Author Topic: Movies! Movies! Movies! (potential spoilers) (Read 92079 times)

oilhed · « **Reply #350 on:** February 20, 2017, 08:47:45 AM »

Criminal

Staring Ryan Reynolds & Kevin Costner

"In a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical plot, a dead CIA operative's memories, secrets, and skills are implanted into a death-row inmate in hopes that he will complete the operative's mission."

Scratch · « **Reply #351 on:** March 01, 2017, 08:53:22 AM »

Flyer · « **Reply #352 on:** March 01, 2017, 10:29:30 AM »

Bounce · « **Reply #353 on:** March 01, 2017, 08:15:30 PM »

Quote from: Flyer on March 01, 2017, 10:29:30 AM

that makes 2 of us. the original Alien was the last movie I went to the theater with my dad to see before he passed away.

Scratch · « **Reply #354 on:** March 01, 2017, 10:13:07 PM »

1KPerDay · « **Reply #355 on:** March 07, 2017, 11:28:07 AM »

Quote from: oilhed on February 20, 2017, 08:47:45 AM

Criminal

Staring Ryan Reynolds & Kevin Costner

"In a last-ditch effort to stop a diabolical plot, a dead CIA operative's memories, secrets, and skills are implanted into a death-row inmate in hopes that he will complete the operative's mission."

and?

1KPerDay · « **Reply #356 on:** March 07, 2017, 11:31:58 AM »

The Sea of Trees. Netflix. Thoughtful and cool. Van Sant copped out and hollywood explained it which was unnecessary. But a nice change of pace.

Also saw that tom hanks movie of the week about the pilot who landed in the hudson. Meh. Good acting, but it really was like watching a lifetime movie. Worth a watch I guess.

vfrrider · « **Reply #357 on:** March 07, 2017, 08:55:15 PM »

Although it pains me, we saw "Logan". I am, in general, a Marvel fan, but this one just depressed me as well as raising many question sit did not answer. Buts lots of action.

And North Dakota is than the Canadian border?

Sorry, unanswered question.

Larry
VFRrider

Bounce · « **Reply #358 on:** March 08, 2017, 05:31:18 AM »

Quote from: vfrrider on March 07, 2017, 08:55:15 PM

And North Dakota is than the Canadian border?

Sorry, unanswered question.

Like what does that sentence mean?

HipGnosis · « **Reply #359 on:** March 08, 2017, 08:28:51 AM »

Quote from: Bounce on March 08, 2017, 05:31:18 AM

Quote from: vfrrider on March 07, 2017, 08:55:15 PM
And North Dakota is than the Canadian border?

Sorry, unanswered question.

Like what does that sentence mean?

It means autocorrect isn't always correct.

Bounce · « **Reply #360 on:** March 08, 2017, 11:41:03 AM »

Quote from: HipGnosis on March 08, 2017, 08:28:51 AM

Quote from: Bounce on March 08, 2017, 05:31:18 AM
Quote from: vfrrider on March 07, 2017, 08:55:15 PM
And North Dakota is than the Canadian border?

Sorry, unanswered question.

Like what does that sentence mean?
It means autocorrect isn't always correct.

But the edit button still works.

CLAY · « **Reply #361 on:** May 24, 2017, 06:11:39 PM »

Just started "Logan". Holy smokes is it a dark, dystopian future- at least so far.

kneescrubber · « **Reply #362 on:** May 25, 2017, 07:31:43 AM »

Has anyone watched The 100 or Last Kingdom? I've been streaming them both on the flix. Kinda digging 'em.

CLAY · « **Reply #363 on:** May 25, 2017, 10:57:22 AM »

The 100- I have watched them all so far. A teenage angst-filled future. I enjoy it- and the lead is pretty fine too. In fact, I'm pretty all the actors are uncharacteristically good-looking.

kneescrubber · « **Reply #364 on:** May 28, 2017, 07:49:12 PM »

You should check out The Last Kingdom as well. More pretty girls and swords.

http://www.bbcamerica.com/shows/the-last-kingdom

Andrew · « **Reply #365 on:** May 28, 2017, 08:09:20 PM »

Quote from: CLAY on May 25, 2017, 10:57:22 AM

The 100- I have watched them all so far. A teenage angst-filled future. I enjoy it- and the lead is pretty fine too. In fact, I'm pretty all the actors are uncharacteristically good-looking.

