The Films and Movies Thread

[boogielicious]

23 hours ago, JetFan1983 said:

Just to make Erik feel better, I wrote this review for Wonder Woman on June 7th after all the enthusiastic reviews for it on this thread (plus the Rotten Tomatoes love). I ended up not posting it because I thought it was too negative and mean (I tend to do that sometimes here in general). Buuuuuut, I figure, screw it. Here's the original post I wrote just a couple hours after watching it: 

I saw Wonder Woman tonight based on the enthusiastic recommendations of you guys. Unfortunately I thought it was terrible. Oh well. No hard feelings. I tend to find most movies terrible, so I'm a lot harder to entertain than most. 

This movie was a 499 par 5 on a 68.1/123 rated course. The drive was a 210 yard pop up into the fairway with its bastardization of Greek mythology for the sake of laying a platform for the SJW, third wave feminist narrative. At this point, I guess I pretty much knew I was in for what I was in for.

Act two was the best stretch of the flick with its humor. I equate it to a 171 yard thinned 3 hybrid layup/approach that generally was a pretty nice swing, but with an unlucky kick, trickles into a fairway bunker, leaving you 118 yards to a middle pin. You chunk the wedge, leaving you a pretty standard 15 yard pitch to a receptive green. Unfortunately, by act three/the third shot, it really started to unravel as a story, introducing a slew of characters who really had nothing interesting going on, all of them perpetually stuck in two dimensions . Who are all these supporting characters, and why exactly should we give a shit? That question is never really addressed in any substantive way. 

As the movie begins to wrap, the fifteen yard pitch fourth shot is hit it too hard and we're left with about a 20 footer for par. Trying desperately to make it, the putt just scrapes by but with too much heat on it, and you've got a tricky seven footer to save bogey. It lips out.  Tap-in double. Sigh. I guess we're supposed to be intrigued by the big reveal that Ares is Chris Pine's boss after a series of pretty lame red herrings it was the German bad guy? Yea, I didn't care. 

There is a happy ending though here: In keeping with the golf related movie style review, in spite of the double bogey, the film ultimately succeeds IMO on these grounds: despite its talents insufficient for the tour, it has a million Instagram followers and therefore, has still found legitimate success. That's the type of movie this is, IMO. 

In the end however, the word dreck comes to mind when I think of this movie. The positives were it was funny at times between the 20 and 40 minute mark (the 171 yard thinned hybrid was the best shot of the hole), and Gal Gadot is smoking hot, but other than that, I thought this was pretty poor writing that really panders to a large demographic of people, and not in a good way. I guess for financial reasons I can't fault them for that. 

Anyway, if little else, I enjoyed stuffing myself with popcorn and zoning out for two hours. It's 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, and if you're reading this, you're probably not agreeing with me, but if you're "that guy" like me, you're best waiting until HBO puts this on demand in a year. Unfortunately for me, it was devoid of a whole lot of substance in the way of an actual story, pandering to trendy "women empowerment" while at the same time satisfying a typical male's enjoyment of hot women and explosions. In some senses, it's actually somewhat amazing they were able to kill two polar opposite birds with the same stone, but  unfortunately didn't do a whole lot for me individually. Call me old fashioned, but I guess I still appreciate a well told story above anything else. 

So yes, at times it was funny (mainly in act two of five) and overall it was visually stunning, but other than that it was a shallow movie typical of the studio, big budget experience, injected with trendy left wing ideals, big explosions, and hot women that they weren't wrong about being well received by most people who buy tickets. 

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Change your user name to PatsFan2017 and you may get a more positive outlook on life. 

That being said, your review was hilarious and probably better than the movie itself! I think I'll pass on seeing it now. Thanks!

[JetFan1983]

2 hours ago, boogielicious said:

Change your user name to PatsFan2017 and you may get a more positive outlook on life. 

That being said, your review was hilarious and probably better than the movie itself! I think I'll pass on seeing it now. Thanks!

Haha thanks, and sadly, your former point probably has some truth to it. Jets have like a 65% chance at least at 0-16 this year, but that's the wrong thread for it haha. 

But I mean you still could actually like it, I really don't know. A lot of people did. But I'm glad you chuckled. 

[jsgolfer]

1 hour ago, JetFan1983 said:

Haha thanks, and sadly, your former point probably has some truth to it. Jets have like a 65% chance at least at 0-16 this year, but that's the wrong thread for it haha. 

But I mean you still could actually like it, I really don't know. A lot of people did. But I'm glad you chuckled. 

Every year?  

j/k

[JetFan1983]

23 minutes ago, jsgolfer said:

Every year?  

j/k

Ugh....hehe.

Sadly, the chance of 0-16 this year if terrifyingly real. Thankfully though, Cleveland is on the schedule again, so fingers crossed for 1-15! 

[jsgolfer]

Been on a zombie movie kick. Although these weren't undead, more like the movie The Crazies.

watched Open Grave-Par

not bad, no serious blood and guts. But pretty suspenseful at times. I've seen worse movies.

[Warren Zevon]

Watched a couple movies this weekend.  Five Hour Friends.  Bogey.  There's a surprising lack of golf in this golf movie.   

SpiderMan: Homecoming.  Par.  Honestly, it's a really good movie.  And Tom Holland may be the best casting of a teenaged Peter Parker we've seen yet.  Lots of humor, although some of it seems a little forced.  

All I will say is of all the Marvel movies, this is one where you won't miss anything if you don't stick around for the two after credit scenes.  

 

[nevets88]

20th anniversary of Contact. Eagle. I love this movie.

 

[nevets88]

Can't wait to see Dunkirk

 

[dennyjones]

2 hours ago, nevets88 said:

20th anniversary of Contact. Eagle. I love this movie.

 

I like the movie as well.  I'd give it a birdie.  

17 hours ago, Warren Zevon said:

SpiderMan: Homecoming.  Par.  Honestly, it's a really good movie.  And Tom Holland may be the best casting of a teenaged Peter Parker we've seen yet.  Lots of humor, although some of it seems a little forced.  

I saw this movie today.  I completely agree with your assessment.  

[nevets88]

Watch this on the biggest sharpest screen available because it will give you chills.

 

[saevel25]

On 7/10/2017 at 6:59 PM, nevets88 said:

Can't wait to see Dunkirk

 

Meh, it doesn't interest me. 

6 hours ago, nevets88 said:

Watch this on the biggest sharpest screen available because it will give you chills.

 

That was pretty cool

[jsgolfer]

Took my daughter to see Despicable Me 3 - Par

It had some funny parts to it, love the Minions.

[Jack Watson]

 

[nevets88]

Dunkirk - birdie. 

 

[nevets88]

Valerian - par. Yeah, the acting and writing sucked, but for me, the visuals and effects were just good enough to offset that, fun movie.

Atomic Blonde, tomorrow.

 

[nevets88]

IT'S HAMMER TIME!!! Hammer Girl from Raid 2 (birdie).

 

[jsgolfer]

IT - Official trailer - Awesome

 

[saevel25]

On 7/21/2017 at 11:04 AM, nevets88 said:

Dunkirk - birdie. 

I heard that this movie is pretty intense. I also hear the editing of the movie was funky. Like cutting from one scene to the other at weird moments, especially at peak moments of suspense.

23 hours ago, nevets88 said:

Valerian - par. Yeah, the acting and writing sucked, but for me, the visuals and effects were just good enough to offset that, fun movie.

That is what I heard about it. The amount of money packed into the graphics and development of the worlds is crazy. I might go see it for the visuals. 

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I saw this trailer a few days ago. I just finished the audiobook of the novel. I hope the movie stays pretty true to the book.