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Re: Movies
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:26 pm
by Johnny Carwash
I was underwhelmed by it, but I thought Sheldon working at Medieval Times and banging that other guy's mom was funny.
Re: Movies
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:29 pm
by govmentchedda
mister d wrote:We just rewatched it a few months ago and ... it doesn't hold up. I remember liking it the first time, but I was still a youth then.
My wife loves that movie. She hasn't seen it in years, but man she loved it.
Re: Movies
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:29 pm
by tennbengal
It has Natalie Portman, so I am still okay with it.
Re: Movies
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:42 pm
by brian
I gotta say. I never understood the hate or the love for that movie. It seems to bring out strong visceral opinions in people for some reason.
Re: Movies
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 12:44 pm
by Pruitt
Johnny Carwash wrote:Agreed that
Diabolique is great, but the plot point that always bothered me was
- [+] spoiler
- How was that guy not actually drowned earlier on?
- [+] spoiler
- Je ne sais quoi
Re: Movies
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:16 pm
by mister d
tennbengal wrote:It has Natalie Portman, so I am still okay with it.
Don't rewatch it. She looks like a child.
Re: Movies
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 1:26 pm
by wlu_lax6
mister d wrote:tennbengal wrote:It has Natalie Portman, so I am still okay with it.
Don't rewatch it. She looks like a child.
As opposed to Beautiful Girls where she is a child.
Re: Movies
Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2017 2:08 pm
by Avram
Trading Places was filmed in Philadelphia in the neighborhood I grew up in (right around Rittenhouse square). I had not lived there for several years before they shot the film, it did bring back some memories.
Re: Movies
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 8:58 am
by L-Jam3
I haven't seen any of the MCU movies since the first Iron Man, but I may have to get out to see the new Thor, at least because Cate Blanchett looks AMAZING. I don't know if it's the dark eyeshadow or the black hair, but I don't think she's ever looked hotter.
Re: Movies
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 3:41 pm
by Tom 1860
L-Jam3 wrote:I haven't seen any of the MCU movies since the first Iron Man, but I may have to get out to see the new Thor, at least because Cate Blanchett looks AMAZING. I don't know if it's the dark eyeshadow or the black hair, but I don't think she's ever looked hotter.
She is really hot and hams her part up beautifully. The film sucks huge balls though...
Re: Movies
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 4:28 pm
by rass
I'm betting this one of those deals where you guys don't get the humor from the colonies.
Re: Movies
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2017 11:01 pm
by Pruitt
Girls Trip had two scenes - and one of them was well over a minute long - that had me struggling to breathe because I was laughing so hard.
Honestly, that hasn't happened in a long while. A few other good laughs and a very predictable story. But man, I was crying...
Re: Movies
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 5:03 pm
by DaveInSeattle
Saw the new Blade Runner last night. Pretty good...interesting. Ryan Gosling was great. But man....did it fucking DRAG in spots. So many scenes of him slowly walking into somewhere, and then SLOWLY surveying the scene. C'mon...get a move on!
And the Jared Leto character reminded me of Father John Misty, but in look and temperament.
Re: Movies
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2017 7:33 pm
by duff
Tom 1860 wrote:L-Jam3 wrote:I haven't seen any of the MCU movies since the first Iron Man, but I may have to get out to see the new Thor, at least because Cate Blanchett looks AMAZING. I don't know if it's the dark eyeshadow or the black hair, but I don't think she's ever looked hotter.
She is really hot and hams her part up beautifully. The film sucks huge balls though...
Not sure what movie you watched, but it was very good. Must have cut out the Elway scenes here in the states.
Re: Movies
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 12:28 pm
by DaveInSeattle
Baby Driver is awesome.
Re: Movies
Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2017 9:37 pm
by tennbengal
Thor was, point in fact, completely awesome.
Re: Movies
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 1:18 pm
by Steve of phpBB
tennbengal wrote:Thor was, point in fact, completely awesome.
I've only seen a couple MCU films - offbrand ones like Deadpool and Guardians of the Galaxy. If I go see Thor Ragnarok, would I have any problems following along?
Re: Movies
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 1:31 pm
by brian
Steve of phpBB wrote:tennbengal wrote:Thor was, point in fact, completely awesome.
I've only seen a couple MCU films - offbrand ones like Deadpool and Guardians of the Galaxy. If I go see Thor Ragnarok, would I have any problems following along?
Well, it's not a Terrence Malick movie so I think you should be OK. There will be a good guy and bad guys and at some point there will probably be a chase of some kind, possibly in some form of transportation we would consider unusual for that type of pursuit. There will be a love story of some kind probably. I think you'll probably keep up.
Re: Movies
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 1:38 pm
by Steve of phpBB
Well, yeah. I'm assuming there will be combat of some sort, too. Probably near the end. But how much time will I be saying, "Wait, who's that guy again?"
Re: Movies
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 1:43 pm
by rass
The big green guy is the Hulk. Thor knows him from work.
Re: Movies
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 1:55 pm
by tennbengal
Steve of phpBB wrote:tennbengal wrote:Thor was, point in fact, completely awesome.
I've only seen a couple MCU films - offbrand ones like Deadpool and Guardians of the Galaxy. If I go see Thor Ragnarok, would I have any problems following along?
If you can, watch Thor 2 first, will make some of the humor pay off if you know that plot a bit...or get a quick synopsis from somewhere of Loki's backstory - which stretches through Thor 1, the Avengers and Thor 2. Loki was raised as Thor's brother, although he was adopted, and carries second brother issues around with him. He also is persona non grata on Earth for attacking it in the first Avengers.