I hate to admit it but I have watched "the 100" I started out Oh Cool SyFi but soon (maybe 10min in) realised there is no Science in the drama. Acting is about as deep as a sheet of paper, plot made me want to scream. It was good to watch as a lecherous old fart, but damn the crap the SyFy channel churns out is below par on every aspect, save the beautiful people.
A good one to check out, if you have Amazon Prime, is Fortitude. Worth watching, good acting riveting plot set out in an island in the north atlantic (Frozen and desolate)

kneescrubber · « **Reply #366 on:** May 28, 2017, 10:16:12 PM »

Quote from: Andrew on May 28, 2017, 08:09:20 PM

Quote from: CLAY on May 25, 2017, 10:57:22 AM
The 100- I have watched them all so far. A teenage angst-filled future. I enjoy it- and the lead is pretty fine too. In fact, I'm pretty all the actors are uncharacteristically good-looking.

I hate to admit it but I have watched "the 100" I started out Oh Cool SyFi but soon (maybe 10min in) realised there is no Science in the drama. Acting is about as deep as a sheet of paper, plot made me want to scream. It was good to watch as a lecherous old fart, but damn the crap the SyFy channel churns out is below par on every aspect, save the beautiful people.
A good one to check out, if you have Amazon Prime, is Fortitude. Worth watching, good acting riveting plot set out in an island in the north atlantic (Frozen and desolate)

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coho · « **Reply #367 on:** May 28, 2017, 10:30:45 PM »

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maddjack · « **Reply #368 on:** May 29, 2017, 07:23:09 AM »

Guardians of the galaxy 2. Good stuff, If you liked the first one you will like this.

Also watching Sense8 on Netflix, good show.

PatM · « **Reply #369 on:** May 29, 2017, 08:03:21 AM »

Quote from: maddjack on May 29, 2017, 07:23:09 AM

Guardians of the galaxy 2. Good stuff, If you liked the first one you will like this.

Also watching Sense8 on Netflix, good show.

Saw it yesterday.

miles · « **Reply #370 on:** June 01, 2017, 12:19:18 AM »

We saw Wonder Woman this evening.

My wife and kid liked it more than I did, but I do have to agree that it was mostly better than most other superhero flicks. A low bar, I know, but there it is.

At least this one started a stunningly beautiful woman rather that some dude in spandex.

Bounce · « **Reply #371 on:** June 01, 2017, 09:09:58 PM »

Saw:

The Wall
Guardians 2
King Arthur

Liked them all with KA surprising me. I liked it more than I thought I would. Guardians 2 was no disappointment and I had high hopes.

WW tomorrow.

oilhed · « **Reply #372 on:** June 01, 2017, 09:21:02 PM »

Not out yet but I am intrigued by My Cousin Rachel. A remake of a 1952 film starring Olivia de Havilland, the last living cast member of Gone With the Wind.

Bounce · « **Reply #373 on:** June 02, 2017, 03:56:06 PM »

Wonder Woman today. They certainly picked an excellent actress to play the part. Gal Gadot is totally the image.

I enjoyed it.

miles · « **Reply #374 on:** June 02, 2017, 04:07:27 PM »

Quote from: Bounce on June 02, 2017, 03:56:06 PM

Wonder Woman today. They certainly picked an excellent actress to play the part. Gal Gadot is totally the image.

I enjoyed it.

Not enough fanservice.

Scratch · « **Reply #375 on:** June 02, 2017, 06:39:23 PM »

Bounce · « **Reply #376 on:** June 02, 2017, 11:22:18 PM »

Better be better than Chappy. That suuuUUUuuUUuucked.

wibornz · « **Reply #377 on:** June 04, 2017, 05:12:18 PM »

Wonder Woman was way better than expected.

Bounce · « **Reply #378 on:** June 06, 2017, 07:34:32 AM »

Her battle theme still sends chills down my back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw_o7XUX3fg

maddjack · « **Reply #379 on:** July 28, 2017, 03:03:00 PM »

Dunkirk One of the best films I have seen in a long , long time. It tells the story without creating a Hollywood hero, 5 star.

1KPerDay · « **Reply #380 on:** July 28, 2017, 04:05:16 PM »

Yeah I liked it a lot also. Really liked the music. Very atypical hollywood film. Much more thoughtful.

HipGnosis · « **Reply #381 on:** July 28, 2017, 09:49:42 PM »

I saw 'Baby Driver'
The strong tie to the music was interesting, but also a bit distracting (by being a bit over done). A nice gimmick taken to far?
I think they took 'Baby' to far too.
GREAT music. Wide variety of genres too.
Very nice cast, though I'm not a 'fan' of Kevin Spacey he did well.
The main plot is... stringing along character development. Not my favorite.
Not enough chase scenes. The ones they had didn't really impress me. Didn't live up to the hype.
The end of the movie blatantly left questions unanswered - total setup for a sequel.

