Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Da dinasooor man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Hello??! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 6, 2019 Share Posted September 6, 2019 Give the phone to mummy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted September 6, 2019 Author Share Posted September 6, 2019 Gothika - I've flushed scarier things than this Halle Berry *horror*. Robert Zemeckis and Joel Silver are amongst the producers, but on this evidence they just did the on-set catering or something. A Million Ways To Die In The West - normally I have a pretty good time with Seth McFarlane's stuff. Not so with this deeply unamusing comedy Western. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted September 7, 2019 Share Posted September 7, 2019 Too many to remember, although they were poor enough to not leave any lasting memory. This is one of the reasons why I no longer feel the need to see everything or immerse myself in cinema. When the awards season rolls around, I don’t care that I haven’t seen a majority of the films nominated or that I miss a huge blockbuster during the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,473 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Spielberg's Lincoln. It was so utterly boring. And I usually like Spielberg's "serious" movies of this century, like Munich, The Post and even War Horse. Day-Lewis was great though, and I really like Williams' score, one of his best of this decade. Also, my need to see how Williams' music works in the context of the movie was the only reason why I have watched The BFG, since the whole thing looked very... weird. Anyway, I thought the movie was very forgettable and dull, so much so that I think that even if I was a kid I would have thought this was tedious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 18 minutes ago, Edmilson said: Spielberg's Lincoln. It was so utterly boring. And I usually like Spielberg's "serious" movies of this century, like Munich, The Post and even War Horse. Day-Lewis was great though, and I really like Williams' score, one of his best of this decade. Also, my need to see how Williams' music works in the context of the movie was the only reason why I have watched The BFG, since the whole thing looked very... weird. Anyway, I thought the movie was very forgettable and dull, so much so that I think that even if I was a kid I would have thought this was tedious. Ah another newbie who's soul is already dead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmilson 7,473 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 :( Sorry, didn't know many people here loved these two movies. Coincidentally, just saw the commercial and The BFG will air today in the Sunday afternoon movie session on Rede Globo (Brazil's biggest and most watched TV channel). I would have give it a watch... But movies on broadcast TV here are exhibited dubbed in Portuguese, and I pretty much only watch movies in its original idiom with subtitles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,531 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Lincoln's great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 It’s one of my 10 favorite Spielbergs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Not even in my top 20. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arpy 4,145 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Lincoln was made a decade or two too late. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 On 9/4/2019 at 3:57 PM, mstrox said: I’ve seen a ton of movies that met the “meh” standard, and some of you have listed some of them. Very few movies would I consider a complete waste of time, though. Here are a select few I’m baffled that I’ve found finally found another human being that’s even heard of Terror Toons, let alone seen it. It was one of those flicks I’d come across on the shelf all the time at Blockbuster when having my routine browsing through the horror section. The cover and title stuck to mind long before I was ever foolish enough to succumb to the temptation to sit through it. “Terror Toons” is a fun cool-sounding title that I’d love to see attached to a watchable movie. mstrox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 4 hours ago, Arpy said: Lincoln was made a decade or two too late. It was made a decade or two too boring. Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 4 hours ago, Kasey Kockroach said: I’m baffled that I’ve found finally found another human being that’s even heard of Terror Toons, let alone seen it. It was one of those flicks I’d come across on the shelf all the time at Blockbuster when having my routine browsing through the horror section. The cover and title stuck to mind long before I was ever foolish enough to succumb to the temptation to sit through it. “Terror Toons” is a fun cool-sounding title that I’d love to see attached to a watchable movie. As a horror fan, and high school best friend of a Troma fan in the tail-end of the VHS days, I really saw some shit. It was my personal Vietnam. i can’t even remember what I hated so much about TerrorToons anymore, but you’re right - the title and even the synopsis hold promise, and it didn’t live up to a lick of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 17 hours ago, Disco Stu said: It’s one of my 10 favorite Spielbergs. 9 hours ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said: Not even in my top 20. Not even a four pointer. Go back to sleep... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 5 hours ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said: It was made a decade or two too boring. Would it help the movie if Lincoln hunted vampires? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Even that movie was boring! They're both boring!! Edmilson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 4 hours ago, Disco Stu said: Here's my Senor Spielbergo rankings from Flickchart - obviously a handfulI haven't seen, and please forgive my "dumb takes" - I've only seen a few of them more than once, and many of them (including Jaws, Close Encounters, etc) I haven't seen in over 15 years, so I may have a different appreciation if I ever see them again. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Jurassic Park Raiders of the Lost Ark Saving Private Ryan A.I.: Artificial Intelligence Schindler's List Hook Close Encounters of the Third Kind War Horse The Lost World: Jurassic Park Minority Report War of the Worlds Catch Me If You Can The Terminal Jaws Ready Player One Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull 1941 The Illustrious Jerry and Disco Stu 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Relative to the average fan, the historical dramas are definitely more important to me. Although I certainly don't consider all of them to be at the same level of excellence. War Horse, for instance, I honestly found to be a very mediocre film, certainly my least favorite of his historical dramas. As much as he may worship the Fords and Wylers of yesteryear, I don't think he can pull off that old Hollywood tone like he clearly wanted to. Great score though! My ranking of the historical dramas: 1. Lincoln 2. Schindler's List 3. Bridge of Spies 4. Saving Private Ryan 5. Catch Me If You Can (more of a stretch for the category but I think it counts) 6. Munich 7. Empire of the Sun 8. The Post 9. Amistad 10. War Horse The Illustrious Jerry 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 If Disco Stu puts Empire Of The Sun so low on his list then I probably won't like Lincoln so much. BTW, I never thought of it as a historical movie, but rather one about the celebration of childhood and the loss of innocence. The war