ETA - these crib notes should suffice:
Loki Laufeyson is the son of Laufey, the ruler of the Frost Giants in Jotunheim. Shortly after his birth, Loki was abandoned and left to die. Found by the Asgardian King Odin, he was taken to Asgard and raised by Odin and his wife Frigga as an Asgardian prince, along with their biological son Thor. When he grew up, he became known as the "God of Mischief". When Loki learned of the truth about his real father, he made a plan to force Odin to banish Thor so he could become next in line to the throne. Loki succeeded in his schemes and took the throne as Odin fell into the Odinsleep, however when the Warriors Three and Lady Sif attempted to return Thor home, Loki was forced to try and kill his brother. Nonetheless, Thor returned from his exile on Earth and ended Loki's reign.
Lost in the darkest depths of the universe, Loki made a deal with The Other, a servant of the Mad Titan Thanos, who gave him a powerful Scepter and command over their army of the Chitauri to conquer Earth. Once he came to Midgard, Loki managed to take possession of the mystical Tesseract and used its power to build an army and caused the Chitauri Invasion, but he was ultimately defeated by a group of superheroes called the Avengers. Thor returned him to Asgard, where Odin condemned him to spend the rest of his life in prison as punishment for his crimes.
However, when his mother Frigga was killed during the Sacking of Asgard, Loki was freed by Thor in order to defeat the Dark Elves and their leader, Malekith who desired to use the power of the Aether to transform the universe into eternal darkness. During the fight against the Dark Elves in Svartalfheim, Loki faked his death, and, unbeknownst to everyone in the Kingdom, returned to Asgard and successfully removed Odin from the throne, taking his place as King where he remained for several years. During his reign, Loki continued to rule Asgard by sending Lady Sif on missions to Earth to investigate the attacks of Lorelei and Vin-Tak.
Re: Movies
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 4:25 pm
by DSafetyGuy
rass wrote:The big green guy is the Hulk. Thor knows him from work.
I found the bolded portion particularly amusing.
Re: Movies
Posted: Tue Nov 07, 2017 5:07 pm
by wlu_lax6
rass wrote:The big green guy is the Hulk. Thor knows him from work.
Heard the story behind that line is pretty good. A Make a Wish kid was on set that day and came up with that line.
Re: Movies
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2017 5:12 pm
by brian
A fool and their money are soon parted. If I cared about Star Wars I might care that Disney is apparently taking a shit all over the franchise but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
https://twitter.com/Polygon/status/928743651429310464
Re: Movies
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 12:03 am
by rass
Thor was a lot of fun.
If I had a van the opening shot of Immigrant Song would be painted on the side this weekend.
Re: Movies
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 6:58 am
by tennbengal
rass wrote:Thor was a lot of fun.
If I had a van the opening shot of Immigrant Song would be painted on the side this weekend.
Yes.
Re: Movies
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 8:13 am
by A_B
Loved it.
Re: Movies
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 8:58 am
by Shirley
Eh, I'm pretty sure Lucas's original plan for Star Wars was 12 films - four trilogies. If they stay good, keep making them!
Re: Movies
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:52 am
by wlu_lax6
yeah, I mean the franchise is a cash cow and Disney needs to get that ROI. My son is deep in the Star Wars universe. He has devoured the books and comics. We watch the animated Star Wars Rebels and my son may not seep next week as we wait on Battlefront II. The expanded universe adds really good color to the movies and depth to characters. Starwars is not going to win an Oscar, but a fun movie that gives pretty good value.
Re: Movies
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 11:56 am
by brian
In retrospect maybe the best thing for Star Wars fans were the set of shitty prequels Lucas made. After that, it couldn't really get any worse I suppose.
Re: Movies
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 12:54 pm
by Shirley
brian wrote:In retrospect maybe the best thing for Star Wars fans were the set of shitty prequels Lucas made. After that, it couldn't really get any worse I suppose.
I get what you're saying, but man those movies sucked. We'd all be better off without them.
Re: Movies
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 2:04 pm
by Pruitt
Shirley wrote:brian wrote:In retrospect maybe the best thing for Star Wars fans were the set of shitty prequels Lucas made. After that, it couldn't really get any worse I suppose.
I get what you're saying, but man those movies sucked. We'd all be better off without them.
They were brutal.
And they proved that you could release two hours of footage of cats shitting, give it a "Star Wars" title and it'd still bring in $300 million.
Re: Movies
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2017 2:07 pm
by A_B
REvenge of the shit.
Re: Movies
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2017 7:58 am
by rass
Re: Movies
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 12:18 pm
by rass
Re: Movies
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 12:37 pm
by brian
I can't believe that incredibly detailed piece doesn't even include the fact that it sounds like the whole movie is basically a (weird) ripoff of "It's a Wonderful Life". I mean they named the movie Pottersville. It's not exactly subtle.
Re: Movies
Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2017 1:05 pm
by A_B
Yeah the author totally missed that, even referencing IAWL at one point, but not tying it to the overall theme.
Re: Movies
Posted: Thu Nov 16, 2017 9:06 pm
by rass
Supes had a stache during reshoots that he couldn't shave (for another movie). I've read bad things, but..
https://twitter.com/DanaSchwartzzz/stat ... 4667680768
Re: Movies
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:23 am
by Giff
The wife and I are kidless this weekend so I was hoping to see a movie or two. My god what garbage there is out there. Gonna have to make the trek downtown to see The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Anyone see it?
Re: Movies
Posted: Fri Nov 17, 2017 11:25 am
by P.D.X.
Giff wrote:The wife and I are kidless this weekend so I was hoping to see a movie or two. My god what garbage there is out there. Gonna have to make the trek downtown to see The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Anyone see it?
Nah but I thought
The Lobster was great.