - ultraviolent "buddy cop" film with a crapton of nudity and drug use. Not bad, for all that.
Airheads - still dumb.
2003 Hulk (Eric Bana) movie... it was... meh.
Finally saw Suicide Squad. Stupid fun popcorn movie. Got a lot more hate than it deserved, which is usually the case with these movies anyways.
Nice Guys - ultraviolent "buddy cop" film with a crapton of nudity and drug use. Not bad, for all that.
Airheads - still dumb.
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Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind
Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli. Do you really need to know more than that?
Ok, here's something: It's fantasy, with a touch of sci-fi, and the english dub features the voices of Patrick Stewart, Uma Thurman, Edward James Olmos and Mark Hamill.
Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli. Do you really need to know more than that?
Ok, here's something: It's fantasy, with a touch of sci-fi, and the english dub features the voices of Patrick Stewart, Uma Thurman, Edward James Olmos and Mark Hamill.
The Artist (2011) Hard to imagine a sweeter film for grown-ups.
Singin' In The Rain (1952) and That's Entertainment III (1994) in honour of Debbie Reynolds.
By coincidence, The Artist and Singin' In The Rain deal with the same subject.
The Astronaut Farmer (2006) Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen. If you can get past the huge plot holes and all the rest that doesn't hold up, it's a small charming movie about dreaming big.
Singin' In The Rain (1952) and That's Entertainment III (1994) in honour of Debbie Reynolds.
By coincidence, The Artist and Singin' In The Rain deal with the same subject.
The Astronaut Farmer (2006) Billy Bob Thornton, Virginia Madsen. If you can get past the huge plot holes and all the rest that doesn't hold up, it's a small charming movie about dreaming big.
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