is just a background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,373 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 There's no movie I saw but then wished that I hadn't. I see films all the time I end up not liking when they are over. But so what? At least now I know that the film is bad and why, and who knows, maybe along the way I saw a good performance or one cool shot or story idea or something. Plus the bad films you see make the good films you see that much better. The only thing you "lose" by seeing a film you don't end up liking is time, and fuck, I have enough free time in my life that if I spend 2 hours of it watching a movie that wasn't that great, I don't feel like I messed up anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,091 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Sweeping Strings 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 6 hours ago, mstrox said: As a horror fan, and high school best friend of a Troma fan in the tail-end of the VHS days, I really saw some shit. It was my personal Vietnam. i can’t even remember what I hated so much about TerrorToons anymore, but you’re right - the title and even the synopsis hold promise, and it didn’t live up to a lick of it A great deal of my teen youth was spent keeping up with such sites as Badmovies.org (which sadly is pretty much dead nowadays) and bringing things like The Pit, Blue Demon, Over-Sexed Rugsuckers from Mars, Poultrygeist, Q: The Winged Serpent, Slugs, Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-a-Rama, Spookies or Tammy and the T-Rex into my life. They made me into the man I am today! John and mstrox 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,091 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Are you a man, though? ARE YOU?!? Sorry, caps lock got jammed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasey Kockroach 2,344 Posted September 16, 2019 Share Posted September 16, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 On 9/4/2019 at 6:34 PM, Modest Expectations said: Mulholland Drive Lost In Translation Dunkirk The Exorcist Requiem For A Dream The Force Awakens What's wrong with you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Mulholland Drive is too bizarre for the sake of being bizarre. No one will ever convince me that anything actually happens in that movie. It's just a bunch of weird shit and occasional naked chicks. Unfortunately, I didn't find the weird shit entertaining. Fabulin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 1 minute ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said: Mulholland Drive is too bizarre for the sake of being bizarre. No one will ever convince me that anything actually happens in that movie. It's just a bunch of weird shit and occasional naked chicks. You've got no clue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Yeah, I know. I just don't "get it", right? When it comes to Lynch, I think I'm only a fan of Twin Peaks seasons 1 and 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brundlefly 2,385 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 6 hours ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said: Yeah, I know. I just don't "get it", right? I know, that's the reproach following every negative movie review on Amazon, but in this case the problem is trying to get it. I mean, did you get Twin Peaks? 6 hours ago, Gruesome Son of a Bitch said: When it comes to Lynch, I think I'm only a fan of Twin Peaks seasons 1 and 2. I'm looking forward to it. I've never seen the series, but I already know that I will get it for my birthday next week! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Twin Peaks isn't hard to get. mstrox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassic Shark 12,091 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Yeah, it's easily obtainable on Amazon. mstrox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 The original Twin Peaks series and Blue Velvet (and The Elephant Man and The Straight Story) are Lynch at his most easily followed. Fire Walk With Me, Twin Peaks The Return, and Wild at Heart are maybe in the middle. Eraserhead, Lost Highway, Mulholland Drive, and Inland Empire are the hard ones. And pretty much all of his short films. (Dune doesn't exist) I love most of them. I don't really care about plot A->B->C, at least not in movies like that. If you go into a David Lynch thing knowing that his main goal is to create an atmosphere and a feeling, and that that may take priority over plot, you'll be better served. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted September 17, 2019 Author Share Posted September 17, 2019 I remember being amused when I heard Lynch had Siskel and Ebert's 'two thumbs down' review of Lost Highway included on the poster. mstrox 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 1 hour ago, mstrox said: (Dune doesn't exist) What are you saying?! It's Stefancos' favorite David Lynch movie. (hey, it's sci-fi) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,553 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 MULHOLLAND DRIVE "Weird shit, and occasional naked chicks". What the hell's not to like?! Chen G. and Jurassic Shark 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 19, 2019 Share Posted September 19, 2019 The weird shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,553 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 (sigh) It's David Lynch, there's always going to be some weird shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 1 hour ago, Richard said: (sigh) It's David Lynch, there's always going to be some weird shit. Naïve Old Fart and mstrox 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 My problem with Lynch, I've discovered after The Return and listening to him speak, is that he violates Hemingway's iceberg theory. He constructs labyrinthine weirdness, but there's not necessarily anything below the surface holding it together. I can enjoy weirdness for its own sake to a point but the extent to which he relies on it has become surprisingly offputting for me. Quintus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,488 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 I just like OG Twin Peaks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,346 Posted September 20, 2019 Share Posted September 20, 2019 4 hours ago, Dixon Hill said: He constructs labyrinthine weirdness, but there's not necessarily anything below the surface holding it together. Maybe you haven't found it yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon Hill 4,234 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 15 hours ago, Alexcremers said: Maybe you haven't found it yet. I don't think it's that simple. Lynch has been quite open about the fact that he follows instinct and subconscious whether or not it serves a particular narrative. That's his prerogative of course as it's mine to ultimately feel like that's masturbation. Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted September 21, 2019 Share Posted September 21, 2019 Aquaman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Penna 3,695 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 John Carter - saw a cinema preview and quickly wished I were anywhere else. The A-Team - unfunny, confusing mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toothless 964 Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Ad astra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theMaestraX 106 Posted October 1, 2019 Share Posted October 1, 2019 Blade Runner 2049 - glorious cinematography but an hour toooo long for my liking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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