The Films and Movies Thread

[Yukari]

On 9/9/2021 at 12:14 PM, ChetlovesMer said:

They owe me money for "The Matrix, Reloaded" and "The Matrox, Revolutions". 

I agree.  The first one was great, the other two sucked.

On 9/9/2021 at 12:16 PM, saevel25 said:

I was in college at the time. I really enjoyed those movies 😛

That's cause you were too drunk to remember how bad those two movies were. 

On 9/9/2021 at 12:22 PM, boogielicious said:

Did you take the red pill or the blue pill?

Apparently, I took the blue pill, because I want to see the reboot.

[saevel25]

2 minutes ago, Yukari said:

That's cause you were too drunk to remember how bad those two movies were. 

I didn't drink in college. 

Still, I would have liked a better plot. If the pacing is good, the action is good, and the characters are not terrible then I'll enjoy he movie. There was very few scenes were I thought were cringe worthy. They were good movies to just sit back and enjoy the ride. 

The first movie is the best of the three by a long shot. 

[iacas]

I watched Love Means Zero, the documentary about Nick Bollettieri. I'd just read Andre Agassi's book a month ago, and I rate this movie as a bogey because it was almost as much about Andre as it was about Nick. I understand that those two are linked, but… it was supposed to be about Nick. And it was 30% about Nick, 40% about Andre, and 30% about Nick's other students.

[iacas]

Watched The Tomorrow War while getting some work done.

I give it a par. Was worth the time to watch it once, though it nearly managed a bogey for just how much is kinda glossed over and how convenient some of the things feel.

It was also free on Amazon Prime, too, so… worth the cost of time (2:10) and $ (none).

[nevets88]

3 minutes ago, iacas said:

Watched The Tomorrow War while getting some work done.

I give it a par. Was worth the time to watch it once, though it nearly managed a bogey for just how much is kinda glossed over and how convenient some of the things feel.

It was also free on Amazon Prime, too, so… worth the cost of time (2:10) and $ (none).

This was a fun movie.

Spoiler

Chris Pratt punching aliens, lol.

 

[iacas]

Watched The Vow, with Channing Tatum and Rachel McAdams. I give it a birdie, despite some pretty stiff acting from Channing (go figure), and probably only because of lower expectations. It had some good twists, a good story. I won't spoil it, but it didn't quite go how I thought it would. And I appreciated that.

Not something you'd watch again unless you're a big McAdams fan (I'm close, she's great) or, I suppose, a Tatum fan (ugh). But good once.

[saevel25]

Saw Shang-Chi on Saturday. I will give it a tap in par. A pretty good starter movie for a new superhero in the MCU. The actors were good, and the Shang-Chi character was pretty good. I really enjoyed the action scenes, which might have had the best choreographed fight scenes in any MCU movie. I enjoy martial arts movies. The CGI was great in some spots, and just good in others. 

[boogielicious]

The Courier starring Benedict Cumberbatch. Birdie. Excellent acting based on a true story.

[iacas]

Goodbye, Mr. Bond: An Appreciation of Daniel Craig’s Franchise-Altering Reign

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Height and hair color be damned, Craig was a throwback to Fleming and Connery’s conception of 007. He was cold and brutal, but beneath all the physical and psychological scar tissue, there was a soul…albeit a...

 

[nevets88]

No Time to Die - Par

Massive massive spoilers

Spoiler

Holy shit they fraking killed Bond. Not surprised, but they actually did it. They gave him a kid too. Your Royal Majesty's Child Protection Service, reporting for duty. Love interest and villain very flat. Bloated runtime. Some great set pieces. Goodbye Craig Daniels, you had a good run. I never get tired of watching guns shooting out of car headlights.

 

[iacas]

 

[boogielicious]

9 hours ago, iacas said:

 

Looks fun.

[nevets88]

Dune. Or should I say, Dunc? Eagle. Big downside is the story isn’t finished. 

[saevel25]

Went to see Dune today. 

As a fan of the original book series, I liked this movie a lot. I thought they kept the same pacing, and the important parts from the book. There was a few specific details that were lost, and rushed. I understand the direction they took, being this has to be a 2.5 hour movie that covers the first half of the first book (if I remember correctly). I like the grand scale of the movie, and how they introduced all the major players in the story and did some good world building. Being that, the movie for some could drag a bit. It is not the fast pacing style of movie you tend to see today. For me, I give it a tap in Birdie. I could totally understand some people who might not like this movie at all. Dune is one of my favorite books of all time. I just think the story and characters are really good. I felt like they got a great cast for the movie. Modern special effects really help the world building.

[iacas]

No Time to Die, birdie. Maybe an eagle.

No spoilers here, except to point out that it helps to have paid attention to the past few movies, because unlike most Bond movies before these last few, they're not self-contained. Storylines run throughout them.

[iacas]

 

[iacas]

Finch, on AppleTV. Birdie. Solid and funny and heartwarming. It's like Castaway with a massive upgrade for Wilson.

[iacas]

Cherry, bogey.

It was formulaic in a sense and just… blah. It wasn't interesting. I didn't really care about the characters. I understood, but that was as close to empathetic as I felt.