Movies

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Sat May 02, 2015 9:36 pm

Saw avengers this morning. So not impressed.

But the theater was full at 1040 on a beautiful Saturday. So I expect it to make a trillion dlllars.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon May 04, 2015 6:00 am

AB_skin_test wrote:Saw avengers this morning. So not impressed.

But the theater was full at 1040 on a beautiful Saturday. So I expect it to make a trillion dlllars.

But did you enjoy yourself?

Because I think I did. The opening was great. Given that Cap 3 will be an Avengers movie in all but name, and the apparent plot, I was expecting Stark's relationship with the rest of the group to be a little more frayed by the end of the movie than it was.

Also, the mid-credits scene would have been more appropriate after GotG.

I bought a ticket to a 5:30 show, which ended up being in Spanish, (if it was advertised as such on the website, it was not clear to me), but they were nice enough to let me into the 5PM showing instead. I walked in mid-previews, so I'm assuming I missed the Star Wars trailer. Dammit.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon May 04, 2015 6:48 am

There was no star wars trailer in my showing. But there was an Insidious 3, which was fun with my scared of the dark daughter sitting next to me.

I don't know how much I enjoyed myself, but I do know that I was sitting too close to appreciate the movie I think. I probably need to watch it again when it hits the discount movies. It was difficult to keep up with some of the stuff from the third row on the aisle.

rass · Post by **rass** » Mon May 04, 2015 7:01 am

I think I was in the third row, too. It was a little much to take in.

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Mon May 04, 2015 9:46 am

Avengers made 181 million more than the second place finisher this weekend at the box office.

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Mon May 04, 2015 1:25 pm

I saw Age of Ultron at the last showing of the 3D XD theater at the mall and was really impressed with it. But I could see having close up seats killing, or at least tamping down, the enjoyment factor.

Post by **Sabo** » Wed May 06, 2015 7:27 am

This is an old story, but I recently read it and loved it.

Four reasons "Raiders of the Lost Ark" is secretly about drugs.

rass · Post by **rass** » Fri May 15, 2015 11:13 pm

I don't think I can over hype Mad Max too much. If you liked the trailers, go see it ASAP. Holy shit.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sat May 16, 2015 5:41 am

rass wrote:I don't think I can over hype Mad Max too much. If you liked the trailers, go see it ASAP. Holy shit.

Going today, noon, can't wait.

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Sat May 16, 2015 2:35 pm

rass wrote:I don't think I can over hype Mad Max too much. If you liked the trailers, go see it ASAP. Holy shit.

Nice going to see it tomorrow after my best friend gets off work.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sat May 16, 2015 7:37 pm

Yes, it was fantastic.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Sun May 17, 2015 7:37 pm

Just swinging back to underscore, great great flick.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Mon May 18, 2015 8:42 am

Robert Redford's The Company That You Keep was a compromise choice on the couch the other night and it succeeded in putting me to sleep three times. My wife kept waking me to ask about certain plot points, but as the movie contained nothing but expositional dialogue until the very end, I couldn't figure it out either.

Set in the present day - 60's radical on the lam for a crime he didn't commit back in the day.

As the producer, director and star, Robert Redford really knows how to produce the sorts of films that nobody wants to see. Brutal. And the scenes of Redford with his 11 year old daughter were surreal.

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon May 18, 2015 10:44 am

Ex Machina was awesome.

Post by **Shirley** » Tue Jun 02, 2015 2:14 pm

My kids are too young for Fury Road, but I did watch The Road Warrior with them the other night. It's rated R, but if it came out today, it would be PG-13 at worst. They loved it. Good kids.

I just saw this trailer today and I think it looks pretty awesome. It's like Chuck combined with Pineapple Express.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 11:16 am

Saw Mad Max last night. Awesome. Why a heavy metal band never thought to have a guitar/flame thrower before is beyond me. The GF even enjoyed it...saying "It was good....in a very Mad Max kind of way....".

Saw the trailer for the Brian Wilson movie "Love and Mercy", starring both Paul Dano and John Cusack as Wilson, with Paul Giamatti as his therapist/svengali/manipulator Eugene Landy. Looks good..

The Sybian · Post by **The Sybian** » Wed Jun 03, 2015 12:00 pm

Shirley wrote:My kids are too young for Fury Road, but I did watch The Road Warrior with them the other night. It's rated R, but if it came out today, it would be PG-13 at worst. They loved it. Good kids.

I just saw this trailer today and I think it looks pretty awesome. It's like Chuck combined with Pineapple Express.

Eric Forman as the leader of the team from the DoD or CIA or whatever hunting down Jason Bourne/Chuck? Fuck, that makes me feel old.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Thu Jun 04, 2015 8:43 pm

80s video games and a mulleted Peter Dinklage are still not enough to get me to see this new Adam Sandler movie.