Bounce · « **Reply #382 on:** July 29, 2017, 10:15:42 AM »

The cold-open of BD was the WRX chase scene. I was hooked. I also liked the sound track and the hook to the activity.

Papa Lazarou · « **Reply #383 on:** July 29, 2017, 02:05:46 PM »

Just seen Dunkirk.

Obviously, it's a tiny representation of what actually happened. It was bigger and much, much messier.

But, that aside. what a movie.

I was very close to tears at the end.

Jay547 · « **Reply #384 on:** August 01, 2017, 08:55:13 PM »

We rented Kong: Skull Island from Redbox tonight. Good gawd this was a piece of crap. Horrible acting by notable actors, terrible script, completely fake characters, unreal in every way. Comically bad by accident. If all you want is action, it would probably do. Otherwise, don't waste your $1.60. I'll watch some pretty goofy, campy movies and enjoy them but this truly sucked. Most of the reviews are good - don't believe them. I'm kinda pissed that I rented it. This spoiled a string of good movies that we have watched lately.

Andrew · « **Reply #385 on:** August 04, 2017, 10:39:59 PM »

Quote from: Jay547 on August 01, 2017, 08:55:13 PM

We rented Kong: Skull Island from Redbox tonight. Good gawd this was a piece of crap. Horrible acting by notable actors, terrible script, completely fake characters, unreal in every way. Comically bad by accident. If all you want is action, it would probably do. Otherwise, don't waste your $1.60. I'll watch some pretty goofy, campy movies and enjoy them but this truly sucked. Most of the reviews are good - don't believe them. I'm kinda pissed that I rented it. This spoiled a string of good movies that we have watched lately.

Yep rented it on amazon, fell asleep half way through

looked at it the next day and decided, Nope seen enough

Bounce · « **Reply #386 on:** August 04, 2017, 10:53:55 PM »

Atomic Blonde: Saw it in the theater today. I'll lay out the caveat that I was beat from the last few days of getting Mom's house ready to put on the market so I could have been tired. I liked the opening and the ending. There were parts throughout it that I liked. It seemed that I lost focus during one section. Normally I would say that part dragged but, as noted, it might not have. As a gender-swapping-action-movie, I rate Selma Heyak in "Everly" as the clear winner for that title. I'll give "Atomic Blonde" another go as a rental. I really liked the ending.

chornbe · « **Reply #387 on:** August 05, 2017, 07:14:11 AM »

Quote from: Bounce on June 06, 2017, 07:34:32 AM

Her battle theme still sends chills down my back.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw_o7XUX3fg

Those drums!!!!!

And yes, that movie FAR exceed any- and everything I was expecting.

It helps that I really did NOT want to sit through another WWII film after Captain America, and Wonder Woman definitely went a different way for the most part.

chornbe · « **Reply #388 on:** August 05, 2017, 07:15:58 AM »

Quote from: HipGnosis on July 28, 2017, 09:49:42 PM

...though I'm not a 'fan' of Kevin Spacey...

This doesn't compute for me.

chornbe · « **Reply #389 on:** August 05, 2017, 07:23:24 AM »

Spiderman: Homecoming. I thought it was good all the way through, but I was SUPER put off by Stark and Hap being complete and utter douches to Peter until he actually did the thing he was trying to do, then of course they thought him great. That bugged the hell out of me through two watchings... until I heard something on a radio interview with Tom Holland. "Once you put yourself in Peter's perspective in the movie, that becomes much more understandable and believable. Teenagers always thing everyone's always coming down on them way too hard. Maybe they were. Maybe they weren't. But from Peter's perspective, they always were, all the time."

Rejiggering my thoughts after that made the movie so much better for me.

The wife has been away to England on a choir pilgrimage for almost two weeks, and is coming back today. I think we'll be catching up with movies this coming week. I'm sure she'd have been most put out if I went and kept current while she was going through the drudgery of listening to choirs in thousands-year-old cathedrals, and singing evensongs in beautiful little towns and cities all over England, then finding pubs and ales to her liking. Yes, yes... I'm sure she barely survived such awful chores.

MrsCablebandit · « **Reply #390 on:** September 06, 2017, 11:35:45 AM »

Wind River.

Wow.

Let me start by saying that *usually* when we go to a 4 or 5 PM $5 Tuesday movie, we're part of a handful of people. That was not the case today! The theater was easily 2/3 full. That was unexpected. WOM for this movie is very, very good!

