JoeinAR 1,949 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 It is the funniest old film of all time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 She didn't even smoke in the movie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Good... smoking sucks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,542 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 It probably does, but I look so incredibly handsome with a cigarette, that I can't not smoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 No one looks good smoking. Its a nasty filthy smelly habit. Oh my god it stinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted February 9, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 9, 2019 I've seen a lot of films lately, but I haven't been posting my regular reviews. So now let's try to catch up, eh? These are all shorter reviews than I'd normally write, but they are numerous. THE MARTIAN Visually stunning and a sound story executed very well by Ridley Scott and the star Matt Damon, who plays stranded astronaut Mark Wattney. It was captivating; the film kept me interested for the full 2 hours or so. The story, based off the book, was keeping. And if a viewer didn't find even that desirable, nobody can deny the great visuals, notably of the Mars landscape, captured in the film. There's just something about the sci-fi genre that allows for such great cinematography, and most are shot in a way that doesn't waiver. RATING: **** and a half out of ***** CONSENSUAL STATEMENT: "Well shot and a gripping plot." -Jerry GOODBYE CHRISTOPHER ROBIN Domnhall Gleeson stars as A.A. Milne, the writer of the beloved Winnie the Pooh books, whose origins are now brought to the big screen in this heartwarming and sort of sad film. Personally, Gleeson's performance is quite good. The story is quite grim and sad. Milne is haunted by the horrors of the WWI, and has PTSD. He's subject to flashbacks in the bloody trenches of France, something that continues to loom over his life. When Christopher Robin Milne, who they strangely enough refer to as Billy Moon, is born, both parents fear the worst; the boy will one day go off to war. Neglect comes in. Billy's nurse becomes the only parental figure in his life. Until one day he is left with his father for the weekend. This allows time for a beautiful father-son bond, which brings along the magical world of Winnie the Pooh. The focus, of course, is not at all on Winnie the Pooh in this instance. There are no animated animals and there is no fantasy land adventure. It's not really a kid's story anymore. But it's still good. A side note: Carter Burwell's score is quite quaint yet emotional, but doesn't really go beyond a theme and some melodies. RATING: *** and a half out of ***** CONSENSUAL STATEMENT: "Quite heartfelt and teary, but still good." -Jerry More reviews coming for... War Horse Lincoln Ready Player One The Beast Must Die Sully ...and others. Chen G., SteveMc and John 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,222 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 7 minutes ago, Richard said: It probably does, but I look so incredibly handsome with a cigarette, that I can't not smoke. We should go. I've got an exam tomorrow. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 9, 2019 Share Posted February 9, 2019 Unlucky Bastard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Ghostbusters II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis and Ernie Hudson. In an Ivan Reitman film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 9 hours ago, The Illustrious Jerry said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 2 hours ago, dougie said: Starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis and Ernie Hudson. In an Ivan Reitman film. Sometimes, weird things happen, someone has to deal with it and who you gonna call? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoYoMama 48 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I just got done watching Blade Runner 2049. It's up there with ESB as one of the best sequels ever made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 22 hours ago, Chen G. said: So no, The Last Jedi doesn't deserve people's hate, but I don't think it deserves people's glowing praise, either. Its just a good movie. I don't know if it's a good movie but it's the only Disney Star Wars movie that I was able to watch without falling asleep. However, there were times when I thought: If I was a Star Wars fan, I wouldn't accept this. So I understand why many fans don't like this episode. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 They emathculated Luke! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 33 minutes ago, Alexcremers said: I don't know if it's a good movie but it's the only Disney Star Wars movie that I was able to watch without falling asleep. However, there were times when I thought: If I was a Star Wars fan, I wouldn't accept this. So I understand why many fans don't like this episode. It tried to do something different. But Star Wars fans just want to the same thing over and over. Are they right, Alex? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 No. The issue with the film isn't that its different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post A24 4,338 Posted February 10, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted February 10, 2019 Chen G. (our new Morlock) said something interesting. He said that The Last Jedi feels very much "directed". I think he has a point. And maybe this is exactly the reason why I found it strangely entertaining. But for many Star Wars fans, who take their universe very seriously, this feeling of "being directed" came across as contrived and caricatural. The Illustrious Jerry, Chen G. and SteveMc 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 TLJ is another film that has been written by its director. Thats something you see more and more now and I'm not sure its always a good idea. New Morlock isn't wrong, the film feels directed, it also feels very written. Sitting in the cinema I could consciencly see what it was trying to tell me. It something I experience with a few Nolan films as well. Too constructed perhaps? The Illustrious Jerry and Chen G. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I think it has more to do with the tone in which is TLJ was told. Whatever it was, it was't loyal to the spirit of Star Wars. SteveMc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Perhaps. But what is the spirit of Star Wars? And did all the previous films adher to it? Can Star Wars truly evolve? Or will it always stay stuck in its 1977 mentality, like Bond? Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I guess the spirit is those Flash Gordon/Buck Rogers Saturday morning cliffhanger serials of Lucas' youth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Stefancos said: Perhaps. But what is the spirit of Star Wars? That what you feel when you're watching Star Wars or ESB and what TFA 'tried' to bring back to life. However, it's something that you cannot bottle, not even when you know what the ingredients are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Not even Lucas was able to do that, I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Lucas managed to improve on the series when he made the prequels. Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 30 minutes ago, Stefancos said: Not even Lucas was able to do that, I think. Neither was Ridley Scott with the Alien series. Perhaps spirit is nothing more than a fluke. Nobody knows how to capture it on command. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc 2,674 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 12 hours ago, dougie said: Death in both hands. The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 3 hours ago, Alexcremers said: Neither was Ridley Scott with the Alien series. Perhaps spirit is nothing more than a fluke. Nobody knows how to capture it on command. Yes! I wonder, did both Lucas and Ridley misunderstood what we liked about their movies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Some people say that Gary Kurtz served as a catalyst for George Lucas and that he's the important ingredient that is absent in later Star Wars movies. Perhaps Scott's catalyst at the time was his strong admiration for Stanley Kubrick (which is obvious in his first movies). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 6 hours ago, Stefancos said: Perhaps. But what is the spirit of Star Wars? Your spirit is the key to unlock the true you Spirit, some people hear it, some people fear it Spirit, some people just won't go near it Sure as I'm me and the skies are blue The Ghostbusters are back and all brand new Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Man on a Ledge Loads of fun despite being so damn predictable. The ledge he stands on for most of the movie looks like the same one Baby Oscar somehow walked along before being kidnapped by Ghost Nanny Janosz. Elizabeth Banks looks fantabulous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fabulin 3,514 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Dolan's Cadillac is bad film with a very satisfying ending. Electronic scores have been and always shall be awful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,542 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 Wha'?! TRON awful? TRON LEGACY awful? WITNESS awful? RUNAWAY awful? THE MOSQUITO COAST awful? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,200 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 2 hours ago, Fabulin said: The Big Sleep (1946) Very good noir with Humprey Bogart, but the real deal is the Max Steiner score. It works with the film and elevates it. Sadly I couldn't find a release of it, even as a suite. Charles Gerhardt has recorded bits from it: A 2:46 cue titled "Love Themes" on Casablanca - Classic Film Scores for Humphrey Bogart, and a 7 minute suite one Now Voyager - The Classic Film Scores of Max Steiner. I've never seen the film myself, but I've got it in my most recent pile of new Blu-rays. Fabulin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeinAR 1,949 Posted February 10, 2019 Share Posted February 10, 2019 I have never seen Body Snatcher 1993 but its a great version. Meg Tilly was creepy as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Where are you going to run? Where are you going to hide? Nowhere... because there is nobody else like you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt C 454 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 On 2/8/2019 at 2:06 AM, crocodile said: It's a mess, sure, but not a complete trainwreck. There's a certain slapstick quality to Raimi films anyway so I sort accept that. Karol For me, the editor's cut is a mixed bag. Murawski dropped two bad scenes (the butler scene for example), but added one good scene: an extra Sandman scene which should've been part of the theatrical cut. There's a bit more nuance to the symbiote suit (you hear it breathe and pulsate) in one scene. But one good scene in the theatrical cut -- the second Peter/Aunt May scene at the apartment -- is cut entirely. Young's score really shines here. Most of his original themes for Mary Jane, Peter, et al are restored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 I prefer the theatrical version. The editor's cut removed the last scene with Aunt May! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Editors don't know anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 14 hours ago, Richard said: RUNAWAY awful? It's so awful that Varese decided to make it the only Goldsmith score with a Varese Encore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 The Accountant - started doing that falling-asleep-then-violently-jerking-awake thing with about 20 minutes of this fairly implausible action-thriller to go. Rewinding and forcing concentration until the end (and a read of its Wiki page today) helped 'join the dots'. OK, with maybe a better cast than it deserved (Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, John Bernthal, JK Simmons, John Lithgow). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 READY PLAYER ONE Okay. Here's a quick one. I didn't like it. It's full of references, easter eggs and such. Almost too full. You need to understand a lot of them to appreciate the basis of the movie. And if you don't a lot of the intended interest is lost. Unfortunately I didn't catch a lot of them. So maybe that's my problem. In terms of visuals, the virtual world of the Oasis leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I don't like video games, and I don't like the style of animation used in this film. There is very little to take away from the performances, although it's always welcome to have Ben Mendelssohn playing a wealthy businessman antagonist. This is certainly my least favourite Spielberg movie yet, because it doesn't really feel to me like it's coming from him as much as his other works do, especially in it's general fibre. RATING: ** out of ***** CONSENSUAL STATEMENT: "Not my cup of tea, but it might be yours." -Jerry THE BEAST MUST DIE Nearly nothing works about this film. I give it no mercy, despite it being from the 70s. With names such as Calvin Lockhart and Peter Cushing, I was certainly expecting something remotely better to what I got. This fella (Lockhart) gathers a bunch of other people who he believes might be werewolves with the intention of killing them, just because he's a flashy hunter dude who wants to be the first to do so. That's putting it simply. The film takes a ridiculously long time to make sense of what is happening. Peter Cushing's character is wasted by a terrible attempt at an accent and phony costume design, so we're already going downhill. The werewolf looks like a dark border collie with hair extensions (I think it might be), the score is upbeat and jazzy, like if you mixed a pinch of Bond with Lalo Schifrin and then put it in the microwave for however long it might take for your house to blow up. In no way does it underscore the film well. The ending, criminy! Don't watch it. A complete waste of time. RATING: Doesn't register (okay, maybe a 1) CONSENSUAL STATEMENT: "What just happened?!" -Jerry Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John 2,032 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 46 minutes ago, The Illustrious Jerry said: This is certainly my least favourite Spielberg movie yet, because it doesn't really feel to me like it's coming from him as much as his other works do, especially in it's general fibre. Funny, I disagree completely. I've missed this type of Spielberg; it's the rollicking, shamelessly sentimental Spielberg I grew up with. The film has issues, no doubt, but it's easily the most exciting, balls-to-the-wall film he's made since The Adventures of Tintin. Plus it's a lot of fun seeing this 70-something-year-old director dipping into his inner fanboy and paying homage to so many pieces of pop culture. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,355 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 13 hours ago, Matt C said: For me, the editor's cut is a mixed bag. Murawski dropped two bad scenes (the butler scene for example), but added one good scene: an extra Sandman scene which should've been part of the theatrical cut. There's a bit more nuance to the symbiote suit (you hear it breathe and pulsate) in one scene. But one good scene in the theatrical cut -- the second Peter/Aunt May scene at the apartment -- is cut entirely. Young's score really shines here. Most of his original themes for Mary Jane, Peter, et al are restored. From what I remember, the Editor's cut is not a recut, just an earlier cut of the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 2 hours ago, The Illustrious Jerry said: READY PLAYER ONE In terms of visuals, the virtual world of the Oasis leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I don't like video games, and I don't like the style of animation used in this film. There is very little to take away from the performances, Agreed. I even stopped watching because there was nothing for me in it. It's something I do more and more with Spielberg (The Post, Tintin, RPO, ...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,529 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 Yeah, I didn't like it one bit either - can't say I explicitly hated it because thankfully it's the kind of movie that I always forget it exists. I do like video games, even if my passion for them has died down in the last year or three, but that Oasis thing looked completely uninteresting and unappealing. It had no weight or likeability or anything extra - I'm surprised Spielberg directed it himself instead of shoving it off to Michael Bay and maybe producing if he really wanted - I don't see much indication onscreen that it is otherwise. The best it promised from the start was an OK to good Williams score - oh wait a second... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koray Savas 2,251 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 3 hours ago, Sweeping Strings said: The Accountant - started doing that falling-asleep-then-violently-jerking-awake thing with about 20 minutes of this fairly implausible action-thriller to go. Rewinding and forcing concentration until the end (and a read of its Wiki page today) helped 'join the dots'. OK, with maybe a better cast than it deserved (Ben Affleck, Anna Kendrick, John Bernthal, JK Simmons, John Lithgow). Watched this one on a plane. Enjoyed it for what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted February 11, 2019 Share Posted February 11, 2019 An in-flight movie? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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