Post by **Shirley** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 1:57 pm

This trailer got me surprisingly fired up. I hope it has the old Ridley Scott magic.

govmentchedda · Post by **govmentchedda** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 2:30 pm

Shirley wrote:This trailer got me surprisingly fired up. I hope it has the old Ridley Scott magic.

Yeah, that looks good. Nice cast.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 2:37 pm

govmentchedda wrote:
Shirley wrote:This trailer got me surprisingly fired up. I hope it has the old Ridley Scott magic.

Yeah, that looks good. Nice cast.

+1 to that.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 3:36 pm

holy crap / weird coincidence. i just finished reading that book last night. had no idea it was even well-known, let alone being made into a movie.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 3:57 pm

Are we sure that's not just Interstellar being re-released?

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 4:02 pm

tennbengal wrote:
govmentchedda wrote:
Shirley wrote:This trailer got me surprisingly fired up. I hope it has the old Ridley Scott magic.

Yeah, that looks good. Nice cast.
+1 to that.

I knew that the (damn great) book had been optioned but hadn't heard any casting or who was directing. That looks Fn amazing

Giff · Post by **Giff** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 4:14 pm

One of the first movies in a long time (well, that and Trainwreck) where I want to see it opening night.

MaxWebster · Post by **MaxWebster** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 7:24 pm

shoot, got cut off...

i often thought while reading it that it could be a better movie than book. Very believable story but the writing (to me) got way too bogged down in technical/scientific details. Personal preferences and all that, i'm sure, but it slowed when describing CO2 and oxygen percentage etc etc.

Bensell · Post by **Bensell** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 2:39 am

I really enjoyed Jurassic World. Not great by any means by it was one of the better 3D movies I've seen.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sun Jun 14, 2015 6:53 am

The Good Lie was a solid introduction to the plight of the "Lost Boys" of Sudan.

Well intentioned and deliberately unspectacular, but due to the almost unbelievable nature of what happened to these kids, gripping nonetheless.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 5:58 am

Wild Tales is the most entertaining movie I have seen in a long time (maybe since Inglorious Basterds.

I can't praise this movie enough - from start to finish it just kept getting better. It's an anthology of six stories ranging in length from 5 minutes to a half hour, and each story is about revenge. A couple of the stories are funny (and one is insane), a couple are suspenseful...

I won't give anything away about any of the stories, but each of them is brilliantly told.

DC47 · Post by **DC47** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 6:43 pm

Just got it, based entirely on your review. Doesn't sound like more of the same old thing.

Pruitt · Post by **Pruitt** » Sat Jun 20, 2015 8:25 pm

Hope you like it.

I have been telling practically everyone about this movie today.

DaveInSeattle · Post by **DaveInSeattle** » Sat Jul 04, 2015 12:57 am

We just watched "Interstellar".

What the fuck was that? I didn't get it....it was well done, but made no sense at all.

Tom 1860 · Post by **Tom 1860** » Sun Jul 05, 2015 2:36 pm

Jurassic World was mostly poor. I saw it in 2D because I don't do 3D...

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 7:00 am

Had no interest in Suicide Squad. Then trailer dropped. And now I do. I am such an easy mark:

A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 7:02 am

tennbengal wrote:Had no interest in Suicide Squad. Then trailer dropped. And now I do. I am such an easy mark:

I'm a little suprised Will smith signed on to a movie where he is probably going to be third banana at best. Joker's gonna steal the show, and Harley Quinn will too. Margot Robbie is a smokeshow even when trying not to be.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 7:05 am

A_B wrote:
tennbengal wrote:Had no interest in Suicide Squad. Then trailer dropped. And now I do. I am such an easy mark:

I'm a little suprised Will smith signed on to a movie where he is probably going to be third banana at best. Joker's gonna steal the show, and Harley Quinn will too. Margot Robbie is a smokeshow even when trying not to be.

No doubt. And maybe a good move for Smith at this point - he can see from the Marvel-verse that you can share screen time and still be a star - and whole movie doesn't rest on him.

Margot Robbie looks amazing in that role.

A really, really well done trailer - the music a deft choice.

tennbengal · Post by **tennbengal** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 7:12 am

And, for those who don't read the comics and don't know the DC universe, this is a helpful primer breaking down that trailer on who's who:

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A_B · Post by **A_B** » Wed Jul 15, 2015 7:13 am

I went for my biannual horror fix and watched The Gallows last night. Don't make my mistakes, people. Fine for a HBO night or a Redbox, but don't waste more than a buck on that.

Johnny Carwash · Post by **Johnny Carwash** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 6:50 am

Liked this take: The Han Solo movie proves that prequels are the worst

L-Jam3 · Post by **L-Jam3** » Fri Jul 17, 2015 8:13 am

Forgot to mention that I took AEM and L-Jam4 to see Minions last weekend. Very enjoyable, although there are some scary parts that at even 7 might be a little intense. (Unless my daughter is just a colossal fraidy-cat.)