Now back to the film. I love Jeremy Renner. I love anything he's ever done and will probably love anything else he ever does. He OWNS this movie. His performance is so raw, so genuine, so gritty; he will deserve every acting accolade that comes his way for this role.

The scenery is stunning and soul-crushing at the same time. The score is dark and it draws you in to the visuals. The story is tragic (especially given that it is inspired by real events) and some of the violence is somewhat graphic, but the acting is superb.

This film is very emotional...or at least it was for me. (And not just because of the mini Twilight reunion of actors - Graham Greene, Gil Birmingham, and Julia Jones.

miles · « **Reply #391 on:** November 25, 2017, 11:45:15 PM »

I just saw Blade Runner 2049 tonight. Second time to see it, and damn, is that film amazing. I'm probably going to see it again before it leaves the theaters, and multiple viewings are something I almost never do.

If you're on the fence about seeing it, do so. Don't wait for video- see it in the theater.

Bounce · « **Reply #392 on:** November 26, 2017, 12:30:04 PM »

The new Thor was very good. Dancing along the line between too jokey and no humor at all; always landing on the "keeping it reigned back" side so that we knew those who made it were still serious about the content. Even addressed the Planet Hulk aspect of the MCE.

Stay to the end because there's a second clip that you won't want to miss.

Mrs. DantesDame · « **Reply #393 on:** November 26, 2017, 02:36:05 PM »

Quote from: miles on November 25, 2017, 11:45:15 PM

I just saw Blade Runner 2049 tonight. Second time to see it, and damn, is that film amazing. I'm probably going to see it again before it leaves the theaters, and multiple viewings are something I almost never do.

If you're on the fence about seeing it, do so. Don't wait for video- see it in the theater.

We saw it twice in the theatre and that's saying something, considering it runs us about $42 for the two of us for a standard showing, not including the popcorn

1KPerDay · « **Reply #394 on:** November 26, 2017, 04:52:39 PM »

Thor was a little too much like a music video but it was a fun watch. Justice League was pretty good. Coco is really good if you like music and family. Wonder woman was pretty good.

R Doug · « **Reply #395 on:** November 28, 2017, 12:26:31 PM »

Sheri and I caught Thor's newest one over the weekend. By far it's the best of the three Thor movies with the 2nd being the worst. I was very well done and I loved the comedy in it. It was spot-on Marvel comedy like is shown in Iron Man. This Thor movie is my favorite of all of the Marvel movies put out thus far (17 in total, I believe).

I'm very much looking forward to the Black Panther, which is the next Marvel movie set to be released (Feb 2018)

PatM · « **Reply #396 on:** November 28, 2017, 04:26:03 PM »

We went to see Murder on the Orient Express last weekend. Lots of big name stars on that cast. There are lots closeups and unfortunately, some of the cast members aren't up to the task. You get the feeling they're just faking it. At other times, their interpretation of the caracters is very good. Not just in front of the camera. Too bad because the views, the sets, the script, the other actors, everything respects Agatha Christies' story line. Minus points to Branagh, Poireau was a very vain persona and up until his death, he hid his age. Not so here. Michelle Pfeiffer and Penelope Cruze also get bad marks.
So, I'd say an uneven movie that was still fun to watch.

CLAY · « **Reply #397 on:** November 28, 2017, 07:29:17 PM »

"Wonder". Great film. I cried. Like tears on the cheeks at one point. Saw it with the fam, and I highly recommend it.

kneescrubber · « **Reply #398 on:** November 28, 2017, 08:00:15 PM »

Quote from: CLAY on November 28, 2017, 07:29:17 PM

"Wonder". Great film. I cried. Like tears on the cheeks at one point. Saw it with the fam, and I highly recommend it.

Last Friday my beautiful sister insisted on taking my oldest grandchild for whatever she wanted to do. Shopping, etc. Allie wanted to go see that movie. She'd already read the book. They both loved it.

kneescrubber · « **Reply #399 on:** December 25, 2017, 06:13:42 PM »

I went to see "The Last Jedi" today. The storyline is very similar to the original movie (Episode IV) with the focus on eliminating the past while looking forward to the future. Good continued development of characters while introducing a couple of new ones. Which introduces some new dynamics to the relationships we've already seen. The biggest surprise for me was the appearance of a character we all know and love. It was kind of predictable but in a good way and the special effects was never intrusive. The departure of the previous generation is firm and sometimes heart wrenching but Luke's exit is truly an homage to the exit of Obi Wan. Just in a different and surprising way. All in all, I give a solid 9 out of 10. The final scene leaves me begging for more.